Nibbler SEO audit for www.cognizant.com
Summary
Overall9.3
The overall score for this website.
Accessibility10.0
How accessible the website is to mobile and disabled users.
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Experience9.7
How satisfying the website is likely to be for users.
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Marketing9.7
How well marketed and popular the website is.
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Technology9.1
How well designed and built the website is.
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Nibbler tested a sample of 5 pages from this website at 11:05 PM on Mar 31, 2024 (BST).
Top priorities for website improvement
- 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 using descriptive words or phrases (e.g. 'News', 'September 2012 financial results') in your anchor text to benefit search engine optimisation. (read more)
- Make sure all headings have content which is relevant to the page of content. (read more)
Images4.2
98% of images have a clearly defined size
32 images are being resized by the browser
- Some images (2.0%) 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.
- 30 images are not in a web-friendly format.
- Make sure all images on this website are JPEG, PNG, SVG or GIF format.
Non Web-Format Images
- Make sure all images on this website are JPEG, PNG, SVG or GIF format.
- 32 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 content9.3
Rendering Chart...
- This website has an average of 830 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.cognizant.com/us/en | 6686 | 818 |
| www.cognizant.com/us/en/events | 4295 | 487 |
| www.cognizant.com/.../automotive-technology-solutions | 11720 | 1470 |
| www.cognizant.com/.../banking-technology-solutions | 3891 | 428 |
| www.cognizant.com/us/.../ocean | 7808 | 948 |
Internal links9.8
- One link is 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 text to benefit search engine optimisation.
Weak link text
- Consider using descriptive words or phrases (e.g. 'News', 'September 2012 financial results') in your anchor text to benefit search engine optimisation.
- 9 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
| Media | Min width | Max width | CSS file |
| only screen | - | 1024px | www.cognizant.com/.../clientlib-site.lc-a1d4c6fb35bb93ef393b02729ee266b3-lc.min.css |
| screen | - | - | www.cognizant.com/.../clientlib-dependencies.lc-721ebb1e7ae32f9efb83a5d21bad8175-lc.min.css |
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.
- 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://cognizant.com to http://www.cognizant.com. This is ideal.
Analytics10.0
100% of pages use analytics
SiteCatalyst
- Every page in this website is using SiteCatalyst. 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.
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.
- Some headings (0.0%) 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
Meta tags10.0
This is how this website will look in Google search listings:
Intuition engineered—human insight, superhuman speed | Cognizant
www.cognizant.com/us/en
Anticipate trends. Drive meaningful change. Outthink your competition. That’s the power of intuition—and we can engineer it. Learn more.
- 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.cognizant.com/us/en | description | Anticipate trends. Drive meaningful change. Outthink your competition. That’s the power of intuition—and we can engineer it. Learn more. |
| www.cognizant.com/us/en | template | content-template |
| www.cognizant.com/us/en | viewport | width=device-width, initial-scale=1 |
| www.cognizant.com/us/en | twitter:card | summary_large_image |
| www.cognizant.com/us/en | twitter:site | @Cognizant |
| www.cognizant.com/us/en | twitter:creator | @Cognizant |
| www.cognizant.com/us/en | twitter:title | Home |
| www.cognizant.com/us/en | twitter:description | Anticipate trends. Drive meaningful change. Outthink your competition. That’s the power of intuition—and we can engineer it. Learn more. |
| www.cognizant.com/us/en | twitter:image | https://cognizant.scene7.com/is/image/cognizant/CognizantLogo400-6 |
| www.cognizant.com/us/en | google-site-verification | HCzocpGBJtpJTOBRjd5lwNGB6OGi4NZ-st9nMP8Pwgg |
| www.cognizant.com/us/en | google-site-verification | yDTWELuNxnZ5rgJ_0WTGYI05qJ2_uBvccYIvkuVbgKE |
| www.cognizant.com/us/en/events | description | Hear from our experts all over the world at leading partner and Cognizant-sponsored events. See more. |
| www.cognizant.com/us/en/events | template | content-template |
| www.cognizant.com/us/en/events | viewport | width=device-width, initial-scale=1 |
| www.cognizant.com/us/en/events | twitter:card | summary_large_image |
| www.cognizant.com/us/en/events | twitter:site | @Cognizant |
| www.cognizant.com/us/en/events | twitter:creator | @Cognizant |
| www.cognizant.com/us/en/events | twitter:title | Events |
| www.cognizant.com/us/en/events | twitter:description | Hear from our experts all over the world at leading partner and Cognizant-sponsored events. See more. |
| www.cognizant.com/us/en/events | twitter:image | https://cognizant.scene7.com/is/image/cognizant/cognizant-events-hero-desktop |
| www.cognizant.com/us/en/events | google-site-verification | HCzocpGBJtpJTOBRjd5lwNGB6OGi4NZ-st9nMP8Pwgg |
| www.cognizant.com/us/en/events | google-site-verification | yDTWELuNxnZ5rgJ_0WTGYI05qJ2_uBvccYIvkuVbgKE |
| www.cognizant.com/.../automotive-technology-solutions | description | Cognizant helps transform OEMs, suppliers, dealers and finance companies into software-driven enterprises with technology solutions. See more. |
| www.cognizant.com/.../automotive-technology-solutions | template | content-template |
| www.cognizant.com/.../automotive-technology-solutions | viewport | width=device-width, initial-scale=1 |
| www.cognizant.com/.../automotive-technology-solutions | twitter:card | summary_large_image |
| www.cognizant.com/.../automotive-technology-solutions | twitter:site | @Cognizant |
| www.cognizant.com/.../automotive-technology-solutions | twitter:creator | @Cognizant |
| www.cognizant.com/.../automotive-technology-solutions | twitter:title | Automotive |
| www.cognizant.com/.../automotive-technology-solutions | twitter:description | Cognizant helps transform OEMs, suppliers, dealers and finance companies into software-driven enterprises with technology solutions. See more. |
| www.cognizant.com/.../automotive-technology-solutions | twitter:image | https://cognizant.scene7.com/is/image/cognizant/automotive-hero-banner |
| www.cognizant.com/.../automotive-technology-solutions | google-site-verification | HCzocpGBJtpJTOBRjd5lwNGB6OGi4NZ-st9nMP8Pwgg |
| www.cognizant.com/.../automotive-technology-solutions | google-site-verification | yDTWELuNxnZ5rgJ_0WTGYI05qJ2_uBvccYIvkuVbgKE |
| www.cognizant.com/.../banking-technology-solutions | description | We help you streamline inefficient processes with strategies and solutions that grow your business and keep customers at the center of your organization. |
| www.cognizant.com/.../banking-technology-solutions | template | content-template |
| www.cognizant.com/.../banking-technology-solutions | viewport | width=device-width, initial-scale=1 |
| www.cognizant.com/.../banking-technology-solutions | twitter:card | summary_large_image |
| www.cognizant.com/.../banking-technology-solutions | twitter:site | @Cognizant |
| www.cognizant.com/.../banking-technology-solutions | twitter:creator | @Cognizant |
| www.cognizant.com/.../banking-technology-solutions | twitter:title | Banking |
| www.cognizant.com/.../banking-technology-solutions | twitter:description | We help you streamline inefficient processes with strategies and solutions that grow your business and keep customers at the center of your organization. |
| www.cognizant.com/.../banking-technology-solutions | twitter:image | https://cognizant.scene7.com/is/image/cognizant/banking-hero-banner-desktop-1 |
| www.cognizant.com/.../banking-technology-solutions | google-site-verification | HCzocpGBJtpJTOBRjd5lwNGB6OGi4NZ-st9nMP8Pwgg |
| www.cognizant.com/.../banking-technology-solutions | google-site-verification | yDTWELuNxnZ5rgJ_0WTGYI05qJ2_uBvccYIvkuVbgKE |
| www.cognizant.com/us/.../ocean | description | See our approach to managing and protecting the ocean’s resources by addressing every aspect of the Blue Economy. |
| www.cognizant.com/us/.../ocean | template | content-template |
| www.cognizant.com/us/.../ocean | viewport | width=device-width, initial-scale=1 |
| www.cognizant.com/us/.../ocean | twitter:card | summary_large_image |
| www.cognizant.com/us/.../ocean | twitter:site | @Cognizant |
| www.cognizant.com/us/.../ocean | twitter:creator | @Cognizant |
| www.cognizant.com/us/.../ocean | twitter:title | Cognizant Ocean |
| www.cognizant.com/us/.../ocean | twitter:description | See our approach to managing and protecting the ocean’s resources by addressing every aspect of the Blue Economy. |
| www.cognizant.com/us/.../ocean | twitter:image | https://cognizant.scene7.com/is/content/cognizant/Ocean-Homepage-1468x512 |
| www.cognizant.com/us/.../ocean | google-site-verification | HCzocpGBJtpJTOBRjd5lwNGB6OGi4NZ-st9nMP8Pwgg |
| www.cognizant.com/us/.../ocean | google-site-verification | yDTWELuNxnZ5rgJ_0WTGYI05qJ2_uBvccYIvkuVbgKE |
Printability10.0
100% of pages are optimized for printing
- All pages of this website appear to be optimized for printing (using CSS).
Media specific CSS detected
| Media | Min width | Max width | CSS file |
| only screen | - | 1024px | www.cognizant.com/.../clientlib-site.lc-a1d4c6fb35bb93ef393b02729ee266b3-lc.min.css |
| - | - | www.cognizant.com/.../clientlib-dependencies.lc-721ebb1e7ae32f9efb83a5d21bad8175-lc.min.css |
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 March 27, 2024
- It looks like this website was last updated on Wednesday, March 27, 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 |
| 3/19/24 | www.cognizant.com/us/en | Body text |
| 9/6/23 | www.cognizant.com/.../aditya-pathak-leadership-bw.png | Last modified header |
| 9/8/23 | www.cognizant.com/.../hp-gen-ai-reinventing-hero-banner-desktop.jpg | Last modified header |
| 7/21/23 | www.cognizant.com/.../ttw-generative-ai-th.jpg | Last modified header |
| 3/7/24 | www.cognizant.com/.../clientlib-base.lc-2de17537e901ad216450e30328cc1ce0-lc.min.css | Last modified header |
| 3/26/24 | www.cognizant.com/.../clientlib-dependencies.lc-721ebb1e7ae32f9efb83a5d21bad8175-lc.min.css | Last modified header |
| 3/27/24 | www.cognizant.com/.../clientlib-site.lc-a1d4c6fb35bb93ef393b02729ee266b3-lc.min.css | Last modified header |
| 3/7/24 | www.cognizant.com/.../skiptomaincontent.lc-696ce9a06faa733b225ffb8c05f16db9-lc.min.css | Last modified header |
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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