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Report Summary

  • 66

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    79% of other websites

  • 61

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 27% of websites

  • 83

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    55% of websites

  • 93

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    83% of websites

we-xpats.com

WeXpats - Make Japan closer -

Page Load Speed

4.3 sec in total

First Response

431 ms

Resources Loaded

3.6 sec

Page Rendered

298 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed We-xpats.com page load time and found that the first response time was 431 ms and then it took 3.9 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 65% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

we-xpats.com performance score

66

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.1 s

47/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value9.0 s

1/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value4.8 s

68/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value0 ms

100/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value3.1 s

95/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

we-xpats.com

431 ms

258 ms

gtm.js

90 ms

cssreset-min.css

219 ms

jquery-ui.css

23 ms

Our browser made a total of 32 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 81% of them (26 requests) were addressed to the original We-xpats.com, 9% (3 requests) were made to Ajax.googleapis.com and 3% (1 request) were made to Googletagmanager.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1.3 sec) belongs to the original domain We-xpats.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 85.0 kB (5%)

Content Size

1.6 MB

After Optimization

1.5 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of We-xpats.com main page is 1.6 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. 35% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 1.3 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-80%

Potential reduce by 15.8 kB

  • Original 19.8 kB
  • After minification 15.2 kB
  • After compression 3.9 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 4.6 kB, which is 23% 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 15.8 kB or 80% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 0 B

  • Original 1.3 MB
  • After minification 1.3 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. We Xpats images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-37%

Potential reduce by 58.1 kB

  • Original 157.8 kB
  • After minification 157.8 kB
  • After compression 99.7 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 58.1 kB or 37% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-27%

Potential reduce by 11.0 kB

  • Original 41.2 kB
  • After minification 41.1 kB
  • After compression 30.2 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. We-xpats.com needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 11.0 kB or 27% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 12 (40%)

Requests Now

30

After Optimization

18

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 30 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of We Xpats. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 10 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 4 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

Accessibility Review

we-xpats.com accessibility score

61

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.

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

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

we-xpats.com best practices score

83

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

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

we-xpats.com SEO score

93

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

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 We-xpats.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 We-xpats.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 We Xpats. This is the best way to make the web page social media friendly. Here is how it looks like on Facebook: