Nibbler SEO audit for dictionary.cambridge.org
Summary
Overall8.7
The overall score for this website.
Accessibility10.0
How accessible the website is to mobile and disabled users.
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Experience9.1
How satisfying the website is likely to be for users.
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Marketing8.2
How well marketed and popular the website is.
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Technology9.2
How well designed and built the website is.
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Nibbler tested a sample of 5 pages from this website at 10:41 AM on Apr 23, 2024 (BST).
Top priorities for website improvement
- Consider a leading website analytics solution, such as WebTrends or Google Analytics. (read more)
- Add printable stylesheets for all pages, wherever possible. In most cases, websites can share printable stylesheets over many or all pages, as with screen-based stylesheets. (read more)
- 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. (read more)
Analytics0.0
0% of pages use analytics
No Analytics Solution
- None of this website is using any recognised analytics software. It is still possible to gather a great deal of information from webserver logs, however complete visitor analysis requires client-side Javascript or an image not found here.
- Consider a leading website analytics solution, such as WebTrends or Google Analytics.
- Note that this test can only detect recognised analytics solutions. If an analytics solution is new, obscure or used in a non-standard way (e.g. it has been customised) it may not be detected.
Printability0.0
0% of pages are optimized for printing
- 5 pages of this website do not appear to be optimised for printing (using CSS).
- Add printable stylesheets for all pages, wherever possible. In most cases, websites can share printable stylesheets over many or all pages, as with screen-based stylesheets.
Print optimized pages
Page Print dictionary.cambridge.org/ Not detected dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/ Not detected dictionary.cambridge.org/translate/ Not detected dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/.../ Not detected dictionary.cambridge.org/thesaurus/ Not detected
- Add printable stylesheets for all pages, wherever possible. In most cases, websites can share printable stylesheets over many or all pages, as with screen-based stylesheets.
Media specific CSS detected
Images8.0
100% of images have a clearly defined size
29 images are being resized by the browser
- All images 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 faster.
- 29 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.
Amount of content9.5
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- This website has an average of 1,054 words per page. The amount of content on a website has been shown to correlate with its search engine ranking.
Amount of content discovered
| Page | Characters | Words |
| dictionary.cambridge.org/ | 6556 | 709 |
| dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/ | 7336 | 752 |
| dictionary.cambridge.org/translate/ | 26535 | 2093 |
| dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/.../ | 7188 | 838 |
| dictionary.cambridge.org/thesaurus/ | 7289 | 878 |
Internal links9.8
- 5 links are weakly described. Common weak links include 'click here' and 'read more'. These links fail to describe the content the link points to.
- Consider using descriptive words or phrases (e.g. 'News', 'September 2012 financial results') in your anchor tag to benefit search engine optimization.
Weak link text
- Consider using descriptive words or phrases (e.g. 'News', 'September 2012 financial results') in your anchor tag to benefit search engine optimization.
- 11 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.
Mobile10.0
- All of this website appears to be optimised for viewing on a mobile phone or a tablet.
Media specific CSS detected
Server behavior10.0
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.
- One page of this website uses a temporary (HTTP 302) redirect between its URL with/without trailing slash. This is OK, but using a permanent (HTTP 301) redirect for this page would be better.
- Change temporary (302) redirects to permanent (301) redirects.
Pages with 302 redirect
- Change temporary (302) redirects to permanent (301) redirects.
- 3 of the pages of this website return page content with or without a trailing slash on their URLs, but they use a canonical tag to denote the correct version. This is ideal, as search engines will know which version to index.
- This website follows the best practice of using a permanent (HTTP 301) redirect from http://www.dictionary.cambridge.org to http://dictionary.cambridge.org. This is ideal.
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 optimization.
Page titles
Headings10.0
- All pages were found to use defined headings. This is excellent as it allows visitors and search engines to summarize the content of webpages quickly. Correctly defined headings aid accessibility and are particularly important for search engine optimization.
Page headings detail
Meta tags10.0
This is how this website will look in Google search listings:
Cambridge Dictionary | English Dictionary, Translations & Thesaurus
dictionary.cambridge.org/
The most popular dictionary and thesaurus for learners of English. Meanings and definitions of words with pronunciations and translations.
- 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 |
| dictionary.cambridge.org/ | description | The most popular dictionary and thesaurus for learners of English. Meanings and definitions of words with pronunciations and translations. |
| dictionary.cambridge.org/ | keywords | free dictionary online, english, thesaurus, business, british, uk, american, us, spanish, turkish, definition, define, meaning, spelling, translate, translation, pronounce, pronunciation, pronounciation, audio, conjugation, inflection |
| dictionary.cambridge.org/ | viewport | width=device-width,minimum-scale=1,initial-scale=1 |
| dictionary.cambridge.org/ | google-site-verification | lg0qcRkaLtMeKJcXsOLoptzK-2MIRJzuEtiYHZf_O2Y |
| dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/ | description | Cambridge Dictionary - English dictionary, English-Spanish translation and British & American English audio pronunciation from Cambridge University Press |
| dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/ | keywords | free dictionary online, english, thesaurus, business, british, uk, american, us, spanish, turkish, definition, define, meaning, spelling, translate, translation, pronounce, pronunciation, pronounciation, audio, conjugation, inflection |
| dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/ | viewport | width=device-width,minimum-scale=1,initial-scale=1 |
| dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/ | google-site-verification | lg0qcRkaLtMeKJcXsOLoptzK-2MIRJzuEtiYHZf_O2Y |
| dictionary.cambridge.org/translate/ | description | Free online translator enhanced by dictionary definitions, pronunciations, synonyms, examples and supporting the 19 languages most used on the web. |
| dictionary.cambridge.org/translate/ | keywords | translator, translation, free translation |
| dictionary.cambridge.org/translate/ | viewport | width=device-width,minimum-scale=1,initial-scale=1 |
| dictionary.cambridge.org/translate/ | google-site-verification | lg0qcRkaLtMeKJcXsOLoptzK-2MIRJzuEtiYHZf_O2Y |
| dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/.../ | description | Home page for English Grammar Today on Cambridge Dictionary |
| dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/.../ | keywords | grammar, english, british, uk, usage |
| dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/.../ | viewport | width=device-width,minimum-scale=1,initial-scale=1 |
| dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/.../ | google-site-verification | lg0qcRkaLtMeKJcXsOLoptzK-2MIRJzuEtiYHZf_O2Y |
| dictionary.cambridge.org/thesaurus/ | description | Explore the NEW Cambridge English Thesaurus: Get thousands of synonyms and antonyms with clear explanations of usage and example sentences, in both British and American English. |
| dictionary.cambridge.org/thesaurus/ | keywords | thesaurus, english, topics, words |
| dictionary.cambridge.org/thesaurus/ | viewport | width=device-width,minimum-scale=1,initial-scale=1 |
| dictionary.cambridge.org/thesaurus/ | google-site-verification | lg0qcRkaLtMeKJcXsOLoptzK-2MIRJzuEtiYHZf_O2Y |
Meta Tags (http-equiv attribute)
| Page URL | Name | Content |
| dictionary.cambridge.org/ | Content-Type | text/html; charset=UTF-8 |
| dictionary.cambridge.org/ | X-UA-Compatible | IE=edge |
| dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/ | Content-Type | text/html; charset=UTF-8 |
| dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/ | X-UA-Compatible | IE=edge |
| dictionary.cambridge.org/translate/ | Content-Type | text/html; charset=UTF-8 |
| dictionary.cambridge.org/translate/ | X-UA-Compatible | IE=edge |
| dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/.../ | Content-Type | text/html; charset=UTF-8 |
| dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/.../ | X-UA-Compatible | IE=edge |
| dictionary.cambridge.org/thesaurus/ | Content-Type | text/html; charset=UTF-8 |
| dictionary.cambridge.org/thesaurus/ | X-UA-Compatible | IE=edge |
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 22, 2024
- It looks like this website was last updated on Monday, April 22, 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
| Date | File | Source |
| 4/17/24 | dictionary.cambridge.org/ | Body text |
| 4/22/24 | dictionary.cambridge.org/ | Body text |
| 4/17/24 | dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/ | Body text |
| 4/22/24 | dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/ | Body text |
| 4/17/24 | dictionary.cambridge.org/translate/ | Body text |
| 4/22/24 | dictionary.cambridge.org/translate/ | Body text |
| 4/17/24 | dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/.../ | Body text |
| 4/22/24 | dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/.../ | Body text |
| 4/17/24 | dictionary.cambridge.org/thesaurus/ | Body text |
| 4/22/24 | dictionary.cambridge.org/thesaurus/ | Body text |
| 4/22/24 | dictionary.cambridge.org/.../unexpected-red-theory.jpg | Last modified header |
| 4/19/24 | dictionary.cambridge.org/.../nail.jpg | Last modified header |
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