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Report Summary

  • 16

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    30% of other websites

  • 82

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 52% of websites

  • 67

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    24% of websites

  • 79

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    40% of websites

ibm.hcf.com.au

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Page Load Speed

12.2 sec in total

First Response

3.4 sec

Resources Loaded

8.3 sec

Page Rendered

488 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Ibm.hcf.com.au page load time and found that the first response time was 3.4 sec and then it took 8.8 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 85% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

ibm.hcf.com.au performance score

16

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value6.4 s

2/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value31.3 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value13.2 s

2/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value4,350 ms

1/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value32.8 s

0/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

ibm

3410 ms

fonts.css

98 ms

style.css

64 ms

head.js

49 ms

launch-c76a1cb29b9f.min.js

96 ms

Our browser made a total of 44 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 0% of them (0 request) were addressed to the original Ibm.hcf.com.au, 9% (4 requests) were made to and 5% (2 requests) were made to Googletagmanager.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (3.6 sec) relates to the external source Corporate.hcf.com.au.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 1.3 MB (44%)

Content Size

3.1 MB

After Optimization

1.7 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Ibm.hcf.com.au main page is 3.1 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. 60% of websites need less resources to load. Javascripts take 1.5 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-86%

Potential reduce by 93.2 kB

  • Original 108.3 kB
  • After minification 84.1 kB
  • After compression 15.1 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 24.2 kB, which is 22% 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 93.2 kB or 86% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 0 B

  • Original 502.6 kB
  • After minification 502.6 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. Ibm HCF images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-35%

Potential reduce by 519.3 kB

  • Original 1.5 MB
  • After minification 1.5 MB
  • After compression 949.3 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 519.3 kB or 35% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-74%

Potential reduce by 732.8 kB

  • Original 991.5 kB
  • After minification 990.2 kB
  • After compression 258.7 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. Ibm.hcf.com.au needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 732.8 kB or 74% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 20 (54%)

Requests Now

37

After Optimization

17

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 37 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Ibm HCF. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 12 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 4 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

ibm

ibm

3410 ms

fonts.css

fonts.css

98 ms

style.css

style.css

64 ms

head.js

head.js

49 ms

launch-c76a1cb29b9f.min.js

launch-c76a1cb29b9f.min.js

96 ms

js

js

57 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

27 ms

jquery-ui.min.js

jquery-ui.min.js

93 ms

moment.min.js

moment.min.js

93 ms

plugins.js

plugins.js

93 ms

script.js

script.js

92 ms

dbD8B

dbD8B

849 ms

-NFVX

-NFVX

116 ms

gLgsp

gLgsp

94 ms

70A2BCBADE0F886A9.css

70A2BCBADE0F886A9.css

450 ms

gtm.js

gtm.js

98 ms

hcf-corporate-logo.png

hcf-corporate-logo.png

97 ms

IBM-logo-360x144.png

IBM-logo-360x144.png

652 ms

hcf-chevron-right.svg

hcf-chevron-right.svg

33 ms

hcf-chevron-left.svg

hcf-chevron-left.svg

32 ms

sj.js

sj.js

153 ms

hcf-pulse.png

hcf-pulse.png

1858 ms

hcf-arrow-ruby.svg

hcf-arrow-ruby.svg

69 ms

hcf-apple.colors-white.svg

hcf-apple.colors-white.svg

69 ms

HCF_H&M_P4__Home_Website-Module_720x400px.png

HCF_H&M_P4__Home_Website-Module_720x400px.png

1747 ms

HCF-Rate-Rise-Website-asset-RESUPPLY-750x400-0324.jpg

HCF-Rate-Rise-Website-asset-RESUPPLY-750x400-0324.jpg

1322 ms

HCF_TVC_11_092100-Office-750x400.jpg

HCF_TVC_11_092100-Office-750x400.jpg

1750 ms

2333031_Mobile_header_banner_810x560_0423.jpg

2333031_Mobile_header_banner_810x560_0423.jpg

1943 ms

womens_health_promo-750x400.jpg

womens_health_promo-750x400.jpg

2256 ms

hcf-bullet.svg

hcf-bullet.svg

1347 ms

HCF_PHT_LJ_590303795.jpg

HCF_PHT_LJ_590303795.jpg

2883 ms

HCF-RT-Health-newlogo.jpg

HCF-RT-Health-newlogo.jpg

3088 ms

hcf-arrow-white.svg

hcf-arrow-white.svg

1771 ms

HCF_PHT_OP_47127_thumb_2400.jpg

HCF_PHT_OP_47127_thumb_2400.jpg

2968 ms

HCF_TVC_04_03_2490660_750x400px.jpg

HCF_TVC_04_03_2490660_750x400px.jpg

3480 ms

HCF_CanstarImage_2016-2023_purple_700x600.jpg

HCF_CanstarImage_2016-2023_purple_700x600.jpg

3258 ms

HCF_MenopauseMatters_Podcast_Small_Module_750x300px.jpg

HCF_MenopauseMatters_Podcast_Small_Module_750x300px.jpg

3617 ms

Ihks

Ihks

5 ms

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4 ms

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4 ms

Ihks

Ihks

3 ms

icomoon.ttf

icomoon.ttf

2777 ms

re.sajari.com

re.sajari.com

118 ms

svg.data.svg.css

svg.data.svg.css

37 ms

Accessibility Review

ibm.hcf.com.au accessibility score

82

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.

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

Form elements do not have associated labels

High

Links do not have a discernible name

Best practices

These items highlight common accessibility best practices.

Impact

Issue

High

[user-scalable="no"] is used in the <meta name="viewport"> element or the [maximum-scale] attribute is less than 5.

Best Practices

ibm.hcf.com.au 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

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

High

Missing source maps for large first-party JavaScript

High

Issues were logged in the Issues panel in Chrome Devtools

SEO Factors

ibm.hcf.com.au 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

Crawling and Indexing

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

Impact

Issue

High

Links are not crawlable

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

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 Ibm.hcf.com.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 Ibm.hcf.com.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

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