Report Summary

  • 34

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    54% of other websites

  • 90

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 74% of websites

  • 92

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    80% of websites

  • 84

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    52% of websites

connect.be

Wij zijn een strategisch communicatiebureau | Connect

Page Load Speed

638 ms in total

First Response

288 ms

Resources Loaded

297 ms

Page Rendered

53 ms

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About Website

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Key Findings

We analyzed Connect.be page load time and found that the first response time was 288 ms and then it took 350 ms to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is an excellent result, as only 5% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

connect.be performance score

34

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value1.9 s

87/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value12.2 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value7.7 s

24/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value1,240 ms

19/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.002

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value11.3 s

19/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

connect.be

288 ms

Our browser made a total of 1 request to load all elements on the main page. We found that all of those requests were addressed to Connect.be and no external sources were called. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (288 ms) belongs to the original domain Connect.be.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 334.0 kB (28%)

Content Size

1.2 MB

After Optimization

862.1 kB

In fact, the total size of Connect.be main page is 1.2 MB. This result falls within the top 5000 of lightweight and thus fast loading web pages. Only a small number of websites need less resources to load. Images take 777.5 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-35%

Potential reduce by 54 B

  • Original 156 B
  • After minification 154 B
  • After compression 102 B

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 54 B or 35% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-5%

Potential reduce by 36.0 kB

  • Original 777.5 kB
  • After minification 741.5 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. Connect images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-71%

Potential reduce by 283.7 kB

  • Original 400.7 kB
  • After minification 387.1 kB
  • After compression 116.9 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 283.7 kB or 71% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-80%

Potential reduce by 14.2 kB

  • Original 17.8 kB
  • After minification 12.0 kB
  • After compression 3.6 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. Connect.be needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 14.2 kB or 80% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

We found no issues to fix!

Requests Now

0

After Optimization

0

Besides the initial HTML request, no CSS, Javascripts, AJAX or image files were requested in the course of web page rendering.

Accessibility Review

connect.be accessibility score

90

Accessibility Issues

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

Buttons do not have an accessible name

High

Links do not have a discernible name

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.

Best Practices

connect.be 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

connect.be SEO score

84

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

Document doesn't have a valid hreflang

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

    NL

  • Language Claimed

    N/A

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Connect.be can be misinterpreted by Google and other search engines. Our service has detected that Dutch 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 Connect.be 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

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