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Report Summary

  • 3

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    20% of other websites

  • 97

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 92% of websites

  • 83

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    55% of websites

  • 82

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    44% of websites

acadiaferry.com

Nova Scotia, Maine, New Brunswick & PEI Ferry Services | Ferries

Page Load Speed

2.6 sec in total

First Response

69 ms

Resources Loaded

1.7 sec

Page Rendered

792 ms

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About Website

Visit acadiaferry.com now to see the best up-to-date Acadia Ferry content and also check out these interesting facts you probably never knew about acadiaferry.com

Northumberland Ferries and Bay Ferries schedules, routes, and information about ferry rides to and from Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Maine, and PEI.

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Key Findings

We analyzed Acadiaferry.com page load time and found that the first response time was 69 ms and then it took 2.5 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 50% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

acadiaferry.com performance score

3

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value4.6 s

14/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value11.1 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value8.8 s

15/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value4,770 ms

0/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value1.037

2/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value22.7 s

1/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

acadiaferry.com

69 ms

www.ferries.ca

488 ms

gtm.js

72 ms

select2.min.css

66 ms

iconfonts.css

41 ms

Our browser made a total of 77 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 1% of them (1 request) were addressed to the original Acadiaferry.com, 81% (62 requests) were made to Ferries.ca and 9% (7 requests) were made to Googletagmanager.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (825 ms) relates to the external source Ferries.ca.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 297.5 kB (10%)

Content Size

3.0 MB

After Optimization

2.7 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Acadiaferry.com main page is 3.0 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. Only a small number of websites need less resources to load. Images take 2.1 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-86%

Potential reduce by 285.3 kB

  • Original 332.1 kB
  • After minification 332.1 kB
  • After compression 46.8 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 285.3 kB or 86% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 0 B

  • Original 2.1 MB
  • After minification 2.1 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. Acadia Ferry images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-2%

Potential reduce by 10.1 kB

  • Original 493.5 kB
  • After minification 493.5 kB
  • After compression 483.4 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.

CSS Optimization

-6%

Potential reduce by 2.1 kB

  • Original 33.3 kB
  • After minification 31.3 kB
  • After compression 31.2 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. Acadiaferry.com has all CSS files already compressed.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 37 (54%)

Requests Now

69

After Optimization

32

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 69 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Acadia Ferry. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 29 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 10 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

acadiaferry.com

acadiaferry.com

69 ms

www.ferries.ca

www.ferries.ca

488 ms

gtm.js

gtm.js

72 ms

select2.min.css

select2.min.css

66 ms

iconfonts.css

iconfonts.css

41 ms

frontend.min.css

frontend.min.css

52 ms

tooltip.css

tooltip.css

44 ms

tooltipster-sideTip-shadow.min.css

tooltipster-sideTip-shadow.min.css

98 ms

featherlight.css

featherlight.css

66 ms

css

css

35 ms

lity.min.css

lity.min.css

99 ms

styles.css

styles.css

144 ms

above-fold.js

above-fold.js

162 ms

language-cookie.js

language-cookie.js

99 ms

jquery.typewatch.js

jquery.typewatch.js

99 ms

featherlight.js

featherlight.js

143 ms

select2.full.min.js

select2.full.min.js

143 ms

frontend.js

frontend.js

142 ms

tooltip.js

tooltip.js

147 ms

events.js

events.js

149 ms

lity.min.js

lity.min.js

148 ms

colorbrightness.min.js

colorbrightness.min.js

148 ms

owl.carousel.min.js

owl.carousel.min.js

149 ms

xdomain-data.js

xdomain-data.js

147 ms

core.min.js

core.min.js

91 ms

datepicker.min.js

datepicker.min.js

91 ms

new-tab.js

new-tab.js

91 ms

api.js

api.js

85 ms

below-fold.js

below-fold.js

91 ms

otSDKStub.js

otSDKStub.js

332 ms

js

js

317 ms

destination

destination

316 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

315 ms

destination

destination

314 ms

destination

destination

313 ms

www-widgetapi.js

www-widgetapi.js

756 ms

BFL_white.png

BFL_white.png

355 ms

NFL_white.png

NFL_white.png

354 ms

the-cat-4-700x500.jpg

the-cat-4-700x500.jpg

354 ms

homepage-21-700x500.jpg

homepage-21-700x500.jpg

353 ms

northumberland-ferries-2-600x500.jpg

northumberland-ferries-2-600x500.jpg

354 ms

nova-scotia-700x500.jpeg

nova-scotia-700x500.jpeg

355 ms

world-class-golf-700x500.jpg

world-class-golf-700x500.jpg

358 ms

new-brunswick-3-700x500.jpg

new-brunswick-3-700x500.jpg

358 ms

maine-700x500.jpg

maine-700x500.jpg

357 ms

special-offers-4.png

special-offers-4.png

642 ms

schedule-8-600x800.jpg

schedule-8-600x800.jpg

642 ms

wave-red.svg

wave-red.svg

355 ms

northumberland-ferries-schedule-600x800.jpg

northumberland-ferries-schedule-600x800.jpg

640 ms

weekender-special-600x800.jpg

weekender-special-600x800.jpg

641 ms

homepage-4-1920x800.jpg

homepage-4-1920x800.jpg

642 ms

nova-scotia-700x1120.jpeg

nova-scotia-700x1120.jpeg

640 ms

world-class-golf-700x614.jpg

world-class-golf-700x614.jpg

645 ms

new-brunswick-3-700x920.jpg

new-brunswick-3-700x920.jpg

646 ms

maine-700x1120.jpg

maine-700x1120.jpg

648 ms

check-in-e1700587250427.jpeg

check-in-e1700587250427.jpeg

644 ms

homepage-48.jpg

homepage-48.jpg

647 ms

homepage-21-600x800.jpg

homepage-21-600x800.jpg

650 ms

the-cat-4-600x800.jpg

the-cat-4-600x800.jpg

646 ms

northumberland-ferries-2.jpg

northumberland-ferries-2.jpg

648 ms

nova-scotia-2.png

nova-scotia-2.png

651 ms

prince-edwarde280a8-island.png

prince-edwarde280a8-island.png

649 ms

new-brunswick-2.png

new-brunswick-2.png

825 ms

maine-2.png

maine-2.png

825 ms

early-booking-sale-2.jpg

early-booking-sale-2.jpg

727 ms

one-two-free-3.png

one-two-free-3.png

726 ms

js

js

227 ms

3AFDDA_1_0.woff

3AFDDA_1_0.woff

698 ms

3AFDDA_2_0.woff

3AFDDA_2_0.woff

698 ms

3AFDDA_A_0.woff

3AFDDA_A_0.woff

735 ms

flaticon_ferries_2020.ttf

flaticon_ferries_2020.ttf

732 ms

Nervous.ttf

Nervous.ttf

733 ms

3AFDDA_9_0.woff

3AFDDA_9_0.woff

734 ms

recaptcha__en.js

recaptcha__en.js

492 ms

destination

destination

438 ms

below-fold.css

below-fold.css

430 ms

iframe_api

iframe_api

461 ms

Accessibility Review

acadiaferry.com accessibility score

97

Accessibility Issues

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

acadiaferry.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

High

Missing source maps for large first-party JavaScript

SEO Factors

acadiaferry.com SEO score

82

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

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 Acadiaferry.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 Acadiaferry.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

acadiaferry.com

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