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Report Summary

  • 19

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    36% of other websites

  • 83

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 54% of websites

  • 83

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    55% of websites

  • 84

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    52% of websites

mapc.org

Smart Growth and Collaboration in Massachusetts – MAPC

Page Load Speed

2.6 sec in total

First Response

139 ms

Resources Loaded

1.8 sec

Page Rendered

639 ms

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About Website

Click here to check amazing MAPC content for United States. Otherwise, check out these important facts you probably never knew about mapc.org

The Metropolitan Area Planning Council is the regional planning agency serving the people who live and work in the 101 cities and towns of Metro Boston.

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Key Findings

We analyzed Mapc.org page load time and found that the first response time was 139 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

mapc.org performance score

19

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value4.2 s

19/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value13.3 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value11.5 s

5/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value1,920 ms

8/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.107

88/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value15.2 s

7/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

mapc.org

139 ms

www.mapc.org

131 ms

www.mapc.org

335 ms

1f96102f_ai1ec_parsed_css.css

132 ms

style.min.css

256 ms

Our browser made a total of 68 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 75% of them (51 requests) were addressed to the original Mapc.org, 9% (6 requests) were made to Fonts.gstatic.com and 3% (2 requests) were made to Googletagmanager.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (734 ms) belongs to the original domain Mapc.org.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 126.7 kB (8%)

Content Size

1.6 MB

After Optimization

1.5 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Mapc.org 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. 70% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 729.5 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-82%

Potential reduce by 110.3 kB

  • Original 134.7 kB
  • After minification 126.9 kB
  • After compression 24.4 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. 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 110.3 kB or 82% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 386 B

  • Original 729.5 kB
  • After minification 729.1 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. MAPC images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-1%

Potential reduce by 4.9 kB

  • Original 622.1 kB
  • After minification 622.1 kB
  • After compression 617.3 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. This website has mostly compressed JavaScripts.

CSS Optimization

-7%

Potential reduce by 11.2 kB

  • Original 150.7 kB
  • After minification 150.7 kB
  • After compression 139.6 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. Mapc.org has all CSS files already compressed.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 35 (60%)

Requests Now

58

After Optimization

23

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 58 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of MAPC. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 26 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 11 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

mapc.org

mapc.org

139 ms

www.mapc.org

www.mapc.org

131 ms

www.mapc.org

www.mapc.org

335 ms

1f96102f_ai1ec_parsed_css.css

1f96102f_ai1ec_parsed_css.css

132 ms

style.min.css

style.min.css

256 ms

2-layout.css

2-layout.css

194 ms

public.css

public.css

196 ms

mapc.css

mapc.css

261 ms

mediaelementplayer-legacy.min.css

mediaelementplayer-legacy.min.css

191 ms

wp-mediaelement.min.css

wp-mediaelement.min.css

200 ms

wpv-pagination.css

wpv-pagination.css

258 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

320 ms

jquery-migrate.min.js

jquery-migrate.min.js

272 ms

rbtools.min.js

rbtools.min.js

409 ms

rs6.min.js

rs6.min.js

499 ms

js

js

67 ms

element.js

element.js

57 ms

signup-form-widget.min.js

signup-form-widget.min.js

53 ms

css

css

45 ms

rs6.css

rs6.css

406 ms

2-layout.js

2-layout.js

407 ms

public.js

public.js

407 ms

mapc.js

mapc.js

407 ms

comment-reply.min.js

comment-reply.min.js

408 ms

core.min.js

core.min.js

410 ms

datepicker.min.js

datepicker.min.js

411 ms

mediaelement-and-player.min.js

mediaelement-and-player.min.js

495 ms

mediaelement-migrate.min.js

mediaelement-migrate.min.js

494 ms

wp-mediaelement.min.js

wp-mediaelement.min.js

494 ms

underscore.min.js

underscore.min.js

494 ms

wp-util.min.js

wp-util.min.js

494 ms

backbone.min.js

backbone.min.js

610 ms

wp-playlist.min.js

wp-playlist.min.js

610 ms

wpv-pagination-embedded.js

wpv-pagination-embedded.js

734 ms

css

css

20 ms

arrow.png

arrow.png

261 ms

mapc-logo.svg

mapc-logo.svg

259 ms

bg-megamenu-learn.svg

bg-megamenu-learn.svg

260 ms

bg-megamenu-our-work.svg

bg-megamenu-our-work.svg

382 ms

bg-megamenu-get-involved.svg

bg-megamenu-get-involved.svg

383 ms

bg-megamenu-about-mapc.svg

bg-megamenu-about-mapc.svg

381 ms

dummy.png

dummy.png

382 ms

DSC_0195-600x400.jpg

DSC_0195-600x400.jpg

509 ms

MAPC_NARC-2-600x400.jpg

MAPC_NARC-2-600x400.jpg

514 ms

AARP-Network-of-Age-Friendly-States-and-Communities.png

AARP-Network-of-Age-Friendly-States-and-Communities.png

515 ms

social-facebook-24.svg

social-facebook-24.svg

512 ms

social-twitter-x-24.svg

social-twitter-x-24.svg

511 ms

social-youtube-24.svg

social-youtube-24.svg

509 ms

social-linkedin-24.svg

social-linkedin-24.svg

513 ms

social-instagram-24.svg

social-instagram-24.svg

515 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

108 ms

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99 ms

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202 ms

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202 ms

fontawesome-webfont.woff

fontawesome-webfont.woff

510 ms

pagination_dots.png

pagination_dots.png

361 ms

front-page-calendar-bg.jpg

front-page-calendar-bg.jpg

497 ms

ajax-loader.gif

ajax-loader.gif

412 ms

collect

collect

83 ms

footer-bg.jpg

footer-bg.jpg

406 ms

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76 ms

map-composite-footer.jpg

map-composite-footer.jpg

526 ms

underscore-min.js

underscore-min.js

109 ms

js

js

54 ms

api.js

api.js

126 ms

recaptcha__en.js

recaptcha__en.js

32 ms

Accessibility Review

mapc.org accessibility score

83

Accessibility Issues

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

Buttons do not have an accessible name

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.

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 IDs are not unique

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

mapc.org best practices score

83

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

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

mapc.org SEO score

84

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

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 Mapc.org 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 Mapc.org 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

mapc.org

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