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Report Summary

  • 85

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    88% of other websites

  • 71

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 36% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    35% of websites

  • 62

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    23% of websites

connexions.org

Connexions Freedom Justice Democracy Community Ecosocialism Alternatives

Page Load Speed

3.7 sec in total

First Response

119 ms

Resources Loaded

3.2 sec

Page Rendered

323 ms

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About Website

Welcome to connexions.org homepage info - get ready to check Connexions best content for Canada right away, or after learning these important things about connexions.org

Information about resources and organizations fostering democratization, alternatives, economic justice, environmental responsibility, civil liberties, freedom, and community.

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Key Findings

We analyzed Connexions.org page load time and found that the first response time was 119 ms and then it took 3.5 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

connexions.org performance score

85

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value1.9 s

88/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value2.4 s

91/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value2.2 s

99/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value0 ms

100/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.398

25/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value1.9 s

100/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

connexions.org

119 ms

connexions.org

1050 ms

reset.css

17 ms

layout-2017.css

31 ms

article_box-2017.css

45 ms

Our browser made a total of 35 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 86% of them (30 requests) were addressed to the original Connexions.org, 9% (3 requests) were made to Diemer.ca and 6% (2 requests) were made to Newint.org. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1.7 sec) belongs to the original domain Connexions.org.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 103.2 kB (18%)

Content Size

569.9 kB

After Optimization

466.7 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Connexions.org main page is 569.9 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. 20% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 540.2 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-70%

Potential reduce by 19.4 kB

  • Original 27.7 kB
  • After minification 27.3 kB
  • After compression 8.3 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 19.4 kB or 70% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-15%

Potential reduce by 83.1 kB

  • Original 540.2 kB
  • After minification 457.1 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, Connexions needs image optimization as it can save up to 83.1 kB or 15% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-41%

Potential reduce by 341 B

  • Original 829 B
  • After minification 829 B
  • After compression 488 B

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 341 B or 41% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-30%

Potential reduce by 345 B

  • Original 1.2 kB
  • After minification 1.2 kB
  • After compression 824 B

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. Connexions.org needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 345 B or 30% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 8 (30%)

Requests Now

27

After Optimization

19

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 27 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Connexions. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

connexions.org

connexions.org

119 ms

connexions.org

connexions.org

1050 ms

reset.css

reset.css

17 ms

layout-2017.css

layout-2017.css

31 ms

article_box-2017.css

article_box-2017.css

45 ms

cxAutoMenu.js

cxAutoMenu.js

59 ms

cxAutoMenu.js

cxAutoMenu.js

16 ms

2010CG-0286w2-RockLittleCove.jpg

2010CG-0286w2-RockLittleCove.jpg

1632 ms

baka.jpg

baka.jpg

358 ms

CxFlagBanner1.gif

CxFlagBanner1.gif

16 ms

CxFlagBanner2.gif

CxFlagBanner2.gif

31 ms

CxFlagLogo1.gif

CxFlagLogo1.gif

45 ms

CxFlagLogo1-HueBlue.gif

CxFlagLogo1-HueBlue.gif

60 ms

CxFlagLogo1-ReddishBrown.gif

CxFlagLogo1-ReddishBrown.gif

74 ms

CxFlagLogo1-Invert.gif

CxFlagLogo1-Invert.gif

89 ms

CxFlagLogo1-HueGreen.gif

CxFlagLogo1-HueGreen.gif

103 ms

CxFlagLogo1-Threshold.gif

CxFlagLogo1-Threshold.gif

118 ms

CxFlagLogo1-HuePurple.gif

CxFlagLogo1-HuePurple.gif

133 ms

CxFlagLogo1-PaleGreen.gif

CxFlagLogo1-PaleGreen.gif

147 ms

CxFlagLogo1-Blue2.gif

CxFlagLogo1-Blue2.gif

172 ms

BT0438s2-Marx.jpg

BT0438s2-Marx.jpg

176 ms

MindukaRSSicon3.png

MindukaRSSicon3.png

234 ms

connexionstwitter.jpg

connexionstwitter.jpg

250 ms

connexionsfacebook.jpg

connexionsfacebook.jpg

265 ms

BL6836c-PeaceAgreement.jpg

BL6836c-PeaceAgreement.jpg

279 ms

BL6579-Assange.jpeg

BL6579-Assange.jpeg

294 ms

BL5504s-BootontheEarth.jpg

BL5504s-BootontheEarth.jpg

309 ms

CxQuote444-Shiva4-NaturesEconomyisLife.png

CxQuote444-Shiva4-NaturesEconomyisLife.png

325 ms

CxQuote015-Orwell2Liberty.jpg

CxQuote015-Orwell2Liberty.jpg

340 ms

BL2275s-H20C711-Fingerprint.jpg

BL2275s-H20C711-Fingerprint.jpg

355 ms

2010CG-0029bs-Weathervane.jpg

2010CG-0029bs-Weathervane.jpg

1642 ms

2010CG-0029ds-Weathervane.jpg

2010CG-0029ds-Weathervane.jpg

1657 ms

connexionstwitter.jpg

connexionstwitter.jpg

1692 ms

connexionsfacebook.jpg

connexionsfacebook.jpg

1678 ms

baka.jpg

baka.jpg

550 ms

Accessibility Review

connexions.org accessibility score

71

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

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

High

Form elements do not have associated labels

Best Practices

connexions.org best practices score

75

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

connexions.org SEO score

62

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

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 Connexions.org 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 Connexions.org 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

connexions.org

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