Nibbler SEO audit for theboatmovers.co.uk
Summary
Overall7.3
The overall score for this website.
Accessibility7.9
How accessible the website is to mobile and disabled users.
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Experience6.6
How satisfying the website is likely to be for users.
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Marketing4.0
How well marketed and popular the website is.
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Technology7.7
How well designed and built the website is.
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Nibbler tested a sample of 5 pages from this website at 5:03 PM on Apr 19, 2024 (BST).
Top priorities for website improvement
- Consider using descriptive words or phrases (e.g. 'News', 'September 2012 financial results') in your anchor tag to benefit search engine optimization. (read more)
- 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)
- Sign up for a Twitter account and make sure it is linked to from your site. (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.
Printability0.0
0% of pages are optimized for printing
- 5 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 optimized pages
Page Print theboatmovers.co.uk/ Not detected theboatmovers.co.uk/connect-with-us Not detected theboatmovers.co.uk/what-we-do Not detected theboatmovers.co.uk/reviews-1 Not detected theboatmovers.co.uk/previous-work Not detected
- 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
Headings4.0
- 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 optimization.
- Define meaningful headings for all webpages. This is likely to help this website's search engine placement and assist visitors in navigating content.
Page headings detail
| URL | Heading | Level |
| theboatmovers.co.uk/connect-with-us | Get in touch | H1 |
| theboatmovers.co.uk/connect-with-us | Please call/email for a quote, or use the form below | H4 |
| theboatmovers.co.uk/connect-with-us | The Boat Movers | H4 |
| theboatmovers.co.uk/what-we-do | Boat Moving | H1 |
| theboatmovers.co.uk/what-we-do | Boat Instruction | H4 |
| theboatmovers.co.uk/what-we-do | Boat Instruction | H4 |
| theboatmovers.co.uk/what-we-do | Boat Instruction | H4 |
| theboatmovers.co.uk/what-we-do | Boat Instruction | H4 |
| theboatmovers.co.uk/what-we-do | Boat Instruction | H4 |
| theboatmovers.co.uk/reviews-1 | Reviews | H1 |
Meta tags5.2
This is how this website will look in Google search listings:
The Boat Movers - Boat Moving, Canal, Instruction, Tidal, River
theboatmovers.co.uk/
We are a water based boat moving and instruction service for UK inland waterways, canals and rivers
- All pages include at least some metadata, but only 40.0% 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 |
| theboatmovers.co.uk/ | viewport | width=device-width, initial-scale=1 |
| theboatmovers.co.uk/ | description | We are a water based boat moving and instruction service for UK inland waterways, canals and rivers |
| theboatmovers.co.uk/ | author | The Boat Movers |
| theboatmovers.co.uk/ | generator | Starfield Technologies; Go Daddy Website Builder 8.0.0000 |
| theboatmovers.co.uk/ | twitter:card | summary |
| theboatmovers.co.uk/ | twitter:title | The Boat Movers |
| theboatmovers.co.uk/ | twitter:description | We are a water based boat moving and instruction service for UK inland waterways, canals and rivers |
| theboatmovers.co.uk/ | twitter:image | https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/998f7cf1-4418-42f9-a0b2-370a713cf062/wigramsturn.jpg |
| theboatmovers.co.uk/ | twitter:image:alt | The Boat Movers |
| theboatmovers.co.uk/ | theme-color | #FFFFFF |
| theboatmovers.co.uk/ | google-site-verification | hmLdcYBHkuZ7kdw768FI_yClhgvGjd1lfQ9pIdL7_k0 |
| theboatmovers.co.uk/connect-with-us | viewport | width=device-width, initial-scale=1 |
| theboatmovers.co.uk/connect-with-us | author | The Boat Movers |
| theboatmovers.co.uk/connect-with-us | generator | Starfield Technologies; Go Daddy Website Builder 8.0.0000 |
| theboatmovers.co.uk/connect-with-us | twitter:card | summary |
| theboatmovers.co.uk/connect-with-us | twitter:title | The Boat Movers |
| theboatmovers.co.uk/connect-with-us | twitter:image | https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/998f7cf1-4418-42f9-a0b2-370a713cf062/wigramsturn.jpg |
| theboatmovers.co.uk/connect-with-us | twitter:image:alt | The Boat Movers |
| theboatmovers.co.uk/connect-with-us | theme-color | #FFFFFF |
| theboatmovers.co.uk/what-we-do | viewport | width=device-width, initial-scale=1 |
| theboatmovers.co.uk/what-we-do | description | Boat Moving and boat instruction company for UK canal and inland waterways, including tidal and non-tidal rivers |
| theboatmovers.co.uk/what-we-do | author | The Boat Movers |
| theboatmovers.co.uk/what-we-do | generator | Starfield Technologies; Go Daddy Website Builder 8.0.0000 |
| theboatmovers.co.uk/what-we-do | twitter:card | summary |
| theboatmovers.co.uk/what-we-do | twitter:title | The Boat Movers |
| theboatmovers.co.uk/what-we-do | twitter:description | Boat Moving and boat instruction company for UK canal and inland waterways, including tidal and non-tidal rivers |
| theboatmovers.co.uk/what-we-do | twitter:image | https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/998f7cf1-4418-42f9-a0b2-370a713cf062/wigramsturn.jpg |
| theboatmovers.co.uk/what-we-do | twitter:image:alt | The Boat Movers |
| theboatmovers.co.uk/what-we-do | theme-color | #FFFFFF |
| theboatmovers.co.uk/reviews-1 | viewport | width=device-width, initial-scale=1 |
| theboatmovers.co.uk/reviews-1 | author | The Boat Movers |
| theboatmovers.co.uk/reviews-1 | generator | Starfield Technologies; Go Daddy Website Builder 8.0.0000 |
| theboatmovers.co.uk/reviews-1 | twitter:card | summary |
| theboatmovers.co.uk/reviews-1 | twitter:title | The Boat Movers |
| theboatmovers.co.uk/reviews-1 | twitter:image | https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/998f7cf1-4418-42f9-a0b2-370a713cf062/wigramsturn.jpg |
| theboatmovers.co.uk/reviews-1 | twitter:image:alt | The Boat Movers |
| theboatmovers.co.uk/reviews-1 | theme-color | #FFFFFF |
| theboatmovers.co.uk/previous-work | viewport | width=device-width, initial-scale=1 |
| theboatmovers.co.uk/previous-work | author | The Boat Movers |
| theboatmovers.co.uk/previous-work | generator | Starfield Technologies; Go Daddy Website Builder 8.0.0000 |
| theboatmovers.co.uk/previous-work | twitter:card | summary |
| theboatmovers.co.uk/previous-work | twitter:title | The Boat Movers |
| theboatmovers.co.uk/previous-work | twitter:image | https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/998f7cf1-4418-42f9-a0b2-370a713cf062/wigramsturn.jpg |
| theboatmovers.co.uk/previous-work | twitter:image:alt | The Boat Movers |
| theboatmovers.co.uk/previous-work | theme-color | #FFFFFF |
Meta Tags (http-equiv attribute)
| Page URL | Name | Content |
| theboatmovers.co.uk/ | X-UA-Compatible | IE=edge |
| theboatmovers.co.uk/connect-with-us | X-UA-Compatible | IE=edge |
| theboatmovers.co.uk/what-we-do | X-UA-Compatible | IE=edge |
| theboatmovers.co.uk/reviews-1 | X-UA-Compatible | IE=edge |
| theboatmovers.co.uk/previous-work | X-UA-Compatible | IE=edge |
Amount of content5.4
Rendering Chart...
- This website has an average of 127 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 |
| theboatmovers.co.uk/ | 229 | 39 |
| theboatmovers.co.uk/connect-with-us | 465 | 81 |
| theboatmovers.co.uk/what-we-do | 2617 | 435 |
| theboatmovers.co.uk/reviews-1 | 238 | 40 |
| theboatmovers.co.uk/previous-work | 230 | 39 |
Internal links5.5
- 5 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 optimization.
Weak link text
- Consider using descriptive words or phrases (e.g. 'News', 'September 2012 financial results') in your anchor tag to benefit search engine optimization.
- 15 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.
Server behavior8.4
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 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.
- This website follows the best practice of using a permanent (HTTP 301) redirect from http://www.theboatmovers.co.uk to http://theboatmovers.co.uk. This is ideal.
Mobile8.6
- This website delivers a mobile optimized version of the HTML when accessed on a phone. This is good because visitors on a mobile device will be able to access this website easily.
- Having mobile optimised HTML is good, but the best way of adapting a website for different screen sizes is to use CSS media queries.
Media specific CSS detected
Analytics10.0
100% of pages use analytics
Google Analytics
- Every page in this website is using Google Analytics. This is excellent and should allow for a complete analysis of visitor behavior.
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.
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.
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.
Freshnessi
- Sorry, we couldn't determine when this website was last updated. This is usually because its web server isn't reporting this information and we couldn't find enough other dates in the content of pages.
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