Report Summary

  • 59

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    75% of other websites

  • 90

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 75% of websites

  • 92

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    81% of websites

  • 86

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    60% of websites

apparatusmn.org

Apparatus GBC | Minnesota Public Affairs & Political Consulting

Page Load Speed

1.4 sec in total

First Response

103 ms

Resources Loaded

1.3 sec

Page Rendered

65 ms

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About Website

Welcome to apparatusmn.org homepage info - get ready to check Apparatus Mn best content right away, or after learning these important things about apparatusmn.org

Apparatus is a full-service public affairs and political consulting firm offering 360-degree communications, lobbying, campaign, and organizational strategies.

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Key Findings

We analyzed Apparatusmn.org page load time and found that the first response time was 103 ms and then it took 1.3 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 25% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

apparatusmn.org performance score

59

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value2.1 s

80/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value8.7 s

1/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value6.2 s

43/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value160 ms

94/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value8.9 s

34/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

www.apparatusgbc.com

103 ms

minified.js

31 ms

focus-within-polyfill.js

29 ms

polyfill.min.js

25 ms

thunderbolt-commons.a475be57.bundle.min.js

89 ms

Our browser made a total of 45 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 0% of them (0 request) were addressed to the original Apparatusmn.org, 31% (14 requests) were made to Static.wixstatic.com and 27% (12 requests) were made to Sentry-next.wixpress.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (970 ms) relates to the external source Static.wixstatic.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 286.2 kB (43%)

Content Size

671.4 kB

After Optimization

385.2 kB

In fact, the total size of Apparatusmn.org main page is 671.4 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. 30% of websites need less resources to load. HTML takes 337.8 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-77%

Potential reduce by 259.4 kB

  • Original 337.8 kB
  • After minification 336.2 kB
  • After compression 78.4 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 259.4 kB or 77% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-23%

Potential reduce by 24.2 kB

  • Original 105.9 kB
  • After minification 81.7 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, Apparatus Mn needs image optimization as it can save up to 24.2 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

-1%

Potential reduce by 2.7 kB

  • Original 227.8 kB
  • After minification 227.8 kB
  • After compression 225.1 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

Number of requests can be reduced by 10 (34%)

Requests Now

29

After Optimization

19

The browser has sent 29 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Apparatus Mn. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 11 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Accessibility Review

apparatusmn.org accessibility score

90

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

Best Practices

apparatusmn.org 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

apparatusmn.org SEO score

86

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 doesn't use 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 Apparatusmn.org 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 Apparatusmn.org 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 Apparatus Mn. This is the best way to make the web page social media friendly. Here is how it looks like on Facebook: