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Report Summary

  • 18

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    34% of other websites

  • 90

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 74% of websites

  • 92

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    80% of websites

  • 86

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    60% of websites

markel.ca

Markel Canada

Page Load Speed

35.9 sec in total

First Response

527 ms

Resources Loaded

24.3 sec

Page Rendered

11.1 sec

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Key Findings

We analyzed Markel.ca page load time and found that the first response time was 527 ms and then it took 35.4 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 95% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

markel.ca performance score

18

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value4.6 s

13/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value14.3 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value10.3 s

8/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value5,720 ms

0/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.057

98/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value15.4 s

7/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

markel.ca

527 ms

international

1385 ms

app-853d5b30db.css

486 ms

otSDKStub.js

2116 ms

app-246a55d350.js

2113 ms

Our browser made a total of 26 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 4% of them (1 request) were addressed to the original Markel.ca, 62% (16 requests) were made to Mkl-sitecore102-prod-326360-cdn-endpoint.azureedge.net and 12% (3 requests) were made to Cdn-ukwest.onetrust.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (16.6 sec) relates to the external source Mkl-sitecore102-prod-326360-cdn-endpoint.azureedge.net.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 106.8 kB (3%)

Content Size

3.1 MB

After Optimization

3.0 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Markel.ca main page is 3.1 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 2.9 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-85%

Potential reduce by 50.4 kB

  • Original 59.6 kB
  • After minification 40.0 kB
  • After compression 9.2 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 19.6 kB, which is 33% 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 50.4 kB or 85% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 0 B

  • Original 2.9 MB
  • After minification 2.9 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. Markel images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 83 B

  • Original 28.2 kB
  • After minification 28.2 kB
  • After compression 28.1 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

-48%

Potential reduce by 56.3 kB

  • Original 117.1 kB
  • After minification 117.1 kB
  • After compression 60.8 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. Markel.ca needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 56.3 kB or 48% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 7 (37%)

Requests Now

19

After Optimization

12

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 19 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Markel. 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

markel.ca

markel.ca

527 ms

international

international

1385 ms

app-853d5b30db.css

app-853d5b30db.css

486 ms

otSDKStub.js

otSDKStub.js

2116 ms

app-246a55d350.js

app-246a55d350.js

2113 ms

6006dd88-abe5-48c9-bc0a-8dc6257ba383.json

6006dd88-abe5-48c9-bc0a-8dc6257ba383.json

1483 ms

gtm.js

gtm.js

1593 ms

logo_gold_svg.svg

logo_gold_svg.svg

1380 ms

logo_gold_svg.svg

logo_gold_svg.svg

1070 ms

texture-city-aerial-02.jpg

texture-city-aerial-02.jpg

16149 ms

texture-building-london.jpg

texture-building-london.jpg

16293 ms

landscape-aerial-bridge-02.jpg

landscape-aerial-bridge-02.jpg

16291 ms

work-closeup-hands-01.jpg

work-closeup-hands-01.jpg

15853 ms

culture-two-people-collaboration-03.jpg

culture-two-people-collaboration-03.jpg

16285 ms

markel-food-group.jpg

markel-food-group.jpg

16595 ms

logo_white_svg.svg

logo_white_svg.svg

16477 ms

location

location

15219 ms

senticosansdt-light-webfont.woff

senticosansdt-light-webfont.woff

15298 ms

mkl-icons.ttf

mkl-icons.ttf

15301 ms

Simple-Line-Icons.ttf

Simple-Line-Icons.ttf

15419 ms

senticosansdt-medium-webfont.woff

senticosansdt-medium-webfont.woff

15418 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

10148 ms

insight.min.js

insight.min.js

9989 ms

js

js

8838 ms

otBannerSdk.js

otBannerSdk.js

2267 ms

senticosansdt-regular-webfont.woff

senticosansdt-regular-webfont.woff

2067 ms

Accessibility Review

markel.ca accessibility score

90

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.

Best Practices

markel.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

markel.ca SEO score

86

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

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 Markel.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 Markel.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

markel.ca

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