Nibbler SEO audit for sites.psu.edu
Summary
Overall8.0
The overall score for this website.
Accessibility9.0
How accessible the website is to mobile and disabled users.
The following tests contribute to this score:
Experience8.4
How satisfying the website is likely to be for users.
The following tests contribute to this score:
Marketing4.9
How well marketed and popular the website is.
The following tests contribute to this score:
Technology9.1
How well designed and built the website is.
The following tests contribute to this score:
Nibbler tested a sample of 5 pages from this website at 8:53 PM on Mar 26, 2024 (GMT).
Top priorities for website improvement
- Consider a leading website analytics solution, such as WebTrends or Google Analytics. (read more)
- Sign up for a Twitter account and make sure it is linked to from your site. (read more)
- Define meaningful headings for all webpages. This is likely to help this website's search engine placement and assist visitors in navigating content. (read more)
Twitter0.0
This website does not appear to be associated with a Twitter account.
- This website did not contain a link to Twitter.
- Sign up for a Twitter account and make sure it is linked to from your site.
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.
Headings6.9
- A significant amount (20.0%) of pages do not use defined headings. This means that users and search engines may find it harder to determine the content of this website's pages. Correctly defined headings aid accessibility and are particularly important for search engine optimization.
- Define meaningful headings for all webpages. This is likely to help this website's search engine placement and assist visitors in navigating content.
- Some headings (1.0%) were found to be empty, or incorrectly defined. Empty or invalid headings are of no value to search engines and make a website less accessible.
- Make sure all headings have content which is relevant to the page of content.
Page headings detail
URL format7.6
2 URLs are less than ideal
- 1 URLs are 'dirty'. 'Dirty' URLs include one or more parameters after a question mark (e.g. www.example.com/?pagename=news), instead of a clean URL (e.g. www.example.com/news). Dirty URLs should generally be avoided wherever possible - they are almost impossible for human beings to remember, may expose the technology of the website to hackers and can confuse search engines among other problems. Their use is sometimes necessary for specific applications, and acceptable in small amounts.
- Remove or reduce the number of query parameters in URLs. Consider URL rewriting as an effective and transparent means of creating appropriate URLs.
- 1 URLs include a file extension.
- Avoid use of file extensions wherever possible. File extensions appear at the end of web addresses, and have several negative effects. They make the address harder to remember or type (particularly for non-technical users), and can reveal the underlying technology of the website making it very slightly more vulnerable to hackers. They also tie the implementation of the website to a specific technology, which can make subsequent migration of URLs difficult. Consider URL rewriting as an effective and transparent means of creating appropriate URLs.
Printability8.0
80% of pages are optimized for printing
- One page of this website does 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 sites.psu.edu/ Optimized sites.psu.edu/support/ Optimized sites.psu.edu/official-sites/ Optimized sites.psu.edu/wp-login.php Not detected sites.psu.edu/?join-network=1 Optimized
- 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
Meta tags8.4
This is how this website will look in Google search listings:
Sites at Penn State | Create websites easily with WordPress
sites.psu.edu/
Sites at Penn State is a WordPress website publishing service hosted and supported by CampusPress.
- All pages include at least some metadata, but only 80.0% of pages have a description meta tag. The description meta data is important as it appears on Google's search result pages.
- Make sure that all the pages of this website include a meta description. If you don't include one, Google will choose a sample of text from the page to appear in the search engine result. By including a meta description, you can control how your search engine result will appear.
Meta Tags (name attribute)
| Page URL | Name | Content |
| sites.psu.edu/ | description | Sites at Penn State is a WordPress website publishing service hosted and supported by CampusPress. |
| sites.psu.edu/ | keywords | sites at penn state, penn state wordpress, wordpress, penn state websites, penn state blogs, penn state sites, penn state web, penn state campuspress, penn state drupal, penn state hax |
| sites.psu.edu/ | robots | max-image-preview:large |
| sites.psu.edu/ | generator | Sites Main v.1.0.0 |
| sites.psu.edu/ | generator | Sites At Penn State 6.4.3 - http://sites.psu.edu/ |
| sites.psu.edu/ | viewport | width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=5.0 |
| sites.psu.edu/ | google-site-verification | -7ZmHXux7sB3m8NOus9ElpK3BLDPWYtR-s49coc2ME8 |
| sites.psu.edu/ | msapplication-tileimage | https://sites.psu.edu/files/2023/12/favicon.png |
| sites.psu.edu/support/ | description | Everything you've ever wanted to know about Sites at Penn State and WordPress, from basic WordPress features to theme and plugin set-up instructions. |
| sites.psu.edu/support/ | robots | max-image-preview:large |
| sites.psu.edu/support/ | generator | Sites Main v.1.0.0 |
| sites.psu.edu/support/ | generator | Sites At Penn State 6.4.3 - http://sites.psu.edu/ |
| sites.psu.edu/support/ | viewport | width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=5.0 |
| sites.psu.edu/support/ | google-site-verification | -7ZmHXux7sB3m8NOus9ElpK3BLDPWYtR-s49coc2ME8 |
| sites.psu.edu/support/ | msapplication-tileimage | https://sites.psu.edu/files/2023/12/favicon.png |
| sites.psu.edu/official-sites/ | description | Learn about the guidelines and best practices to create and maintain an official Penn State website, including accessibility, branding, design, and photography. Find out how to request a domain name and access web design services. |
| sites.psu.edu/official-sites/ | robots | max-image-preview:large |
| sites.psu.edu/official-sites/ | generator | Sites Main v.1.0.0 |
| sites.psu.edu/official-sites/ | generator | Sites At Penn State 6.4.3 - http://sites.psu.edu/ |
| sites.psu.edu/official-sites/ | viewport | width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=5.0 |
| sites.psu.edu/official-sites/ | google-site-verification | -7ZmHXux7sB3m8NOus9ElpK3BLDPWYtR-s49coc2ME8 |
| sites.psu.edu/official-sites/ | msapplication-tileimage | https://sites.psu.edu/files/2023/12/favicon.png |
| sites.psu.edu/wp-login.php | robots | max-image-preview:large, noindex, noarchive |
| sites.psu.edu/wp-login.php | referrer | strict-origin-when-cross-origin |
| sites.psu.edu/wp-login.php | viewport | width=device-width |
| sites.psu.edu/wp-login.php | msapplication-tileimage | https://sites.psu.edu/files/2023/12/favicon.png |
| sites.psu.edu/?join-network=1 | description | Sites at Penn State is a WordPress website publishing service hosted and supported by CampusPress. |
| sites.psu.edu/?join-network=1 | keywords | sites at penn state, penn state wordpress, wordpress, penn state websites, penn state blogs, penn state sites, penn state web, penn state campuspress, penn state drupal, penn state hax |
| sites.psu.edu/?join-network=1 | robots | max-image-preview:large |
| sites.psu.edu/?join-network=1 | generator | Sites Main v.1.0.0 |
| sites.psu.edu/?join-network=1 | generator | Sites At Penn State 6.4.3 - http://sites.psu.edu/ |
| sites.psu.edu/?join-network=1 | viewport | width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=5.0 |
| sites.psu.edu/?join-network=1 | google-site-verification | -7ZmHXux7sB3m8NOus9ElpK3BLDPWYtR-s49coc2ME8 |
| sites.psu.edu/?join-network=1 | msapplication-tileimage | https://sites.psu.edu/files/2023/12/favicon.png |
Meta Tags (http-equiv attribute)
| Page URL | Name | Content |
| sites.psu.edu/ | X-UA-Compatible | IE=edge |
| sites.psu.edu/support/ | X-UA-Compatible | IE=edge |
| sites.psu.edu/official-sites/ | X-UA-Compatible | IE=edge |
| sites.psu.edu/wp-login.php | Content-Type | text/html; charset=UTF-8 |
| sites.psu.edu/?join-network=1 | X-UA-Compatible | IE=edge |
Amount of content8.8
Rendering Chart...
- This website has an average of 628 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 |
| sites.psu.edu/ | 3074 | 460 |
| sites.psu.edu/support/ | 6074 | 983 |
| sites.psu.edu/official-sites/ | 6595 | 988 |
| sites.psu.edu/wp-login.php | 1561 | 217 |
| sites.psu.edu/?join-network=1 | 3259 | 492 |
Images9.1
47% of images have a clearly defined size
8 images are being resized by the browser
- Most images (53.0%) 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 faster.
- 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.
- 8 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.
Internal links9.2
- 4 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.
Mobile9.7
- All of this website appears to be optimised for viewing on a mobile phone (using CSS media queries) but only 80.0% of pages are optimised for tablet viewing. It is important to make sure your content is optimised for a wide range of devices as a growing percentage of web browsing is done on phones and tablets.
- Check how the website looks using a tablet and consider adding tablet-only styling using media queries. Some websites employ other techniques for mobile and tablet visitors which we cannot currently detect.
Device optimized pages
Page Mobile Tablet Viewport sites.psu.edu/ Detected Detected Detected sites.psu.edu/support/ Detected Detected Detected sites.psu.edu/official-sites/ Detected Detected Detected sites.psu.edu/wp-login.php Detected Not detected Detected sites.psu.edu/?join-network=1 Detected Detected Detected
- Check how the website looks using a tablet and consider adding tablet-only styling using media queries. Some websites employ other techniques for mobile and tablet visitors which we cannot currently detect.
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.
- 2 of the pages of this website follow the best practice of using a permanent (HTTP 301) redirect between URLs with/without trailing slashes. These pages are ideal.
- This website follows the best practice of using a permanent (HTTP 301) redirect from http://www.sites.psu.edu to http://sites.psu.edu. 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.
Freshness10.0
Last updated January 11, 2024
- It looks like this website was last updated on Thursday, January 11, 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 |
| 5/29/17 | sites.psu.edu/wp-content/.../logo.png | Last modified header |
| 9/25/23 | sites.psu.edu/.../we-are-penn-state.svg | Last modified header |
| 3/24/22 | sites.psu.edu/.../psu-mark-footer.png | Last modified header |
| 3/16/23 | sites.psu.edu/.../Penn-State-Mark.png | Last modified header |
| 1/11/24 | sites.psu.edu/wp-content/.../style.css | Last modified header |
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