Nibbler SEO audit for www.vsb.bc.ca
Summary
Overall8.5
The overall score for this website.
Accessibility9.3
How accessible the website is to mobile and disabled users.
The following tests contribute to this score:
Experience8.8
How satisfying the website is likely to be for users.
The following tests contribute to this score:
Marketing8.6
How well marketed and popular the website is.
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Technology7.4
How well designed and built the website is.
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Nibbler tested a sample of 5 pages from this website at 7:34 AM on Apr 18, 2024 (BST).
Top priorities for website improvement
- Enable GZIP compression on your web server or in your application for all pages. (read more)
- 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. (read more)
- Make sure all headings have content which is relevant to the page of content. (read more)
Server behavior3.6
404 page
Compression
- This website handles missing pages correctly by sending a 404 HTTP status code.
- 4 pages of this website were not served with GZIP encoding. GZIP compression is widely supported and reduces the load time of a web page.
- Enable GZIP compression on your web server or in your application for all pages.
- One page of this website is returned GZIP encoded, even if the client does not support compression. GZIP compression is good because it is widely supported and reduces the load time of a web page. However, some devices and web crawlers might not support GZIP compression so your website should obey the accept-encoding HTTP header.
- Ensure GZIP compressed content is only returned when the client sends the accept-encoding: gzip header.
- This website returns page content with or without a trailing slash on the URLs. Search engines might see these as separate pages with duplicate content which they could penalise for.
- Use a 301 redirect or a canonical meta tag to force search engines to see the correct version.
Duplicate pages
- Use a 301 redirect or a canonical meta tag to force search engines to see the correct version.
- There is duplicate content on http://vsb.bc.ca and http://www.vsb.bc.ca. 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.
Meta tags3.6
- All pages include at least some metadata, but only 20.0% 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.
Pages with no meta description
- 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.vsb.bc.ca/ | viewport | width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, shrink-to-fit=no |
| www.vsb.bc.ca/ | twitter:card | summary |
| www.vsb.bc.ca/ | twitter:title | Vancouver School Board |
| www.vsb.bc.ca/ | viewport | width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0 |
| www.vsb.bc.ca/page/.../our-district | viewport | width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, shrink-to-fit=no |
| www.vsb.bc.ca/page/.../our-district | twitter:card | summary |
| www.vsb.bc.ca/page/.../our-district | twitter:title | Our District |
| www.vsb.bc.ca/page/.../our-district | viewport | width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0 |
| www.vsb.bc.ca/.../job-opportunities-at-the-vancouver-school-board | viewport | width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, shrink-to-fit=no |
| www.vsb.bc.ca/.../job-opportunities-at-the-vancouver-school-board | twitter:card | summary_large_image |
| www.vsb.bc.ca/.../job-opportunities-at-the-vancouver-school-board | twitter:image | https://media.vsb.bc.ca/media/Default/pgg/5/VSB Photo Shoot July 12, 2022 AnitaBonnarens-4697-3.jpg |
| www.vsb.bc.ca/.../job-opportunities-at-the-vancouver-school-board | twitter:title | Job Opportunities at the Vancouver School Board |
| www.vsb.bc.ca/.../job-opportunities-at-the-vancouver-school-board | generator | Orchard |
| www.vsb.bc.ca/.../job-opportunities-at-the-vancouver-school-board | viewport | width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0 |
| www.vsb.bc.ca/page/.../employee-services | viewport | width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, shrink-to-fit=no |
| www.vsb.bc.ca/page/.../employee-services | description | Payroll and employee benefits, recruitment, staffing, employee health, safety and support |
| www.vsb.bc.ca/page/.../employee-services | twitter:card | summary_large_image |
| www.vsb.bc.ca/page/.../employee-services | twitter:image | https://media.vsb.bc.ca/media/Default/pgg/5/Employee Services.jpg |
| www.vsb.bc.ca/page/.../employee-services | twitter:title | Employee Services |
| www.vsb.bc.ca/page/.../employee-services | generator | Orchard |
| www.vsb.bc.ca/page/.../employee-services | viewport | width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0 |
| www.vsb.bc.ca/page/.../departments | viewport | width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, shrink-to-fit=no |
| www.vsb.bc.ca/page/.../departments | twitter:card | summary |
| www.vsb.bc.ca/page/.../departments | twitter:title | Departments |
| www.vsb.bc.ca/page/.../departments | viewport | width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0 |
Meta Tags (http-equiv attribute)
| Page URL | Name | Content |
| www.vsb.bc.ca/ | X-UA-Compatible | IE=edge,chrome=1 |
| www.vsb.bc.ca/page/.../our-district | X-UA-Compatible | IE=edge,chrome=1 |
| www.vsb.bc.ca/.../job-opportunities-at-the-vancouver-school-board | X-UA-Compatible | IE=edge,chrome=1 |
| www.vsb.bc.ca/page/.../employee-services | X-UA-Compatible | IE=edge,chrome=1 |
| www.vsb.bc.ca/page/.../departments | X-UA-Compatible | IE=edge,chrome=1 |
Headings5.9
- 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 (3.0%) 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.
- 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
Images7.2
83% of images have a clearly defined size
59 images are being resized by the browser
- Some images (17.0%) 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.
- 59 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.
- 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
Image URL HTTP status code Page URL sb45storage.blob.core.windows.net/.../icon-translate.svg 404 media.vsb.bc.ca/media/.../Employee 404 media.vsb.bc.ca/media/.../Purchasing 404 media.vsb.bc.ca/media/.../Risk 404
- Check any images which could not be downloaded and fix them if necessary.
Amount of content9.5
Rendering Chart...
- This website has an average of 937 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.vsb.bc.ca/ | 50490 | 1535 |
| www.vsb.bc.ca/page/.../our-district | 7960 | 968 |
| www.vsb.bc.ca/.../job-opportunities-at-the-vancouver-school-board | 6718 | 798 |
| www.vsb.bc.ca/page/.../employee-services | 5714 | 640 |
| www.vsb.bc.ca/page/.../departments | 6548 | 743 |
Internal links9.9
- 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
Analytics10.0
100% of pages use analytics
Multiple Analytics Solutions
- Every page in this website is using some form of analytics software. This is excellent and should allow for a complete analysis of visitor behavior.
Analytics Software Found
| Software Name |
| Google Analytics |
| Google Tag Manager |
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
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
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 18, 2024
- It looks like this website was last updated on Thursday, April 18, 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 | www.vsb.bc.ca/ | Body text |
| 4/18/24 | www.vsb.bc.ca/ | Body text |
| 4/17/24 | www.vsb.bc.ca/ | Body text |
| 4/17/24 | www.vsb.bc.ca/ | Body text |
| 4/15/24 | www.vsb.bc.ca/page/.../our-district | Body text |
| 4/27/23 | www.vsb.bc.ca/.../job-opportunities-at-the-vancouver-school-board | Body text |
| 8/29/23 | www.vsb.bc.ca/page/.../employee-services | Body text |
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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