Report Summary

  • 83

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    88% of other websites

  • 81

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 52% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    36% of websites

  • 79

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    40% of websites

askapatient.com

Ask a Patient - Drug Ratings and Reviews By Patients

Page Load Speed

496 ms in total

First Response

167 ms

Resources Loaded

255 ms

Page Rendered

74 ms

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About Website

Visit askapatient.com now to see the best up-to-date Ask A Patient content for Morocco and also check out these interesting facts you probably never knew about askapatient.com

Patient ratings and rankings of prescription drugs. FDA-approved pharmaceuticals. Some natural treatments and vaccines also included.

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Key Findings

We analyzed Askapatient.com page load time and found that the first response time was 167 ms and then it took 329 ms 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

askapatient.com performance score

83

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.0 s

50/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value3.1 s

75/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value3.0 s

94/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value220 ms

87/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.019

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value4.5 s

83/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

askapatient.com

167 ms

www.askapatient.com

62 ms

ga.618055.js

7 ms

Our browser made a total of 3 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that all of those requests were addressed to Askapatient.com and no external sources were called. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (167 ms) belongs to the original domain Askapatient.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 122.0 kB (72%)

Content Size

170.1 kB

After Optimization

48.1 kB

In fact, the total size of Askapatient.com main page is 170.1 kB. This result falls within a vast category (top 1 000 000) of heavyweight, probably not optimized, and thus slow loading web pages. Only a small number of websites need less resources to load. Javascripts take 149.0 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-45%

Potential reduce by 611 B

  • Original 1.4 kB
  • After minification 1.4 kB
  • After compression 745 B

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 611 B or 45% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-12%

Potential reduce by 1.4 kB

  • Original 12.1 kB
  • After minification 10.7 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, Ask A Patient needs image optimization as it can save up to 1.4 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

-76%

Potential reduce by 113.7 kB

  • Original 149.0 kB
  • After minification 149.0 kB
  • After compression 35.4 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. It is highly recommended that all JavaScript files should be compressed and minified as it can save up to 113.7 kB or 76% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-83%

Potential reduce by 6.3 kB

  • Original 7.5 kB
  • After minification 5.2 kB
  • After compression 1.3 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. Askapatient.com needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 6.3 kB or 83% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

We found no issues to fix!

Requests Now

1

After Optimization

1

The browser has sent 1 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Ask A Patient. According to our analytics all requests are already optimized.

Accessibility Review

askapatient.com accessibility score

81

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

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

High

Form elements do not have associated labels

High

Links do not have a discernible name

Best Practices

askapatient.com best practices score

75

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

High

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

askapatient.com SEO score

79

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

Content Best Practices

Format your HTML in a way that enables crawlers to better understand your app’s content.

Impact

Issue

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

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

    N/A

  • Encoding

    N/A

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Askapatient.com 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 Askapatient.com main page’s claimed encoding is . Changing it to UTF-8 can be a good choice, as this format is commonly used for encoding all over the web and thus their visitors won’t have any troubles with symbol transcription or reading.

Social Sharing Optimization

Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of Ask A Patient. 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: