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Report Summary

  • 31

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    51% of other websites

  • 76

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 42% of websites

  • 92

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    80% of websites

  • 97

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    91% of websites

connecticutsaves.org

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Page Load Speed

1.4 sec in total

First Response

43 ms

Resources Loaded

1 sec

Page Rendered

355 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Connecticutsaves.org page load time and found that the first response time was 43 ms and then it took 1.4 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 30% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

connecticutsaves.org performance score

31

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value4.9 s

10/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value11.8 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value7.5 s

26/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value740 ms

40/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.015

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value16.8 s

5/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

connecticutsaves.org

43 ms

connecticut-saves

38 ms

157 ms

jquery.min.js

49 ms

vendor.min.js

66 ms

Our browser made a total of 102 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 1% of them (1 request) were addressed to the original Connecticutsaves.org, 69% (70 requests) were made to Americasaves.org and 18% (18 requests) were made to Platform.twitter.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (636 ms) relates to the external source 95522e7b122647fe9349b357cf006d62.svc.dynamics.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 1.4 MB (57%)

Content Size

2.5 MB

After Optimization

1.1 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Connecticutsaves.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. 80% of websites need less resources to load and that’s why Accessify’s recommendations for optimization and resource minification can be helpful for this project. Images take 796.6 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-82%

Potential reduce by 219.8 kB

  • Original 266.7 kB
  • After minification 197.0 kB
  • After compression 46.9 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 69.8 kB, which is 26% 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 219.8 kB or 82% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-14%

Potential reduce by 111.8 kB

  • Original 796.6 kB
  • After minification 684.9 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, Connect Icut Saves needs image optimization as it can save up to 111.8 kB or 14% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-62%

Potential reduce by 431.3 kB

  • Original 691.4 kB
  • After minification 691.4 kB
  • After compression 260.2 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 431.3 kB or 62% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-87%

Potential reduce by 658.0 kB

  • Original 759.8 kB
  • After minification 759.4 kB
  • After compression 101.8 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. Connecticutsaves.org needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 658.0 kB or 87% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 47 (70%)

Requests Now

67

After Optimization

20

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 67 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Connect Icut Saves. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 30 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

Accessibility Review

connecticutsaves.org accessibility score

76

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 have valid values

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

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

connecticutsaves.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

SEO Factors

connecticutsaves.org SEO score

97

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

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 Connecticutsaves.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 Connecticutsaves.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 Connect Icut Saves. This is the best way to make the web page social media friendly. Here is how it looks like on Facebook: