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Report Summary

  • 33

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    53% of other websites

  • 71

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 36% of websites

  • 67

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    24% of websites

  • 74

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    31% of websites

localireland.info

Local Ireland | A National Audience Delivered Locally

Page Load Speed

7.1 sec in total

First Response

327 ms

Resources Loaded

6.3 sec

Page Rendered

517 ms

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About Website

Welcome to localireland.info homepage info - get ready to check Local Ireland best content right away, or after learning these important things about localireland.info

Local Ireland is the promotional brand of the Regional Newspapers and Printers Association of Ireland (RNPAI) founded in 1919.

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Key Findings

We analyzed Localireland.info page load time and found that the first response time was 327 ms and then it took 6.8 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 80% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

localireland.info performance score

33

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value4.3 s

18/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value6.8 s

7/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value10.6 s

7/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value790 ms

37/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value10.5 s

23/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

localireland.info

327 ms

localireland.info

4124 ms

wp-emoji-release.min.js

136 ms

style.min.css

256 ms

font-awesome.min.css

340 ms

Our browser made a total of 63 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 89% of them (56 requests) were addressed to the original Localireland.info, 6% (4 requests) were made to Fonts.gstatic.com and 2% (1 request) were made to Fonts.googleapis.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (4.1 sec) belongs to the original domain Localireland.info.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 307.3 kB (18%)

Content Size

1.7 MB

After Optimization

1.4 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Localireland.info main page is 1.7 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. 65% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 1.1 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-93%

Potential reduce by 224.8 kB

  • Original 242.7 kB
  • After minification 235.1 kB
  • After compression 17.9 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. 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 224.8 kB or 93% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-2%

Potential reduce by 20.4 kB

  • Original 1.1 MB
  • After minification 1.1 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. Local Ireland images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-18%

Potential reduce by 43.1 kB

  • Original 241.6 kB
  • After minification 241.6 kB
  • After compression 198.5 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 43.1 kB or 18% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-11%

Potential reduce by 18.9 kB

  • Original 167.6 kB
  • After minification 167.6 kB
  • After compression 148.6 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. Localireland.info needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 18.9 kB or 11% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 36 (69%)

Requests Now

52

After Optimization

16

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 52 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Local Ireland. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 27 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 11 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

localireland.info

localireland.info

327 ms

localireland.info

localireland.info

4124 ms

wp-emoji-release.min.js

wp-emoji-release.min.js

136 ms

style.min.css

style.min.css

256 ms

font-awesome.min.css

font-awesome.min.css

340 ms

style.css

style.css

547 ms

jquery.fancybox.css

jquery.fancybox.css

293 ms

css

css

37 ms

responsive.css

responsive.css

408 ms

flickity.css

flickity.css

336 ms

style.css

style.css

378 ms

skin-material.css

skin-material.css

495 ms

js_composer.min.css

js_composer.min.css

499 ms

salient-dynamic-styles.css

salient-dynamic-styles.css

540 ms

jquery.js

jquery.js

585 ms

jquery-migrate.min.js

jquery-migrate.min.js

517 ms

js

js

90 ms

blankshield.min.js

blankshield.min.js

639 ms

block-tabnapping.min.js

block-tabnapping.min.js

640 ms

jquery.matchHeight.js

jquery.matchHeight.js

696 ms

front.js

front.js

696 ms

jquery.easing.js

jquery.easing.js

696 ms

jquery.mousewheel.js

jquery.mousewheel.js

696 ms

priority.js

priority.js

697 ms

transit.js

transit.js

697 ms

waypoints.js

waypoints.js

762 ms

modernizr.js

modernizr.js

762 ms

imagesLoaded.min.js

imagesLoaded.min.js

764 ms

hoverintent.js

hoverintent.js

947 ms

jquery.fancybox.min.js

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949 ms

touchswipe.min.js

touchswipe.min.js

948 ms

caroufredsel.min.js

caroufredsel.min.js

949 ms

flickity.min.js

flickity.min.js

994 ms

superfish.js

superfish.js

949 ms

init.js

init.js

1044 ms

jquery.flexslider-min.js

jquery.flexslider-min.js

949 ms

wordpress-homepage.min.js

wordpress-homepage.min.js

1062 ms

smush-lazy-load.min.js

smush-lazy-load.min.js

1066 ms

wp-embed.min.js

wp-embed.min.js

1065 ms

js_composer_front.min.js

js_composer_front.min.js

1095 ms

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682 ms

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678 ms

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readership-icon.png

678 ms

web-audience-icon.png

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679 ms

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679 ms

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home-header-img.jpg

877 ms

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689 ms

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697 ms

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709 ms

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772 ms

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936 ms

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937 ms

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64 ms

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786 ms

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817 ms

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879 ms

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925 ms

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551 ms

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551 ms

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521 ms

Accessibility Review

localireland.info accessibility score

71

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-*] attributes do not match their roles

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

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

localireland.info 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

localireland.info SEO score

74

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

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

Crawling and Indexing

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

Impact

Issue

High

Links are not crawlable

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 Localireland.info 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 Localireland.info 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

localireland.info

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