Report Summary

  • 62

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    77% of other websites

  • 88

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 69% of websites

  • 92

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    81% of websites

  • 92

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    75% of websites

retrocrochet.com

RetroCrochet - Crochet, Crochet Patterns, Crochet Yarn, Crochet Hooks, Crochet Patterns and Accessories

Page Load Speed

2.5 sec in total

First Response

655 ms

Resources Loaded

1.7 sec

Page Rendered

132 ms

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About Website

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RetroCrochet Index Page

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Key Findings

We analyzed Retrocrochet.com page load time and found that the first response time was 655 ms and then it took 1.8 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 35% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

retrocrochet.com performance score

62

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.4 s

37/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value5.9 s

14/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value6.0 s

47/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value160 ms

93/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value5.4 s

72/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

retrocrochet.com

655 ms

d1ce40d14280aedf6c1f687ed23ecf15_main.css

137 ms

2f6847d1257c6447938840c6312cfbac_sec.css

64 ms

1b7058fd0fec50a2a4b520eca271920f_search.css

72 ms

jquery.min.js

153 ms

Our browser made a total of 17 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 82% of them (14 requests) were addressed to the original Retrocrochet.com, 12% (2 requests) were made to Google-analytics.com and 6% (1 request) were made to S3.amazonaws.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (891 ms) belongs to the original domain Retrocrochet.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 246.6 kB (73%)

Content Size

338.1 kB

After Optimization

91.5 kB

In fact, the total size of Retrocrochet.com main page is 338.1 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. 15% of websites need less resources to load. Javascripts take 157.1 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-88%

Potential reduce by 45.4 kB

  • Original 51.5 kB
  • After minification 31.2 kB
  • After compression 6.0 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. This page needs HTML code to be minified as it can gain 20.3 kB, which is 39% of the original size. It is highly recommended that content of this web page should be compressed using GZIP, as it can save up to 45.4 kB or 88% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-23%

Potential reduce by 1.2 kB

  • Original 5.4 kB
  • After minification 4.2 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. Obviously, Retro Crochet needs image optimization as it can save up to 1.2 kB or 23% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-63%

Potential reduce by 98.8 kB

  • Original 157.1 kB
  • After minification 155.8 kB
  • After compression 58.3 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 98.8 kB or 63% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-81%

Potential reduce by 101.1 kB

  • Original 124.1 kB
  • After minification 122.5 kB
  • After compression 23.0 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. Retrocrochet.com needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 101.1 kB or 81% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 8 (53%)

Requests Now

15

After Optimization

7

The browser has sent 15 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Retro Crochet. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 6 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 4 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Accessibility Review

retrocrochet.com accessibility score

88

Accessibility Issues

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

Buttons do not have an accessible name

High

Links do not have a discernible name

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.

Best Practices

retrocrochet.com best practices score

92

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

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

retrocrochet.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

    N/A

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Retrocrochet.com can be misinterpreted by Google and other search engines. Our service has detected that English is used on the page, and neither this language nor any other was claimed in <html> or <meta> tags. Our system also found out that Retrocrochet.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 description is not detected on the main page of Retro Crochet. Lack of Open Graph description can be counter-productive for their social media presence, as such a description allows converting a website homepage (or other pages) into good-looking, rich and well-structured posts, when it is being shared on Facebook and other social media. For example, adding the following code snippet into HTML <head> tag will help to represent this web page correctly in social networks: