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Report Summary

  • 10

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    23% of other websites

  • 96

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 88% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    35% of websites

  • 92

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    74% of websites

acra.gov.sg

Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority

Page Load Speed

30.3 sec in total

First Response

1.8 sec

Resources Loaded

28.1 sec

Page Rendered

353 ms

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About Website

Visit acra.gov.sg now to see the best up-to-date Acra content for Singapore and also check out these interesting facts you probably never knew about acra.gov.sg

The Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA) is the national regulator of business entities, public accountants and corporate service providers in Singapore.

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Key Findings

We analyzed Acra.gov.sg page load time and found that the first response time was 1.8 sec and then it took 28.5 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is an excellent result, as only a small number of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

acra.gov.sg performance score

10

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value6.4 s

2/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value21.3 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value16.3 s

0/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value2,870 ms

3/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.215

58/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value21.0 s

1/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

1845 ms

ektron.stylesheet.ashx

2011 ms

ektron.javascript.ashx

3392 ms

public_layout.css

1356 ms

acra.css

1327 ms

Our browser made a total of 101 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 94% of them (95 requests) were addressed to the original Acra.gov.sg, 2% (2 requests) were made to Google-analytics.com and 1% (1 request) were made to Fonts.googleapis.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (12 sec) belongs to the original domain Acra.gov.sg.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 503.0 kB (34%)

Content Size

1.5 MB

After Optimization

995.7 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Acra.gov.sg main page is 1.5 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. 25% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 954.1 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-57%

Potential reduce by 67.8 kB

  • Original 119.3 kB
  • After minification 116.3 kB
  • After compression 51.5 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 67.8 kB or 57% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-14%

Potential reduce by 131.4 kB

  • Original 954.1 kB
  • After minification 822.7 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, Acra needs image optimization as it can save up to 131.4 kB or 14% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-70%

Potential reduce by 269.3 kB

  • Original 383.3 kB
  • After minification 344.0 kB
  • After compression 114.0 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 269.3 kB or 70% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-82%

Potential reduce by 34.6 kB

  • Original 42.1 kB
  • After minification 29.7 kB
  • After compression 7.6 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. Acra.gov.sg needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 34.6 kB or 82% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 51 (51%)

Requests Now

100

After Optimization

49

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 100 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Acra. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 18 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 5 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

1845 ms

ektron.stylesheet.ashx

ektron.stylesheet.ashx

2011 ms

ektron.javascript.ashx

ektron.javascript.ashx

3392 ms

public_layout.css

public_layout.css

1356 ms

acra.css

acra.css

1327 ms

httprequest.js

httprequest.js

1319 ms

ssSearch.js

ssSearch.js

2063 ms

jquery-1.10.1.min.js

jquery-1.10.1.min.js

8198 ms

jquery.bxSlider.min.js

jquery.bxSlider.min.js

2674 ms

textsizer.js

textsizer.js

2660 ms

customJquery.js

customJquery.js

3448 ms

common.js

common.js

3289 ms

custom-form-elements.js

custom-form-elements.js

3927 ms

jquery.simplemodal.js

jquery.simplemodal.js

4058 ms

anylinkmenu.js

anylinkmenu.js

4547 ms

WebResource.axd

WebResource.axd

3227 ms

ScriptResource.axd

ScriptResource.axd

3460 ms

ScriptResource.axd

ScriptResource.axd

3506 ms

jquery.bxslider.min.4.1.1.js

jquery.bxslider.min.4.1.1.js

4260 ms

jquery.lavalamp-1.4.js

jquery.lavalamp-1.4.js

4429 ms

css

css

60 ms

typography.css

typography.css

1848 ms

PAdock.jpg

PAdock.jpg

1360 ms

CSDock.jpg

CSDock.jpg

1414 ms

menu_PA.gif

menu_PA.gif

1317 ms

menu_CS.gif

menu_CS.gif

1314 ms

acra_logo.gif

acra_logo.gif

1373 ms

ic_textdecrease.gif

ic_textdecrease.gif

1270 ms

ic_textreset_sel.gif

ic_textreset_sel.gif

1560 ms

ic_textincrease.gif

ic_textincrease.gif

2575 ms

SG_logo.gif

SG_logo.gif

2659 ms

navHome_sel.gif

navHome_sel.gif

2643 ms

navHowToGuides.gif

navHowToGuides.gif

1693 ms

navAskACRA.gif

navAskACRA.gif

2687 ms

navEnhancedBizFile.gif

navEnhancedBizFile.gif

2814 ms

navForProfessionalFilers.gif

navForProfessionalFilers.gif

2953 ms

ic_social_fb.gif

ic_social_fb.gif

3885 ms

ic_social_twitter.gif

ic_social_twitter.gif

4011 ms

SingPass%202FA%20Registration%20via%20SMS_resize.png

SingPass%202FA%20Registration%20via%20SMS_resize.png

4005 ms

btn_view.gif

btn_view.gif

4086 ms

ic_Announcement.gif

ic_Announcement.gif

4137 ms

ic_Event.gif

ic_Event.gif

4234 ms

CSP%20Conference%20Banner.jpg

CSP%20Conference%20Banner.jpg

5283 ms

bizfinx2.png

bizfinx2.png

5368 ms

ltd_mostpopular.png

ltd_mostpopular.png

5336 ms

ltd_companies.png

ltd_companies.png

5418 ms

ltd_soleproprietorship.png

ltd_soleproprietorship.png

5638 ms

ltd_partnership.png

ltd_partnership.png

5788 ms

ltd_startups.png

ltd_startups.png

6658 ms

ltd_partnership.gif

ltd_partnership.gif

12001 ms

ltd_limitedliabilitypartnership.gif

ltd_limitedliabilitypartnership.gif

6740 ms

ltd_limitedpartnership.gif

ltd_limitedpartnership.gif

6762 ms

buyinfo.png

buyinfo.png

6945 ms

7043.png

7043.png

7137 ms

7041.png

7041.png

7903 ms

7025.png

7025.png

7048 ms

guide_featured.png

guide_featured.png

8141 ms

btn_viewall.gif

btn_viewall.gif

8246 ms

all.js

all.js

497 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

77 ms

collect

collect

13 ms

183 ms

xd_arbiter.php

xd_arbiter.php

462 ms

SQCstar_col.png

SQCstar_col.png

7179 ms

SSC-LOGO_4C.png

SSC-LOGO_4C.png

7207 ms

logo_peopleDev.png

logo_peopleDev.png

7945 ms

logo_tuv.png

logo_tuv.png

8115 ms

navbullet.png

navbullet.png

7184 ms

navHomeFooter.png

navHomeFooter.png

8463 ms

arrow_down.gif

arrow_down.gif

8325 ms

shadow.png

shadow.png

8163 ms

top_bkg.gif

top_bkg.gif

7954 ms

masthead_sidebkg.gif

masthead_sidebkg.gif

8541 ms

masthead_bkg.gif

masthead_bkg.gif

8646 ms

searchbox_ontop.gif

searchbox_ontop.gif

7500 ms

btn_search_go.gif

btn_search_go.gif

8369 ms

li_nav.gif

li_nav.gif

8582 ms

carousel_sidebkg.gif

carousel_sidebkg.gif

7995 ms

carousel_bkg.gif

carousel_bkg.gif

8515 ms

setinfo_bkg.gif

setinfo_bkg.gif

8561 ms

liketodo_bkg.gif

liketodo_bkg.gif

8514 ms

decksubmenu_bkg.gif

decksubmenu_bkg.gif

7729 ms

deck_bkg.gif

deck_bkg.gif

8881 ms

deck_lastdeck.gif

deck_lastdeck.gif

7901 ms

deckEnd_bkg.gif

deckEnd_bkg.gif

7961 ms

footernav_bkg.jpg

footernav_bkg.jpg

8424 ms

footer_privacy_bkg.gif

footer_privacy_bkg.gif

8452 ms

ajax-loader.gif

ajax-loader.gif

8298 ms

controls.png

controls.png

8684 ms

deck_menu_sel.png

deck_menu_sel.png

6874 ms

opt_browseby_header.gif

opt_browseby_header.gif

7834 ms

opt_startups.gif

opt_startups.gif

8059 ms

opt_localcompanies.gif

opt_localcompanies.gif

8196 ms

opt_foreigncompanies.gif

opt_foreigncompanies.gif

8098 ms

opt_soleproprietorship.gif

opt_soleproprietorship.gif

8058 ms

opt_partnership.gif

opt_partnership.gif

7884 ms

opt_limitedpartnership.gif

opt_limitedpartnership.gif

7608 ms

opt_LLP_header.gif

opt_LLP_header.gif

7914 ms

opt_browseby_footer.gif

opt_browseby_footer.gif

7967 ms

opt_LLP_footer.gif

opt_LLP_footer.gif

7924 ms

dropdown_bkg.png

dropdown_bkg.png

296 ms

Accessibility Review

acra.gov.sg accessibility score

96

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-hidden="true"] elements contain focusable descendents

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

acra.gov.sg best practices score

75

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

Serves images with low resolution

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

High

Missing source maps for large first-party JavaScript

SEO Factors

acra.gov.sg 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

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 Acra.gov.sg 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 Acra.gov.sg 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

acra.gov.sg

Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of Acra. 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: