Nibbler SEO audit for wlu.edu
Summary
Overall9.7
The overall score for this website.
Accessibility9.8
How accessible the website is to mobile and disabled users.
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Experience9.5
How satisfying the website is likely to be for users.
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Marketing9.9
How well marketed and popular the website is.
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Technology9.3
How well designed and built the website is.
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Nibbler tested a sample of 1 pages from this website at 12:01 PM on Apr 27, 2024 (BST).
Top priorities for website improvement
- Ensure your web server returns a 404 HTTP status code for error pages. (read more)
- Add meaningful anchor text that describes the link's destination. If the link contains an image, ensure you have provided alt text. (read more)
- 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. (read more)
Server behavior7.4
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 uses a temporary (HTTP 302) redirect from http://www.Wlu.edu to http://Wlu.edu. 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.
Internal links8.8
- 4 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.
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
Google Tag Manager
- Every page in this website is using Google Tag Manager. 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.
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
| URL | Heading | Level |
| Wlu.edu/ | Incredible opportunityfor those withincredible potential. | H1 |
| Wlu.edu/ | Explore Our Curriculum | H2 |
| Wlu.edu/ | Want to see more? | H2 |
| Wlu.edu/ | Stories | H2 |
| Wlu.edu/ | Social Navigation | H2 |
| Wlu.edu/ | VISITOR NAVIGATION | H2 |
| Wlu.edu/ | CAMPUS NAVIGATION | H2 |
| Wlu.edu/ | At Washington and Lee University, we believe in the power of learning by doing, so students are encouraged to push beyond traditional classroom experiences. | H3 |
| Wlu.edu/ | Most students participate in an experience abroad during their W&L experience. This may be for a term or full-year, Spring Term, summer program, internship, research, or service. | H3 |
| Wlu.edu/ | Students are encouraged to pursue undergraduate research whether independent or in partnership with faculty. | H3 |
| Wlu.edu/ | Our size, resources, innovative teaching and interdisciplinary learning, means students get personal attention and have opportunities for distinctive experiences. | H3 |
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.
Meta tags10.0
This is how this website will look in Google search listings:
Home
Wlu.edu/
Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia, is a nationally ranked, small, private, liberal arts university nestled in the mountains of western Virginia. ...
- 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 |
| Wlu.edu/ | xid | x4 |
| Wlu.edu/ | viewport | width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0 |
| Wlu.edu/ | description | Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia, is a nationally ranked, small, private, liberal arts university nestled in the mountains of western Virginia. As one of the oldest schools in the nation, we believe in the education of the whole person, and value students who are intellectually curious, eager to engage with their communities, inclined to critical thinking and prepared to lead lives of consequence. |
| Wlu.edu/ | keywords | |
| Wlu.edu/ | robots | |
| Wlu.edu/ | twitter:card | summary |
| Wlu.edu/ | twitter:title | Home |
| Wlu.edu/ | twitter:description | Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia, is a nationally ranked, small, private, liberal arts university nestled in the mountains of western Virginia. As one of the oldest schools in the nation, we believe in the education of the whole person, and value students who are intellectually curious, eager to engage with their communities, inclined to critical thinking and prepared to lead lives of consequence. |
| Wlu.edu/ | twitter:creator |
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
Amount of content10.0
Rendering Chart...
- This website has an average of 1,194 words per page. The amount of content on a website has been shown to correlate with its search engine ranking.
Freshness10.0
Last updated April 12, 2024
- It looks like this website was last updated on Friday, April 12, 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.
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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