Report Summary

  • 36

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    55% of other websites

  • 94

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 83% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    35% of websites

  • 79

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    40% of websites

knottlab.com

Knott Laboratory, LLC (Homepage) | Knott Laboratory, LLC

Page Load Speed

7 sec in total

First Response

1.4 sec

Resources Loaded

4.1 sec

Page Rendered

1.5 sec

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Key Findings

We analyzed Knottlab.com page load time and found that the first response time was 1.4 sec and then it took 5.6 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 75% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

knottlab.com performance score

36

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.6 s

33/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value3.8 s

56/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value8.0 s

21/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value2,340 ms

5/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.062

97/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value14.9 s

8/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

knottlab.com

1373 ms

css

46 ms

jquery.min.js

59 ms

init.min.js

73 ms

jquery.json.min.js

73 ms

Our browser made a total of 130 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 55% of them (71 requests) were addressed to the original Knottlab.com, 18% (24 requests) were made to Use.typekit.com and 5% (7 requests) were made to Youtube.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1.4 sec) belongs to the original domain Knottlab.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 1.0 MB (40%)

Content Size

2.5 MB

After Optimization

1.5 MB

In fact, the total size of Knottlab.com 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. HTML takes 922.0 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-89%

Potential reduce by 819.0 kB

  • Original 922.0 kB
  • After minification 915.9 kB
  • After compression 103.0 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. 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 819.0 kB or 89% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-11%

Potential reduce by 88.6 kB

  • Original 786.7 kB
  • After minification 698.1 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, Knott Lab needs image optimization as it can save up to 88.6 kB or 11% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-13%

Potential reduce by 90.8 kB

  • Original 707.0 kB
  • After minification 707.0 kB
  • After compression 616.2 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 90.8 kB or 13% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-7%

Potential reduce by 4.6 kB

  • Original 65.1 kB
  • After minification 65.1 kB
  • After compression 60.5 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. Knottlab.com has all CSS files already compressed.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 62 (63%)

Requests Now

98

After Optimization

36

The browser has sent 98 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Knott Lab. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 59 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 5 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Accessibility Review

knottlab.com accessibility score

94

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

[id] attributes on active, focusable elements are not unique

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

knottlab.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

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

High

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

knottlab.com SEO score

79

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

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

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 Knottlab.com 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 Knottlab.com 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 Knott Lab. This is the best way to make the web page social media friendly. Here is how it looks like on Facebook: