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Report Summary

  • 80

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    86% of other websites

  • 71

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 37% of websites

  • 92

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    81% of websites

  • 77

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    36% of websites

lightbuckets.com

Home - LightBuckets

Page Load Speed

3 sec in total

First Response

523 ms

Resources Loaded

2.3 sec

Page Rendered

113 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Lightbuckets.com page load time and found that the first response time was 523 ms and then it took 2.4 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 45% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

lightbuckets.com performance score

80

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value2.0 s

83/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value4.7 s

32/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value2.0 s

99/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value20 ms

100/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.001

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value3.8 s

90/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

lightbuckets.com

523 ms

yahoo-dom-event.js

336 ms

connection-min.js

268 ms

vbulletin_global.js

306 ms

vbulletin_md5.js

238 ms

Our browser made a total of 99 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 98% of them (97 requests) were addressed to the original Lightbuckets.com, 2% (2 requests) were made to Google-analytics.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1.5 sec) belongs to the original domain Lightbuckets.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 502.4 kB (32%)

Content Size

1.6 MB

After Optimization

1.1 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Lightbuckets.com main page is 1.6 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. 30% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 999.8 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-88%

Potential reduce by 53.8 kB

  • Original 60.8 kB
  • After minification 56.4 kB
  • After compression 7.0 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 53.8 kB or 88% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-6%

Potential reduce by 56.6 kB

  • Original 999.8 kB
  • After minification 943.2 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. Light Buckets images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-74%

Potential reduce by 340.4 kB

  • Original 459.0 kB
  • After minification 397.3 kB
  • After compression 118.6 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 340.4 kB or 74% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-87%

Potential reduce by 51.5 kB

  • Original 58.9 kB
  • After minification 42.2 kB
  • After compression 7.4 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. Lightbuckets.com needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 51.5 kB or 87% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 28 (29%)

Requests Now

98

After Optimization

70

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 98 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Light Buckets. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 8 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

lightbuckets.com

lightbuckets.com

523 ms

yahoo-dom-event.js

yahoo-dom-event.js

336 ms

connection-min.js

connection-min.js

268 ms

vbulletin_global.js

vbulletin_global.js

306 ms

vbulletin_md5.js

vbulletin_md5.js

238 ms

jquery-1.7.1.min.js

jquery-1.7.1.min.js

404 ms

jquery-ui-1.7.2.custom.min.js

jquery-ui-1.7.2.custom.min.js

376 ms

lightbuckets_v2_1.js

lightbuckets_v2_1.js

516 ms

style.css

style.css

420 ms

pixel_c.gif

pixel_c.gif

67 ms

40.jpg

40.jpg

177 ms

38.jpg

38.jpg

250 ms

7.jpg

7.jpg

219 ms

35.jpg

35.jpg

516 ms

36.jpg

36.jpg

854 ms

39.jpg

39.jpg

1486 ms

how_cog.gif

how_cog.gif

217 ms

how_points.gif

how_points.gif

257 ms

how_plan.gif

how_plan.gif

256 ms

how_run.gif

how_run.gif

287 ms

how_data.gif

how_data.gif

293 ms

help.gif

help.gif

293 ms

lastimage.jpg

lastimage.jpg

325 ms

color.jpg

color.jpg

330 ms

observatory_offline.gif

observatory_offline.gif

331 ms

observatory_arrowleft.gif

observatory_arrowleft.gif

362 ms

observatory_arrowright.gif

observatory_arrowright.gif

368 ms

lastimage.jpg

lastimage.jpg

368 ms

color.jpg

color.jpg

399 ms

lastimage.jpg

lastimage.jpg

406 ms

color.jpg

color.jpg

406 ms

lastimage.jpg

lastimage.jpg

437 ms

color.jpg

color.jpg

444 ms

lastimage.jpg

lastimage.jpg

445 ms

color.jpg

color.jpg

476 ms

observatory_sliderleft.gif

observatory_sliderleft.gif

482 ms

observatory_sliderright.gif

observatory_sliderright.gif

483 ms

cron.php

cron.php

643 ms

logo.png

logo.png

73 ms

pixel_c.gif

pixel_c.gif

56 ms

menutl.gif

menutl.gif

57 ms

menubl.gif

menubl.gif

58 ms

menutr.gif

menutr.gif

56 ms

menubr.gif

menubr.gif

55 ms

boxtr.png

boxtr.png

82 ms

boxtl.png

boxtl.png

80 ms

boxbr.png

boxbr.png

78 ms

boxbl.png

boxbl.png

82 ms

observatory_home.jpg

observatory_home.jpg

86 ms

allsky.jpg

allsky.jpg

110 ms

outside.jpg

outside.jpg

116 ms

indome.jpg

indome.jpg

151 ms

telescope.jpg

telescope.jpg

120 ms

windmap.jpg

windmap.jpg

120 ms

observatory_home.jpg

observatory_home.jpg

125 ms

allsky.jpg

allsky.jpg

148 ms

indome.jpg

indome.jpg

154 ms

radar.jpg

radar.jpg

157 ms

radarir.jpg

radarir.jpg

159 ms

quality.jpg

quality.jpg

164 ms

seeing.jpg

seeing.jpg

185 ms

weatherchart.jpg

weatherchart.jpg

188 ms

weather.jpg

weather.jpg

193 ms

windmap.jpg

windmap.jpg

196 ms

nightandday.jpg

nightandday.jpg

196 ms

observatory_home.jpg

observatory_home.jpg

202 ms

allsky.jpg

allsky.jpg

223 ms

indome.jpg

indome.jpg

226 ms

radar.jpg

radar.jpg

231 ms

radarir.jpg

radarir.jpg

234 ms

quality.jpg

quality.jpg

234 ms

seeing.jpg

seeing.jpg

241 ms

none_1.jpg

none_1.jpg

261 ms

weatherchart.jpg

weatherchart.jpg

252 ms

ga.js

ga.js

4 ms

__utm.gif

__utm.gif

20 ms

windchart.jpg

windchart.jpg

219 ms

nightandday.jpg

nightandday.jpg

221 ms

observatory_home.jpg

observatory_home.jpg

223 ms

allsky.jpg

allsky.jpg

227 ms

indome.jpg

indome.jpg

246 ms

mount.jpg

mount.jpg

234 ms

radar.jpg

radar.jpg

233 ms

radarir.jpg

radarir.jpg

235 ms

quality.jpg

quality.jpg

236 ms

seeing.jpg

seeing.jpg

240 ms

none_1.jpg

none_1.jpg

257 ms

weatherchart.jpg

weatherchart.jpg

235 ms

nightandday.jpg

nightandday.jpg

233 ms

observatory_home.jpg

observatory_home.jpg

235 ms

allsky.jpg

allsky.jpg

234 ms

telescope.jpg

telescope.jpg

233 ms

radar.jpg

radar.jpg

232 ms

none_1.jpg

none_1.jpg

264 ms

nightandday.jpg

nightandday.jpg

233 ms

buttonsmallbg.gif

buttonsmallbg.gif

235 ms

buttonsmallr.gif

buttonsmallr.gif

233 ms

buttonsmalll.gif

buttonsmalll.gif

233 ms

observatory_slider.gif

observatory_slider.gif

232 ms

Accessibility Review

lightbuckets.com accessibility score

71

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.

Navigation

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

Impact

Issue

High

Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order

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

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

lightbuckets.com best practices score

92

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

SEO Factors

lightbuckets.com SEO score

77

Search Engine Optimization Advices

Crawling and Indexing

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

Impact

Issue

High

robots.txt is not valid

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

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

    N/A

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Lightbuckets.com 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 Lightbuckets.com main page’s claimed encoding is . Changing it to UTF-8 can be a good choice, as this format is commonly used for encoding all over the web and thus their visitors won’t have any troubles with symbol transcription or reading.

Social Sharing Optimization

lightbuckets.com

Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of Light Buckets. 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: