Nibbler SEO audit for www.worcestershire.gov.uk
Summary
Overall9.5
The overall score for this website.
Accessibility9.6
How accessible the website is to mobile and disabled users.
The following tests contribute to this score:
Experience9.6
How satisfying the website is likely to be for users.
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Marketing9.4
How well marketed, and popular the website is.
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Technology9.6
How well designed and built the website is.
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Nibbler tested a sample of 5 pages from this website at 17:31 on 18 Apr 2024 (BST).
Top priorities for website improvement
- Provide all descriptive information about a link within the anchor itself as the title attribute is not used by screen readers. (read more)
- Add width and height attributes to all image tags. The width and height you specify should be the same as the source image. If you want to resize an image in the browser, use CSS. (read more)
- Consider the amount of text on this website and increase it if appropriate. (read more)
Internal links7.3
- Additional information has been provided for 5 links by using a title attribute. There is a common misconception that this benefits screen reader users. All useful text should be in the anchor itself.
- Provide all descriptive information about a link within the anchor itself as the title attribute is not used by screen readers.
Weak title text
- Provide all descriptive information about a link within the anchor itself as the title attribute is not used by screen readers.
- 9 links use text that is too long. Links should describe what they link to briefly. Linking a long block of text usually indicates an attempt to trick search engines into ranking those keywords highly (a strategy which does not work). Long linked blocks of text are also harder for people to scan.
- Consider shortening long anchor text.
Overly long link text
Link URL Link text Page URL www.worcestershire.gov.uk/news/entries-now-open-showcase-best-worcestershires-tourism-businesses 15 Apr 2024 Entries now open to showcase the best of Worcestershire’s tourism businesses! Visit Worcestershire, the county’s official tourism partnership is encouraging tourism and hospitality businesses to enter the Visit Worcestershire Tourism Awards 24/25. www.worcestershire.gov.uk/news www.worcestershire.gov.uk/news/dont-let-bugs-spoil-your-fun-farm-1 11 Apr 2024 Don’t let bugs spoil your fun on the farm As the days get longer, and the weather gets brighter, families across Worcestershire will be heading off to petting farms and zoos. www.worcestershire.gov.uk/news www.worcestershire.gov.uk/news/savour-flavour-best-worcestershires-restaurants 08 Apr 2024 Savour the Flavour: The best of Worcestershire's restaurants Worcestershire is emerging as a premium dining destination. The county is championing the field to folk message with restaurants utilising local produce. www.worcestershire.gov.uk/news www.worcestershire.gov.uk/news/worcestershire-libraries-awarded-over-ps300000-invest-mobile-library-ebus 05 Apr 2024 Worcestershire Libraries awarded over £300,000 to invest in a mobile library eBus. Worcestershire County Council has secured over £300k to replace one of the current library vans with a new electric mobile library and outreach vehicle. www.worcestershire.gov.uk/news www.worcestershire.gov.uk/news/get-running-wythall-couch-5k 05 Apr 2024 Get running in Wythall with Couch to 5k Worcestershire County Council’s Public Health Team has teamed up with Bromsgrove District Council and Ruch Active Gym at Woodrush Community Hub to bring a new Couch to 5K programme to Wythall. www.worcestershire.gov.uk/news www.worcestershire.gov.uk/news/ofsted-praise-adoption-services-worcestershire 04 Apr 2024 OFSTED praise adoption services in Worcestershire Adoption Central England (ACE) has welcomed the recently published OFSTED report on Regional Adoption Agencies – thematic inspection report (Published March 2024). www.worcestershire.gov.uk/news www.worcestershire.gov.uk/news/great-news-bromsgroves-library-members-libraries-unlocked-launches-next-week 03 Apr 2024 Great news for Bromsgrove’s library members as Libraries Unlocked launches next week Worcestershire County Council has invested in new technology which now offers longer opening hours at Bromsgrove Library. www.worcestershire.gov.uk/news www.worcestershire.gov.uk/news/great-news-kidderminsters-library-members-libraries-unlocked-launches-next-week 03 Apr 2024 Great news for Kidderminster's library members as Libraries Unlocked launches next week Libraries Unlocked is set to go-live on Monday 8 April, extending Kidderminster Library opening hours for Libraries Unlocked members from 8am to 8pm, Monday to Saturday. www.worcestershire.gov.uk/news www.worcestershire.gov.uk/news/bromsgrove-town-centre-improvements-about-start 28 Mar 2024 Bromsgrove town centre improvements about to start Works are set to take place in Bromsgrove Town Centre, at the south end of High Street, outside of the pedestrianised zone from 15 April 2024. www.worcestershire.gov.uk/news
- Consider shortening long anchor text.
- 29 links have no text describing their destination. Links on a page should describe their destination for the benefit of both screen readers and search engine spiders.
- Add meaningful anchor text that describes the link's destination. If the link contains an image, ensure you have provided alt text.
Empty link text
- Add meaningful anchor text that describes the link's destination. If the link contains an image, ensure you have provided alt text.
Amount of content8.8
Rendering Chart...
- This website has an average of 529 words per page. The amount of content on a website has been shown to correlate with its search engine ranking.
- Consider the amount of text on this website and increase it if appropriate.
Amount of content discovered
| Page | Characters | Words |
| www.worcestershire.gov.uk/ | 3299 | 466 |
| www.worcestershire.gov.uk/.../about-council | 3812 | 483 |
| www.worcestershire.gov.uk/news | 4796 | 653 |
| www.worcestershire.gov.uk/events | 4284 | 557 |
| www.worcestershire.gov.uk/council-services | 4106 | 486 |
Images8.9
57% of images have a clearly defined size
33 images are being resized by the browser
- Some images (43.0%) don't have defined sizes using width and height attributes in the HTML. These attributes are optional, but strongly recommended as they help the browser arrange the page more quickly.
- Add width and height attributes to all image tags. The width and height you specify should be the same as the source image. If you want to resize an image in the browser, use CSS.
Non Explicitly Sized Images
- Add width and height attributes to all image tags. The width and height you specify should be the same as the source image. If you want to resize an image in the browser, use CSS.
- 33 images are being stretched in the browser.
- The width and height you specify in an image tag should be the same as the source image. If you want to resize an image in the browser, use the CSS width and height properties.
Stretched Images
- The width and height you specify in an image tag should be the same as the source image. If you want to resize an image in the browser, use the CSS width and height properties.
Mobile10.0
- All of this website appears to be optimised for viewing on a mobile phone or a tablet.
Media specific CSS detected
Server behaviour10.0
404 page
Compression
- This website handles missing pages correctly by sending a 404 HTTP status code.
- This website was served with GZIP encoding. This is very good because it reduces the loading time of a web page.
- This website follows the best practice of using a permanent (HTTP 301) redirect between URLs with/without trailing slashes. This is ideal.
- This website follows the best practice of using a permanent (HTTP 301) redirect from http://worcestershire.gov.uk to http://www.worcestershire.gov.uk. This is ideal.
Analytics10.0
100% of pages use analytics
Google Tag Manager
- Every page in this website is using Google Tag Manager. This is excellent and should allow for a complete analysis of visitor behaviour.
Page titles10.0
100% of pages have defined titles
0% of page titles are weak
- All pages were found to use page titles appropriately. Page titles appear in search results and at the top of the browser's window when visiting the site. Appropriate page titles are particularly important for search engine optimisation.
Headings10.0
- All pages were found to use defined headings. This is excellent as it allows visitors and search engines to summarise the content of webpages quickly. Correctly defined headings aid accessibility and are particularly important for search engine optimisation.
Page headings detail
Meta tags10.0
This is how this website will look in Google search listings:
Welcome to Worcestershire | Worcestershire County Council
www.worcestershire.gov.uk/
Welcome to Worcestershire
- All pages were found to include a meta description. This is good because search engines (like Google) show this text in search result pages.
Meta Tags (name attribute)
| Page URL | Name | Content |
| www.worcestershire.gov.uk/ | description | Welcome to Worcestershire |
| www.worcestershire.gov.uk/ | keywords | WCC, Worcs CC |
| www.worcestershire.gov.uk/ | application-name | |
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| www.worcestershire.gov.uk/ | theme-color | #ffffff |
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| www.worcestershire.gov.uk/ | msapplication-square70x70logo | /ms-icon-70x70.png |
| www.worcestershire.gov.uk/ | msapplication-square150x150logo | /ms-icon-150x150.png |
| www.worcestershire.gov.uk/ | msapplication-square310x310logo | /ms-icon-310x310.png |
| www.worcestershire.gov.uk/ | favicon-generator | Drupal responsive_favicons + realfavicongenerator.net |
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| www.worcestershire.gov.uk/ | generator | Drupal 10 (https://www.drupal.org) |
| www.worcestershire.gov.uk/ | mobileoptimized | width |
| www.worcestershire.gov.uk/ | handheldfriendly | true |
| www.worcestershire.gov.uk/ | viewport | width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0 |
| www.worcestershire.gov.uk/ | viewport | width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0 |
| www.worcestershire.gov.uk/.../about-council | description | Information about how the Council in run and financed. |
| www.worcestershire.gov.uk/.../about-council | application-name | |
| www.worcestershire.gov.uk/.../about-council | msapplication-tilecolor | #da532c |
| www.worcestershire.gov.uk/.../about-council | theme-color | #ffffff |
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| www.worcestershire.gov.uk/.../about-council | msapplication-square70x70logo | /ms-icon-70x70.png |
| www.worcestershire.gov.uk/.../about-council | msapplication-square150x150logo | /ms-icon-150x150.png |
| www.worcestershire.gov.uk/.../about-council | msapplication-square310x310logo | /ms-icon-310x310.png |
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| www.worcestershire.gov.uk/.../about-council | generator | Drupal 10 (https://www.drupal.org) |
| www.worcestershire.gov.uk/.../about-council | mobileoptimized | width |
| www.worcestershire.gov.uk/.../about-council | handheldfriendly | true |
| www.worcestershire.gov.uk/.../about-council | viewport | width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0 |
| www.worcestershire.gov.uk/.../about-council | viewport | width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0 |
| www.worcestershire.gov.uk/news | description | Read our latest news. |
| www.worcestershire.gov.uk/news | keywords | Campaigns, Comms Team, Communications, Communications Team, Marketing, Marketing and Comms, Marketing and Communications |
| www.worcestershire.gov.uk/news | application-name | |
| www.worcestershire.gov.uk/news | msapplication-tilecolor | #da532c |
| www.worcestershire.gov.uk/news | theme-color | #ffffff |
| www.worcestershire.gov.uk/news | msapplication-tileimage | /themes/custom/bbd_classy/favicons/ms-icon-144x144.png |
| www.worcestershire.gov.uk/news | msapplication-square70x70logo | /ms-icon-70x70.png |
| www.worcestershire.gov.uk/news | msapplication-square150x150logo | /ms-icon-150x150.png |
| www.worcestershire.gov.uk/news | msapplication-square310x310logo | /ms-icon-310x310.png |
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| www.worcestershire.gov.uk/news | generator | Drupal 10 (https://www.drupal.org) |
| www.worcestershire.gov.uk/news | mobileoptimized | width |
| www.worcestershire.gov.uk/news | handheldfriendly | true |
| www.worcestershire.gov.uk/news | viewport | width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0 |
| www.worcestershire.gov.uk/news | viewport | width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0 |
| www.worcestershire.gov.uk/events | description | Search for events happening in the County. |
| www.worcestershire.gov.uk/events | application-name | |
| www.worcestershire.gov.uk/events | msapplication-tilecolor | #da532c |
| www.worcestershire.gov.uk/events | theme-color | #ffffff |
| www.worcestershire.gov.uk/events | msapplication-tileimage | /themes/custom/bbd_classy/favicons/ms-icon-144x144.png |
| www.worcestershire.gov.uk/events | msapplication-square70x70logo | /ms-icon-70x70.png |
| www.worcestershire.gov.uk/events | msapplication-square150x150logo | /ms-icon-150x150.png |
| www.worcestershire.gov.uk/events | msapplication-square310x310logo | /ms-icon-310x310.png |
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| www.worcestershire.gov.uk/events | generator | Drupal 10 (https://www.drupal.org) |
| www.worcestershire.gov.uk/events | mobileoptimized | width |
| www.worcestershire.gov.uk/events | handheldfriendly | true |
| www.worcestershire.gov.uk/events | viewport | width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0 |
| www.worcestershire.gov.uk/events | viewport | width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0 |
| www.worcestershire.gov.uk/council-services | description | Information, advice and guidance for residents in Worcestershire. |
| www.worcestershire.gov.uk/council-services | application-name | |
| www.worcestershire.gov.uk/council-services | msapplication-tilecolor | #da532c |
| www.worcestershire.gov.uk/council-services | theme-color | #ffffff |
| www.worcestershire.gov.uk/council-services | msapplication-tileimage | /themes/custom/bbd_classy/favicons/ms-icon-144x144.png |
| www.worcestershire.gov.uk/council-services | msapplication-square70x70logo | /ms-icon-70x70.png |
| www.worcestershire.gov.uk/council-services | msapplication-square150x150logo | /ms-icon-150x150.png |
| www.worcestershire.gov.uk/council-services | msapplication-square310x310logo | /ms-icon-310x310.png |
| www.worcestershire.gov.uk/council-services | favicon-generator | Drupal responsive_favicons + realfavicongenerator.net |
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| www.worcestershire.gov.uk/council-services | generator | Drupal 10 (https://www.drupal.org) |
| www.worcestershire.gov.uk/council-services | mobileoptimized | width |
| www.worcestershire.gov.uk/council-services | handheldfriendly | true |
| www.worcestershire.gov.uk/council-services | viewport | width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0 |
| www.worcestershire.gov.uk/council-services | viewport | width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0 |
Printability10.0
100% of pages are optimised for printing
- All of this website appears to be optimised for printing (using CSS).
Media specific CSS detected
URL format10.0
Every URL is well written
- This website uses appropriate web addresses (URLs) throughout. This is excellent and will help search engine placement, usability and the marketability of this website.
Freshness10.0
Last updated April 18, 2024
- It looks like this website was last updated on Thursday, 18 April 2024. This is good because visitors perceive up-to-date websites as more credible. Websites that are updated regularly are also spidered by search engines more often.
- To find this information we used the last modified dates reported by this website's server in addition to looking for dates written on each page.
All dates found
Twitteri
This website does not appear to be associated with a Twitter account.
- There was a problem checking the Twitter accounts associated with this website.
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