Nibbler SEO audit for library.buse.ac.zw
Summary
Overall8.3
The overall score for this website.
Accessibility8.7
How accessible the website is to mobile and disabled users.
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Experience7.9
How satisfying the website is likely to be for users.
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Marketing7.2
How well marketed, and popular the website is.
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Technology8.8
How well designed and built the website is.
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Nibbler tested a sample of 1 pages from this website at 02:42 on 18 Mar 2023 (GMT).
Top priorities for website improvement
- Consider the amount of text on this website and increase it if appropriate. (read more)
- 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. (read more)
- Consider updating this website regularly with new content. (read more)
Freshness2.6
Last updated January 29, 2022
- It looks like this website was last updated on Saturday, 29 January 2022. This is bad because visitors may dismiss this website as outdated. Websites that are not updated regularly are also spidered by search engines less often.
- Consider updating this website regularly with new content.
- 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 |
| 29/01/2022 | library.buse.ac.zw/ | Body text |
| 01/07/2020 | library.buse.ac.zw/images/.../logo_2.png | Last modified header |
| 01/07/2020 | library.buse.ac.zw/.../bootstrap.min.css | Last modified header |
| 01/07/2020 | library.buse.ac.zw/.../font-awesome.min.css | Last modified header |
| 28/05/2021 | library.buse.ac.zw/.../custom.css | Last modified header |
| 01/07/2020 | library.buse.ac.zw/.../legacy.css | Last modified header |
| 01/07/2020 | library.buse.ac.zw/.../template.css | Last modified header |
| 01/07/2020 | library.buse.ac.zw/.../preset1.css | Last modified header |
| 01/07/2020 | library.buse.ac.zw/.../frontend-edit.css | Last modified header |
Amount of content3.6
Rendering Chart...
- This website has an average of 32 words per page. The amount of content on a website has been shown to correlate with its search engine ranking.
- Consider the amount of text on this website and increase it if appropriate.
Headings5.0
- All pages were found to use defined headings. This is excellent as it allows visitors and search engines to summarise the content of webpages quickly. Correctly defined headings aid accessibility and are particularly important for search engine optimisation.
- 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
| URL | Heading | Level |
| library.buse.ac.zw/ | Bindura University of Science Education Library | H2 |
| library.buse.ac.zw/ | Quick Links | H4 |
| library.buse.ac.zw/ | How to Guides | H4 |
| library.buse.ac.zw/ | News & Announcements | H4 |
Popularity5.0
1000Estimated monthly organic visitors
- This website appears to have a good number of monthly website visits each month
Source: Ahrefs
Internal links7.4
- 7 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.
Server behaviour8.0
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.
- This test is not applicable as this website appears to be on a subdomain.
Twitter8.5
This website is linked with the Twitter account @BUSELibrary
This website's Twitter account has
530 followers
- This website was found to link the Twitter account BUSE Library (@BUSELibrary).
- This website's Twitter account has made 352 tweets to 530 followers.
- Consider how you promote your Twitter account and engage more with your social audience. The number of Twitter followers a page should have depends very much on the type of organisation, its target audience, and how long it has been in operation.
Source: Twitter
Incoming links9.8
246 pages link to this website
35 domains link to this website
- There are 246 pages on 35 domains linking to this website. The volume and quality of incoming links is known to influence a website's search engine ranking.
- To appear higher in search engine results, consider link building activity as a way to build your search ranking. Be careful though, because incoming links which are obviously artificial are likely to be detected by search engines and could have an adverse effect.
Source: Ahrefs
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 behaviour.
Analytics Software Found
| Software Name |
| Google Analytics |
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 optimisation.
Images10.0
0% of images have a clearly defined size
No images are being resized by the browser
- No images have defined sizes.
- 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
Image URL Format Page URL library.buse.ac.zw/images/.../logo_2.png png library.buse.ac.zw/
- 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.
Meta tags10.0
This is how this website will look in Google search listings:
Home
library.buse.ac.zw/
Bindura University of Science Education Library
- 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 |
| library.buse.ac.zw/ | viewport | width=device-width, initial-scale=1 |
| library.buse.ac.zw/ | keywords | library, education, zimbabwe, bindura, education 5.0, univesity |
| library.buse.ac.zw/ | description | Bindura University of Science Education Library |
| library.buse.ac.zw/ | generator | Joomla! - Open Source Content Management |
Meta Tags (http-equiv attribute)
| Page URL | Name | Content |
| library.buse.ac.zw/ | X-UA-Compatible | IE=edge |
| library.buse.ac.zw/ | content-type | text/html; charset=utf-8 |
Printability10.0
100% of pages are optimised for printing
- All of this website appears to be optimised for printing (using CSS).
Media specific CSS detected
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