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Report Summary

  • 24

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    44% of other websites

  • 77

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 45% of websites

  • 67

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    24% of websites

  • 75

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    32% of websites

archivists.org

Home | Society of American Archivists

Page Load Speed

950 ms in total

First Response

154 ms

Resources Loaded

602 ms

Page Rendered

194 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Archivists.org page load time and found that the first response time was 154 ms and then it took 796 ms to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 10% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

archivists.org performance score

24

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value4.1 s

22/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value13.1 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value6.5 s

38/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value680 ms

44/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.388

26/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value12.9 s

13/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

archivists.org

154 ms

css_a5722814c3cd80dc8c981241a5d23b52.css

133 ms

js_4f4d0769d09d230c3f2b3d7231d5d936.js

113 ms

js_e531fb01df6967e9286263fb7727445a.js

56 ms

analytics.js

28 ms

Our browser made a total of 37 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 76% of them (28 requests) were addressed to the original Archivists.org, 14% (5 requests) were made to Files.archivists.org and 5% (2 requests) were made to Google-analytics.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (258 ms) belongs to the original domain Archivists.org.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 150.0 kB (42%)

Content Size

359.8 kB

After Optimization

209.8 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Archivists.org main page is 359.8 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. 20% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 166.0 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-76%

Potential reduce by 28.2 kB

  • Original 37.0 kB
  • After minification 34.1 kB
  • After compression 8.8 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 28.2 kB or 76% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-12%

Potential reduce by 20.6 kB

  • Original 166.0 kB
  • After minification 145.5 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, Archivists needs image optimization as it can save up to 20.6 kB or 12% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-48%

Potential reduce by 38.8 kB

  • Original 80.3 kB
  • After minification 67.2 kB
  • After compression 41.6 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 38.8 kB or 48% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-82%

Potential reduce by 62.6 kB

  • Original 76.5 kB
  • After minification 74.9 kB
  • After compression 13.9 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. Archivists.org needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 62.6 kB or 82% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 11 (31%)

Requests Now

35

After Optimization

24

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 35 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Archivists. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

archivists.org

archivists.org

154 ms

css_a5722814c3cd80dc8c981241a5d23b52.css

css_a5722814c3cd80dc8c981241a5d23b52.css

133 ms

js_4f4d0769d09d230c3f2b3d7231d5d936.js

js_4f4d0769d09d230c3f2b3d7231d5d936.js

113 ms

js_e531fb01df6967e9286263fb7727445a.js

js_e531fb01df6967e9286263fb7727445a.js

56 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

28 ms

icon-facebook.png

icon-facebook.png

108 ms

google_custom_search_watermark.gif

google_custom_search_watermark.gif

46 ms

fill_top.png

fill_top.png

53 ms

fill_top_left.png

fill_top_left.png

54 ms

fill_top_right.png

fill_top_right.png

55 ms

logo.png

logo.png

84 ms

menu-leaf.png

menu-leaf.png

67 ms

menu-expanded.png

menu-expanded.png

68 ms

nav-down.png

nav-down.png

106 ms

menu-collapsed.png

menu-collapsed.png

110 ms

nav-right.png

nav-right.png

110 ms

fill_left.png

fill_left.png

119 ms

fill_right.png

fill_right.png

124 ms

feed.png

feed.png

138 ms

fill_block.png

fill_block.png

155 ms

ArchivesAWARE_button1.png

ArchivesAWARE_button1.png

161 ms

donate-1.jpg

donate-1.jpg

160 ms

BOOKSTORE-2.jpg

BOOKSTORE-2.jpg

171 ms

JOBS.jpg

JOBS.jpg

176 ms

WORKSHOP-2.jpg

WORKSHOP-2.jpg

189 ms

find_an_archivist_dark.jpg

find_an_archivist_dark.jpg

210 ms

AM2016-logo-350.jpg

AM2016-logo-350.jpg

213 ms

NCH-logo-saaHomepage.jpg

NCH-logo-saaHomepage.jpg

241 ms

NHDlogo-saahomepage.jpg

NHDlogo-saahomepage.jpg

258 ms

CQ60x144.bmp

CQ60x144.bmp

232 ms

icon-twitter.png

icon-twitter.png

99 ms

blog.gif

blog.gif

101 ms

icon-linkedin.png

icon-linkedin.png

97 ms

rss.gif

rss.gif

102 ms

collect

collect

11 ms

google_custom_search_watermark.gif

google_custom_search_watermark.gif

55 ms

css_f436423beb7809ba8e3353e2f1ee1be3.css

css_f436423beb7809ba8e3353e2f1ee1be3.css

29 ms

Accessibility Review

archivists.org accessibility score

77

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

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

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

archivists.org 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

User Experience

Impact

Issue

High

Serves images with low resolution

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

SEO Factors

archivists.org SEO score

75

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

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

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 Archivists.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 Archivists.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

archivists.org

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