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Report Summary

  • 13

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    25% of other websites

  • 91

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 77% of websites

  • 83

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    56% of websites

  • 91

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    71% of websites

gldd.com

North America's Leading Dredging Contractor | GLDD

Page Load Speed

4.9 sec in total

First Response

116 ms

Resources Loaded

3.9 sec

Page Rendered

935 ms

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About Website

Welcome to gldd.com homepage info - get ready to check GLDD best content for United States right away, or after learning these important things about gldd.com

GLDD is a dredging contractor that owns and operates a diverse fleet of vessels for a variety of dredging projects, nationally and internationally. Contact us!

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Key Findings

We analyzed Gldd.com page load time and found that the first response time was 116 ms and then it took 4.8 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 70% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

gldd.com performance score

13

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value5.7 s

5/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value15.1 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value13.5 s

2/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value3,650 ms

1/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.147

77/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value15.3 s

7/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

www.gldd.com

116 ms

wp-emoji-release.min.js

48 ms

dashicons.min.css

53 ms

jquery-ui-dialog.min.css

61 ms

timeline.css

67 ms

Our browser made a total of 114 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 69% of them (79 requests) were addressed to the original Gldd.com, 7% (8 requests) were made to I2.wp.com and 5% (6 requests) were made to Fonts.googleapis.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (602 ms) relates to the external source I2.wp.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 3.3 MB (55%)

Content Size

5.9 MB

After Optimization

2.7 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Gldd.com main page is 5.9 MB. This result falls beyond the top 1M of websites and identifies a large and not optimized web page that may take ages to load. 85% of websites need less resources to load and that’s why Accessify’s recommendations for optimization and resource minification can be helpful for this project. CSS take 2.0 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-79%

Potential reduce by 120.1 kB

  • Original 151.5 kB
  • After minification 149.7 kB
  • After compression 31.3 kB

HTML content can be minified and compressed by a website’s server. The most efficient way is to compress content using GZIP which reduces data amount travelling through the network between server and browser. HTML code on this page is well minified. It is highly recommended that content of this web page should be compressed using GZIP, as it can save up to 120.1 kB or 79% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-8%

Potential reduce by 162.9 kB

  • Original 2.0 MB
  • After minification 1.8 MB

Image size optimization can help to speed up a website loading time. The chart above shows the difference between the size before and after optimization. GLDD images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-70%

Potential reduce by 1.2 MB

  • Original 1.8 MB
  • After minification 1.7 MB
  • After compression 527.1 kB

It’s better to minify JavaScript in order to improve website performance. The diagram shows the current total size of all JavaScript files against the prospective JavaScript size after its minification and compression. It is highly recommended that all JavaScript files should be compressed and minified as it can save up to 1.2 MB or 70% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-87%

Potential reduce by 1.8 MB

  • Original 2.0 MB
  • After minification 1.9 MB
  • After compression 259.8 kB

CSS files minification is very important to reduce a web page rendering time. The faster CSS files can load, the earlier a page can be rendered. Gldd.com needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 1.8 MB or 87% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 84 (78%)

Requests Now

108

After Optimization

24

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 108 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of GLDD. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 47 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 39 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

www.gldd.com

www.gldd.com

116 ms

wp-emoji-release.min.js

wp-emoji-release.min.js

48 ms

dashicons.min.css

dashicons.min.css

53 ms

jquery-ui-dialog.min.css

jquery-ui-dialog.min.css

61 ms

timeline.css

timeline.css

67 ms

jquery.mCustomScrollbar.css

jquery.mCustomScrollbar.css

73 ms

prettyPhoto.css

prettyPhoto.css

75 ms

font-awesome.css

font-awesome.css

78 ms

themify-icons.css

themify-icons.css

69 ms

styles.css

styles.css

85 ms

settings.css

settings.css

91 ms

css

css

45 ms

css

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54 ms

css

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52 ms

tp_twitter_plugin.css

tp_twitter_plugin.css

81 ms

settings.css

settings.css

95 ms

twentytwenty.min.css

twentytwenty.min.css

92 ms

chosen.css

chosen.css

93 ms

frontend.css

frontend.css

100 ms

style.css

style.css

132 ms

royalslider.css

royalslider.css

113 ms

style.css

style.css

115 ms

bootstrap.css

bootstrap.css

118 ms

font-awesome.css

font-awesome.css

115 ms

pro-framework.css

pro-framework.css

108 ms

fancybox.css

fancybox.css

126 ms

shortcodes.css

shortcodes.css

144 ms

slick.css

slick.css

11 ms

icomoon.css

icomoon.css

149 ms

responsive.css

responsive.css

156 ms

dynamic.css

dynamic.css

157 ms

js_composer.min.css

js_composer.min.css

184 ms

Defaults.css

Defaults.css

160 ms

css

css

92 ms

ultimate.min.css

ultimate.min.css

219 ms

css

css

49 ms

jetpack.css

jetpack.css

162 ms

jquery.js

jquery.js

216 ms

jquery-migrate.min.js

jquery-migrate.min.js

167 ms

jquery.easing.1.3.js

jquery.easing.1.3.js

175 ms

jquery.timeline.js

jquery.timeline.js

215 ms

jquery.mousewheel.min.js

jquery.mousewheel.min.js

214 ms

slick.min.js

slick.min.js

7 ms

addthis_widget.js

addthis_widget.js

38 ms

css

css

44 ms

devicepx-jetpack.js

devicepx-jetpack.js

7 ms

gprofiles.js

gprofiles.js

66 ms

e-201611.js

e-201611.js

29 ms

api.js

api.js

65 ms

jquery.mCustomScrollbar.min.js

jquery.mCustomScrollbar.min.js

209 ms

rollover.js

rollover.js

182 ms

jquery.prettyPhoto.js

jquery.prettyPhoto.js

176 ms

jquery.my_add_function.js

jquery.my_add_function.js

169 ms

lightbox.js

lightbox.js

181 ms

jquery.themepunch.tools.min.js

jquery.themepunch.tools.min.js

181 ms

jquery.themepunch.essential.min.js

jquery.themepunch.essential.min.js

191 ms

jquery.themepunch.revolution.min.js

jquery.themepunch.revolution.min.js

173 ms

jquery.event.move.min.js

jquery.event.move.min.js

173 ms

jquery.twentytwenty.min.js

jquery.twentytwenty.min.js

170 ms

modernizr.custom.js

modernizr.custom.js

169 ms

ultimate.min.js

ultimate.min.js

178 ms

core.min.js

core.min.js

178 ms

widget.min.js

widget.min.js

176 ms

mouse.min.js

mouse.min.js

173 ms

resizable.min.js

resizable.min.js

172 ms

draggable.min.js

draggable.min.js

267 ms

style.css

style.css

170 ms

button.min.js

button.min.js

267 ms

position.min.js

position.min.js

264 ms

dialog.min.js

dialog.min.js

257 ms

wpdialog.min.js

wpdialog.min.js

255 ms

photon.js

photon.js

240 ms

jquery.form.min.js

jquery.form.min.js

228 ms

scripts.js

scripts.js

226 ms

wpgroho.js

wpgroho.js

224 ms

comment-reply.min.js

comment-reply.min.js

224 ms

bootstrap.min.js

bootstrap.min.js

220 ms

jquery.plugins.min.js

jquery.plugins.min.js

216 ms

jquery.script.js

jquery.script.js

216 ms

wp-embed.min.js

wp-embed.min.js

207 ms

js_composer_front.js

js_composer_front.js

170 ms

ga.js

ga.js

25 ms

Rotator-Image2.jpg

Rotator-Image2.jpg

75 ms

Bullseye_Updated1.png

Bullseye_Updated1.png

72 ms

timthumb-e1452893629963.jpg

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64 ms

career1-e1452892271191.jpg

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65 ms

TerraLogo_white.png

TerraLogo_white.png

74 ms

GLDDCorp_white-1.png

GLDDCorp_white-1.png

71 ms

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74 ms

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65 ms

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67 ms

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65 ms

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66 ms

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68 ms

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70 ms

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73 ms

PKS_800x600-800x500.jpg

PKS_800x600-800x500.jpg

64 ms

__utm.gif

__utm.gif

25 ms

icomoon.woff

icomoon.woff

222 ms

fontawesome-webfont.woff

fontawesome-webfont.woff

81 ms

fontawesome-webfont.woff

fontawesome-webfont.woff

37 ms

Defaults.woff

Defaults.woff

166 ms

5.jpg

5.jpg

602 ms

revolution.extension.slideanims.min.js

revolution.extension.slideanims.min.js

352 ms

revolution.extension.navigation.min.js

revolution.extension.navigation.min.js

356 ms

hovercard.css

hovercard.css

355 ms

services.css

services.css

357 ms

300lo.json

300lo.json

127 ms

ie67-css.d5089428ac7f05efd372.js

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121 ms

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g.gif

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recaptcha__en.js

recaptcha__en.js

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loader.gif

loader.gif

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58 ms

Accessibility Review

gldd.com accessibility score

91

Accessibility Issues

Contrast

These are opportunities to improve the legibility of your content.

Impact

Issue

High

Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio.

Navigation

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

Impact

Issue

High

Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order

Best practices

These items highlight common accessibility best practices.

Impact

Issue

High

[user-scalable="no"] is used in the <meta name="viewport"> element or the [maximum-scale] attribute is less than 5.

Best Practices

gldd.com best practices score

83

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

User Experience

Impact

Issue

High

Displays images with incorrect aspect ratio

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

SEO Factors

gldd.com SEO score

91

Search Engine Optimization Advices

Content Best Practices

Format your HTML in a way that enables crawlers to better understand your app’s content.

Impact

Issue

High

Links do not have descriptive text

Mobile Friendly

Make sure your pages are mobile friendly so users don’t have to pinch or zoom in order to read the content pages. [Learn more](https://developers.google.com/search/mobile-sites/).

Impact

Issue

High

Document uses legible font sizes

High

Tap targets are not sized appropriately

Language and Encoding

  • Language Detected

    EN

  • Language Claimed

    EN

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Gldd.com can be misinterpreted by Google and other search engines. Our service has detected that English is used on the page, and it matches the claimed language. Our system also found out that Gldd.com main page’s claimed encoding is utf-8. Use of this encoding format is the best practice as the main page visitors from all over the world won’t have any issues with symbol transcription.

Social Sharing Optimization

gldd.com

Open Graph data is detected on the main page of GLDD. This is the best way to make the web page social media friendly. Here is how it looks like on Facebook: