Nibbler SEO audit for www.purq.co.za
Summary
Overall6.0
The overall score for this website.
Accessibility6.7
How accessible the website is to mobile and disabled users.
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Experience7.3
How satisfying the website is likely to be for users.
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Marketing3.7
How well marketed, and popular the website is.
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Technology6.9
How well designed and built the website is.
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Nibbler tested a sample of 5 pages from this website at 08:53 on 29 Mar 2024 (GMT).
Top priorities for website improvement
- Consider a leading website analytics solution, such as WebTrends or Google Analytics. (read more)
- Make sure that all pages have a title in the head of the document. (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)
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.
Meta tags1.2
- No pages were found to use the description 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.purq.co.za/ | viewport | width=device-width, initial-scale=1 |
| www.purq.co.za/aboutus.html | viewport | width=device-width, initial-scale=1 |
| www.purq.co.za/vision.html | viewport | width=device-width, initial-scale=1 |
Meta Tags (http-equiv attribute)
| Page URL | Name | Content |
| www.purq.co.za/ | Content-Type | text/html; charset=UTF-8 |
| www.purq.co.za/aboutus.html | Content-Type | text/html; charset=UTF-8 |
| www.purq.co.za/vision.html | Content-Type | text/html; charset=UTF-8 |
Headings3.0
- A large number (40.0%) of pages do not use defined headings. This means that users and search engines may find it harder to determine the content of this website's pages. Correctly defined headings aid accessibility and are particularly important for search engine optimisation.
- Define meaningful headings for all webpages. This is likely to help this website's search engine placement and assist visitors in navigating 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
| URL | Heading | Level |
| www.purq.co.za/ | We do Qualification Verifications | H4 |
| www.purq.co.za/ | More about PURCO SA | H4 |
| www.purq.co.za/ | We are POPIA Compliant | H4 |
| www.purq.co.za/ | More about Signatory | H4 |
| www.purq.co.za/aboutus.html | About PURQ | H1 |
| www.purq.co.za/vision.html | Our Vision | H1 |
Amount of content3.7
Rendering Chart...
- This website has an average of 77 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.
- 2 pages of this website have very little content (20 words or less).
- Ensure all pages have a sufficient amount of content.
Amount of content discovered
| Page | Characters | Words |
| www.purq.co.za/ | 670 | 82 |
| www.purq.co.za/login.jsp?f=login | 0 | 1 |
| www.purq.co.za/registration.jsp?z=1&f=register | 0 | 1 |
| www.purq.co.za/aboutus.html | 1752 | 250 |
| www.purq.co.za/vision.html | 417 | 53 |
URL format4.4
4 URLs are less than ideal
- 2 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.
- 4 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.
Page titles5.0
60% of pages have defined titles
20% of page titles are weak
- 2 pages do not specify a title. 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.
- One page has a relatively weak title which could be improved.
- Make sure that all pages have a descriptive title. Do not include the address of the page in the title, try not to use excessive punctuation and avoid common words like 'page'.
Page titles
| Page title | Notes |
| PURQ - Home Page | It is unnecessary to end the page title with "page" |
| No Title | Missing |
| No Title | Missing |
| PURQ - About Us | OK |
| PURQ - Vision | OK |
Printability6.0
60% of pages are optimised for printing
- 2 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 optimised pages
Page Print www.purq.co.za/ Optimised www.purq.co.za/login.jsp?f=login Not detected www.purq.co.za/registration.jsp?z=1&f=register Not detected www.purq.co.za/aboutus.html Optimised www.purq.co.za/vision.html Optimised
- 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
Server behaviour6.4
404 page
Compression
- This website handles missing pages correctly by sending a 404 HTTP status code.
- This website was not served using 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.
- This website uses a temporary (HTTP 302) redirect from http://purq.co.za to http://www.purq.co.za. This is OK, but a permanent (HTTP 301) redirect is considered best practice.
- If possible, change the temporary redirect to a permanent (HTTP 301) redirect.
Mobile7.2
- Most pages (60.0%) of this website appear to be optimised for viewing on a mobile phone or tablet (using CSS media queries). It is important to make sure your content is optimised for a wide range of devices as a growing percentage of web browsing is done on phones and tablets.
- Check how the website looks using a mobile and consider adding mobile and tablet styling using media queries. Some websites employ other techniques for mobile visitors which we cannot currently detect.
Device optimised pages
Page Mobile Tablet Viewport www.purq.co.za/ Detected Detected Detected www.purq.co.za/login.jsp?f=login Not detected Not detected Not detected www.purq.co.za/registration.jsp?z=1&f=register Not detected Not detected Not detected www.purq.co.za/aboutus.html Detected Detected Detected www.purq.co.za/vision.html Detected Detected Detected
- Check how the website looks using a mobile and consider adding mobile and tablet styling using media queries. Some websites employ other techniques for mobile visitors which we cannot currently detect.
Media specific CSS detected
Internal links9.8
- One link has no text describing its 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.
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
- 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.
Freshness10.0
Last updated March 18, 2024
- It looks like this website was last updated on Monday, 18 March 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 |
| 18/03/2024 | www.purq.co.za/ | Last modified header |
| 18/03/2024 | www.purq.co.za/aboutus.html | Last modified header |
| 18/03/2024 | www.purq.co.za/vision.html | Last modified header |
| 18/03/2024 | www.purq.co.za/.../saqaa_cards.gif | Last modified header |
| 18/03/2024 | www.purq.co.za/logo/ul.png | Last modified header |
| 18/03/2024 | www.purq.co.za/logo/cut.png | Last modified header |
| 18/03/2024 | www.purq.co.za/logo/uv.png | Last modified header |
| 18/03/2024 | www.purq.co.za/logo/tut.jpg | Last modified header |
| 18/03/2024 | www.purq.co.za/logo/vc.png | Last modified header |
| 18/03/2024 | www.purq.co.za/logo/mp.jpg | Last modified header |
| 18/03/2024 | www.purq.co.za/logo/uz.jpg | Last modified header |
| 18/03/2024 | www.purq.co.za/logo/up.jpg | Last modified header |
| 18/03/2024 | www.purq.co.za/logo/unisa.PNG | Last modified header |
| 18/03/2024 | www.purq.co.za/logo/sun.png | Last modified header |
| 18/03/2024 | www.purq.co.za/logo/ufs.svg | Last modified header |
| 18/03/2024 | www.purq.co.za/logo/rbc.png | Last modified header |
| 18/03/2024 | www.purq.co.za/logo/nlc.png | Last modified header |
| 18/03/2024 | www.purq.co.za/logo/nwu.png | Last modified header |
| 18/03/2024 | www.purq.co.za/logo/nmmu.png | Last modified header |
| 18/03/2024 | www.purq.co.za/logo/kzn.png | Last modified header |
| 18/03/2024 | www.purq.co.za/logo/ru.png | Last modified header |
| 18/03/2024 | www.purq.co.za/.../blockBanner4.png | Last modified header |
| 18/03/2024 | www.purq.co.za/.../blockBanner3.png | Last modified header |
| 18/03/2024 | www.purq.co.za/.../blockBanner2.png | Last modified header |
| 18/03/2024 | www.purq.co.za/.../blockBanner1.png | Last modified header |
| 18/03/2024 | www.purq.co.za/images/.../Integrity.jpg | Last modified header |
| 18/03/2024 | www.purq.co.za/.../Availability.jpg | Last modified header |
| 18/03/2024 | www.purq.co.za/images/.../purq5.png | Last modified header |
| 18/03/2024 | www.purq.co.za/css/style.css | Last modified header |
| 18/03/2024 | www.purq.co.za/css/middle.css | Last modified header |
| 18/03/2024 | www.purq.co.za/css/middle_slider.css | Last modified header |
| 18/03/2024 | www.purq.co.za/css/middle_slider2.css | Last modified header |
| 18/03/2024 | www.purq.co.za/css/footer.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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