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Report Summary

  • 16

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    30% of other websites

  • 89

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 71% of websites

  • 92

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    80% of websites

  • 75

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    32% of websites

buehler.com

Solutions for Materials Preparation, Testing & Analysis - Buehler - Metallography Equipment & Supplies for Sample Preparation

Page Load Speed

1.9 sec in total

First Response

283 ms

Resources Loaded

1.3 sec

Page Rendered

284 ms

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About Website

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Buehler Solutions for Materials Preparation, Testing & Analysis. Metallographic Science for Sectioning, Mounting, Grinding & Polishing, Etching, Imaging & Analysis, and Hardness Testing.

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Key Findings

We analyzed Buehler.com page load time and found that the first response time was 283 ms and then it took 1.6 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 35% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

buehler.com performance score

16

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value5.3 s

7/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value17.7 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value13.4 s

2/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value5,080 ms

0/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.059

98/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value32.7 s

0/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

buehler.com

283 ms

style.css

163 ms

slider.css

130 ms

products.css

130 ms

forms.css

131 ms

Our browser made a total of 82 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 65% of them (53 requests) were addressed to the original Buehler.com, 7% (6 requests) were made to Internal.buehler.com and 6% (5 requests) were made to Translate.googleapis.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (470 ms) relates to the external source Azointel.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 362.5 kB (21%)

Content Size

1.7 MB

After Optimization

1.4 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Buehler.com main page is 1.7 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. 55% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 1.1 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-77%

Potential reduce by 46.7 kB

  • Original 60.4 kB
  • After minification 53.7 kB
  • After compression 13.7 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. This page needs HTML code to be minified as it can gain 6.7 kB, which is 11% 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 46.7 kB or 77% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-1%

Potential reduce by 11.2 kB

  • Original 1.1 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. Buehler images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-55%

Potential reduce by 239.6 kB

  • Original 437.9 kB
  • After minification 430.9 kB
  • After compression 198.3 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 239.6 kB or 55% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-78%

Potential reduce by 65.0 kB

  • Original 83.4 kB
  • After minification 71.7 kB
  • After compression 18.4 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. Buehler.com needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 65.0 kB or 78% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 40 (52%)

Requests Now

77

After Optimization

37

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 77 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Buehler. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 15 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 12 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

buehler.com

buehler.com

283 ms

style.css

style.css

163 ms

slider.css

slider.css

130 ms

products.css

products.css

130 ms

forms.css

forms.css

131 ms

sumMet.css

sumMet.css

143 ms

admin.css

admin.css

147 ms

forum.css

forum.css

191 ms

font-awesome.min.css

font-awesome.min.css

45 ms

html5lightbox.js

html5lightbox.js

236 ms

jQuery2.1.0.js

jQuery2.1.0.js

316 ms

slider.js

slider.js

287 ms

lightbox.min.js

lightbox.min.js

169 ms

lightbox.css

lightbox.css

199 ms

cookieconsent.min.js

cookieconsent.min.js

6 ms

element.js

element.js

32 ms

signup-form.css

signup-form.css

83 ms

signup-form.js

signup-form.js

79 ms

css

css

26 ms

jquery.js

jquery.js

227 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

25 ms

client-event.axd

client-event.axd

307 ms

close.png

close.png

81 ms

80thAnniversary-Logo.jpg

80thAnniversary-Logo.jpg

79 ms

header-devices.jpg

header-devices.jpg

323 ms

home.png

home.png

56 ms

en-US.gif

en-US.gif

75 ms

en-CA.gif

en-CA.gif

57 ms

de-DE.gif

de-DE.gif

128 ms

zh-CN.gif

zh-CN.gif

129 ms

ja-JP.gif

ja-JP.gif

161 ms

fr-FR.gif

fr-FR.gif

163 ms

en-GB.gif

en-GB.gif

162 ms

es-ES.gif

es-ES.gif

230 ms

vh3300-web-banner.jpg

vh3300-web-banner.jpg

283 ms

Sectioning.jpg

Sectioning.jpg

357 ms

Mounting.jpg

Mounting.jpg

316 ms

GP.jpg

GP.jpg

319 ms

Imaging.jpg

Imaging.jpg

300 ms

hardness.jpg

hardness.jpg

348 ms

Product-Info.jpg

Product-Info.jpg

349 ms

MSDS.jpg

MSDS.jpg

377 ms

quick_solutions_homepage.jpg

quick_solutions_homepage.jpg

391 ms

CoE.jpg

CoE.jpg

392 ms

Service.jpg

Service.jpg

400 ms

playButton.png

playButton.png

399 ms

2017-CallforEntries.jpg

2017-CallforEntries.jpg

418 ms

loading.gif

loading.gif

71 ms

prev.png

prev.png

152 ms

next.png

next.png

154 ms

sdk.js

sdk.js

68 ms

search-icon.png

search-icon.png

428 ms

translateelement.css

translateelement.css

94 ms

main.js

main.js

102 ms

collect

collect

15 ms

bg.png

bg.png

421 ms

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ODelI1aHBYDBqgeIAH2zlNzbP97U9sKh0jjxbPbfOKg.ttf

10 ms

collect

collect

99 ms

clear.gif

clear.gif

344 ms

171 ms

element_main.js

element_main.js

78 ms

loading.gif

loading.gif

304 ms

bullet.png

bullet.png

304 ms

header.jpg

header.jpg

338 ms

Facebook.png

Facebook.png

353 ms

twitter.png

twitter.png

357 ms

LinkedIn.png

LinkedIn.png

357 ms

YouTube.png

YouTube.png

385 ms

Google-plus.png

Google-plus.png

386 ms

instagram_logo.png

instagram_logo.png

393 ms

xd_arbiter.php

xd_arbiter.php

127 ms

xd_arbiter.php

xd_arbiter.php

185 ms

logo-video.jpg

logo-video.jpg

205 ms

lightbox-next.png

lightbox-next.png

343 ms

lightbox-prev.png

lightbox-prev.png

338 ms

lightbox-close.png

lightbox-close.png

339 ms

translate_24dp.png

translate_24dp.png

57 ms

l

l

58 ms

cleardot.gif

cleardot.gif

71 ms

bullet_active.png

bullet_active.png

318 ms

client-event.axd

client-event.axd

470 ms

te_ctrl3.gif

te_ctrl3.gif

10 ms

Accessibility Review

buehler.com accessibility score

89

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

buehler.com 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

High

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

buehler.com SEO score

75

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

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 doesn't use legible font sizes

High

Tap targets are not sized appropriately

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 Buehler.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 Buehler.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

buehler.com

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