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Report Summary

  • 65

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    78% of other websites

  • 100

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 97% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    35% of websites

  • 89

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    66% of websites

reg.bom.gov.au

Australia's official weather forecasts & weather radar - Bureau of Meteorology

Page Load Speed

5.3 sec in total

First Response

522 ms

Resources Loaded

4.6 sec

Page Rendered

182 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Reg.bom.gov.au page load time and found that the first response time was 522 ms and then it took 4.8 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 70% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

reg.bom.gov.au performance score

65

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value2.6 s

63/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value8.0 s

2/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value4.7 s

68/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value130 ms

96/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.032

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value5.4 s

72/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

reg.bom.gov.au

522 ms

gtm.js

45 ms

home.css

274 ms

6e45669f

24 ms

jquery-1.10.2.min.js

252 ms

Our browser made a total of 74 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 95% of them (70 requests) were addressed to the original Reg.bom.gov.au, 3% (2 requests) were made to Google-analytics.com and 1% (1 request) were made to Googletagmanager.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (2.5 sec) belongs to the original domain Reg.bom.gov.au.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 244.3 kB (32%)

Content Size

769.5 kB

After Optimization

525.2 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Reg.bom.gov.au main page is 769.5 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. 35% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 458.5 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-78%

Potential reduce by 29.5 kB

  • Original 37.9 kB
  • After minification 37.1 kB
  • After compression 8.4 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 29.5 kB or 78% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-10%

Potential reduce by 46.7 kB

  • Original 458.5 kB
  • After minification 411.8 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. Reg Bom Gov images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-59%

Potential reduce by 143.0 kB

  • Original 241.9 kB
  • After minification 241.2 kB
  • After compression 98.9 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. It is highly recommended that all JavaScript files should be compressed and minified as it can save up to 143.0 kB or 59% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-80%

Potential reduce by 25.1 kB

  • Original 31.3 kB
  • After minification 27.2 kB
  • After compression 6.2 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. Reg.bom.gov.au needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 25.1 kB or 80% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 32 (44%)

Requests Now

73

After Optimization

41

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 73 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Reg Bom Gov. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 10 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

reg.bom.gov.au

reg.bom.gov.au

522 ms

gtm.js

gtm.js

45 ms

home.css

home.css

274 ms

6e45669f

6e45669f

24 ms

jquery-1.10.2.min.js

jquery-1.10.2.min.js

252 ms

home.js

home.js

252 ms

easyab.min.js

easyab.min.js

253 ms

severe-video2.min.js

severe-video2.min.js

219 ms

marketing.html

marketing.html

208 ms

content-background.gif

content-background.gif

356 ms

bg-shadow.png

bg-shadow.png

222 ms

logo-inline-white.png

logo-inline-white.png

211 ms

bullet.gif

bullet.gif

363 ms

search-btn-bg.gif

search-btn-bg.gif

389 ms

nsw-thumb.png

nsw-thumb.png

592 ms

menu-pointer-white.png

menu-pointer-white.png

600 ms

vic-thumb.png

vic-thumb.png

555 ms

qld-thumb.png

qld-thumb.png

705 ms

wa-thumb.png

wa-thumb.png

706 ms

sa-thumb.png

sa-thumb.png

763 ms

tas-thumb.png

tas-thumb.png

891 ms

act-thumb.png

act-thumb.png

933 ms

nt-thumb.png

nt-thumb.png

948 ms

aus-thumb.png

aus-thumb.png

1047 ms

warnings-bg.png

warnings-bg.png

912 ms

warnings-sign.png

warnings-sign.png

1036 ms

warnings-divider-sml.png

warnings-divider-sml.png

1231 ms

warnings-divider-lrg.png

warnings-divider-lrg.png

1248 ms

warnings-other-arrow-down.png

warnings-other-arrow-down.png

1172 ms

warnings-other-bg.png

warnings-other-bg.png

1287 ms

IDE00135.202408300530.jpg

IDE00135.202408300530.jpg

1758 ms

banner-mask-bg.png

banner-mask-bg.png

1250 ms

banner.bullet.png

banner.bullet.png

1406 ms

today-bg-tile.jpg

today-bg-tile.jpg

1568 ms

today-city-arrow-down.png

today-city-arrow-down.png

1582 ms

today-cities-divider.png

today-cities-divider.png

1493 ms

services-awal-bg.png

services-awal-bg.png

1721 ms

services-capw-bg.png

services-capw-bg.png

1628 ms

services-wain-bg.png

services-wain-bg.png

1724 ms

services-avws-bg.png

services-avws-bg.png

1804 ms

services-maao-bg.png

services-maao-bg.png

1876 ms

services-uvsp-bg.png

services-uvsp-bg.png

1876 ms

services-wema-bg.png

services-wema-bg.png

2089 ms

ga.js

ga.js

131 ms

hotjar-871603.js

hotjar-871603.js

204 ms

__utm.gif

__utm.gif

11 ms

severe.json

severe.json

1882 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

1588 ms

marketing-inhouse-v2.js

marketing-inhouse-v2.js

1591 ms

services-ruds-bg.png

services-ruds-bg.png

1675 ms

more-bullet.png

more-bullet.png

1817 ms

tile-climate-summary-23-24.png

tile-climate-summary-23-24.png

1659 ms

promo-tile-arrow.png

promo-tile-arrow.png

1621 ms

tile-bom-ideas.png

tile-bom-ideas.png

1669 ms

tile-alpine-feature-static.jpg

tile-alpine-feature-static.jpg

2093 ms

tile-business-solutions.jpg

tile-business-solutions.jpg

1670 ms

warnings-icon-sprite.png

warnings-icon-sprite.png

1625 ms

bullet-sub.gif

bullet-sub.gif

1797 ms

radar-icon-sprite.gif

radar-icon-sprite.gif

1560 ms

sat-icon-sprite.gif

sat-icon-sprite.gif

1680 ms

maps-icon-sprite.gif

maps-icon-sprite.gif

1784 ms

fe-icon-sprite.gif

fe-icon-sprite.gif

1691 ms

fb-icon-sprite.gif

fb-icon-sprite.gif

1796 ms

twitter-icon-sprite.gif

twitter-icon-sprite.gif

1890 ms

yt-icon-sprite.gif

yt-icon-sprite.gif

1905 ms

bom-blog-icon-sprite.gif

bom-blog-icon-sprite.gif

1749 ms

in-icon-sprite.gif

in-icon-sprite.gif

1819 ms

rss-icon-sprite.gif

rss-icon-sprite.gif

2202 ms

warnings-other-flws-bg.png

warnings-other-flws-bg.png

2511 ms

warnings-other-htwv-bg.png

warnings-other-htwv-bg.png

1751 ms

warnings-other-trcy-bg.png

warnings-other-trcy-bg.png

2020 ms

warnings-other-tsws-bg.png

warnings-other-tsws-bg.png

1999 ms

warnings-other-mwws-bg.png

warnings-other-mwws-bg.png

1982 ms

thumbnail.png

thumbnail.png

1483 ms

Accessibility Review

reg.bom.gov.au accessibility score

100

Accessibility Issues

Best Practices

reg.bom.gov.au best practices score

75

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

reg.bom.gov.au SEO score

89

Search Engine Optimization Advices

Crawling and Indexing

To appear in search results, crawlers need access to your app.

Impact

Issue

High

Page is blocked from indexing

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 Reg.bom.gov.au 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 Reg.bom.gov.au 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

reg.bom.gov.au

Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of Reg Bom Gov. 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: