Report Summary

  • 61

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    76% of other websites

  • 80

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 50% of websites

  • 83

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    56% of websites

  • 92

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    75% of websites

linkbostonhomes.com

Wicked Local: Local News in Boston, MA

Page Load Speed

1.1 sec in total

First Response

47 ms

Resources Loaded

457 ms

Page Rendered

568 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Linkbostonhomes.com page load time and found that the first response time was 47 ms and then it took 1 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 20% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

linkbostonhomes.com performance score

61

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value5.2 s

8/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value6.6 s

8/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value5.2 s

59/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value0 ms

100/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value5.2 s

74/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

www.wickedlocal.com

47 ms

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96 ms

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55 ms

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360 ms

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280 ms

Our browser made a total of 7 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that all of those requests were addressed to Linkbostonhomes.com and no external sources were called. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (360 ms) relates to the external source Wickedlocal.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 89.5 kB (42%)

Content Size

214.6 kB

After Optimization

125.0 kB

In fact, the total size of Linkbostonhomes.com main page is 214.6 kB. This result falls beyond the top 1M of websites and identifies a large and not optimized web page that may take ages to load. Only 10% of websites need less resources to load. HTML takes 136.9 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-65%

Potential reduce by 89.5 kB

  • Original 136.9 kB
  • After minification 136.9 kB
  • After compression 47.3 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 89.5 kB or 65% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 0 B

  • Original 45.9 kB
  • After minification 45.9 kB

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. Link Boston Homes images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 0 B

  • Original 31.8 kB
  • After minification 31.8 kB
  • After compression 31.8 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. This website has mostly compressed JavaScripts.

Requests Breakdown

We found no issues to fix!

Requests Now

6

After Optimization

6

The browser has sent 6 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Link Boston Homes. According to our analytics all requests are already optimized.

Accessibility Review

linkbostonhomes.com accessibility score

80

Accessibility Issues

ARIA

These are opportunities to improve the usage of ARIA in your application which may enhance the experience for users of assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Impact

Issue

High

[aria-*] attributes do not match their roles

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.

Tables and lists

These are opportunities to improve the experience of reading tabular or list data using assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Impact

Issue

High

Definition list items are not wrapped in <dl> elements

Names and labels

These are opportunities to improve the semantics of the controls in your application. This may enhance the experience for users of assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Impact

Issue

High

Links do not have a discernible name

Best Practices

linkbostonhomes.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

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

High

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

linkbostonhomes.com SEO score

92

Search Engine Optimization Advices

Crawling and Indexing

To appear in search results, crawlers need access to your app.

Impact

Issue

High

Links are not crawlable

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 Linkbostonhomes.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 Linkbostonhomes.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

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