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Report Summary

  • 16

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    30% of other websites

  • 54

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 23% of websites

  • 58

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    20% of websites

  • 75

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    32% of websites

by-the-sea.com

Internet Boating & Fishing Magazine | Boating Publications & Boating News, Fishing News - Boating, Boatbuilders, Boat Dealers, Boat Kits, Marinas Boat...

Page Load Speed

1.8 sec in total

First Response

56 ms

Resources Loaded

1.4 sec

Page Rendered

390 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed By-the-sea.com page load time and found that the first response time was 56 ms and then it took 1.8 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

by-the-sea.com performance score

16

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value2.8 s

56/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value22.6 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value12.5 s

3/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value2,950 ms

3/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.209

59/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value23.0 s

1/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

by-the-sea.com

56 ms

by-the-sea.com

317 ms

ga.js

16 ms

foundation.min.css

153 ms

app.css

71 ms

Our browser made a total of 65 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 78% of them (51 requests) were addressed to the original By-the-sea.com, 11% (7 requests) were made to Youtube.com and 3% (2 requests) were made to Ssl.google-analytics.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (697 ms) relates to the external source Everythingboats.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 317.5 kB (15%)

Content Size

2.2 MB

After Optimization

1.8 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of By-the-sea.com main page is 2.2 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. 55% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 1.5 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-79%

Potential reduce by 37.1 kB

  • Original 46.9 kB
  • After minification 39.1 kB
  • After compression 9.9 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 7.8 kB, which is 17% 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 37.1 kB or 79% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-2%

Potential reduce by 30.1 kB

  • Original 1.5 MB
  • After minification 1.5 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. By The Sea images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-40%

Potential reduce by 165.9 kB

  • Original 417.7 kB
  • After minification 401.1 kB
  • After compression 251.9 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 165.9 kB or 40% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-53%

Potential reduce by 84.5 kB

  • Original 159.3 kB
  • After minification 148.9 kB
  • After compression 74.8 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. By-the-sea.com needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 84.5 kB or 53% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 10 (16%)

Requests Now

62

After Optimization

52

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 62 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of By The Sea. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 11 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

by-the-sea.com

by-the-sea.com

56 ms

by-the-sea.com

by-the-sea.com

317 ms

ga.js

ga.js

16 ms

foundation.min.css

foundation.min.css

153 ms

app.css

app.css

71 ms

modernizr.foundation.js

modernizr.foundation.js

45 ms

jquery-3.1.1.min.js

jquery-3.1.1.min.js

34 ms

foundation.min.js

foundation.min.js

126 ms

jquery.carouFredSel-6.1.0-packed.js

jquery.carouFredSel-6.1.0-packed.js

78 ms

app.js

app.js

102 ms

__utm.gif

__utm.gif

14 ms

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-tRAQlPxFWQ

161 ms

U7I3kWcIpQk

U7I3kWcIpQk

545 ms

KW2IgaDD7a4

KW2IgaDD7a4

605 ms

1

1

697 ms

menu.html

menu.html

52 ms

headernav.html

headernav.html

34 ms

footnav.html

footnav.html

46 ms

basenav.html

basenav.html

60 ms

logo.png

logo.png

20 ms

header-bg.gif

header-bg.gif

21 ms

loading.gif

loading.gif

36 ms

homeslide1.jpg

homeslide1.jpg

79 ms

homeslide2.jpg

homeslide2.jpg

51 ms

homeslide3.jpg

homeslide3.jpg

65 ms

homeslide4.jpg

homeslide4.jpg

92 ms

homeslide5.jpg

homeslide5.jpg

155 ms

homeslide6.jpg

homeslide6.jpg

72 ms

homeslide7.jpg

homeslide7.jpg

92 ms

homeslide8.jpg

homeslide8.jpg

90 ms

homeslide9.jpg

homeslide9.jpg

85 ms

homeslide10.jpg

homeslide10.jpg

138 ms

sellyourboat.jpg

sellyourboat.jpg

143 ms

reviewyourboat.jpg

reviewyourboat.jpg

143 ms

thumb3.jpg

thumb3.jpg

143 ms

thumb1.jpg

thumb1.jpg

143 ms

thumb2.jpg

thumb2.jpg

154 ms

thumb4.jpg

thumb4.jpg

402 ms

featured-sites.jpg

featured-sites.jpg

402 ms

bts-banner.jpg

bts-banner.jpg

403 ms

boatrentals-thumb.jpg

boatrentals-thumb.jpg

401 ms

marineparts-thumb.jpg

marineparts-thumb.jpg

404 ms

outboard.jpg

outboard.jpg

403 ms

allen-harbor.jpg

allen-harbor.jpg

405 ms

docko.jpg

docko.jpg

403 ms

bayside-marine.jpg

bayside-marine.jpg

404 ms

mmm.jpg

mmm.jpg

405 ms

gary-voller.jpg

gary-voller.jpg

405 ms

buzzards-bay.jpg

buzzards-bay.jpg

468 ms

mmta-logo-small.jpg

mmta-logo-small.jpg

406 ms

boat-works.jpg

boat-works.jpg

405 ms

capeacctbanner.jpg

capeacctbanner.jpg

453 ms

nebs.jpg

nebs.jpg

390 ms

boatma.jpg

boatma.jpg

496 ms

bayside.jpg

bayside.jpg

430 ms

low-tide-high-tide.jpg

low-tide-high-tide.jpg

423 ms

nebb.jpg

nebb.jpg

423 ms

home1.png

home1.png

416 ms

www-player.css

www-player.css

16 ms

www-embed-player.js

www-embed-player.js

33 ms

base.js

base.js

72 ms

ad_status.js

ad_status.js

384 ms

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qpyvZYiO2MAIFFZ1w1cPPnd-o4I1izwn5tcH8iv7L0M.js

362 ms

embed.js

embed.js

282 ms

id

id

40 ms

Accessibility Review

by-the-sea.com accessibility score

54

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

<frame> or <iframe> elements do not have a title

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

High

Links do not have a discernible name

Navigation

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

Impact

Issue

High

Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order

Tables and lists

These are opportunities to improve the experience of reading tabular or list data using assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Impact

Issue

High

Lists do not contain only <li> elements and script supporting elements (<script> and <template>).

High

List items (<li>) are not contained within <ul> or <ol> parent elements.

Best Practices

by-the-sea.com 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

High

Page has valid source maps

High

Issues were logged in the Issues panel in Chrome Devtools

SEO Factors

by-the-sea.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

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

    EN

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise By-the-sea.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 By-the-sea.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

by-the-sea.com

Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of By The Sea. 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: