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Report Summary

  • 51

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    69% of other websites

  • 41

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 19% of websites

  • 67

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    24% of websites

  • 62

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    23% of websites

glocals.com

glocals – Largest Community of expats & International Locals in Switzerland

Page Load Speed

3.1 sec in total

First Response

35 ms

Resources Loaded

2.9 sec

Page Rendered

183 ms

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About Website

Click here to check amazing G Locals content for Switzerland. Otherwise, check out these important facts you probably never knew about glocals.com

Meet Expats & locals in Switzerland, join local activities and share local info with other expats & locals. All in English, in an award winning free site.

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Key Findings

We analyzed Glocals.com page load time and found that the first response time was 35 ms and then it took 3.1 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 55% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

glocals.com performance score

51

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value5.3 s

7/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value5.9 s

14/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value6.4 s

40/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value300 ms

79/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.015

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value8.1 s

42/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

glocals.com

35 ms

www.glocals.com

686 ms

css

58 ms

ext-all.css

47 ms

xtheme-gray.css

52 ms

Our browser made a total of 101 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 78% of them (79 requests) were addressed to the original Glocals.com, 9% (9 requests) were made to Extjs.cachefly.net and 5% (5 requests) were made to Fonts.gstatic.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (800 ms) belongs to the original domain Glocals.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 243.9 kB (14%)

Content Size

1.7 MB

After Optimization

1.5 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Glocals.com main page is 1.7 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. Images take 1.3 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-85%

Potential reduce by 58.3 kB

  • Original 68.9 kB
  • After minification 58.2 kB
  • After compression 10.5 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 10.7 kB, which is 16% 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 58.3 kB or 85% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-9%

Potential reduce by 111.0 kB

  • Original 1.3 MB
  • After minification 1.2 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. G Locals images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-21%

Potential reduce by 68.3 kB

  • Original 331.8 kB
  • After minification 331.6 kB
  • After compression 263.5 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 68.3 kB or 21% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-16%

Potential reduce by 6.2 kB

  • Original 38.8 kB
  • After minification 38.8 kB
  • After compression 32.6 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. Glocals.com needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 6.2 kB or 16% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 58 (62%)

Requests Now

94

After Optimization

36

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 94 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of G Locals. 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 9 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

glocals.com

glocals.com

35 ms

www.glocals.com

www.glocals.com

686 ms

css

css

58 ms

ext-all.css

ext-all.css

47 ms

xtheme-gray.css

xtheme-gray.css

52 ms

styles.1.css

styles.1.css

595 ms

members.1.css

members.1.css

526 ms

rating_homepage.1.css

rating_homepage.1.css

392 ms

buyclub.1.css

buyclub.1.css

393 ms

login.1.css

login.1.css

402 ms

ui.dialog.1.css

ui.dialog.1.css

93 ms

google_service.js

google_service.js

44 ms

ext-base.js

ext-base.js

50 ms

ext-all.js

ext-all.js

53 ms

PagingToolbar_glocals.js

PagingToolbar_glocals.js

120 ms

FixAutoHeight.js

FixAutoHeight.js

133 ms

extjs_name_search.js

extjs_name_search.js

148 ms

ajax.js

ajax.js

161 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

50 ms

jquery-ui-1.7.2.min.js

jquery-ui-1.7.2.min.js

180 ms

jquery.ui.dialog.js

jquery.ui.dialog.js

197 ms

login.js

login.js

213 ms

signup.js

signup.js

225 ms

signup_form.js

signup_form.js

240 ms

rating.js

rating.js

256 ms

review_popup.js

review_popup.js

270 ms

swfobject.js

swfobject.js

288 ms

index.js

index.js

299 ms

popup.js

popup.js

320 ms

site_index.js

site_index.js

334 ms

report_admin.js

report_admin.js

353 ms

feedback.js

feedback.js

377 ms

contact.js

contact.js

388 ms

dc.js

dc.js

47 ms

5205_dl_photo_03a3e.jpg

5205_dl_photo_03a3e.jpg

733 ms

glocals-logo.png

glocals-logo.png

43 ms

banner-partners.jpg

banner-partners.jpg

326 ms

quick-login-btn.png

quick-login-btn.png

384 ms

138_mb_file_672fc.jpg

138_mb_file_672fc.jpg

720 ms

arrow-D-gray.jpg

arrow-D-gray.jpg

332 ms

arrow-D.jpg

arrow-D.jpg

377 ms

1062_hb_banner_d10d6.png

1062_hb_banner_d10d6.png

62 ms

115588_cal_file_d3769.jpg

115588_cal_file_d3769.jpg

64 ms

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115580_cal_file_9a258.jpeg

95 ms

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113588_cal_file_66ab2.jpeg

201 ms

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113584_cal_file_a9611.jpeg

222 ms

115585_cal_file_8d3d0.jpeg

115585_cal_file_8d3d0.jpeg

247 ms

115583_cal_file_ecb90.jpg

115583_cal_file_ecb90.jpg

258 ms

gray-arrow.jpg

gray-arrow.jpg

281 ms

buyclub_soldout_text_small.png

buyclub_soldout_text_small.png

295 ms

feedback.gif

feedback.gif

313 ms

5198_dl_photo_0bead.jpg

5198_dl_photo_0bead.jpg

582 ms

5213_dl_photo_d54d4.jpg

5213_dl_photo_d54d4.jpg

716 ms

quick-login-box.png

quick-login-box.png

309 ms

menu-u-Home.jpg

menu-u-Home.jpg

665 ms

menu-d-Things%20to%20Do.jpg

menu-d-Things%20to%20Do.jpg

324 ms

menu-d-Groups.png

menu-d-Groups.png

639 ms

menu-d-Photos.jpg

menu-d-Photos.jpg

334 ms

menu-d-Forums.jpg

menu-d-Forums.jpg

346 ms

menu-d-Members.jpg

menu-d-Members.jpg

362 ms

menu-d-Guides.jpg

menu-d-Guides.jpg

760 ms

menu-d-Classifieds.jpg

menu-d-Classifieds.jpg

686 ms

menu-d-Offers.jpg

menu-d-Offers.jpg

374 ms

site-corner-LU.jpg

site-corner-LU.jpg

387 ms

site-corner-RU.jpg

site-corner-RU.jpg

401 ms

gray-corner-up-left.jpg

gray-corner-up-left.jpg

418 ms

gray-corner-up-right.jpg

gray-corner-up-right.jpg

447 ms

box-heading-left.jpg

box-heading-left.jpg

468 ms

box-heading-right.jpg

box-heading-right.jpg

482 ms

site-corner-LB.png

site-corner-LB.png

496 ms

site-corner-RB.png

site-corner-RB.png

509 ms

gray-corner-btm-left.jpg

gray-corner-btm-left.jpg

530 ms

gray-corner-btm-right.jpg

gray-corner-btm-right.jpg

546 ms

__utm.gif

__utm.gif

12 ms

view-all-left.jpg

view-all-left.jpg

520 ms

view-all-right.jpg

view-all-right.jpg

537 ms

BuyClub-Banner-Small.png

BuyClub-Banner-Small.png

547 ms

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116 ms

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132 ms

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149 ms

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150 ms

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150 ms

text-bg.gif

text-bg.gif

96 ms

trigger.gif

trigger.gif

22 ms

checkbox.gif

checkbox.gif

10 ms

btn-sprite.gif

btn-sprite.gif

21 ms

left-right.png

left-right.png

21 ms

buyclub_discount_bg.png

buyclub_discount_bg.png

459 ms

buyclub_soldout_bg_small.png

buyclub_soldout_bg_small.png

761 ms

s.gif

s.gif

420 ms

signup.png

signup.png

431 ms

Pop-up-top-L.png

Pop-up-top-L.png

768 ms

Pop-up-top-R.png

Pop-up-top-R.png

405 ms

Pop-up-top-2px.png

Pop-up-top-2px.png

408 ms

Pop-up-btm-L.png

Pop-up-btm-L.png

720 ms

Pop-up-btm-R.png

Pop-up-btm-R.png

800 ms

Pop-up-btm-2px.png

Pop-up-btm-2px.png

408 ms

btn-x.jpg

btn-x.jpg

405 ms

btn-send-message.png

btn-send-message.png

414 ms

btn-cancel.jpg

btn-cancel.jpg

412 ms

main.js

main.js

148 ms

Accessibility Review

glocals.com accessibility score

41

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.

Internationalization and localization

These are opportunities to improve the interpretation of your content by users in different locales.

Impact

Issue

High

<html> element does not have a [lang] attribute

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

<input type="image"> elements do not have [alt] text

High

Form elements do not have associated labels

High

Links do not have a discernible name

Navigation

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

Impact

Issue

High

Some elements have a [tabindex] value greater than 0

Best Practices

glocals.com best practices score

67

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

High

Includes front-end JavaScript libraries with known security vulnerabilities

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

User Experience

Impact

Issue

High

Serves images with low resolution

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

SEO Factors

glocals.com SEO score

62

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

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

Language and Encoding

  • Language Detected

    EN

  • Language Claimed

    N/A

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

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

glocals.com

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