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Report Summary

  • 23

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    41% of other websites

  • 69

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 34% of websites

  • 67

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    24% of websites

  • 91

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    70% of websites

1stcontact.com.au

UK Visa Consultants in Australia | 1st Contact Australia

Page Load Speed

7.9 sec in total

First Response

2 sec

Resources Loaded

5.7 sec

Page Rendered

243 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed 1stcontact.com.au page load time and found that the first response time was 2 sec and then it took 5.9 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 80% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

1stcontact.com.au performance score

23

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value6.2 s

3/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value7.9 s

3/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value7.7 s

24/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value1,990 ms

8/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.004

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value11.5 s

18/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

www.1stcontact.com.au

1996 ms

jquery.fancybox-1.2.6.css

489 ms

NINO-notice.css

484 ms

pop.css

487 ms

prettyPhoto.css

723 ms

Our browser made a total of 71 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 83% of them (59 requests) were addressed to the original 1stcontact.com.au, 6% (4 requests) were made to Google-analytics.com and 3% (2 requests) were made to Connect.facebook.net. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (2 sec) belongs to the original domain 1stcontact.com.au.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 395.4 kB (29%)

Content Size

1.3 MB

After Optimization

949.9 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of 1stcontact.com.au main page is 1.3 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. 45% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 782.6 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-80%

Potential reduce by 51.8 kB

  • Original 64.8 kB
  • After minification 53.9 kB
  • After compression 12.9 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 10.9 kB, which is 17% 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 51.8 kB or 80% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 0 B

  • Original 782.6 kB
  • After minification 782.6 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. 1st Contact images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-46%

Potential reduce by 50.0 kB

  • Original 108.5 kB
  • After minification 105.5 kB
  • After compression 58.5 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 50.0 kB or 46% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-75%

Potential reduce by 293.6 kB

  • Original 389.4 kB
  • After minification 292.1 kB
  • After compression 95.9 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. 1stcontact.com.au needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 293.6 kB or 75% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 39 (57%)

Requests Now

69

After Optimization

30

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 69 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of 1st Contact. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 21 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 7 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

www.1stcontact.com.au

www.1stcontact.com.au

1996 ms

jquery.fancybox-1.2.6.css

jquery.fancybox-1.2.6.css

489 ms

NINO-notice.css

NINO-notice.css

484 ms

pop.css

pop.css

487 ms

prettyPhoto.css

prettyPhoto.css

723 ms

reset.css

reset.css

491 ms

style.css

style.css

714 ms

tabs.css

tabs.css

721 ms

jquery-1.3.2.min.js

jquery-1.3.2.min.js

1453 ms

jquery.pngFix.js

jquery.pngFix.js

729 ms

cufon.js

cufon.js

970 ms

Wunderlich_400.font.js

Wunderlich_400.font.js

1204 ms

jquery.fancybox-1.2.6.js

jquery.fancybox-1.2.6.js

1209 ms

routines.js

routines.js

729 ms

core.js

core.js

968 ms

loaderdisplay.js

loaderdisplay.js

970 ms

WebResource.axd

WebResource.axd

1470 ms

ScriptResource.axd

ScriptResource.axd

1213 ms

ScriptResource.axd

ScriptResource.axd

1933 ms

ScriptResource.axd

ScriptResource.axd

1443 ms

webkit.js

webkit.js

1445 ms

ScriptResource.axd

ScriptResource.axd

1466 ms

ScriptResource.axd

ScriptResource.axd

1684 ms

ScriptResource.axd

ScriptResource.axd

1685 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

15 ms

fbds.js

fbds.js

14 ms

fbevents.js

fbevents.js

14 ms

call-me.gif

call-me.gif

1191 ms

logo.gif

logo.gif

1192 ms

1cau_ukvi_button.png

1cau_ukvi_button.png

1194 ms

box-top.gif

box-top.gif

1427 ms

box-bottom.gif

box-bottom.gif

1428 ms

best-price-guarantee.jpg

best-price-guarantee.jpg

1431 ms

compare-us-now.gif

compare-us-now.gif

1429 ms

enquire-now.gif

enquire-now.gif

1456 ms

accreditations.gif

accreditations.gif

1667 ms

ajax-loader.gif

ajax-loader.gif

1667 ms

collect

collect

10 ms

106 ms

124 ms

bg_content.jpg

bg_content.jpg

244 ms

bg_header.jpg

bg_header.jpg

244 ms

logo.gif

logo.gif

246 ms

bg_nav.jpg

bg_nav.jpg

245 ms

bg_has_menu.gif

bg_has_menu.gif

453 ms

assessment.html

assessment.html

463 ms

open-a-bank-account-video.jpg

open-a-bank-account-video.jpg

474 ms

points.png

points.png

473 ms

box-sides2.gif

box-sides2.gif

472 ms

box-back.gif

box-back.gif

473 ms

compare-us-back.gif

compare-us-back.gif

681 ms

bg_footer.jpg

bg_footer.jpg

682 ms

icon_phone.png

icon_phone.png

710 ms

icon_email.png

icon_email.png

710 ms

icon_address.png

icon_address.png

711 ms

icon_map.png

icon_map.png

712 ms

bg_footer_newsletter.jpg

bg_footer_newsletter.jpg

921 ms

bg_footer_field.jpg

bg_footer_field.jpg

922 ms

btn_subscribe.jpg

btn_subscribe.jpg

950 ms

bg_footer_location.jpg

bg_footer_location.jpg

936 ms

united-kingdom.gif

united-kingdom.gif

937 ms

south-africa.gif

south-africa.gif

938 ms

question.jpg

question.jpg

1146 ms

ga.js

ga.js

4 ms

6833.js

6833.js

56 ms

__utm.gif

__utm.gif

20 ms

s

s

56 ms

collect

collect

62 ms

u

u

49 ms

no-visa-no-fee.gif

no-visa-no-fee.gif

693 ms

next-step.gif

next-step.gif

721 ms

Accessibility Review

1stcontact.com.au accessibility score

69

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

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

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

1stcontact.com.au best practices score

67

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

High

Includes front-end JavaScript libraries with known security vulnerabilities

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

High

Issues were logged in the Issues panel in Chrome Devtools

SEO Factors

1stcontact.com.au SEO score

91

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 1stcontact.com.au 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 1stcontact.com.au 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

1stcontact.com.au

Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of 1st Contact. 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: