Nibbler SEO audit for www.mintfirsts.com
Summary
Overall6.8
The overall score for this website.
Accessibility8.6
How accessible the website is to mobile and disabled users.
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Experience7.2
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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Technology7.2
How well designed and built the website is.
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Nibbler tested a sample of 5 pages from this website at 7:26 AM on Apr 18, 2024 (BST).
Top priorities for website improvement
- 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)
- Consider a leading website analytics solution, such as WebTrends or Google Analytics. (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.
Analytics0.0
0% of pages use analytics
No Analytics Solution
- None of this website is using any recognised analytics software. It is still possible to gather a great deal of information from webserver logs, however complete visitor analysis requires client-side Javascript or an image not found here.
- Consider a leading website analytics solution, such as WebTrends or Google Analytics.
- Note that this test can only detect recognised analytics solutions. If an analytics solution is new, obscure or used in a non-standard way (e.g. it has been customised) it may not be detected.
Images2.0
36% of images have a clearly defined size
No images are being resized by the browser
- Most images (64.0%) 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.
- 1 image on this website could not be downloaded. Broken images may cause the website to display incorrectly for visitors.
- Check any images which could not be downloaded and fix them if necessary.
Unavailable images
- Check any images which could not be downloaded and fix them if necessary.
Internal links3.4
- 4 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 www.mintfirsts.com/.../The-Buxton-Book-Fair-thief The Buxton Book Fair thiefThe Buxton Book Fair at the Pavilion Gardens, now under the management of Jane Millington, has been a monthly feature of the social calendar of the Derbyshire spa town for decades. Featuring a mixture of antiquarian, second hand and out of print . . . www.mintfirsts.com/ www.mintfirsts.com/.../These-book-descriptions-are-for-reading These book descriptions are for readingThey say every picture tells a story. I would second that and add: every book entry should be story-focussed. There is nothing more dispiriting than perusing booksellers' catalogues that are mere agglomerations of facts, culled from Wikipedia or . . . www.mintfirsts.com/ www.mintfirsts.com/.../From-oneiromancy-to-book-collecting From oneiromancy to book collectingHaving grown up in a household bereft of books, bar a tome on oneiromancy (a staple manual for Greek rural families in the mid-20th century), my hunger for them was heightened by their relative rarity. Then, in my first year at high-school, a . . . www.mintfirsts.com/ www.mintfirsts.com/.../The-all-new-MintFirsts-website-is-now-online The all-new MintFirsts website is now onlineAn aeon ago, MintFirsts launched its first website. That was in 2004, still the Dark Ages in internet chronological terms. We knew almost nothing about the world wide web back then, the tools at our disposal were meagre, yet somehow we managed to . . . www.mintfirsts.com/
- Consider shortening long anchor text.
- 32 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 behavior6.6
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.
- There is duplicate content on http://mintfirsts.com and http://www.mintfirsts.com. This is bad, as technically they are classed as two different websites. Search engines may lower a website's rank if they find the same content on two different URLs.
- Choose one domain that you would like to use and then set a permanent (HTTP 301) redirect to forward users who visit the other.
Amount of content8.3
Rendering Chart...
- This website has an average of 479 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 |
| www.mintfirsts.com/ | 5788 | 913 |
| www.mintfirsts.com/books | 1789 | 279 |
| www.mintfirsts.com/trade | 3119 | 495 |
| www.mintfirsts.com/credits | 3740 | 600 |
| www.mintfirsts.com/account | 655 | 108 |
Mobile8.6
- All pages of this website appear to be optimized for viewing on a mobile phone (using CSS media queries) but it is not optimized for tablet viewing. It is important to make sure your content is optimized for a wide range of devices as a growing percentage of web browsing is done on phones and tablets.
- Check how the website looks using a tablet and consider adding tablet-only styling using media queries. Some websites employ other techniques for mobile and tablet visitors which we cannot currently detect.
Device optimized pages
Page Mobile Tablet Viewport www.mintfirsts.com/ Detected Not detected Not detected www.mintfirsts.com/books Detected Not detected Not detected www.mintfirsts.com/trade Detected Not detected Not detected www.mintfirsts.com/credits Detected Not detected Not detected www.mintfirsts.com/account Detected Not detected Not detected
- Check how the website looks using a tablet and consider adding tablet-only styling using media queries. Some websites employ other techniques for mobile and tablet visitors which we cannot currently detect.
Media specific CSS detected
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
| URL | Heading | Level |
| www.mintfirsts.com/ | Welcome to MintFirsts. We specialize in literary first editions, with an emphasis on modernism. Our diverse stock includes select works from the arts and sciences. | H1 |
| www.mintfirsts.com/ | News and themes | H2 |
| www.mintfirsts.com/ | The greenest bookstore on the web | H2 |
| www.mintfirsts.com/ | The Buxton Book Fair thief | H3 |
| www.mintfirsts.com/ | These book descriptions are for reading | H3 |
| www.mintfirsts.com/ | From oneiromancy to book collecting | H3 |
| www.mintfirsts.com/ | The all-new MintFirsts website is now online | H3 |
| www.mintfirsts.com/books | Our books | H1 |
| www.mintfirsts.com/trade | How we trade | H1 |
| www.mintfirsts.com/credits | Credits & thanks | H1 |
| www.mintfirsts.com/account | Your account | H1 |
Meta tags10.0
This is how this website will look in Google search listings:
First Editions and Rare Books - MintFirsts
www.mintfirsts.com/
Specialists in literary first editions, with an emphasis on modernism. Proudly the greenest bookstore on the web! 🌻
- 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 |
| www.mintfirsts.com/ | description | Specialists in literary first editions, with an emphasis on modernism. Proudly the greenest bookstore on the web! 🌻 |
| www.mintfirsts.com/ | theme-color | #8D9274 |
| www.mintfirsts.com/ | viewport | initial-scale=1 |
| www.mintfirsts.com/books | description | Our authors, our genres, and our passion for description. MintFirsts for rare, signed and first edition books. The virtual bookstore for real booklovers. 📚 |
| www.mintfirsts.com/books | theme-color | #8D9274 |
| www.mintfirsts.com/books | viewport | initial-scale=1 |
| www.mintfirsts.com/trade | description | Payment options, shipping, returns and other things you need to know. MintFirsts for rare, signed and first edition books. 📚 |
| www.mintfirsts.com/trade | theme-color | #8D9274 |
| www.mintfirsts.com/trade | viewport | initial-scale=1 |
| www.mintfirsts.com/credits | description | Credit where credit's due! Our thanks to the people behind the technology. MintFirsts for rare, signed and first edition books. 📚 |
| www.mintfirsts.com/credits | theme-color | #8D9274 |
| www.mintfirsts.com/credits | viewport | initial-scale=1 |
| www.mintfirsts.com/account | description | Easy access to your MintFirsts account. MintFirsts for rare, signed and first edition books. The virtual bookstore for real booklovers. 📚 |
| www.mintfirsts.com/account | theme-color | #8D9274 |
| www.mintfirsts.com/account | viewport | initial-scale=1 |
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.
Freshness10.0
Last updated April 4, 2024
- It looks like this website was last updated on Thursday, April 4, 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.
All dates found
| Date | File | Source |
| 4/4/24 | www.mintfirsts.com/texty/app.M5NyvwLd.css | Last modified header |
| 1/31/24 | www.mintfirsts.com/texty/home.TD0YgY2J.css | Last modified header |
| 1/31/24 | www.mintfirsts.com/texty/books.q7GN2D14.css | Last modified header |
| 1/31/24 | www.mintfirsts.com/texty/trade.SprvZEYg.css | Last modified header |
| 1/31/24 | www.mintfirsts.com/texty/credits.lbfvmGG0.css | Last modified header |
| 1/31/24 | www.mintfirsts.com/texty/account.j7p1LW0z.css | Last modified header |
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