Access imt.ie. Irish Medical Times: Medical News for Healthcare Professionals

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FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value8.4 s

0/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value12.8 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value9.7 s

11/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value1,220 ms

20/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.327

35/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value13.7 s

10/100

10%

www.imt.ie

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comments.css

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polls-css.css

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Our browser made a total of 84 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 36% of them (30 requests) were addressed to the original Imt.ie, 29% (24 requests) were made to D3hjf51r9j54j7.cloudfront.net and 14% (12 requests) were made to Survey.metropolis.co.uk. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (729 ms) relates to the external source Survey.metropolis.co.uk.

Content Size

1.4 MB

After Optimization

568.9 kB

In fact, the total size of Imt.ie main page is 1.4 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. 50% of websites need less resources to load. Javascripts take 894.2 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-72%

Potential reduce by 75.0 kB

Original 104.5 kB
After minification 102.9 kB
After compression 29.5 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. 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 75.0 kB or 72% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-11%

Potential reduce by 22.1 kB

Original 192.5 kB
After minification 170.4 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. Obviously, Imt needs image optimization as it can save up to 22.1 kB or 11% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-63%

Potential reduce by 560.3 kB

Original 894.2 kB
After minification 887.2 kB
After compression 333.9 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 560.3 kB or 63% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-85%

Potential reduce by 199.4 kB

Original 234.6 kB
After minification 194.7 kB
After compression 35.1 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. Imt.ie needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 199.4 kB or 85% of the original size.

Requests Now

After Optimization

The browser has sent 80 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Imt. 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.

Accessibility Issues

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.

High

Buttons do not have an accessible name

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

High

Form elements do not have associated labels

High

Links do not have a discernible name

These are opportunities to improve the legibility of your content.

High

Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio.

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

High

[id] attributes on active, focusable elements are not unique

These are opportunities to improve the experience of reading tabular or list data using assistive technology, like a screen reader.

High

List items (<li>) are not contained within <ul> or <ol> parent elements.

These items highlight common accessibility best practices.

High

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

Areas of Improvement

High

Does not use HTTPS

High

Includes front-end JavaScript libraries with known security vulnerabilities

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

Search Engine Optimization Advices

Format your HTML in a way that enables crawlers to better understand your app’s content.

High

Links do not have descriptive text

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

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

High

Links are not crawlable

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 Imt.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 Imt.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

imt.ie

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

Report Summary

Performance

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Best Practices

SEO

Irish Medical Times: Medical News for Healthcare Professionals

Page Load Speed

First Response

Resources Loaded

Page Rendered

About Website

Key Findings

Performance Metrics

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)

Network Requests Diagram

www.imt.ie

wp-emoji-release.min.js

style.css

comments.css

polls-css.css

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Content Size

After Optimization

HTML Optimization

Image Optimization

JavaScript Optimization

CSS Optimization

Requests Breakdown

Requests Now

After Optimization

Network Requests Diagram

www.imt.ie

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comments.css

polls-css.css

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