Nibbler SEO audit for dabs.candle.digital
Summary
Overall9.0
The overall score for this website.
Accessibility9.9
How accessible the website is to mobile and disabled users.
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Experience7.7
How satisfying the website is likely to be for users.
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Marketing4.8
How well marketed and popular the website is.
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Technology9.9
How well designed and built the website is.
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Nibbler tested a sample of 5 pages from this website at 5:58 AM on Sep 18, 2023 (BST).
Top priorities for website improvement
- Sign up for a Twitter account and make sure it is linked to from your site. (read more)
- Consider updating this website regularly with new content. (read more)
- Consider shortening long anchor text. (read more)
Twitter0.0
This website does not appear to be associated with a Twitter account.
- This website did not contain a link to Twitter.
- Sign up for a Twitter account and make sure it is linked to from your site.
Popularity1.0
0Estimated monthly organic visitors
- This website appears to have a very low number of monthly website visits each month
Source: Ahrefs
Freshness3.6
Last updated January 26, 2023
- It looks like this website was last updated on Thursday, January 26, 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
Amount of content9.3
Rendering Chart...
- This website has an average of 832 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 |
| dabs.candle.digital/ | 3550 | 560 |
| dabs.candle.digital/bright-ideas/ | 2027 | 310 |
| dabs.candle.digital/developing-your-business-idea/ | 5402 | 823 |
| dabs.candle.digital/up-and-running/ | 7922 | 1178 |
| dabs.candle.digital/ambitious-growth/ | 8530 | 1290 |
Internal links9.7
- 3 links use text that is too long. Links should describe what they link to briefly. Linking a long block of text usually indicates an attempt to trick search engines into ranking those keywords highly (a strategy which does not work). Long linked blocks of text are also harder for people to scan.
- Consider shortening long anchor text.
Overly long link text
Link URL Link text Page URL dabs.candle.digital/january-dabs-social-live-and-learn-networking-event-2 Events January DABS Social Live and Learn Networking Event 12/12/2022 Join us on 18th January from 10am at Salvus House, Durham, for our final DABS Live and Learn Networking Event. […] Read this post: January DABS Social Live and Learn Networking Event dabs.candle.digital/ dabs.candle.digital/december-dabs-live-and-learn-networking-event-2 Events December DABS Live and Learn Networking Event 15/11/2022 Join us on Tuesday 6th December at Turtle Bay in Durham for our next live DABS Live and Learn Networking […] Read this post: December DABS Live and Learn Networking Event dabs.candle.digital/ dabs.candle.digital/dabs-festival-of-enterprise-provides-a-needed-boost-for-northeast-startups Events DABS Festival of Enterprise provides a needed boost for Northeast startups 14/10/2022 This week saw a number of County Durham’s most promising start-ups come together for a day of networking, keynote speakers […] Read this post: DABS Festival of Enterprise provides a needed boost for Northeast startups dabs.candle.digital/
- Consider shortening long anchor text.
Images9.8
12% of images have a clearly defined size
17 images are being resized by the browser
- Most images (88.0%) 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.
- 17 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.
Mobile10.0
- All of this website appears to be optimised for viewing on a mobile phone or a tablet.
Media specific CSS detected
Server behavior10.0
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.
- This website follows the best practice of using a permanent (HTTP 301) redirect between URLs with/without trailing slashes. This is ideal.
- This test is not applicable as this website appears to be on a subdomain.
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 |
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:
Durham Startups - Helping County Durham businesses start and develop
dabs.candle.digital/
Helping you start and develop your business in County Durham.
- 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 |
| dabs.candle.digital/ | viewport | width=device-width, initial-scale=1 |
| dabs.candle.digital/ | robots | noindex, nofollow |
| dabs.candle.digital/ | description | Helping you start and develop your business in County Durham. |
| dabs.candle.digital/ | twitter:card | summary_large_image |
| dabs.candle.digital/ | twitter:title | Durham Startups |
| dabs.candle.digital/ | twitter:description | Helping you start and develop your business in County Durham. |
| dabs.candle.digital/ | twitter:image | https://dabs.candle.digital/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/durham-startups-og-image.png |
| dabs.candle.digital/ | twitter:site | @DurhamStarts |
| dabs.candle.digital/ | generator | WordPress 6.0.3 |
| dabs.candle.digital/ | msapplication-tileimage | https://dabs.candle.digital/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-dabs-rocket-270x270.png |
| dabs.candle.digital/bright-ideas/ | viewport | width=device-width, initial-scale=1 |
| dabs.candle.digital/bright-ideas/ | robots | noindex, nofollow |
| dabs.candle.digital/bright-ideas/ | description | Whether you’ve already had that eureka moment or you’re still searching for a bright idea, our self-help tools and resources will guide you through the next steps. |
| dabs.candle.digital/bright-ideas/ | twitter:card | summary_large_image |
| dabs.candle.digital/bright-ideas/ | twitter:image | https://dabs.candle.digital/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/pre-start-businesses.jpg |
| dabs.candle.digital/bright-ideas/ | twitter:site | @DurhamStarts |
| dabs.candle.digital/bright-ideas/ | generator | WordPress 6.0.3 |
| dabs.candle.digital/bright-ideas/ | msapplication-tileimage | https://dabs.candle.digital/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-dabs-rocket-270x270.png |
| dabs.candle.digital/developing-your-business-idea/ | viewport | width=device-width, initial-scale=1 |
| dabs.candle.digital/developing-your-business-idea/ | robots | noindex, nofollow |
| dabs.candle.digital/developing-your-business-idea/ | description | We’ve identified the best resources and support programmes in County Durham to help you progress your plans and prepare to launch your business. |
| dabs.candle.digital/developing-your-business-idea/ | twitter:card | summary_large_image |
| dabs.candle.digital/developing-your-business-idea/ | twitter:image | https://dabs.candle.digital/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/pre-start-businesses.jpg |
| dabs.candle.digital/developing-your-business-idea/ | twitter:site | @DurhamStarts |
| dabs.candle.digital/developing-your-business-idea/ | generator | WordPress 6.0.3 |
| dabs.candle.digital/developing-your-business-idea/ | msapplication-tileimage | https://dabs.candle.digital/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-dabs-rocket-270x270.png |
| dabs.candle.digital/up-and-running/ | viewport | width=device-width, initial-scale=1 |
| dabs.candle.digital/up-and-running/ | robots | noindex, nofollow |
| dabs.candle.digital/up-and-running/ | description | Now you’ve started your business you might need help with employing and managing staff, marketing, finance and building your business. |
| dabs.candle.digital/up-and-running/ | twitter:card | summary_large_image |
| dabs.candle.digital/up-and-running/ | twitter:image | https://dabs.candle.digital/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/pre-start-businesses.jpg |
| dabs.candle.digital/up-and-running/ | twitter:site | @DurhamStarts |
| dabs.candle.digital/up-and-running/ | generator | WordPress 6.0.3 |
| dabs.candle.digital/up-and-running/ | msapplication-tileimage | https://dabs.candle.digital/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-dabs-rocket-270x270.png |
| dabs.candle.digital/ambitious-growth/ | viewport | width=device-width, initial-scale=1 |
| dabs.candle.digital/ambitious-growth/ | robots | noindex, nofollow |
| dabs.candle.digital/ambitious-growth/ | description | If you want to create a high-growth, innovative business with the potential to reach national and international markets, you’ll need investment and specialist support to scale up your business. |
| dabs.candle.digital/ambitious-growth/ | twitter:card | summary_large_image |
| dabs.candle.digital/ambitious-growth/ | twitter:image | https://dabs.candle.digital/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/pre-start-businesses.jpg |
| dabs.candle.digital/ambitious-growth/ | twitter:site | @DurhamStarts |
| dabs.candle.digital/ambitious-growth/ | generator | WordPress 6.0.3 |
| dabs.candle.digital/ambitious-growth/ | msapplication-tileimage | https://dabs.candle.digital/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-dabs-rocket-270x270.png |
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.
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