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Report Summary

  • 19

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    36% of other websites

  • 94

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 83% of websites

  • 92

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    80% of websites

  • 91

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    70% of websites

firstcandle.org

First Candle: Committed to ending Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)

Page Load Speed

1.3 sec in total

First Response

71 ms

Resources Loaded

694 ms

Page Rendered

511 ms

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About Website

Click here to check amazing First Candle content for India. Otherwise, check out these important facts you probably never knew about firstcandle.org

First Candle is working to end Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) and other sleep-related infant deaths and provide support to families.

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Key Findings

We analyzed Firstcandle.org page load time and found that the first response time was 71 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

firstcandle.org performance score

19

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.0 s

50/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value18.4 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value15.4 s

1/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value3,200 ms

2/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.095

91/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value28.4 s

0/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

firstcandle.org

71 ms

firstcandle.org

111 ms

js

105 ms

css

51 ms

style.min.css

29 ms

Our browser made a total of 78 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 91% of them (71 requests) were addressed to the original Firstcandle.org, 1% (1 request) were made to Googletagmanager.com and 1% (1 request) were made to Fonts.googleapis.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (475 ms) relates to the external source Platform.twitter.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 119.6 kB (4%)

Content Size

2.9 MB

After Optimization

2.8 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Firstcandle.org main page is 2.9 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. 75% of websites need less resources to load and that’s why Accessify’s recommendations for optimization and resource minification can be helpful for this project. Images take 2.3 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-80%

Potential reduce by 115.7 kB

  • Original 145.0 kB
  • After minification 141.9 kB
  • After compression 29.3 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 115.7 kB or 80% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 1.1 kB

  • Original 2.3 MB
  • After minification 2.3 MB

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. First Candle images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-1%

Potential reduce by 2.3 kB

  • Original 404.2 kB
  • After minification 404.2 kB
  • After compression 401.9 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. This website has mostly compressed JavaScripts.

CSS Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 444 B

  • Original 97.2 kB
  • After minification 97.2 kB
  • After compression 96.8 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. Firstcandle.org has all CSS files already compressed.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 32 (43%)

Requests Now

74

After Optimization

42

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 74 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of First Candle. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 24 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 10 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

firstcandle.org

firstcandle.org

71 ms

firstcandle.org

firstcandle.org

111 ms

js

js

105 ms

css

css

51 ms

style.min.css

style.min.css

29 ms

cleantalk-public.min.css

cleantalk-public.min.css

43 ms

styles.css

styles.css

44 ms

style.css

style.css

58 ms

toolbar.css

toolbar.css

48 ms

mediaelementplayer-legacy.min.css

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133 ms

wp-mediaelement.min.css

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45 ms

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74 ms

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66 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

68 ms

jquery-migrate.min.js

jquery-migrate.min.js

67 ms

frontend-gtag.min.js

frontend-gtag.min.js

68 ms

apbct-public-bundle.min.js

apbct-public-bundle.min.js

99 ms

jquery.bind-first-0.2.3.min.js

jquery.bind-first-0.2.3.min.js

101 ms

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js.cookie-2.1.3.min.js

100 ms

public.js

public.js

101 ms

avia-head-scripts-0bc0a5e30173e8a6530d50e45387c4e2---668c01816baad.js

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103 ms

widgets.js

widgets.js

475 ms

index.js

index.js

99 ms

index.js

index.js

99 ms

scripts.js

scripts.js

99 ms

element.js

element.js

62 ms

mediaelement-and-player.min.js

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123 ms

mediaelement-migrate.min.js

mediaelement-migrate.min.js

100 ms

wp-mediaelement.min.js

wp-mediaelement.min.js

124 ms

api.js

api.js

60 ms

wp-polyfill-inert.min.js

wp-polyfill-inert.min.js

123 ms

regenerator-runtime.min.js

regenerator-runtime.min.js

124 ms

wp-polyfill.min.js

wp-polyfill.min.js

191 ms

index.js

index.js

194 ms

avia-footer-scripts-af2dfb662d916605dd732037aa5fd63e---668c01821a33d.js

avia-footer-scripts-af2dfb662d916605dd732037aa5fd63e---668c01821a33d.js

193 ms

recaptcha__en.js

recaptcha__en.js

181 ms

firstCandle_stacked-color_new-tagline_WEB.png

firstCandle_stacked-color_new-tagline_WEB.png

148 ms

NYC-Marathon.jpg

NYC-Marathon.jpg

161 ms

HOME-Mother-with-children-hero.jpg

HOME-Mother-with-children-hero.jpg

147 ms

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Untitled-design-26.png

159 ms

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159 ms

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161 ms

AnnualReport.png

AnnualReport.png

173 ms

March_of_Dimes_logo.svg-square-300x300.jpg

March_of_Dimes_logo.svg-square-300x300.jpg

168 ms

2021-BMBFA-logo-square-300x300.jpg

2021-BMBFA-logo-square-300x300.jpg

177 ms

HMHBGA_VectorLogo_AllWhite-square-300x300.jpg

HMHBGA_VectorLogo_AllWhite-square-300x300.jpg

175 ms

March-for-Moms-square-300x300.jpg

March-for-Moms-square-300x300.jpg

176 ms

Safe-Kids-300x300.jpg

Safe-Kids-300x300.jpg

176 ms

SIDS-research.jpg

SIDS-research.jpg

235 ms

Sleep-Resource-Center.jpg

Sleep-Resource-Center.jpg

236 ms

Marathon.jpg

Marathon.jpg

239 ms

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guys-and-grief-1.jpg

243 ms

HOME-Fundraising.jpg

HOME-Fundraising.jpg

237 ms

HOME-Bereavement.jpg

HOME-Bereavement.jpg

238 ms

HOME-Safe-Sleep.jpg

HOME-Safe-Sleep.jpg

239 ms

Dividier-Line-White.png

Dividier-Line-White.png

240 ms

holy-name.jpg

holy-name.jpg

242 ms

lowes.jpg

lowes.jpg

241 ms

sleepsuit.jpg

sleepsuit.jpg

240 ms

Neotnatal-nurses.jpg

Neotnatal-nurses.jpg

242 ms

G2g.jpg

G2g.jpg

244 ms

mary-kay.jpg

mary-kay.jpg

244 ms

arbor-day.jpg

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245 ms

anthem.jpg

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245 ms

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245 ms

breathable-baby.jpg

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247 ms

chicco.jpg

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283 ms

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CT-Children.jpg

246 ms

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247 ms

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247 ms

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241 ms

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138 ms

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140 ms

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138 ms

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82 ms

entypo-fontello.woff

entypo-fontello.woff

126 ms

video-placeholder.jpg

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125 ms

flags.png

flags.png

127 ms

Accessibility Review

firstcandle.org accessibility score

94

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.

Navigation

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

Impact

Issue

High

Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order

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

Links do not have a discernible name

Best Practices

firstcandle.org 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

High

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

firstcandle.org SEO score

91

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

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

    EN

  • Language Claimed

    EN

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Firstcandle.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 Firstcandle.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

firstcandle.org

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