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Report Summary

  • 45

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    64% of other websites

  • 91

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 76% of websites

  • 92

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    80% of websites

  • 85

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    55% of websites

marineatlanticjourney.ca

Marine Atlantic | Ferries to Nova Scotia & Newfoundland

Page Load Speed

4.9 sec in total

First Response

62 ms

Resources Loaded

2.4 sec

Page Rendered

2.4 sec

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About Website

Visit marineatlanticjourney.ca now to see the best up-to-date Marine Atlantic Journey content and also check out these interesting facts you probably never knew about marineatlanticjourney.ca

For ferries to Nova Scotia and Newfoundland, take a journey with Marine Atlantic. Enjoy great onboard amenities, dining options, accommodations and much more.

Visit marineatlanticjourney.ca

Key Findings

We analyzed Marineatlanticjourney.ca page load time and found that the first response time was 62 ms and then it took 4.8 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

marineatlanticjourney.ca performance score

45

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value2.0 s

83/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value2.9 s

80/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value6.6 s

37/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value13,180 ms

0/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.116

85/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value19.3 s

2/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

marineatlanticjourney.ca

62 ms

www.marineatlantic.ca

508 ms

gtm.js

57 ms

intersect-observer.js

423 ms

analytics.js

420 ms

Our browser made a total of 77 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 1% of them (1 request) were addressed to the original Marineatlanticjourney.ca, 58% (45 requests) were made to Marineatlantic.ca and 10% (8 requests) were made to Match.adsrvr.org. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (883 ms) relates to the external source Marineatlantic.ca.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 109.7 kB (16%)

Content Size

691.4 kB

After Optimization

581.8 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Marineatlanticjourney.ca main page is 691.4 kB. This result falls beyond the top 1M of websites and identifies a large and not optimized web page that may take ages to load. 75% 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 503.9 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-81%

Potential reduce by 105.6 kB

  • Original 129.9 kB
  • After minification 129.3 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 105.6 kB or 81% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 0 B

  • Original 503.9 kB
  • After minification 503.9 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. Marine Atlantic Journey images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-7%

Potential reduce by 4.0 kB

  • Original 55.9 kB
  • After minification 55.8 kB
  • After compression 51.9 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 127 B

  • Original 1.7 kB
  • After minification 1.7 kB
  • After compression 1.6 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. Marineatlanticjourney.ca has all CSS files already compressed.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 35 (54%)

Requests Now

65

After Optimization

30

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 65 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Marine Atlantic Journey. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 16 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

marineatlanticjourney.ca

marineatlanticjourney.ca

62 ms

www.marineatlantic.ca

www.marineatlantic.ca

508 ms

gtm.js

gtm.js

57 ms

intersect-observer.js

intersect-observer.js

423 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

420 ms

conversion_async.js

conversion_async.js

598 ms

fbevents.js

fbevents.js

475 ms

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520 ms

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462 ms

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windy.svg

255 ms

mai-logo-white.svg

mai-logo-white.svg

303 ms

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newfoundland-coastline-GettyImages-108273950.jpg

305 ms

www.marineatlantic.ca

www.marineatlantic.ca

804 ms

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ma-day-one-D4S-93-02.jpg

332 ms

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368 ms

WomanCarSmile.jpg

WomanCarSmile.jpg

384 ms

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450 ms

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451 ms

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457 ms

email-decode.min.js

email-decode.min.js

441 ms

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512 ms

mai_browser_detection.js

mai_browser_detection.js

790 ms

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545 ms

bed-icon.png

bed-icon.png

498 ms

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blue-putees-ma-idf-27-new-2018.jpg

497 ms

dining-MA-IDF-2018-20.jpg

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688 ms

Western%20Brook%20Pond_jpeg.jpg

Western%20Brook%20Pond_jpeg.jpg

708 ms

Peggys%20Cove%20%20IMG_2330.tif_.jpg

Peggys%20Cove%20%20IMG_2330.tif_.jpg

691 ms

GettyImages-673717183.jpg

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690 ms

instagram-icon.svg

instagram-icon.svg

726 ms

twitter-icon.svg

twitter-icon.svg

780 ms

facebook-icon.svg

facebook-icon.svg

727 ms

linkedin-icon.svg

linkedin-icon.svg

723 ms

youtube-icon.svg

youtube-icon.svg

780 ms

apexnew-bold-webfont.woff

apexnew-bold-webfont.woff

883 ms

ApexNew-Book.woff

ApexNew-Book.woff

707 ms

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96 ms

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308 ms

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420 ms

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609 ms

457 ms

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405 ms

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225 ms

dining-MA-IDF-2018-20.jpg

dining-MA-IDF-2018-20.jpg

224 ms

Western%20Brook%20Pond_jpeg.jpg

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226 ms

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306 ms

rubicon

rubicon

382 ms

pixel

pixel

360 ms

collect

collect

269 ms

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psimg.gif

630 ms

pixel

pixel

228 ms

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220 ms

css_SQFV6elRD-V2VX3ulWbsyn_BzBrTXuWgbVLL_m0_U0I.css

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42 ms

ga-audiences

ga-audiences

108 ms

google

google

87 ms

101 ms

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67 ms

161 ms

rubicon

rubicon

171 ms

appnexus

appnexus

213 ms

search.svg

search.svg

166 ms

departures-boat--active.svg

departures-boat--active.svg

183 ms

arrivals-boat.svg

arrivals-boat.svg

185 ms

ship-icon-blue.svg

ship-icon-blue.svg

215 ms

email-icon-gray.svg

email-icon-gray.svg

183 ms

checkmark-white.svg

checkmark-white.svg

196 ms

email-icon.svg

email-icon.svg

216 ms

checkmark.svg

checkmark.svg

215 ms

apexnew-medium-webfont.woff

apexnew-medium-webfont.woff

241 ms

generic

generic

14 ms

generic

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11 ms

up

up

87 ms

collect

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8 ms

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6 ms

generic

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8 ms

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8 ms

Accessibility Review

marineatlanticjourney.ca accessibility score

91

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

marineatlanticjourney.ca 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

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

SEO Factors

marineatlanticjourney.ca SEO score

85

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

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 Marineatlanticjourney.ca 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 Marineatlanticjourney.ca 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

marineatlanticjourney.ca

Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of Marine Atlantic Journey. 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: