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Report Summary

  • 59

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    74% of other websites

  • 53

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 22% of websites

  • 58

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    20% of websites

  • 62

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    23% of websites

brusselsblog.co.uk

Tips on climate, planning and economy | Ideas from Brussels and York | Brussels Blog

Page Load Speed

4.1 sec in total

First Response

782 ms

Resources Loaded

2.7 sec

Page Rendered

575 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Brusselsblog.co.uk page load time and found that the first response time was 782 ms and then it took 3.3 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 60% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

brusselsblog.co.uk performance score

59

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value4.4 s

16/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value5.5 s

19/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value6.3 s

42/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value100 ms

98/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value8.6 s

37/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

www.brusselsblog.co.uk

782 ms

reset.css

153 ms

fonts.css

152 ms

style.css

156 ms

jquery-1.3.2.min.js

309 ms

Our browser made a total of 28 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 82% of them (23 requests) were addressed to the original Brusselsblog.co.uk, 14% (4 requests) were made to Google-analytics.com and 4% (1 request) were made to Googletagmanager.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (782 ms) belongs to the original domain Brusselsblog.co.uk.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 352.4 kB (22%)

Content Size

1.6 MB

After Optimization

1.2 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Brusselsblog.co.uk 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. 25% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 1.2 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-77%

Potential reduce by 58.1 kB

  • Original 75.9 kB
  • After minification 72.0 kB
  • After compression 17.7 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 58.1 kB or 77% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-10%

Potential reduce by 130.1 kB

  • Original 1.2 MB
  • After minification 1.1 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. Brussels Blog images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-41%

Potential reduce by 41.6 kB

  • Original 101.2 kB
  • After minification 99.2 kB
  • After compression 59.6 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 41.6 kB or 41% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-85%

Potential reduce by 122.6 kB

  • Original 144.8 kB
  • After minification 136.0 kB
  • After compression 22.2 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. Brusselsblog.co.uk needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 122.6 kB or 85% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 10 (38%)

Requests Now

26

After Optimization

16

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 26 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Brussels Blog. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 6 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 6 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

www.brusselsblog.co.uk

www.brusselsblog.co.uk

782 ms

reset.css

reset.css

153 ms

fonts.css

fonts.css

152 ms

style.css

style.css

156 ms

jquery-1.3.2.min.js

jquery-1.3.2.min.js

309 ms

jquery.easing.1.3.js

jquery.easing.1.3.js

524 ms

jquery.page-scroller-306.js

jquery.page-scroller-306.js

226 ms

bookmarker.js

bookmarker.js

227 ms

style.min.css

style.min.css

314 ms

default.css

default.css

161 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

46 ms

marker.png

marker.png

93 ms

header_navi_bg04.png

header_navi_bg04.png

93 ms

banner.jpg

banner.jpg

313 ms

searchform.jpg

searchform.jpg

92 ms

rssfeedicon.jpg

rssfeedicon.jpg

92 ms

image-25-1024x726.png

image-25-1024x726.png

625 ms

image-23.png

image-23.png

776 ms

votingByAge.jpg

votingByAge.jpg

410 ms

ClimateEmergencyDemo.jpg

ClimateEmergencyDemo.jpg

562 ms

YorkMotoristsAndEmissions-1.jpg

YorkMotoristsAndEmissions-1.jpg

638 ms

CarsIn_ShopsOut_.jpg

CarsIn_ShopsOut_.jpg

703 ms

pagetop.jpg

pagetop.jpg

172 ms

ga.js

ga.js

13 ms

collect

collect

24 ms

__utm.gif

__utm.gif

11 ms

js

js

72 ms

printstyle.css

printstyle.css

80 ms

Accessibility Review

brusselsblog.co.uk accessibility score

53

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

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

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

High

Form elements do not have associated labels

High

Links do not have a discernible name

Best Practices

brusselsblog.co.uk best practices score

58

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

User Experience

Impact

Issue

High

Serves images with low resolution

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

SEO Factors

brusselsblog.co.uk SEO score

62

Search Engine Optimization Advices

Crawling and Indexing

To appear in search results, crawlers need access to your app.

Impact

Issue

High

Links are not crawlable

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

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 Brusselsblog.co.uk 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 Brusselsblog.co.uk 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

brusselsblog.co.uk

Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of Brussels Blog. 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: