Nibbler SEO audit for www.uic.edu
Summary
Overall8.6
The overall score for this website.
Accessibility8.9
How accessible the website is to mobile and disabled users.
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Experience8.6
How satisfying the website is likely to be for users.
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Marketing7.1
How well marketed, and popular the website is.
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Technology8.9
How well designed and built the website is.
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Nibbler tested a sample of 5 pages from this website at 05:38 on 26 Mar 2024 (GMT).
Top priorities for website improvement
- Define meaningful headings for all webpages. This is likely to help this website's search engine placement and assist visitors in navigating content. (read more)
- Consider the amount of text on this website and increase it if appropriate. (read more)
- Consider updating this website regularly with new content. (read more)
Headings3.8
- 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 headings (5.0%) 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
Freshness4.2
Last updated September 27, 2023
- It looks like this website was last updated on Wednesday, 27 September 2023. Visitors perceive up-to-date websites as more credible. Websites that are updated regularly are also spidered by search engines more 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 |
| 27/09/2023 | www.uic.edu/ | Last modified header |
| 27/09/2023 | www.uic.edu/admissions-aid/.../ | Last modified header |
| 27/09/2023 | www.uic.edu/admissions-aid/ | Last modified header |
| 27/09/2023 | www.uic.edu/academics/ | Last modified header |
| 27/09/2023 | www.uic.edu/academics/.../ | Last modified header |
Amount of content5.5
Rendering Chart...
- This website has an average of 210 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.
Amount of content discovered
| Page | Characters | Words |
| www.uic.edu/ | 1092 | 165 |
| www.uic.edu/admissions-aid/.../ | 4090 | 641 |
| www.uic.edu/admissions-aid/ | 154 | 23 |
| www.uic.edu/academics/ | 154 | 23 |
| www.uic.edu/academics/.../ | 1303 | 197 |
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 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://uic.edu to http://www.uic.edu. This is ideal.
Internal links9.5
- 3 links are 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 tag to benefit search engine optimisation.
Weak link text
- Consider using descriptive words or phrases (e.g. 'News', 'September 2012 financial results') in your anchor tag to benefit search engine optimisation.
- 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.
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 |
| 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 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 cms.uic.edu/.../5_Online-programs.jpg jpg www.uic.edu/academics/.../
- 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:
University of Illinois Chicago
www.uic.edu/
Located in the heart of one of the world’s great cities, the University of Illinois Chicago is a vital part of the educational, technological and cultural fabric of ...
- 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.uic.edu/ | viewport | width=device-width,initial-scale=1 |
| www.uic.edu/ | theme-color | #D50032 |
| www.uic.edu/ | apple-mobile-web-app-capable | yes |
| www.uic.edu/ | apple-mobile-web-app-status-bar-style | black |
| www.uic.edu/ | apple-mobile-web-app-title | University of Illinois Chicago |
| www.uic.edu/ | msapplication-tileimage | /img/icons/msapplication-icon-144x144.png |
| www.uic.edu/ | msapplication-tilecolor | #000000 |
| www.uic.edu/ | application-name | University of Illinois Chicago |
| www.uic.edu/ | description | Located in the heart of one of the world’s great cities, the University of Illinois Chicago is a vital part of the educational, technological and cultural fabric of the region. As Chicago’s only public research university with more than 33,000 students, 16 colleges, a hospital and a health sciences system, UIC provides students access to excellence and opportunity. |
| www.uic.edu/ | google-site-verification | 4olqK8HMATn4OkmXUKEGdcETVPpplQk9Y9I2odvKYgg |
| www.uic.edu/admissions-aid/.../ | viewport | width=device-width,initial-scale=1 |
| www.uic.edu/admissions-aid/.../ | theme-color | #D50032 |
| www.uic.edu/admissions-aid/.../ | apple-mobile-web-app-capable | yes |
| www.uic.edu/admissions-aid/.../ | apple-mobile-web-app-status-bar-style | black |
| www.uic.edu/admissions-aid/.../ | apple-mobile-web-app-title | University of Illinois Chicago |
| www.uic.edu/admissions-aid/.../ | msapplication-tileimage | /img/icons/msapplication-icon-144x144.png |
| www.uic.edu/admissions-aid/.../ | msapplication-tilecolor | #000000 |
| www.uic.edu/admissions-aid/.../ | application-name | University of Illinois Chicago |
| www.uic.edu/admissions-aid/.../ | description | Located in the heart of one of the world’s great cities, the University of Illinois Chicago is a vital part of the educational, technological and cultural fabric of the region. As Chicago’s only public research university with more than 33,000 students, 16 colleges, a hospital and a health sciences system, UIC provides students access to excellence and opportunity. |
| www.uic.edu/admissions-aid/.../ | google-site-verification | 4olqK8HMATn4OkmXUKEGdcETVPpplQk9Y9I2odvKYgg |
| www.uic.edu/admissions-aid/ | viewport | width=device-width,initial-scale=1 |
| www.uic.edu/admissions-aid/ | theme-color | #D50032 |
| www.uic.edu/admissions-aid/ | apple-mobile-web-app-capable | yes |
| www.uic.edu/admissions-aid/ | apple-mobile-web-app-status-bar-style | black |
| www.uic.edu/admissions-aid/ | apple-mobile-web-app-title | University of Illinois Chicago |
| www.uic.edu/admissions-aid/ | msapplication-tileimage | /img/icons/msapplication-icon-144x144.png |
| www.uic.edu/admissions-aid/ | msapplication-tilecolor | #000000 |
| www.uic.edu/admissions-aid/ | application-name | University of Illinois Chicago |
| www.uic.edu/admissions-aid/ | description | Located in the heart of one of the world’s great cities, the University of Illinois Chicago is a vital part of the educational, technological and cultural fabric of the region. As Chicago’s only public research university with more than 33,000 students, 16 colleges, a hospital and a health sciences system, UIC provides students access to excellence and opportunity. |
| www.uic.edu/admissions-aid/ | google-site-verification | 4olqK8HMATn4OkmXUKEGdcETVPpplQk9Y9I2odvKYgg |
| www.uic.edu/academics/ | viewport | width=device-width,initial-scale=1 |
| www.uic.edu/academics/ | theme-color | #D50032 |
| www.uic.edu/academics/ | apple-mobile-web-app-capable | yes |
| www.uic.edu/academics/ | apple-mobile-web-app-status-bar-style | black |
| www.uic.edu/academics/ | apple-mobile-web-app-title | University of Illinois Chicago |
| www.uic.edu/academics/ | msapplication-tileimage | /img/icons/msapplication-icon-144x144.png |
| www.uic.edu/academics/ | msapplication-tilecolor | #000000 |
| www.uic.edu/academics/ | application-name | University of Illinois Chicago |
| www.uic.edu/academics/ | description | Located in the heart of one of the world’s great cities, the University of Illinois Chicago is a vital part of the educational, technological and cultural fabric of the region. As Chicago’s only public research university with more than 33,000 students, 16 colleges, a hospital and a health sciences system, UIC provides students access to excellence and opportunity. |
| www.uic.edu/academics/ | google-site-verification | 4olqK8HMATn4OkmXUKEGdcETVPpplQk9Y9I2odvKYgg |
| www.uic.edu/academics/.../ | viewport | width=device-width,initial-scale=1 |
| www.uic.edu/academics/.../ | theme-color | #D50032 |
| www.uic.edu/academics/.../ | apple-mobile-web-app-capable | yes |
| www.uic.edu/academics/.../ | apple-mobile-web-app-status-bar-style | black |
| www.uic.edu/academics/.../ | apple-mobile-web-app-title | University of Illinois Chicago |
| www.uic.edu/academics/.../ | msapplication-tileimage | /img/icons/msapplication-icon-144x144.png |
| www.uic.edu/academics/.../ | msapplication-tilecolor | #000000 |
| www.uic.edu/academics/.../ | application-name | University of Illinois Chicago |
| www.uic.edu/academics/.../ | description | Located in the heart of one of the world’s great cities, the University of Illinois Chicago is a vital part of the educational, technological and cultural fabric of the region. As Chicago’s only public research university with more than 33,000 students, 16 colleges, a hospital and a health sciences system, UIC provides students access to excellence and opportunity. |
| www.uic.edu/academics/.../ | google-site-verification | 4olqK8HMATn4OkmXUKEGdcETVPpplQk9Y9I2odvKYgg |
Meta Tags (http-equiv attribute)
| Page URL | Name | Content |
| www.uic.edu/ | X-UA-Compatible | IE=edge |
| www.uic.edu/ | origin-trial | AymqwRC7u88Y4JPvfIF2F37QKylC04248hLCdJAsh8xgOfe/dVJPV3XS3wLFca1ZMVOtnBfVjaCMTVudWM//5g4AAAB7eyJvcmlnaW4iOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy5nb29nbGV0YWdtYW5hZ2VyLmNvbTo0NDMiLCJmZWF0dXJlIjoiUHJpdmFjeVNhbmRib3hBZHNBUElzIiwiZXhwaXJ5IjoxNjk1MTY3OTk5LCJpc1RoaXJkUGFydHkiOnRydWV9 |
| www.uic.edu/admissions-aid/.../ | X-UA-Compatible | IE=edge |
| www.uic.edu/admissions-aid/.../ | origin-trial | AymqwRC7u88Y4JPvfIF2F37QKylC04248hLCdJAsh8xgOfe/dVJPV3XS3wLFca1ZMVOtnBfVjaCMTVudWM//5g4AAAB7eyJvcmlnaW4iOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy5nb29nbGV0YWdtYW5hZ2VyLmNvbTo0NDMiLCJmZWF0dXJlIjoiUHJpdmFjeVNhbmRib3hBZHNBUElzIiwiZXhwaXJ5IjoxNjk1MTY3OTk5LCJpc1RoaXJkUGFydHkiOnRydWV9 |
| www.uic.edu/admissions-aid/ | X-UA-Compatible | IE=edge |
| www.uic.edu/admissions-aid/ | origin-trial | AymqwRC7u88Y4JPvfIF2F37QKylC04248hLCdJAsh8xgOfe/dVJPV3XS3wLFca1ZMVOtnBfVjaCMTVudWM//5g4AAAB7eyJvcmlnaW4iOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy5nb29nbGV0YWdtYW5hZ2VyLmNvbTo0NDMiLCJmZWF0dXJlIjoiUHJpdmFjeVNhbmRib3hBZHNBUElzIiwiZXhwaXJ5IjoxNjk1MTY3OTk5LCJpc1RoaXJkUGFydHkiOnRydWV9 |
| www.uic.edu/academics/ | X-UA-Compatible | IE=edge |
| www.uic.edu/academics/ | origin-trial | AymqwRC7u88Y4JPvfIF2F37QKylC04248hLCdJAsh8xgOfe/dVJPV3XS3wLFca1ZMVOtnBfVjaCMTVudWM//5g4AAAB7eyJvcmlnaW4iOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy5nb29nbGV0YWdtYW5hZ2VyLmNvbTo0NDMiLCJmZWF0dXJlIjoiUHJpdmFjeVNhbmRib3hBZHNBUElzIiwiZXhwaXJ5IjoxNjk1MTY3OTk5LCJpc1RoaXJkUGFydHkiOnRydWV9 |
| www.uic.edu/academics/.../ | X-UA-Compatible | IE=edge |
| www.uic.edu/academics/.../ | origin-trial | AymqwRC7u88Y4JPvfIF2F37QKylC04248hLCdJAsh8xgOfe/dVJPV3XS3wLFca1ZMVOtnBfVjaCMTVudWM//5g4AAAB7eyJvcmlnaW4iOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy5nb29nbGV0YWdtYW5hZ2VyLmNvbTo0NDMiLCJmZWF0dXJlIjoiUHJpdmFjeVNhbmRib3hBZHNBUElzIiwiZXhwaXJ5IjoxNjk1MTY3OTk5LCJpc1RoaXJkUGFydHkiOnRydWV9 |
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
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.
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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