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Report Summary

  • 32

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    52% of other websites

  • 82

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 52% of websites

  • 83

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    55% of websites

  • 79

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    40% of websites

finale.com

Finale | Music Notation Software That Lets You Create Your Way

Page Load Speed

2 sec in total

First Response

43 ms

Resources Loaded

1.6 sec

Page Rendered

330 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Finale.com page load time and found that the first response time was 43 ms and then it took 1.9 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 40% of websites can load faster. This domain responded with an error, which can significantly jeopardize Finale.com rating and web reputation

Performance Metrics

finale.com performance score

32

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value4.0 s

23/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value6.5 s

9/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value5.1 s

62/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value1,530 ms

13/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value10.3 s

25/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

finale.com

43 ms

www.finalemusic.com

586 ms

style.css

8 ms

home.css

40 ms

events_manager.css

39 ms

Our browser made a total of 86 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 1% of them (1 request) were addressed to the original Finale.com, 55% (47 requests) were made to Finalemusic.com and 6% (5 requests) were made to Store.makemusic.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (586 ms) relates to the external source Finalemusic.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 237.0 kB (22%)

Content Size

1.1 MB

After Optimization

825.2 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Finale.com main page is 1.1 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. 65% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 623.9 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-75%

Potential reduce by 21.9 kB

  • Original 29.0 kB
  • After minification 25.5 kB
  • After compression 7.1 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 3.5 kB, which is 12% 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 21.9 kB or 75% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-5%

Potential reduce by 29.9 kB

  • Original 623.9 kB
  • After minification 594.0 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. Finale images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-41%

Potential reduce by 143.6 kB

  • Original 354.2 kB
  • After minification 344.2 kB
  • After compression 210.6 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 143.6 kB or 41% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-76%

Potential reduce by 41.6 kB

  • Original 55.1 kB
  • After minification 46.4 kB
  • After compression 13.4 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. Finale.com needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 41.6 kB or 76% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 46 (58%)

Requests Now

79

After Optimization

33

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 79 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Finale. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 25 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 14 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

finale.com

finale.com

43 ms

www.finalemusic.com

www.finalemusic.com

586 ms

style.css

style.css

8 ms

home.css

home.css

40 ms

events_manager.css

events_manager.css

39 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

61 ms

jquery-ui.min.js

jquery-ui.min.js

66 ms

plusone.js

plusone.js

87 ms

global.js

global.js

7 ms

jquery.dataTables.min.js

jquery.dataTables.min.js

39 ms

prettify.js

prettify.js

38 ms

style.css

style.css

37 ms

finale.css

finale.css

41 ms

home.js

home.js

12 ms

reset.css

reset.css

17 ms

typography.css

typography.css

9 ms

global.css

global.css

8 ms

brand-nav.css

brand-nav.css

7 ms

layout.css

layout.css

11 ms

prettify.css

prettify.css

10 ms

blogmenu.css

blogmenu.css

13 ms

conversion.js

conversion.js

20 ms

wp-embed.min.js

wp-embed.min.js

13 ms

css

css

24 ms

css

css

36 ms

j.php

j.php

161 ms

wp-emoji-release.min.js

wp-emoji-release.min.js

144 ms

cb=gapi.loaded_0

cb=gapi.loaded_0

96 ms

widgets.js

widgets.js

238 ms

all.js

all.js

238 ms

gtm.js

gtm.js

72 ms

LoginNav.aspx

LoginNav.aspx

387 ms

219 ms

dc.js

dc.js

218 ms

logo-makemusic.png

logo-makemusic.png

184 ms

logo-smartmusic.png

logo-smartmusic.png

175 ms

logo-finale.png

logo-finale.png

172 ms

logo-garritan.png

logo-garritan.png

172 ms

logo-musicxml.png

logo-musicxml.png

172 ms

drop-shadow.png

drop-shadow.png

172 ms

background.png

background.png

176 ms

swooshes.png

swooshes.png

176 ms

logo.png

logo.png

175 ms

search-wrapper.png

search-wrapper.png

172 ms

search-submit.png

search-submit.png

176 ms

Finale-2014.5-marquee.png

Finale-2014.5-marquee.png

177 ms

FinaleMarquee_PrintMusic.png

FinaleMarquee_PrintMusic.png

186 ms

FInaleMarquee_Perfection.png

FInaleMarquee_Perfection.png

176 ms

Finale-2014.5-marquee_2.png

Finale-2014.5-marquee_2.png

185 ms

black-50.png

black-50.png

179 ms

slideshow-dot-off.png

slideshow-dot-off.png

180 ms

background.gif

background.gif

181 ms

fading-line.png

fading-line.png

182 ms

BlogIcon_FNL1_Dark.png

BlogIcon_FNL1_Dark.png

183 ms

Button_Pintrist_24x24.png

Button_Pintrist_24x24.png

181 ms

soc-facebook.png

soc-facebook.png

181 ms

soc-twitter.png

soc-twitter.png

184 ms

soc-youtube.png

soc-youtube.png

185 ms

slideshow-dot-on.png

slideshow-dot-on.png

187 ms

action-arrow.png

action-arrow.png

187 ms

v0SdcGFAl2aezM9Vq_aFTQ.ttf

v0SdcGFAl2aezM9Vq_aFTQ.ttf

168 ms

distth__-webfont.woff

distth__-webfont.woff

186 ms

MViwy4K6e56oHcyeMzjbCQ.ttf

MViwy4K6e56oHcyeMzjbCQ.ttf

169 ms

v.gif

v.gif

152 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

80 ms

roundtrip.js

roundtrip.js

79 ms

connect.js

connect.js

79 ms

150 ms

distth__-webfont.ttf

distth__-webfont.ttf

87 ms

174 ms

ec.js

ec.js

23 ms

xd_arbiter.php

xd_arbiter.php

85 ms

xd_arbiter.php

xd_arbiter.php

154 ms

cst

cst

94 ms

collect

collect

25 ms

collect

collect

96 ms

jquery-1.8.0.js

jquery-1.8.0.js

226 ms

finalemusic.js

finalemusic.js

155 ms

LoginNav.js

LoginNav.js

253 ms

5OWP2ZNOOFHS3ABXLL7AOA.js

5OWP2ZNOOFHS3ABXLL7AOA.js

444 ms

popups.json

popups.json

34 ms

cross-storage-hub-dbf7dab6133bf24971739039322400c3.js

cross-storage-hub-dbf7dab6133bf24971739039322400c3.js

34 ms

track.gif

track.gif

39 ms

lead_scripts

lead_scripts

17 ms

CheckForRedirectionRule

CheckForRedirectionRule

111 ms

Icon_Cart.png

Icon_Cart.png

75 ms

Accessibility Review

finale.com accessibility score

82

Accessibility Issues

ARIA

These are opportunities to improve the usage of ARIA in your application which may enhance the experience for users of assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Impact

Issue

High

Elements with an ARIA [role] that require children to contain a specific [role] are missing some or all of those required children.

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

finale.com best practices score

83

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

Browser errors were logged to the console

High

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

finale.com SEO score

79

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

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 Finale.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 Finale.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

finale.com

Open Graph data is detected on the main page of Finale. This is the best way to make the web page social media friendly. Here is how it looks like on Facebook: