Nibbler SEO audit for www.usgovernmentspending.com
Summary
Overall8.1
The overall score for this website.
Accessibility8.8
How accessible the website is to mobile and disabled users.
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Experience7.6
How satisfying the website is likely to be for users.
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Marketing8.4
How well marketed and popular the website is.
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Technology8.0
How well designed and built the website is.
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Nibbler tested a sample of 5 pages from this website at 1:41 AM on Apr 15, 2024 (BST).
Top priorities for website improvement
- Consider a leading website analytics solution, such as WebTrends or Google Analytics. (read more)
- Having mobile optimised HTML is good, but the best way of adapting a website for different screen sizes is to use CSS media queries. (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)
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 www.usgovernmentspending.com/ Not detected www.usgovernmentspending.com/us_deficit Not detected www.usgovernmentspending.com/federal_budget Not detected www.usgovernmentspending.com/debt_clock Not detected www.usgovernmentspending.com/total_spending_chart 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
| Media | Min width | Max width | CSS file |
| only screen | - | - | www.usgovernmentspending.com/rev/usgs.css |
URL format5.2
4 URLs are less than ideal
- 4 URLs are particularly hard to type or remember.
- Consider URL rewriting as an effective and transparent means of creating appropriate URLs. URLs using unusual characters (such as semi-colons or underscores), long numerals or complex phrasing are very difficult for real people to use or exchange. They also tend to be less favoured by search engines. Wherever possible ensure web addresses are 'human readable' - i.e. they should be easy to read, remember and type. In particular, avoid the use of obscure characters (including the underscore, which is not widely understood by non-technical users, or particularly memorable) and long numerals, e.g. example.com/23857984325.
Mobile7.2
- This website delivers a mobile optimized version of the HTML when accessed on a phone. This is good because visitors on a mobile device will be able to access this website easily.
- Having mobile optimised HTML is good, but the best way of adapting a website for different screen sizes is to use CSS media queries.
Media specific CSS detected
| Media | Min width | Max width | CSS file |
| only screen | - | - | www.usgovernmentspending.com/rev/usgs.css |
Server behavior7.9
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.
- Adding or removing a trailing slash to all URLs of this site returns an error page (404). This is OK as no content is being duplicated, but visitors might try browsing to the pages of this website with or without a trailing slash. Ideally, the alternate URL should redirect to the correct page.
- Add a 301 redirect from the other version to the canonical URL.
Unhandled alternate URLs
- Add a 301 redirect from the other version to the canonical URL.
- There is duplicate content on http://usgovernmentspending.com and http://www.usgovernmentspending.com. This is bad, as technically they are classed as two different websites. Search engines may lower a website's rank if they find the same content on two different URLs.
- Choose one domain that you would like to use and then set a permanent (HTTP 301) redirect to forward users who visit the other.
Images9.1
6% of images have a clearly defined size
No images are being resized by the browser
- Most images (94.0%) 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.
- 1 image on this website could not be downloaded. Broken images may cause the website to display incorrectly for visitors.
- Check any images which could not be downloaded and fix them if necessary.
Unavailable images
- Check any images which could not be downloaded and fix them if necessary.
Internal links9.7
- 20 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.
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:
US Government Finances: Spending, Deficit, Debt, Revenue since 1792
www.usgovernmentspending.com/
US federal spending for FY2024 is $6.94 trillion. Total spending, including federal, state, local, is estimated at $10.55 trillion. Source: OMB Historical Tables ...
- Nearly every page was found to include the 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.usgovernmentspending.com/ | viewport | width=device-width,initial-scale=1 |
| www.usgovernmentspending.com/ | msvalidate.01 | 627DDEC87A3C65C8DE343CA548416CCF |
| www.usgovernmentspending.com/ | verify-v1 | vgvbeoiNk0+KEFnyEEvXNqLzWogF8QmEfN5RdIPZil0= |
| www.usgovernmentspending.com/ | description | US federal spending for FY2024 is $6.94 trillion. Total spending, including federal, state, local, is estimated at $10.55 trillion. Source: OMB Historical Tables, Census Bureau. |
| www.usgovernmentspending.com/ | twitter:card | summary_large_image |
| www.usgovernmentspending.com/ | twitter:creator | @chrischantrill |
| www.usgovernmentspending.com/ | twitter:title | US Government Finances: Spending, Deficit, Debt, Revenue since 1792 |
| www.usgovernmentspending.com/ | twitter:description | US federal spending for FY2024 is $6.94 trillion. Total spending, including federal, state, local, is estimated at $10.55 trillion. Source: OMB Historical Tables, Census Bureau. |
| www.usgovernmentspending.com/ | twitter:image | https://www.usgovernmentspending.com/include/usgs_chartSp01f.png |
| www.usgovernmentspending.com/ | twitter:url | https://www.usgovernmentspending.com/ |
| www.usgovernmentspending.com/us_deficit | viewport | width=device-width,initial-scale=1 |
| www.usgovernmentspending.com/us_deficit | msvalidate.01 | 627DDEC87A3C65C8DE343CA548416CCF |
| www.usgovernmentspending.com/us_deficit | verify-v1 | vgvbeoiNk0+KEFnyEEvXNqLzWogF8QmEfN5RdIPZil0= |
| www.usgovernmentspending.com/us_deficit | description | The federal deficit for FY2025 will be $1.78 trillion. It is the amount by which federal outlays in the federal budget exceed federal receipts. Source: OMB Historical Tables. |
| www.usgovernmentspending.com/us_deficit | description | The federal deficit for FY2025 will be $1.78 trillion. It is the amount by which federal outlays in the federal budget exceed federal receipts. Source: OMB Historical Tables. |
| www.usgovernmentspending.com/us_deficit | twitter:card | summary_large_image |
| www.usgovernmentspending.com/us_deficit | twitter:creator | @chrischantrill |
| www.usgovernmentspending.com/us_deficit | twitter:title | US Deficit for FY24: $1.86 trillion. |
| www.usgovernmentspending.com/us_deficit | twitter:description | The federal deficit for FY2025 will be $1.78 trillion. It is the amount by which federal outlays in the federal budget exceed federal receipts. Source: OMB Historical Tables. |
| www.usgovernmentspending.com/us_deficit | twitter:image | https://www.usgovernmentspending.com//include/usgs_chartDp02f.png |
| www.usgovernmentspending.com/us_deficit | twitter:url | https://www.usgovernmentspending.com/us_deficit |
| www.usgovernmentspending.com/federal_budget | viewport | width=device-width,initial-scale=1 |
| www.usgovernmentspending.com/federal_budget | msvalidate.01 | 627DDEC87A3C65C8DE343CA548416CCF |
| www.usgovernmentspending.com/federal_budget | verify-v1 | vgvbeoiNk0+KEFnyEEvXNqLzWogF8QmEfN5RdIPZil0= |
| www.usgovernmentspending.com/federal_budget | description | US federal budget showing actual FY 2016 results Source: OMB Historical Tables. |
| www.usgovernmentspending.com/debt_clock | viewport | width=device-width,initial-scale=1 |
| www.usgovernmentspending.com/debt_clock | msvalidate.01 | 627DDEC87A3C65C8DE343CA548416CCF |
| www.usgovernmentspending.com/debt_clock | verify-v1 | vgvbeoiNk0+KEFnyEEvXNqLzWogF8QmEfN5RdIPZil0= |
| www.usgovernmentspending.com/debt_clock | description | The federal debt for end of FY2024 will be $35.11 trillion. Total debt, including federal, state, local, is estimated at $38.76 trillion. |
| www.usgovernmentspending.com/debt_clock | google-site-verification | zqBQD2Fm5QWsbBvS4LpFi57nPkgb3J7qbdxZwe1aoMc |
| www.usgovernmentspending.com/total_spending_chart | viewport | width=device-width,initial-scale=1 |
| www.usgovernmentspending.com/total_spending_chart | msvalidate.01 | 627DDEC87A3C65C8DE343CA548416CCF |
| www.usgovernmentspending.com/total_spending_chart | verify-v1 | vgvbeoiNk0+KEFnyEEvXNqLzWogF8QmEfN5RdIPZil0= |
| www.usgovernmentspending.com/total_spending_chart | description | Charts and analysis of recent and historical total US government spending -- including federal, state, and local -- starting in 1900. |
| www.usgovernmentspending.com/total_spending_chart | twitter:card | summary_large_image |
| www.usgovernmentspending.com/total_spending_chart | twitter:creator | @chrischantrill |
| www.usgovernmentspending.com/total_spending_chart | twitter:title | Analysis of Recent US Total Government Spending |
| www.usgovernmentspending.com/total_spending_chart | twitter:description | Charts and analysis of recent and historical total US government spending -- including federal, state, and local -- starting in 1900. |
| www.usgovernmentspending.com/total_spending_chart | twitter:image | https://www.usgovernmentspending.com/include/usgs_chartSp01t.png |
| www.usgovernmentspending.com/total_spending_chart | twitter:url | https://www.usgovernmentspending.com/total_spending_chart |
| www.usgovernmentspending.com/total_spending_chart | google-site-verification | zqBQD2Fm5QWsbBvS4LpFi57nPkgb3J7qbdxZwe1aoMc |
Amount of content10.0
Rendering Chart...
- This website has an average of 2,230 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.usgovernmentspending.com/ | 13811 | 2023 |
| www.usgovernmentspending.com/us_deficit | 15601 | 2411 |
| www.usgovernmentspending.com/federal_budget | 15587 | 2475 |
| www.usgovernmentspending.com/debt_clock | 13968 | 2115 |
| www.usgovernmentspending.com/total_spending_chart | 14146 | 2128 |
Freshness10.0
Last updated April 15, 2024
- It looks like this website was last updated on Monday, April 15, 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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