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Report Summary

  • 10

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    23% of other websites

  • 85

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 58% of websites

  • 67

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    24% of websites

  • 73

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    31% of websites

irishaid.ie

IrishAid - Department of Foreign Affairs

Page Load Speed

4.8 sec in total

First Response

338 ms

Resources Loaded

3.9 sec

Page Rendered

555 ms

irishaid.ie screenshot

About Website

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Key Findings

We analyzed Irishaid.ie page load time and found that the first response time was 338 ms and then it took 4.4 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

irishaid.ie performance score

10

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value5.5 s

6/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value11.8 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value9.3 s

12/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value1,960 ms

8/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.327

35/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value23.0 s

1/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

irishaid.ie

338 ms

irishaid.ie

526 ms

OtAutoBlock.js

39 ms

otSDKStub.js

51 ms

font-awesome.min.css

27 ms

Our browser made a total of 62 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 71% of them (44 requests) were addressed to the original Irishaid.ie, 8% (5 requests) were made to Youtube-nocookie.com and 5% (3 requests) were made to Cdn.cookielaw.org. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1.2 sec) belongs to the original domain Irishaid.ie.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 618.7 kB (26%)

Content Size

2.4 MB

After Optimization

1.8 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Irishaid.ie main page is 2.4 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. 80% 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 1.5 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-89%

Potential reduce by 43.0 kB

  • Original 48.5 kB
  • After minification 21.8 kB
  • After compression 5.4 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. This page needs HTML code to be minified as it can gain 26.6 kB, which is 55% 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 43.0 kB or 89% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-2%

Potential reduce by 29.1 kB

  • Original 1.5 MB
  • After minification 1.4 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. Irish Aid images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-46%

Potential reduce by 202.5 kB

  • Original 444.8 kB
  • After minification 409.1 kB
  • After compression 242.3 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 202.5 kB or 46% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-77%

Potential reduce by 344.1 kB

  • Original 448.2 kB
  • After minification 361.3 kB
  • After compression 104.1 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. Irishaid.ie needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 344.1 kB or 77% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 13 (23%)

Requests Now

56

After Optimization

43

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 56 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Irish Aid. 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 from 5 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

irishaid.ie

irishaid.ie

338 ms

irishaid.ie

irishaid.ie

526 ms

OtAutoBlock.js

OtAutoBlock.js

39 ms

otSDKStub.js

otSDKStub.js

51 ms

font-awesome.min.css

font-awesome.min.css

27 ms

font-defs.css

font-defs.css

261 ms

style.css

style.css

730 ms

jquery-3.1.1.min.js

jquery-3.1.1.min.js

435 ms

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110 ms

location

location

37 ms

widgets.js

widgets.js

16 ms

t4-scripts.min.js

t4-scripts.min.js

441 ms

irish-aid-logo-simpleharp-white-205px.png

irish-aid-logo-simpleharp-white-205px.png

92 ms

Artboard-1.png

Artboard-1.png

92 ms

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AI-Annual-Report-2022-cover.jpg

496 ms

Post-Primary.jpg

Post-Primary.jpg

92 ms

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A-Better-World---Irelands-Policy-for-International-Development-Policy.png

504 ms

UNDP-Bangladesh-2020-distribution-COVID19-3312.jpg

UNDP-Bangladesh-2020-distribution-COVID19-3312.jpg

495 ms

volunteer-fair-get-involved.jpg

volunteer-fair-get-involved.jpg

211 ms

Home-Page-Emergencies.jpg

Home-Page-Emergencies.jpg

490 ms

Ethiopia-health-worker-homepage.jpg

Ethiopia-health-worker-homepage.jpg

816 ms

malawi-farmer-card-500x350.jpg

malawi-farmer-card-500x350.jpg

753 ms

climate-action-reports-large.jpg

climate-action-reports-large.jpg

624 ms

Development-Education-Photo-3.jpg

Development-Education-Photo-3.jpg

624 ms

who-we-work-with.jpg

who-we-work-with.jpg

625 ms

Sierra-leone-slums-girls-education.jpg

Sierra-leone-slums-girls-education.jpg

625 ms

irish-aid-volunteering-fair-500x350.jpg

irish-aid-volunteering-fair-500x350.jpg

718 ms

lES7oM_XZjU

lES7oM_XZjU

92 ms

SourceSansPro-Regular.woff

SourceSansPro-Regular.woff

651 ms

SourceSansPro-Light.woff

SourceSansPro-Light.woff

651 ms

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652 ms

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692 ms

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769 ms

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845 ms

SourceSansPro-Black.woff

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1041 ms

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12 ms

SourceSansPro-It.woff

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1048 ms

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1048 ms

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SourceSansPro-BoldIt.woff

1124 ms

SourceSansPro-BlackIt.woff

SourceSansPro-BlackIt.woff

1204 ms

www-player.css

www-player.css

9 ms

www-embed-player.js

www-embed-player.js

26 ms

base.js

base.js

55 ms

329 ms

jDVVIT4ZwDHfBiET8TcWj790JrYgF6qU1g_sOcBWI_w.js

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118 ms

embed.js

embed.js

44 ms

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51 ms

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57 ms

Create

Create

97 ms

GenerateIT

GenerateIT

16 ms

SourceSansPro-Regular.ttf

SourceSansPro-Regular.ttf

610 ms

SourceSansPro-Light.ttf

SourceSansPro-Light.ttf

816 ms

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SourceSansPro-ExtraLightIt.ttf

823 ms

SourceSansPro-LightIt.ttf

SourceSansPro-LightIt.ttf

824 ms

SourceSansPro-Semibold.ttf

SourceSansPro-Semibold.ttf

782 ms

SourceSansPro-Bold.ttf

SourceSansPro-Bold.ttf

787 ms

SourceSansPro-Black.ttf

SourceSansPro-Black.ttf

655 ms

SourceSansPro-It.ttf

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856 ms

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SourceSansPro-SemiboldIt.ttf

862 ms

SourceSansPro-BoldIt.ttf

SourceSansPro-BoldIt.ttf

787 ms

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SourceSansPro-BlackIt.ttf

779 ms

print.css

print.css

350 ms

Accessibility Review

irishaid.ie accessibility score

85

Accessibility Issues

ARIA

These are opportunities to improve the usage of ARIA in your application which may enhance the experience for users of assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Impact

Issue

High

ARIA input fields do not have accessible names

High

ARIA IDs are not unique

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

<frame> or <iframe> elements do not have a title

High

Links do not have a discernible name

Navigation

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

Impact

Issue

High

Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order

Best Practices

irishaid.ie 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

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

High

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

irishaid.ie SEO score

73

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

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 Irishaid.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 Irishaid.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

irishaid.ie

Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of Irish Aid. 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: