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Report Summary

  • 4

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    20% of other websites

  • 65

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 30% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    35% of websites

  • 86

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    60% of websites

avalonwaterways.co.nz

River Cruise Holidays & Packages with Avalon Waterways

Page Load Speed

15.6 sec in total

First Response

1.7 sec

Resources Loaded

12.5 sec

Page Rendered

1.4 sec

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Key Findings

We analyzed Avalonwaterways.co.nz page load time and found that the first response time was 1.7 sec and then it took 14 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 90% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

avalonwaterways.co.nz performance score

4

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value10.0 s

0/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value13.0 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value19.3 s

0/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value1,850 ms

9/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.706

7/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value23.8 s

1/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

www.avalonwaterways.co.nz

1682 ms

FormLoader.bundle.js

117 ms

iframeResizer.min.js

86 ms

ws-tracking.js

74 ms

avalon.css

2907 ms

Our browser made a total of 48 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 79% of them (38 requests) were addressed to the original Avalonwaterways.co.nz, 2% (1 request) were made to Cxppusa1formui01cdnsa01-endpoint.azureedge.net and 2% (1 request) were made to Globus.elmotalent.com.au. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (8.4 sec) belongs to the original domain Avalonwaterways.co.nz.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 534.0 kB (9%)

Content Size

5.7 MB

After Optimization

5.2 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Avalonwaterways.co.nz main page is 5.7 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. 70% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 3.6 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-89%

Potential reduce by 145.5 kB

  • Original 163.5 kB
  • After minification 141.6 kB
  • After compression 18.0 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. This page needs HTML code to be minified as it can gain 21.9 kB, which is 13% of the original size. It is highly recommended that content of this web page should be compressed using GZIP, as it can save up to 145.5 kB or 89% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-2%

Potential reduce by 64.5 kB

  • Original 3.6 MB
  • After minification 3.6 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. Avalon Waterways images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-10%

Potential reduce by 131.2 kB

  • Original 1.4 MB
  • After minification 1.4 MB
  • After compression 1.2 MB

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

-33%

Potential reduce by 192.8 kB

  • Original 587.2 kB
  • After minification 587.2 kB
  • After compression 394.4 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. Avalonwaterways.co.nz needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 192.8 kB or 33% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 8 (20%)

Requests Now

41

After Optimization

33

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 41 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Avalon Waterways. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 9 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

www.avalonwaterways.co.nz

www.avalonwaterways.co.nz

1682 ms

FormLoader.bundle.js

FormLoader.bundle.js

117 ms

iframeResizer.min.js

iframeResizer.min.js

86 ms

ws-tracking.js

ws-tracking.js

74 ms

avalon.css

avalon.css

2907 ms

VisitorIdentification.js

VisitorIdentification.js

823 ms

uhk7arx.css

uhk7arx.css

73 ms

ai.2.min.js

ai.2.min.js

35 ms

elmosoftware.com.au

elmosoftware.com.au

918 ms

constants

constants

483 ms

contact-data-services.min.js

contact-data-services.min.js

833 ms

vendor.bundle.js

vendor.bundle.js

8437 ms

avalon.js

avalon.js

2979 ms

gtm.js

gtm.js

72 ms

globus-logo-red.svg

globus-logo-red.svg

240 ms

cosmos-logo.svg

cosmos-logo.svg

222 ms

avalon-blk-150x75.svg

avalon-blk-150x75.svg

233 ms

why-avalon-panorama-suite-highlight-3.jpg

why-avalon-panorama-suite-highlight-3.jpg

1242 ms

why-avalon-excursions-highlight-discovery.jpg

why-avalon-excursions-highlight-discovery.jpg

1067 ms

why-avalon-ship-highlight-panobistro.jpg

why-avalon-ship-highlight-panobistro.jpg

873 ms

why-avalon-ship-highlight-dining.jpg

why-avalon-ship-highlight-dining.jpg

1345 ms

why-avalon-wellness-highlight-1.jpg

why-avalon-wellness-highlight-1.jpg

1485 ms

qantas-points-logo.png

qantas-points-logo.png

1459 ms

deal-icon.svg

deal-icon.svg

2890 ms

avalon-highlight-generic-rhine2.jpg

avalon-highlight-generic-rhine2.jpg

1947 ms

avalon-highlight-portugal-vila-nova-de-gaia.jpg

avalon-highlight-portugal-vila-nova-de-gaia.jpg

2149 ms

avalon-highlight-france-bordeaux.jpg

avalon-highlight-france-bordeaux.jpg

2328 ms

avalon-highlight-seine-river.jpg

avalon-highlight-seine-river.jpg

2219 ms

avalon-highlight-vietnam-floating-market.jpg

avalon-highlight-vietnam-floating-market.jpg

2214 ms

avalon_logo_white_no-tag.png

avalon_logo_white_no-tag.png

2393 ms

qantas_ff_rgb_qff.png

qantas_ff_rgb_qff.png

2476 ms

p.css

p.css

21 ms

220912-avalon-douroriverbanner-3000x2000.jpg

220912-avalon-douroriverbanner-3000x2000.jpg

468 ms

rhine_valley_scenic_3000x2000_2.jpg

rhine_valley_scenic_3000x2000_2.jpg

569 ms

danube_river_castle_discovery_3000x2000_2.jpg

danube_river_castle_discovery_3000x2000_2.jpg

756 ms

avalon-header-itinerary-wxx.jpg

avalon-header-itinerary-wxx.jpg

785 ms

rhine_river_explorer_castles_wineries_3000x2000_2.jpg

rhine_river_explorer_castles_wineries_3000x2000_2.jpg

714 ms

provence_france_streets_3000x2000_2.jpg

provence_france_streets_3000x2000_2.jpg

841 ms

avalon-banner-river-1412x200.jpg

avalon-banner-river-1412x200.jpg

1174 ms

avalon-spi-highlight-activediscovery-2.jpg

avalon-spi-highlight-activediscovery-2.jpg

1235 ms

avalon-spi-highlight-activediscovery-3.jpg

avalon-spi-highlight-activediscovery-3.jpg

1174 ms

avalon-banner-ship-1412x200.jpg

avalon-banner-ship-1412x200.jpg

1176 ms

Quicksand-Medium.ttf

Quicksand-Medium.ttf

1032 ms

Quicksand-Regular.ttf

Quicksand-Regular.ttf

1091 ms

Lora-Regular.ttf

Lora-Regular.ttf

1194 ms

Quicksand-SemiBold.ttf

Quicksand-SemiBold.ttf

1195 ms

1M_a-EKk

1M_a-EKk

991 ms

track

track

217 ms

Accessibility Review

avalonwaterways.co.nz accessibility score

65

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-*] attributes do not match their roles

High

[aria-hidden="true"] elements contain focusable descendents

High

ARIA input fields do not have accessible names

High

Elements with an ARIA [role] that require children to contain a specific [role] are missing some or all of those required children.

High

ARIA toggle fields do not have accessible names

High

[aria-*] attributes do not have valid values

High

ARIA IDs are not unique

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

avalonwaterways.co.nz 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

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

avalonwaterways.co.nz 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

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

    EN

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Avalonwaterways.co.nz 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 Avalonwaterways.co.nz 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

avalonwaterways.co.nz

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