Audit report

https://www.bbc.com/ · Mon, 21 Sep 2026 08:31:06 GMT

40
out of 100
Several problems that are costing you visitors right now.
0 critical · 4 high · 2 medium · 4 low  |  38 checks, 25 links tested
Server responded in 29 ms · 96 KB of HTML · BBC-GTM

What is wrong, worst first

high No main heading (H1) on the page
Search engines use the H1 to understand what the page is about; you have none.
Fix: Add exactly one <h1> containing your main proposition.
high 71 of 145 images have no alt text
Blind visitors hear nothing for these images, and search engines cannot index them. This is also the most common accessibility complaint in legal demand letters.
Fix: Add alt="short description" to every <img>. Use alt="" only for pure decoration.
high Insecure content on a secure page (3 references)
Browsers block these and may show a "not secure" warning to your visitors.
Fix: Change http:// to https:// (or protocol-relative) on: http://www.bbc.com/newsletters?FutureEarth&amp;at_bbc_team=studios&amp;at_medium=onsite&amp;at_objective=acquisition&amp;at_ptr_name=bbc.com&amp;at_format=carousel&amp;at_link_origin=homepage&amp;at_campaign=futureearth&amp;at_campaign_type=owned&amp;no_app=1, http://www.bbc.com/newsletters?WorldOfBusiness&amp;at_bbc_team=studios&amp;at_medium=onsite&amp;at_objective=acquisition&amp;at_ptr_name=bbc.com&amp;at_format=carousel&amp;at_link_origin=homepage&amp;at_campaign=wob&amp;at_campaign_type=owned&amp;no_app=1, http://www.bbc.com/newsletters?TheEssentialList&amp;at_bbc_team=studios&amp;at_medium=onsite&amp;at_objective=acquisition&amp;at_ptr_name=bbc.com&amp;at_format=carousel&amp;at_link_origin=homepage&amp;at_campaign=essentiallist&amp;at_campaign_type=owned&amp;no_app=1
high No visible way to contact you
The homepage has no email link, phone link or form. Interested visitors leave.
Fix: Put an email link or a short contact form above the fold.
medium Social preview has no image
Shared links show text only, no picture.
Fix: Add <meta property="og:image" content="...1200x630.png">.
medium 61 external scripts on one page
Each one is a separate download that can block rendering; third-party tags are the usual cause.
Fix: Audit tag manager and plugins, remove what nobody reads, defer the rest.
low Page title is 120 characters
Google truncates titles past roughly 60 characters in search results.
Fix: Trim the title to under 60 characters, most important words first.
low No Twitter/X card tag
X shows a smaller preview than it could.
Fix: Add <meta name="twitter:card" content="summary_large_image">.
low 145 images have no width/height attributes
The page jumps around while loading (layout shift), which Google penalises.
Fix: Set width and height attributes on images so the browser reserves space.
low 1 security headers missing: Content-Security-Policy
Content-Security-Policy - Any injected script can run freely on your pages.
Fix: Start with a report-only policy, then enforce it.

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