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Report Summary

  • 13

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    25% of other websites

  • 67

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 32% of websites

  • 67

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    24% of websites

  • 92

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    74% of websites

12step.org

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Page Load Speed

5 sec in total

First Response

174 ms

Resources Loaded

4.3 sec

Page Rendered

499 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed 12step.org page load time and found that the first response time was 174 ms and then it took 4.8 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 70% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

12step.org performance score

13

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.1 s

45/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value19.1 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value12.9 s

2/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value2,690 ms

4/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.269

45/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value23.2 s

1/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

12step.org

174 ms

12step.org

296 ms

css

38 ms

bootstrap.min.css

71 ms

swiper.min.css

171 ms

Our browser made a total of 132 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 30% of them (39 requests) were addressed to the original 12step.org, 13% (17 requests) were made to Cm.g.doubleclick.net and 10% (13 requests) were made to Googleads.g.doubleclick.net. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1.1 sec) belongs to the original domain 12step.org.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 1.1 MB (43%)

Content Size

2.5 MB

After Optimization

1.5 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of 12step.org main page is 2.5 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. Only a small number of websites need less resources to load. Images take 1.5 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-89%

Potential reduce by 98.2 kB

  • Original 110.3 kB
  • After minification 67.6 kB
  • After compression 12.1 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 42.7 kB, which is 39% 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 98.2 kB or 89% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-61%

Potential reduce by 935.7 kB

  • Original 1.5 MB
  • After minification 601.9 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, 12Step needs image optimization as it can save up to 935.7 kB or 61% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-6%

Potential reduce by 41.2 kB

  • Original 707.7 kB
  • After minification 707.5 kB
  • After compression 666.5 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.

CSS Optimization

-11%

Potential reduce by 21.0 kB

  • Original 191.8 kB
  • After minification 191.8 kB
  • After compression 170.7 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. 12step.org needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 21.0 kB or 11% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 56 (52%)

Requests Now

108

After Optimization

52

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 108 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of 12Step. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 24 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 9 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

Accessibility Review

12step.org accessibility score

67

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

<frame> or <iframe> elements do not have a title

High

Links do not have a discernible name

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

Internationalization and localization

These are opportunities to improve the interpretation of your content by users in different locales.

Impact

Issue

High

<html> element does not have a [lang] attribute

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

12step.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

High

Page has valid source maps

High

Issues were logged in the Issues panel in Chrome Devtools

SEO Factors

12step.org SEO score

92

Search Engine Optimization Advices

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

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise 12step.org 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 12step.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 description is not detected on the main page of 12Step. 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: