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Report Summary

  • 47

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    65% of other websites

  • 72

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 37% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    35% of websites

  • 81

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    43% of websites

lkshields.ie

Byrne Wallace Shields LLP – Full Service Law Firm

Page Load Speed

2.6 sec in total

First Response

150 ms

Resources Loaded

2.2 sec

Page Rendered

278 ms

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About Website

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Key Findings

We analyzed Lkshields.ie page load time and found that the first response time was 150 ms and then it took 2.4 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 50% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

lkshields.ie performance score

47

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.5 s

34/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value18.7 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value6.7 s

37/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value230 ms

86/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.137

79/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value10.3 s

24/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

lkshields.ie

150 ms

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289 ms

www.lkshields.ie

768 ms

uc.js

33 ms

styles.css

72 ms

Our browser made a total of 32 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 84% of them (27 requests) were addressed to the original Lkshields.ie, 6% (2 requests) were made to Ssl.google-analytics.com and 3% (1 request) were made to Consent.cookiebot.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (904 ms) belongs to the original domain Lkshields.ie.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 760.1 kB (12%)

Content Size

6.2 MB

After Optimization

5.4 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Lkshields.ie main page is 6.2 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. 40% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 5.9 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-81%

Potential reduce by 29.3 kB

  • Original 36.2 kB
  • After minification 31.1 kB
  • After compression 6.9 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 5.0 kB, which is 14% 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 29.3 kB or 81% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-11%

Potential reduce by 642.5 kB

  • Original 5.9 MB
  • After minification 5.3 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. Obviously, Lk Shields needs image optimization as it can save up to 642.5 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

-47%

Potential reduce by 88.0 kB

  • Original 185.6 kB
  • After minification 185.6 kB
  • After compression 97.7 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 88.0 kB or 47% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-2%

Potential reduce by 404 B

  • Original 26.4 kB
  • After minification 26.4 kB
  • After compression 26.0 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. Lkshields.ie has all CSS files already compressed.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 6 (23%)

Requests Now

26

After Optimization

20

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 26 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Lk Shields. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 7 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

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150 ms

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289 ms

www.lkshields.ie

www.lkshields.ie

768 ms

uc.js

uc.js

33 ms

styles.css

styles.css

72 ms

bootstrap.min.css

bootstrap.min.css

211 ms

custom.css

custom.css

218 ms

js

js

88 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

30 ms

bootstrap.min.js

bootstrap.min.js

256 ms

jquery.matchHeight-min.js

jquery.matchHeight-min.js

208 ms

isotope.pkgd.min.js

isotope.pkgd.min.js

257 ms

lks-logo.png

lks-logo.png

219 ms

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904 ms

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627 ms

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718 ms

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771 ms

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538 ms

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574 ms

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678 ms

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716 ms

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715 ms

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750 ms

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791 ms

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792 ms

ga.js

ga.js

137 ms

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search-icon.png

576 ms

more.svg

more.svg

607 ms

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624 ms

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524 ms

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524 ms

__utm.gif

__utm.gif

13 ms

Accessibility Review

lkshields.ie accessibility score

72

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

Elements with an ARIA [role] that require children to contain a specific [role] are missing some or all of those required children.

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

High

Form elements do not have associated labels

High

Links do not have a discernible name

Best Practices

lkshields.ie 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

High

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

lkshields.ie SEO score

81

Search Engine Optimization Advices

Crawling and Indexing

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

Impact

Issue

High

Links are not crawlable

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

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 Lkshields.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 Lkshields.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

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Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of Lk Shields. 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: