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Report for danbury-essex.gov.uk

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Traffic Rank

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No Data available. (very low)
Traffic Rank is provided by Alexa

Visitors Localization

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No data available.
Registering country code top level domains (ccTLD) can prevent potential competitors from taking advantage of your primary domain reputation. It is also one of the ways to improve country specific SEO and performance. (www.searchenginejournal.com/seo-without-boarders-a-guide-to-international-seo-nick-paterman/60092/)

Images

accessibilitySEO-content
We have located images with missing ALT attribute.
Number of images: 22
Missing alt tag: 7

List of images with missing ALT attributes:

  • data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAA+gAAAH0CAYAAACuKActAAAHqUlEQV...II= (2 locations)
  • data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAA84AAAImCAYAAACCddMDAAAINElEQV...mCC
  • data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAA+gAAAGfCAYAAADMG/i0AAAGYElEQV...mCC
  • data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAA+cAAAH0CAYAAABfI1ygAAAHp0lEQV...mCC
  • data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7
  • /images/social_facebook_box_blue_64.png
The "alt" attribute provides a text equivalent for the image. If the browser cannot display an image the alt description will be given in its place. Furthermore, some visitors cannot see images as they might be blind in which the alt tag provides a valuable image description. Finally, search engines utilize the alt attribute for image search indexing. (www.w3.org/QA/Tips/altAttribute)

Title

SEO-content
We have found following title:

"Welcome to Danbury Parish Council"

Length: 33 characters
The <TITLE> element provides a short piece of text describing the document. The title is very important as it shows in the window title bars, bookmarks and search results. Title should be between 60 to 80 characters long. (www.w3.org/QA/Tips/good-titles)

Description Metatag

SEO-content
We have found following description:

"Official website of the village of Danbury, near Chelmsford in Essex, UK"

Length: 72 characters
The description attribute should provide a concise explanation of a Web page's content. Also, the description is often displayed on search engine results and can indirectly affect page ranking.

Keywords Metatag

SEO-content
We have found 12 keywords:
  • news
  • activities
  • businesses
  • history
  • Parish Council
  • Parish Councillors
  • tourism
  • National Trust
  • Essex Wildlife Trust
  • Danbury churches
  • local government
  • Borough of Chelmsford
    Length: 178 characters
    The keywords attribute was utilized by search engines to provide more accurate search results. Due to the over usage and spamming the keywords attribute has been phased out and is no longer relevant. Google doesn't use the "keywords" meta tag in web search ranking.

    Text to HTML Ratio

    SEO-content
    The Text to HTML ratio is 5.99%
    Original content is by far the single most important element to search engines. Low Text to HTML ratio indicates little content for search engines to index. We consider it to be good practice to have a Text to HTML ratio of at least 10% and ideal above 20%

    Keyword Density & Consistency

    SEO-content
    Consistent Keywords % Density # Count T Title D Desc. H <H> A ALT B <b>
    danbury8.13%46112112
    council3.53%201-22-
    parish3.18%181-31-
    village2.12%12-1241
    local1.59%9--11-
    essex1.24%7-1-11
    september1.24%7-----
    details1.24%7-----
    chelmsford1.06%6-1--1
    neighbourhood1.06%6--1-1
    parish council2.47%141-2--
    danbury parish1.24%71-1--
    show details1.06%6-----
    danbury village0.88%5-----
    eves corner0.88%5-----
    danbury parish council1.24%71-1--
    danbury village sign0.71%4-----
    council award scheme0.53%3-----
    local council award0.53%3-----
    other village events0.35%2--1--

    Warning: Keywords density of above 6% might have negative impact on search engine listing

    Keywords density and consistency are notable factors for optimal page SEO. Preferred keywords should have higher keywords density indicating their importance. Optimally, preferred keywords should also be consistently utilized in multiple essential areas of the page such as title, description meta tag, h1 through h6 headings, alt image attributes, backlinks and internal links anchor text. Keyword density of above 6% can indicate that the word or a phrase appears too many time in the content.

    Frames

    accessibilitySEO-content
    No frames detected. We found 1 inline frame(s).
    It is not recommended to use frames or iframes because they can cause problems for search engines. It is best to avoid frames and inline frames whenever possible (searchenginewatch.com/article/2064573/Search-Engines-and-Frames). If frames must be utilized consider <noframes> tag. (www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_noframes.asp).

    Flash

    accessibilitytechnologySEO-content
    No flash detected.
    Flash and other reach-media technologies should primarily be utilized for decorative purposes. This makes your site more search engine friendly and improves accessibility (support.google.com/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=72746#1).

    Headings

    SEO-content
    • 1 <H1>
      • Welcome to the Danbury Parish Council Website
    • 0 <H2>
    • 11 <H3>
      • Village Diary
      • Latest News
      • Parish Meetings
      • Sports & Social Centre
      • Parish Council Monthly Updates
      • The Danbury Times
      • Neighbourhood Watch Bulletins
      • Other Village Events
      • Tourism
      • Local Information
      • Facilities / Services
    • 0 <H4>
    • 0 <H5>
    • 0 <H6>
    The <h1> to <h6> tags are used to define HTML headings. The <h1> tag should hold the title describing the content of a specific page therefore only one h1 tag is needed per page. There can be any number of h2 - h6 tags but they should be added in order of importance (www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_hn.asp).

    Doctype

    technologyvalidity
    HTML 5
    The <!DOCTYPE> declaration tells the web browser about what version of HTML the page is written in. It is good practice to always add the <!DOCTYPE> declaration to the HTML documents, so that the browser knows what type of document to expect. (www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_DOCTYPE.asp)

    Character Encoding

    technologyvalidity
    UTF-8 (Unicode)
    Covers: Worldwide
    To display an HTML page correctly, the browser must know what character-set to use.

    Language

    usability
    Declared Language: en-gb (English)
    Language Attribute: en-gb (English)
    The HTML "lang" attributes and language metatag define the base language to be used for displaying text and characters on a Website.

    W3C Markup Validation

    validity
    Status: FAILED [12 errors, 32 warning(s)]
    It is good practice to use valid HTML/XHTML markup as it ensures that the search engines can read the website correctly as well as it improves cross browser compatibility (W3C Markup Validation Service).

    Deprecated HTML elements

    technologyvalidity
    Good, no deprecated elements found.
    A deprecated element is one that has been outdated by newer constructs. Deprecated elements may become obsolete in future versions of HTML so it is recommended not to use them.

    Nested HTML Tables

    accessibilitytechnology
    Great, no nested tables detected.
    In general it is not recommended to use nested tables or to utilize tables for page layout. Nested tables are known to cause performance issues due to increased HTML size and rendering time. It is better to use CSS layout instead.

    Web Analytics

    technology
    No web anlytics tools found.
    Web Analytics Tools collect and measure information about visitor activity on a website. Well interpreted web traffic data is invaluable in determining a successfully web strategy and assessing the effectiveness of a website. At a minimum, we recommend to utilize at least one web analytics tool.

    robots.txt

    SEO
    Yes, http://www.danbury-essex.gov.uk/robots.txt

    Your robots.txt file is blocking search engines access to parts of the website.

  • # Disallow: /joomla/administrator/
    • User-agent: *
    • Disallow: /administrator/
    • Disallow: /bin/
    • #Disallow: /cache/
    • Disallow: /cli/
    • Disallow: /components/
    • Disallow: /includes/
    • Disallow: /installation/
    • Disallow: /language/
    • Disallow: /layouts/
    • Disallow: /libraries/
    • Disallow: /logs/
    • #Disallow: /modules/
    • #Disallow: /plugins/
    • Disallow: /tmp/
    A robots.txt file restricts access to search engine robots that crawl the web. (www.robotstxt.org/robotstxt.html)

    XML Sitemap

    SEO
    Not found
    Sitemaps inform search engines about pages available for crawling. In its simplest form, a Sitemap is an XML file that lists URLs for a site along with additional metadata about each URL. XML sitemap should help search engines to crawl the site more intelligently. (www.sitemaps.org/protocol.html)

    Accessibility Check

    accessibility
    WCAG 2.0 (AA) Conformance Test: FAILED [11 error(s)]
    1. input element, type of "text", missing an associated label.
      [Line 136, Col 1] <input type="text" value="" name="searchword" placeholder="search..." />
      Add a label element that surrounds the control's label. Set the for attribute on the label element to the same value as the id attribute of the control. And/or add a title attribute to the input element. And/or create a label element that contains the input element.
    2. Label text is empty.
      [Line 136, Col 1] <input type="text" value="" name="searchword" placeholder="search..." />
      Add text to the label element.
    3. input element, type of "text", has no text in label.
      [Line 136, Col 1] <input type="text" value="" name="searchword" placeholder="search..." />
      Add text to the input element's associated label that describes the purpose or function of the control.
    4. img element missing alt attribute.
      [Line 159, Col 41] <img src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAA+gAAAH0CAYAAACuKActAAAHqUlEQVR4nO3BAQ0AAADC ...
      Add an alt attribute to your img element.
    5. img element missing alt attribute.
      [Line 168, Col 41] <img src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAA+gAAAH0CAYAAACuKActAAAHqUlEQVR4nO3BAQ0AAADC ...
      Add an alt attribute to your img element.
    6. img element missing alt attribute.
      [Line 171, Col 38] <img src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAA84AAAImCAYAAACCddMDAAAINElEQVR4nO3BMQEAAADC ...
      Add an alt attribute to your img element.
    7. img element missing alt attribute.
      [Line 174, Col 38] <img src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAA+gAAAGfCAYAAADMG/i0AAAGYElEQVR4nO3BAQ0AAADC ...
      Add an alt attribute to your img element.
    8. img element missing alt attribute.
      [Line 180, Col 41] <img src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAA+cAAAH0CAYAAABfI1ygAAAHp0lEQVR4nO3BgQAAAADD ...
      Add an alt attribute to your img element.
    9. Header nesting - header following h1 is incorrect.
      [Line 197, Col 1] <h1 class="pos-title"> Welcome to the Danbury Parish Council Website </h1>
      Modify the header levels so only an h1 or h2 follows h1.
    10. Image used as anchor is missing valid Alt text.
      [Line 209, Col 164] <img title="Find us on Facebook" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAA ...
      Add Alt text that identifies the purpose or function of the image.
    11. Anchor contains no text.
      [Line 349, Col 1] <a id="totop-scroller" href="#page"></a>
      Add text to the a element or the title attribute of the a element or, if an image is used within the anchor, add Alt text to the image.
    Following Web accessibility standards while developing a website can help users with specific needs, such as visually impaired, motor/mobility, auditory, seizures, as well as cognitively and intellectually impaired disabilities. Some of these fixes include general seo applications like Alt tags, Form labels, fixing empty links and adding alternative text. To read more about accessibility guidelines follow this link Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) Overview.

    Mobile Rendering

    mobile
    Subscribe for mobile rendering
    Mobile internet usage has been exceeding PC's since 2014 and growing so it is critical for pages to render correctly on mobile devices.

    Mobile Optimization

    mobileperformanceSEO
    Subscribe for mobile optimization
    Mobile PageSpeed analyzes webpages and evaluates its performance while providing suggestions on reducing page load times. Google is incorporating website speed in search ranking (www.mattcutts.com/blog/site-speed)

    Mobile Experience

    mobileusability
    Subscribe for more details
    Mobile users have now become a critical part of online visits. Making the website mobile friendly is no longer an option but rather necessity. (https://developers.google.com/webmasters/smartphone-sites/)

    Favicon

    usability
    favicon
    file: http://danbury-essex.gov.uk/templates/yoo_nano2/favicon.ico
    size: 32px  by  32px
    type: image/x-icon
    No hi-resolution (192x192) icon found.
    Excellent, apple touch icon found.
    The Favicon is a small icon associated with a website. The Favicon is important because it is displayed next to the website's URL in the address bar of the browser as well as in bookmarks and shortcuts.

    Custom 404 Error Page

    usability
    No custom 404 error page detected.

    Warning: Soft 404 error detected redirecting to https://www.danbury-essex.gov.uk/404error.

    A 404 is a standard http response code for a resource that cannot be located on the server. Web servers usually return a "404 Not Found" error page for non-existing pages. Unfortunately, these default error pages are very generic and a not very user friendly, therefore, using a custom 404 error page is highly recommended.

    Process of returning http status code "200 OK" for a non-existent page or redirecting users to another url is called soft 404. Soft 404 errors are problematic for search engines and are not advisable. (https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/181708)

    Printability

    usability
    Could not locate print-friendly CSS.
    Print-friendly pages are designed to fit on an 8.5"x11" or A4 sheet and usually include only the content of the page, along with source information.

    W3C CSS Validation

    validity
    Status: FAILED [2 error(s)]
    It is recommended to use valid CSS to ensure that the website displays correctly. (W3C CSS Validation Service).

    Indexed Pages

    SEO-Authority
    Estimated number of pages indexed by Google™: about 90
    The higher number of indexed pages the more content search engines can index, which increases overall value of the website.

    Domain Age

    SEO-Authority
    Data could not be obtained.
    Age of the domain is one of the many signals that search engines utilize for ranking. Brand new domains generally have more difficult time to rank high for the first few months.

    Domain Expiration

    SEO-Authority
    Not available.
    Domain expiration far in to the future is considered a good practice as it promotes confidence in your website, decreases chances of losing domain and in certain cases might help with search engine ranking. (https://www.hover.com/blog/three-reasons-to-renew-your-domain-names-for-five-years/)

    IP Canonicalization

    SEO
    No, your site's IP 176.56.61.83 redirects to holding.lisltd.co.uk instead of danbury-essex.gov.uk.
    Some web spiders index websites using IP as well as domain name which can cause duplicate content if there is no IP Canonicalization.

    URL Canonicalization

    SEO
    Yes, both the www.danbury-essex.gov.uk and danbury-essex.gov.uk resolve to the same URL.
    Domain name with WWW and without can be considered as different pages causing duplicate content for search engines. (www.mattcutts.com/blog/seo-advice-url-canonicalization)

    Page Speed

    performanceSEO
    Google Page Speed score: 73% (Average)
    Rq. Requests Hst. Hosts LT Load time Html Img Images JS JavaScript CSS F Flash O Other PS Page Size
    6065.43s143.65 KB1.07 MB1.31 MB141.8 KB0 B1.05 KB2.65 MB

    RecommendationImpactDetails
    Avoid landing page redirects
    Medium
    Your page has 2 redirects. Redirects introduce additional delays before the page can be loaded.
      Avoid landing page redirects for the following chain of redirected URLs.
      Enable compression
      High
      Compressing resources with gzip or deflate can reduce the number of bytes sent over the network.
        Enable compression for the following resources to reduce their transfer size by 110KiB (75% reduction).
        Leverage browser caching
        Low
        Setting an expiry date or a maximum age in the HTTP headers for static resources instructs the browser to load previously downloaded resources from local disk rather than over the network.
          Leverage browser caching for the following cacheable resources:
          Reduce server response time
          High
          In our test, your server responded in 1.6 seconds.
            There are many factors that can slow down your server response time. Please read our recommendations to learn how you can monitor and measure where your server is spending the most time.
              Minify CSS
              None
              Your CSS is minified.
                Minify HTML
                None
                Your HTML is minified.
                  Minify JavaScript
                  None
                  Your JavaScript content is minified.
                    Eliminate render-blocking JavaScript and CSS in above-the-fold content
                    None
                    You have no render-blocking resources.
                      Optimize images
                      Low
                      Properly formatting and compressing images can save many bytes of data.
                        Optimize the following images to reduce their size by 7.7KiB (78% reduction).
                        Prioritize visible content
                        None
                        You have the above-the-fold content properly prioritized.

                          PageSpeed analyzes webpages and evaluates its performance while providing suggestions on reducing page load times. Google is now incorporating website speed in search ranking (www.mattcutts.com/blog/site-speed)

                          Server Information

                          security

                          ISP:
                          Nimbus Hosting Ltd.
                          Server IP:
                          176.56.61.83
                          Server Location:
                          GB ENGLAND, Epsom and Ewell District

                          Name Server 1:
                          ns2.nimbushosting.co.uk (94.126.44.133)
                          Name Server 2:
                          ns3.nimbushosting.co.uk (5.254.66.139)
                          Name Server 3:
                          ns1.nimbushosting.co.uk (45.32.239.22)
                          Your server's IP address and location have minor impact on the country specific SEO. It is recommend to host the website in the country where the number of vistors is desired to be the highest. Search engines take the geolocation of a server into account. (www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXt23AXlJJU)

                          HTTPS (SSL)

                          security
                          Issued To:
                          Common Name (CN):
                          www.danbury-essex.gov.uk
                          Issuer:
                          Common Name (CN):
                          COMODO RSA Domain Validation Secure Server CA
                          Oranization (O):
                          COMODO CA Limited
                          Period of Validity
                          Begins On:
                          07/10/2018
                          Expires On:
                          08/09/2019
                          Google™ is now treating HTTPS as a ranking signal. HTTPS is a secure web protocol that allows for encrypted communication between website and the client. HTTPS protocol requires your website to have an SSL certificate, which can be purchased from a Certificate Authority (CA) or SSL vendor. (security.googleblog.com/2014/08/https-as-ranking-signal_6.html).

                          Safe Browsing

                          security
                          Yes
                          Safe Browsing is a service provided by Google that enables applications to check URLs against Google's constantly updated lists of suspected phishing and malware pages. If your site is marked as unsafe see our guide on how to fix websites blocked by google safe browsing

                          Spam Blacklist

                          security
                          Good, your IP 176.56.61.83 is not blacklisted.
                          Spammer directories provide lists of IPs from which spam distribution is reported. Emails sent from the blocked IPs are subject to closer scrutiny and are much less likely to be delivered. For email campaigns it is recommended to utilize professional email services to ensure that your website IP is not blocked. (www.stopforumspam.com)

                          Email Address Obfuscation

                          security
                          Great, this webpage does not contain email addresses displayed in plain text.
                          It is recommended to obfuscate email addresses posted in public. This prevents email addresses from being automatically harvested by spam bots which helps to decrease number of unsolicited emails. See our email obfuscation techniques guide for more details.

                          Directory Browsing

                          security
                          Great, your server has directory browsing disabled.
                          Protect Webserver directories from unwanted browsing. To enhance security, directory browsing should be disabled unless you have a specific reason to enable it. If you enable directory browsing, make sure that you only enable it on the particular directory or directories that you want to share. (https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc731109)

                          Whois Privacy

                          security
                          No contact information available.
                          Whois Privacy is a service that prevents domain owner contact information from being displayed in the publicly available Whois records. This can help to cut down on unwanted spam but utilizing Whois privacy should be evaluated against business model and branding strategy.

                          Server Signature

                          security
                          Good, your server does not provide version information.
                          Attackers can utilize server signature versioning information to their advantage therefore it is recommended to disable it when possible.