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value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.0 s

50/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value3.4 s

67/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value7.8 s

24/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value15,400 ms

0/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.018

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value21.2 s

1/100

10%

findmypast.ie

282 ms

www.findmypast.ie

398 ms

brand-header.css

221 ms

brand-header-legacy-support.css

96 ms

brand-footer-legacy-support.css

225 ms

Our browser made a total of 81 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 10% of them (8 requests) were addressed to the original Findmypast.ie, 30% (24 requests) were made to D3nd02ak4v4ued.cloudfront.net and 12% (10 requests) were made to I.findmypast.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (741 ms) relates to the external source I.findmypast.com.

Content Size

1.5 MB

After Optimization

694.3 kB

In fact, the total size of Findmypast.ie main page is 1.5 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. 60% of websites need less resources to load. Javascripts take 544.5 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-78%

Potential reduce by 40.1 kB

Original 51.3 kB
After minification 44.3 kB
After compression 11.2 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 7.0 kB, which is 14% 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 40.1 kB or 78% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-3%

Potential reduce by 10.3 kB

Original 397.1 kB
After minification 386.8 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. Findmypast images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-60%

Potential reduce by 326.3 kB

Original 544.5 kB
After minification 495.6 kB
After compression 218.2 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 326.3 kB or 60% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-83%

Potential reduce by 379.4 kB

Original 457.4 kB
After minification 431.9 kB
After compression 78.0 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. Findmypast.ie needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 379.4 kB or 83% of the original size.

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After Optimization

The browser has sent 75 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Findmypast. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 29 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 13 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Areas of Improvement

High

Does not use HTTPS

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Page has valid source maps

Search Engine Optimization Advices

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/).

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 Findmypast.ie 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 Findmypast.ie 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

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

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Best Practices

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Key Findings

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Measured Metrics

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

SI (Speed Index)

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

TTI (Time to Interactive)