Nibbler SEO audit for www.bedking.co.za
Summary
Overall8.6
The overall score for this website.
Accessibility8.9
How accessible the website is to mobile and disabled users.
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Experience8.0
How satisfying the website is likely to be for users.
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Marketing9.0
How well marketed and popular the website is.
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Technology7.8
How well designed and built the website is.
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Nibbler tested a sample of 5 pages from this website at 11:45 PM on Apr 18, 2024 (BST).
Top priorities for website improvement
- Consider shortening long anchor text. (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)
- Ensure your web server returns a 404 HTTP status code for error pages. (read more)
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 www.bedking.co.za/ Not detected www.bedking.co.za/faq.php?fc=5 Not detected www.bedking.co.za/stores Not detected www.bedking.co.za/account.php Not detected www.bedking.co.za/shopping-cart.php 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
URL format6.0
3 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.
- 3 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.
Page extensions
- 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.
Server behavior6.5
404 page
Compression
- This website does not return a 404 error HTTP status code for missing pages. This is bad because search engines like Google might mistake this for a real page of content.
- Ensure your web server returns a 404 HTTP status code for error pages.
- This website was served with GZIP encoding. This is very good because it reduces the loading time of a web page.
- 3 of the pages of this website return page content with or without a trailing slash on their URLs. Search engines might see these as separate pages with duplicate content which they could penalize for.
- Use a 301 redirect or a canonical meta tag to force search engines to see the correct version.
- One page of this website returns page content with or without a trailing slash on its URL, but it uses a canonical tag to denote the correct versions. This is usually ideal, as search engines will know which version to index, but there are links on this website which point to the non canonical version.
- Make sure all internal links to this page go to the canonical version.
- This website follows the best practice of using a permanent (HTTP 301) redirect from http://bedking.co.za to http://www.bedking.co.za. This is ideal.
Internal links6.8
- 3 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.bedking.co.za/blogs/world-sleep-day World Sleep Day The Nap, The Nap and Nothing but the Nap5 min read Ah, the Nap. Don’t we love it. It’s a mysterious soul remedy that beckons to us, somewhere between the hard-working day and o... www.bedking.co.za/ www.bedking.co.za/blogs/beds-on-a-budget Beds On A Budget But what about your bed, South Africa? With SA’s Budget Speech raising the stakes on sin tax and the presidency of G20 2025, citizens are again left questioning their cut-backs o... www.bedking.co.za/ www.bedking.co.za/blogs/mattress-matchmaker Mattress Matchmaker Mattress Maker, Mattress Maker, find me my match! Is there such a thing as the ‘Goldilocks fit’ when it comes to bed matching? That is, finding your soul mattress, the lov... www.bedking.co.za/
- Consider shortening long anchor text.
- 63 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.
Meta tags8.4
This is how this website will look in Google search listings:
Beds Online | Find The Right Mattress For You - South Africa
www.bedking.co.za/
Bed King offers an unbeatable range of beds, mattresses, sleeper couches and more. Benefit from expert advice from a specialist sleep retailer.
- 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 |
| www.bedking.co.za/ | viewport | width=device-width, minimum-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0, initial-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no |
| www.bedking.co.za/ | format-detection | telephone=no |
| www.bedking.co.za/ | description | Bed King offers an unbeatable range of beds, mattresses, sleeper couches and more. Benefit from expert advice from a specialist sleep retailer. |
| www.bedking.co.za/ | keywords | Beds, mattresses, sleeper couches |
| www.bedking.co.za/ | author | BedKing |
| www.bedking.co.za/ | google-site-verification | zvwSaqGjOadZrPtNLeB2yKelIggz6DkdLSleXuR59MA |
| www.bedking.co.za/ | google-site-verification | NrSsN5Xjke9Vc_YWNrueqcxWg9djYe2kZUc89krC6L8 |
| www.bedking.co.za/ | google-site-verification | azNGZZH1zmAXsKR0I0qoPoBYVF_SHtAA8niJR_5EuoQ |
| www.bedking.co.za/ | facebook-domain-verification | h7uuz1m3rbqzp2p2dhconmkupqd05d |
| www.bedking.co.za/faq.php?fc=5 | viewport | width=device-width, minimum-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0, initial-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no |
| www.bedking.co.za/faq.php?fc=5 | format-detection | telephone=no |
| www.bedking.co.za/faq.php?fc=5 | description | The Bed King team answers frequently asked questions about bed brands, mattress choices, delivery options and more, for your convenience. |
| www.bedking.co.za/faq.php?fc=5 | keywords | FAQ, Frequently Asked Questions |
| www.bedking.co.za/faq.php?fc=5 | author | BedKing |
| www.bedking.co.za/faq.php?fc=5 | google-site-verification | zvwSaqGjOadZrPtNLeB2yKelIggz6DkdLSleXuR59MA |
| www.bedking.co.za/faq.php?fc=5 | google-site-verification | NrSsN5Xjke9Vc_YWNrueqcxWg9djYe2kZUc89krC6L8 |
| www.bedking.co.za/faq.php?fc=5 | google-site-verification | azNGZZH1zmAXsKR0I0qoPoBYVF_SHtAA8niJR_5EuoQ |
| www.bedking.co.za/faq.php?fc=5 | facebook-domain-verification | h7uuz1m3rbqzp2p2dhconmkupqd05d |
| www.bedking.co.za/stores | viewport | width=device-width, minimum-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0, initial-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no |
| www.bedking.co.za/stores | format-detection | telephone=no |
| www.bedking.co.za/stores | description | Find the Bed King store nearest to you using our Store Locator! We can’t wait to welcome you into our stores. |
| www.bedking.co.za/stores | keywords | Bed King. Nearest Bed King Store |
| www.bedking.co.za/stores | author | BedKing |
| www.bedking.co.za/stores | google-site-verification | zvwSaqGjOadZrPtNLeB2yKelIggz6DkdLSleXuR59MA |
| www.bedking.co.za/stores | google-site-verification | NrSsN5Xjke9Vc_YWNrueqcxWg9djYe2kZUc89krC6L8 |
| www.bedking.co.za/stores | google-site-verification | azNGZZH1zmAXsKR0I0qoPoBYVF_SHtAA8niJR_5EuoQ |
| www.bedking.co.za/stores | facebook-domain-verification | h7uuz1m3rbqzp2p2dhconmkupqd05d |
| www.bedking.co.za/account.php | viewport | width=device-width, minimum-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0, initial-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no |
| www.bedking.co.za/account.php | format-detection | telephone=no |
| www.bedking.co.za/account.php | robots | noindex, nofollow |
| www.bedking.co.za/account.php | description | |
| www.bedking.co.za/account.php | keywords | |
| www.bedking.co.za/account.php | author | BedKing |
| www.bedking.co.za/account.php | google-site-verification | zvwSaqGjOadZrPtNLeB2yKelIggz6DkdLSleXuR59MA |
| www.bedking.co.za/account.php | google-site-verification | NrSsN5Xjke9Vc_YWNrueqcxWg9djYe2kZUc89krC6L8 |
| www.bedking.co.za/account.php | google-site-verification | azNGZZH1zmAXsKR0I0qoPoBYVF_SHtAA8niJR_5EuoQ |
| www.bedking.co.za/account.php | facebook-domain-verification | h7uuz1m3rbqzp2p2dhconmkupqd05d |
| www.bedking.co.za/shopping-cart.php | viewport | width=device-width, minimum-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0, initial-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no |
| www.bedking.co.za/shopping-cart.php | format-detection | telephone=no |
| www.bedking.co.za/shopping-cart.php | description | Bed King offers an unbeatable range of beds, mattresses, sleeper couches and more. Benefit from expert advice from a specialist sleep retailer. |
| www.bedking.co.za/shopping-cart.php | keywords | Beds, mattresses, sleeper couches |
| www.bedking.co.za/shopping-cart.php | author | BedKing |
| www.bedking.co.za/shopping-cart.php | google-site-verification | zvwSaqGjOadZrPtNLeB2yKelIggz6DkdLSleXuR59MA |
| www.bedking.co.za/shopping-cart.php | google-site-verification | NrSsN5Xjke9Vc_YWNrueqcxWg9djYe2kZUc89krC6L8 |
| www.bedking.co.za/shopping-cart.php | google-site-verification | azNGZZH1zmAXsKR0I0qoPoBYVF_SHtAA8niJR_5EuoQ |
| www.bedking.co.za/shopping-cart.php | facebook-domain-verification | h7uuz1m3rbqzp2p2dhconmkupqd05d |
Meta Tags (http-equiv attribute)
| Page URL | Name | Content |
| www.bedking.co.za/ | cleartype | on |
| www.bedking.co.za/faq.php?fc=5 | cleartype | on |
| www.bedking.co.za/stores | cleartype | on |
| www.bedking.co.za/account.php | cleartype | on |
| www.bedking.co.za/shopping-cart.php | cleartype | on |
Amount of content8.7
Rendering Chart...
- This website has an average of 1,079 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 |
| www.bedking.co.za/ | 5248 | 805 |
| www.bedking.co.za/faq.php?fc=5 | 22082 | 3667 |
| www.bedking.co.za/stores | 2171 | 307 |
| www.bedking.co.za/account.php | 2115 | 293 |
| www.bedking.co.za/shopping-cart.php | 2292 | 322 |
Headings9.0
- 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.
- Some pages did not define headings correctly. The H1 tag should be used for the most top-level heading, with H2 being used for sub-headings and H3 for further sub-headings and so-on. Not conforming to this convention may confuse visitors.
- Ensure that headings are defined in a semantically correct way, i.e. always start with a H1 tag. This is used to summarise the page content. Further tags (H2, H3, H4 etc) are meant to summarise and partition sections within the content.
Page headings detail
Mobile10.0
- All of this website appears to be optimised for viewing on a mobile phone or a tablet.
Media specific CSS detected
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 behavior.
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.
Images10.0
2% of images have a clearly defined size
10 images are being resized by the browser
- Most images (98.0%) 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.
- 10 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.
Freshness10.0
Last updated April 17, 2024
- It looks like this website was last updated on Wednesday, April 17, 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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