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Report Summary

  • 68

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    81% of other websites

  • 80

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 50% of websites

  • 83

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    57% of websites

  • 85

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    56% of websites

backlit.ca

Ottawa Website Design and Development Company | Backlit Media

Page Load Speed

3.7 sec in total

First Response

238 ms

Resources Loaded

2.1 sec

Page Rendered

1.4 sec

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About Website

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Key Findings

We analyzed Backlit.ca page load time and found that the first response time was 238 ms and then it took 3.5 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 55% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

backlit.ca performance score

68

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.1 s

45/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value4.3 s

42/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value3.4 s

89/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value110 ms

98/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.173

69/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value7.7 s

45/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

backlit.ca

238 ms

backlit.ca

460 ms

gtm.js

174 ms

normalize.min.css

152 ms

bootstrap.min.css

136 ms

Our browser made a total of 52 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 58% of them (30 requests) were addressed to the original Backlit.ca, 15% (8 requests) were made to Maps.googleapis.com and 8% (4 requests) were made to Cdnjs.cloudflare.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (987 ms) belongs to the original domain Backlit.ca.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 105.6 kB (9%)

Content Size

1.2 MB

After Optimization

1.1 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Backlit.ca main page is 1.2 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 1.0 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-82%

Potential reduce by 39.0 kB

  • Original 47.3 kB
  • After minification 34.2 kB
  • After compression 8.3 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 13.1 kB, which is 28% 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 39.0 kB or 82% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-1%

Potential reduce by 10.7 kB

  • Original 1.0 MB
  • After minification 1.0 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. Backlit images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-12%

Potential reduce by 11.8 kB

  • Original 94.1 kB
  • After minification 88.4 kB
  • After compression 82.3 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 11.8 kB or 12% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-87%

Potential reduce by 44.1 kB

  • Original 50.4 kB
  • After minification 35.0 kB
  • After compression 6.3 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. Backlit.ca needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 44.1 kB or 87% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 22 (44%)

Requests Now

50

After Optimization

28

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 50 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Backlit. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 18 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 6 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

backlit.ca

backlit.ca

238 ms

backlit.ca

backlit.ca

460 ms

gtm.js

gtm.js

174 ms

normalize.min.css

normalize.min.css

152 ms

bootstrap.min.css

bootstrap.min.css

136 ms

toastr.min.css

toastr.min.css

214 ms

css

css

151 ms

Site.css

Site.css

261 ms

jquery-3.4.1.min.js

jquery-3.4.1.min.js

208 ms

10fc8d497a.js

10fc8d497a.js

203 ms

typed.min.js

typed.min.js

198 ms

jquery-google-reviews.css

jquery-google-reviews.css

519 ms

bootstrap.bundle.min.js

bootstrap.bundle.min.js

95 ms

site.js

site.js

489 ms

toastr.min.js

toastr.min.js

138 ms

js

js

235 ms

jquery-google-reviews.js

jquery-google-reviews.js

489 ms

ga.js

ga.js

111 ms

backlit-logo.png

backlit-logo.png

577 ms

responsive-screens-sm.jpg

responsive-screens-sm.jpg

428 ms

portfolio-expert-steam-cleaning-sm.jpg

portfolio-expert-steam-cleaning-sm.jpg

427 ms

portfolio-health-and-wellness-daily-sm.jpg

portfolio-health-and-wellness-daily-sm.jpg

426 ms

portfolio-joyful-coffee-sm.jpg

portfolio-joyful-coffee-sm.jpg

695 ms

portfolio-ualocal-71-sm.jpg

portfolio-ualocal-71-sm.jpg

694 ms

portfolio-demo-gym-site-sm.jpg

portfolio-demo-gym-site-sm.jpg

580 ms

portfolio-raytech-diagnostics-sm.jpg

portfolio-raytech-diagnostics-sm.jpg

576 ms

portfolio-physiyoga-with-jami-sm.jpg

portfolio-physiyoga-with-jami-sm.jpg

582 ms

portfolio-northern-fan-sm.jpg

portfolio-northern-fan-sm.jpg

708 ms

portfolio-regional-home-services-sm.jpg

portfolio-regional-home-services-sm.jpg

692 ms

portfolio-ovsl-sm.jpg

portfolio-ovsl-sm.jpg

706 ms

portfolio-project-management-leadership-sm.jpg

portfolio-project-management-leadership-sm.jpg

706 ms

portfolio-mcgee-fencing-sm.jpg

portfolio-mcgee-fencing-sm.jpg

812 ms

home-services__4-sm.jpg

home-services__4-sm.jpg

973 ms

home-services__2-sm.jpg

home-services__2-sm.jpg

973 ms

home-services__3-sm.jpg

home-services__3-sm.jpg

987 ms

home-services__1-sm.jpg

home-services__1-sm.jpg

986 ms

facebook.png

facebook.png

813 ms

twitter.png

twitter.png

974 ms

instagram.png

instagram.png

986 ms

__utm.gif

__utm.gif

170 ms

hero.jpg

hero.jpg

783 ms

speak-with-an-expert-bg.jpg

speak-with-an-expert-bg.jpg

780 ms

footer.jpg

footer.jpg

938 ms

fbevents.js

fbevents.js

205 ms

gen_204

gen_204

222 ms

common.js

common.js

194 ms

util.js

util.js

294 ms

controls.js

controls.js

292 ms

places_impl.js

places_impl.js

291 ms

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1092592200881143

260 ms

AuthenticationService.Authenticate

AuthenticationService.Authenticate

132 ms

PlaceService.GetPlaceDetails

PlaceService.GetPlaceDetails

138 ms

Accessibility Review

backlit.ca accessibility score

80

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.

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 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

Form elements do not have associated labels

High

Links do not have a discernible name

Best Practices

backlit.ca 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

backlit.ca SEO score

85

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 Backlit.ca 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 Backlit.ca 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

backlit.ca

Open Graph data is detected on the main page of Backlit. This is the best way to make the web page social media friendly. Here is how it looks like on Facebook: