Nibbler SEO audit for www.samford.edu

Overall9.6

The overall score for this website.

Accessibility10.0

How accessible the website is to mobile and disabled users.

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Experience9.8

How satisfying the website is likely to be for users.

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Marketing9.8

How well marketed and popular the website is.

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Technology9.5

How well designed and built the website is.

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Nibbler tested a sample of 5 pages from this website at 5:08 PM on Nov 20, 2023 (GMT).

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  • 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)

Images6.8

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80% of images have a clearly defined size

61 images are being resized by the browser

Amount of content9.4

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Rendering Chart...

  • This website has an average of 807 words per page. The amount of content on a website has been shown to correlate with its search engine ranking.

Amount of content discovered

Mobile10.0

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Mobile screenshot of www.samford.eduTablet screenshot of www.samford.edu
  • All of this website appears to be optimised for viewing on a mobile phone or a tablet.

Media specific CSS detected

Server behavior10.0

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Yes404 page

YesCompression

  • 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 website follows the best practice of using a permanent (HTTP 301) redirect from http://samford.edu to http://www.samford.edu. This is ideal.

Analytics10.0

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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

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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

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academic academics accomplished accredited administration advancement affairs alumni apply association athletics auxiliary bereavement business care counsel degree division engagement enrollment estate faculty finance find future general giving info league leave legacy management marketing meets more nationally ncaa news office passion philanthropy plan planned policies president procedures provost purpose quality ranked recognized regionally renowned request resources samford services strategic strategy student team today trustees university value visit

  • 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

URLHeadingLevel
www.samford.edu/Samford UniversityH1
www.samford.edu/Apply TodayH2
www.samford.edu/Find a DegreeH2
www.samford.edu/Request More InfoH2
www.samford.edu/Visit with UsH2
www.samford.edu/AcademicsH2
www.samford.edu/AlumniH2
www.samford.edu/AthleticsH2
www.samford.edu/University NewsH2
www.samford.edu/about/Samford University: Where Passion Meets PurposeH1
www.samford.edu/about/Samford Is Nationally RankedH2
www.samford.edu/about/Recognized for Academic Quality and ValueH2
www.samford.edu/about/Accredited Nationally and RegionallyH2
www.samford.edu/about/Renowned for Student EngagementH2
www.samford.edu/about/Strategic Plan for the FutureH2
www.samford.edu/about/Accomplished AlumniH2
www.samford.edu/about/NCAA Division I AthleticsH2
www.samford.edu/about/Apply TodayH2
www.samford.edu/about/Find a DegreeH2
www.samford.edu/about/Request More InfoH2
www.samford.edu/about/Visit with UsH2
www.samford.edu/about/administrationAdministrationH1
www.samford.edu/about/administrationAcademic AffairsH2
www.samford.edu/about/administrationAdvancement and MarketingH2
www.samford.edu/about/administrationEnrollment ManagementH2
www.samford.edu/about/administrationFinance, Business Affairs and StrategyH2
www.samford.edu/about/administrationGeneral CounselH2
www.samford.edu/about/administrationOffice of the PresidentH2
www.samford.edu/about/administrationStudent AffairsH2
www.samford.edu/about/administrationTrusteesH2
www.samford.edu/departments/.../Academic AffairsH1
www.samford.edu/departments/.../Office of the ProvostH2
www.samford.edu/departments/.../Academic Policies & ProceduresH2
www.samford.edu/departments/.../Bereavement LeaveH2
www.samford.edu/departments/.../CARE TeamH2
www.samford.edu/departments/.../Faculty ResourcesH2
www.samford.edu/departments/.../Our TeamH2
www.samford.edu/departments/.../University AdvancementH1
www.samford.edu/departments/.../Advancement ServicesH2
www.samford.edu/departments/.../Alumni AssociationH2
www.samford.edu/departments/.../Estate and Planned GivingH2
www.samford.edu/departments/.../Giving and PhilanthropyH2
www.samford.edu/departments/.../Legacy League: An Auxiliary of Samford UniversityH2

Internal links10.0

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  • Every link tested appears to be well defined. This is good because well defined links help SEO and aid accessibility.

Meta tags10.0

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This is how this website will look in Google search listings:

Where Passion Meets Purpose

www.samford.edu/

Samford University is Alabama's top-ranked private university. Located in suburban Birmingham, Samford has more than 5,700 students studying in 31 undergraduate and ...

  • 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 URLNameContent
www.samford.edu/viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1.0
www.samford.edu/apple-mobile-web-app-capableyes
www.samford.edu/mobile-web-app-capableyes
www.samford.edu/theme-color#444444
www.samford.edu/descriptionSamford University is Alabama's top-ranked private university. Located in suburban Birmingham, Samford has more than 5,700 students studying in 31 undergraduate and graduate degree programs.
www.samford.edu/keywordshigher education, alabama colleges and universities, christian university
www.samford.edu/about/viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1.0
www.samford.edu/about/apple-mobile-web-app-capableyes
www.samford.edu/about/mobile-web-app-capableyes
www.samford.edu/about/theme-color#444444
www.samford.edu/about/descriptionSamford University is Alabama’s top-ranked private university with nationally ranked academic programs rooted in the university’s Christian mission.
www.samford.edu/about/keywordsprivate university, top-ranked, nationally ranked, christian university
www.samford.edu/about/administrationviewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1.0
www.samford.edu/about/administrationapple-mobile-web-app-capableyes
www.samford.edu/about/administrationmobile-web-app-capableyes
www.samford.edu/about/administrationtheme-color#444444
www.samford.edu/about/administrationdescriptionSamford's administration is committed to serving our students and faculty and providing them with the best Samford experience possible.
www.samford.edu/about/administrationkeywordsUniversity Advancement, Academic Affairs, Business Affairs, Student Affairs, Enrollment Management, Financial Affairs, Marketing and Communication, trustees, overseers
www.samford.edu/departments/.../viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1.0
www.samford.edu/departments/.../apple-mobile-web-app-capableyes
www.samford.edu/departments/.../mobile-web-app-capableyes
www.samford.edu/departments/.../theme-color#444444
www.samford.edu/departments/.../descriptionThe provost is responsible for the operation and improvement of all of the academic programs and academic support services of the university.
www.samford.edu/departments/.../keywordsprovost office, academic programs, academic support services, schools
www.samford.edu/departments/.../viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1.0
www.samford.edu/departments/.../apple-mobile-web-app-capableyes
www.samford.edu/departments/.../mobile-web-app-capableyes
www.samford.edu/departments/.../theme-color#444444
www.samford.edu/departments/.../descriptionWe support and promote university endeavors in the areas of alumni engagement, estate planning and charitable giving.

Printability10.0

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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

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  • This website uses appropriate web addresses (URLs) throughout. This is excellent and will help search engine placement, usability and the marketability of this website.

Popularity10.0

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53887Estimated monthly organic visitors

  • This website appears to have a high number of monthly website visits each month

Source: Ahrefs

Freshness10.0

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Last updated November 20, 2023

  • It looks like this website was last updated on Monday, November 20, 2023. 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

DateFileSource
10/31/23www.samford.edu/Body text
12/1/22www.samford.edu/about/Body text
11/19/23www.samford.edu/.../birds-eye-view.jpgLast modified header
11/19/23www.samford.edu/.../main-gate-side-view.jpgLast modified header
11/20/23www.samford.edu/.../michael-hardin.jpgLast modified header
11/20/23www.samford.edu/.../Spence-Nidia.jpgLast modified header
11/20/23www.samford.edu/.../Love-Stacy.jpgLast modified header
11/20/23www.samford.edu/.../Kalinich-Susan.jpgLast modified header
11/20/23www.samford.edu/.../Johns-Marci.jpgLast modified header
11/20/23www.samford.edu/.../Hughes-Peter.jpgLast modified header
11/20/23www.samford.edu/.../Hardin-Michael.jpgLast modified header
11/20/23www.samford.edu/.../Gregory-Denise.jpgLast modified header
11/20/23www.samford.edu/.../Gill-Bryan-D.webpLast modified header
11/20/23www.samford.edu/.../Eckert-Kim.jpgLast modified header
11/20/23www.samford.edu/.../Campus-Aerial-from-Reid-Chapel.jpgLast modified header
11/19/23www.samford.edu/.../venerable-old-campus-tree.jpgLast modified header
11/19/23www.samford.edu/.../video-play-button.svgLast modified header
11/19/23www.samford.edu/Templates/.../3x2.pngLast modified header
11/20/23www.samford.edu/.../Baseball-Catcher.webpLast modified header
11/20/23www.samford.edu/.../Graduates-at-Commencement-DR04292022658.webpLast modified header
11/20/23www.samford.edu/.../Professor-and-Students-DR03162023589.webpLast modified header
11/20/23www.samford.edu/.../Garrison-Deluca-DR10042023863.webpLast modified header
11/20/23www.samford.edu/Templates/.../clear.pngLast modified header
11/19/23www.samford.edu/Templates/.../Menu.svgLast modified header
11/19/23www.samford.edu/.../Samford-University-Logo-Text.svgLast modified header

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