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Report Summary

  • 35

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    54% of other websites

  • 85

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 58% of websites

  • 92

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    80% of websites

  • 84

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    52% of websites

botanicgardens.ie

The National Botanic Gardens of Ireland

Page Load Speed

1.1 sec in total

First Response

344 ms

Resources Loaded

694 ms

Page Rendered

110 ms

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About Website

Click here to check amazing Botanic Gardens content for Ireland. Otherwise, check out these important facts you probably never knew about botanicgardens.ie

Located in Glasnevin, Dublin, and Kilmacurragh, Co. Wicklow, the Gardens are a premier scientific institution, and contain important collections of plant species and cultivars from all over the world....

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Key Findings

We analyzed Botanicgardens.ie page load time and found that the first response time was 344 ms and then it took 804 ms to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 15% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

botanicgardens.ie performance score

35

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.3 s

41/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value12.7 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value7.6 s

25/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value710 ms

41/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.115

86/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value9.1 s

33/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

botanicgardens.ie

344 ms

opwlow.jpg

156 ms

grdnlogoold.gif

169 ms

flower.jpg

170 ms

heritagecard.jpg

170 ms

Our browser made a total of 17 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that all of those requests were addressed to Botanicgardens.ie and no external sources were called. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (416 ms) belongs to the original domain Botanicgardens.ie.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 41.1 kB (30%)

Content Size

136.1 kB

After Optimization

94.9 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript

In fact, the total size of Botanicgardens.ie main page is 136.1 kB. This result falls beyond the top 1M of websites and identifies a large and not optimized web page that may take ages to load. 15% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 117.7 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-81%

Potential reduce by 14.0 kB

  • Original 17.2 kB
  • After minification 13.0 kB
  • After compression 3.2 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 4.2 kB, which is 24% 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 14.0 kB or 81% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-23%

Potential reduce by 26.5 kB

  • Original 117.7 kB
  • After minification 91.2 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, Botanic Gardens needs image optimization as it can save up to 26.5 kB or 23% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-59%

Potential reduce by 646 B

  • Original 1.1 kB
  • After minification 1.1 kB
  • After compression 447 B

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 646 B or 59% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

We found no issues to fix!

Requests Now

16

After Optimization

16

  • Images
  • JavaScript

The browser has sent 16 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Botanic Gardens. According to our analytics all requests are already optimized.

Network Requests Diagram

botanicgardens.ie

botanicgardens.ie

344 ms

opwlow.jpg

opwlow.jpg

156 ms

grdnlogoold.gif

grdnlogoold.gif

169 ms

flower.jpg

flower.jpg

170 ms

heritagecard.jpg

heritagecard.jpg

170 ms

2x2.gif

2x2.gif

172 ms

eventsth.gif

eventsth.gif

262 ms

plate.jpg

plate.jpg

260 ms

starlight.jpg

starlight.jpg

260 ms

wil2.gif

wil2.gif

261 ms

facebook.gif

facebook.gif

260 ms

DublinNorthsideAttractions.jpg

DublinNorthsideAttractions.jpg

341 ms

botnews.jpg

botnews.jpg

404 ms

map3.jpg

map3.jpg

416 ms

footer.js

footer.js

265 ms

audiotour1.jpg

audiotour1.jpg

349 ms

museum2.gif

museum2.gif

270 ms

Accessibility Review

botanicgardens.ie accessibility score

85

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

button, link, and menuitem elements do not have accessible names.

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

botanicgardens.ie 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

botanicgardens.ie SEO score

84

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

High

Tap targets are not sized appropriately

Language and Encoding

  • Language Detected

    EN

  • Language Claimed

    N/A

  • Encoding

    N/A

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Botanicgardens.ie 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 Botanicgardens.ie main page’s claimed encoding is . Changing it to UTF-8 can be a good choice, as this format is commonly used for encoding all over the web and thus their visitors won’t have any troubles with symbol transcription or reading.

Social Sharing Optimization

botanicgardens.ie

Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of Botanic Gardens. 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: