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Report Summary

  • 67

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    79% of other websites

  • 68

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 33% of websites

  • 58

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    20% of websites

  • 50

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    18% of websites

commuterlink.com

CommuterLink | The easy way to work: Carpool, Vanpool, Transit, Walk, Bike, Telecommute

Page Load Speed

1.4 sec in total

First Response

160 ms

Resources Loaded

1.1 sec

Page Rendered

92 ms

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About Website

Welcome to commuterlink.com homepage info - get ready to check Commuter Link best content right away, or after learning these important things about commuterlink.com

CommuterLink is a 511NY partner and offers free commuter assistance to the New York City region - carpool, vanpool, transit itineraries, telework, Best Workplaces for Commuters assistance

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Key Findings

We analyzed Commuterlink.com page load time and found that the first response time was 160 ms and then it took 1.2 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 25% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

commuterlink.com performance score

67

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value1.9 s

87/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value4.6 s

35/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value4.9 s

66/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value300 ms

79/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.022

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value8.5 s

38/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

commuterlink.com

160 ms

commuterlink.com

311 ms

comlink_main.css

79 ms

niftyCorners.css

155 ms

comlink_nifty_layout.js

227 ms

Our browser made a total of 50 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 52% of them (26 requests) were addressed to the original Commuterlink.com, 36% (18 requests) were made to Platform.twitter.com and 4% (2 requests) were made to Bestworkplaces.org. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (311 ms) belongs to the original domain Commuterlink.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 73.6 kB (53%)

Content Size

139.2 kB

After Optimization

65.6 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Commuterlink.com main page is 139.2 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. 65% of websites need less resources to load. Javascripts take 51.1 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-76%

Potential reduce by 11.9 kB

  • Original 15.7 kB
  • After minification 10.7 kB
  • After compression 3.8 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 5.0 kB, which is 32% 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 11.9 kB or 76% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-17%

Potential reduce by 6.1 kB

  • Original 34.9 kB
  • After minification 28.8 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, Commuter Link needs image optimization as it can save up to 6.1 kB or 17% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-48%

Potential reduce by 24.5 kB

  • Original 51.1 kB
  • After minification 51.1 kB
  • After compression 26.6 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 24.5 kB or 48% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-83%

Potential reduce by 31.1 kB

  • Original 37.4 kB
  • After minification 30.2 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. Commuterlink.com needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 31.1 kB or 83% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 22 (48%)

Requests Now

46

After Optimization

24

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 46 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Commuter Link. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 23 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

commuterlink.com

commuterlink.com

160 ms

commuterlink.com

commuterlink.com

311 ms

comlink_main.css

comlink_main.css

79 ms

niftyCorners.css

niftyCorners.css

155 ms

comlink_nifty_layout.js

comlink_nifty_layout.js

227 ms

comlink_scripts.js

comlink_scripts.js

227 ms

flashobject.js

flashobject.js

228 ms

nifty.js

nifty.js

227 ms

mootools.v1.00.js

mootools.v1.00.js

307 ms

widgets.js

widgets.js

18 ms

urchin.js

urchin.js

15 ms

bwclogo_color_final.gif

bwclogo_color_final.gif

61 ms

gl_mainCon_bg_grad.gif

gl_mainCon_bg_grad.gif

80 ms

gl_hdr_bg_grad.gif

gl_hdr_bg_grad.gif

79 ms

gl_hdr_obj_logo.gif

gl_hdr_obj_logo.gif

79 ms

gl_hdr_but_request.gif

gl_hdr_but_request.gif

80 ms

gl_hdr_but_employer.gif

gl_hdr_but_employer.gif

79 ms

com_nav_bg.gif

com_nav_bg.gif

79 ms

511-flash.png

511-flash.png

242 ms

hp_mod_large_bg.gif

hp_mod_large_bg.gif

154 ms

hp_mod_hdr_findaride.gif

hp_mod_hdr_findaride.gif

157 ms

hp_mod_bg_findaride.jpg

hp_mod_bg_findaride.jpg

154 ms

hp_mod_bot_findaride.gif

hp_mod_bot_findaride.gif

155 ms

gl_mod_resource_bg.gif

gl_mod_resource_bg.gif

153 ms

hp_mod_hdr_masstrans.gif

hp_mod_hdr_masstrans.gif

240 ms

cleanair.logo.gif

cleanair.logo.gif

241 ms

511.logo.small.gif

511.logo.small.gif

240 ms

hp_mod_bg_masstrans.jpg

hp_mod_bg_masstrans.jpg

221 ms

__utm.gif

__utm.gif

26 ms

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widget_iframe.2f70fb173b9000da126c79afe2098f02.html

20 ms

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78 ms

404

404

93 ms

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timeline.e108540dddc96e4b707f5cf259a582d7.js

2 ms

511NY_Rideshare

511NY_Rideshare

73 ms

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polyfills-a40ef1678bae11e696dba45124eadd70.js

4 ms

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20 ms

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24 ms

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21 ms

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45 ms

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47 ms

_buildManifest.js

_buildManifest.js

21 ms

_ssgManifest.js

_ssgManifest.js

22 ms

niftyPrint.css

niftyPrint.css

92 ms

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8526.0c32a8f0cfc5749221a3.js

9 ms

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25 ms

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8 ms

Accessibility Review

commuterlink.com accessibility score

68

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

commuterlink.com best practices score

58

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

User Experience

Impact

Issue

High

Serves images with low resolution

General

Impact

Issue

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

SEO Factors

commuterlink.com SEO score

50

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

Language and Encoding

  • Language Detected

    EN

  • Language Claimed

    EN

  • Encoding

    ISO-8859-1

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Commuterlink.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 Commuterlink.com main page’s claimed encoding is iso-8859-1. 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

commuterlink.com

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