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Report Summary

  • 16

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    30% of other websites

  • 73

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 39% of websites

  • 67

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    24% of websites

  • 85

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    56% of websites

merlinaero.org

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Page Load Speed

1.7 sec in total

First Response

156 ms

Resources Loaded

1.4 sec

Page Rendered

136 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Merlinaero.org page load time and found that the first response time was 156 ms and then it took 1.5 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 30% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

merlinaero.org performance score

16

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value5.2 s

8/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value8.8 s

1/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value6.2 s

43/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value1,340 ms

17/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.419

23/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value12.0 s

16/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

merlinaero.org

156 ms

www.merlinaero.org

284 ms

js

82 ms

sites.css

14 ms

fancybox.css

26 ms

Our browser made a total of 37 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 35% of them (13 requests) were addressed to the original Merlinaero.org, 38% (14 requests) were made to Cdn2.editmysite.com and 16% (6 requests) were made to Js.stripe.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (682 ms) belongs to the original domain Merlinaero.org.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 165.9 kB (19%)

Content Size

896.1 kB

After Optimization

730.2 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Merlinaero.org main page is 896.1 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. 80% 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. Javascripts take 513.1 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-81%

Potential reduce by 74.0 kB

  • Original 91.6 kB
  • After minification 90.9 kB
  • After compression 17.6 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 74.0 kB or 81% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-12%

Potential reduce by 31.0 kB

  • Original 257.1 kB
  • After minification 226.0 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. Obviously, Merlin Aero needs image optimization as it can save up to 31.0 kB or 12% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-12%

Potential reduce by 60.7 kB

  • Original 513.1 kB
  • After minification 513.1 kB
  • After compression 452.4 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 60.7 kB or 12% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 162 B

  • Original 34.3 kB
  • After minification 34.3 kB
  • After compression 34.1 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. Merlinaero.org has all CSS files already compressed.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 17 (50%)

Requests Now

34

After Optimization

17

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 34 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Merlin Aero. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 15 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 4 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

merlinaero.org

merlinaero.org

156 ms

www.merlinaero.org

www.merlinaero.org

284 ms

js

js

82 ms

sites.css

sites.css

14 ms

fancybox.css

fancybox.css

26 ms

main_style.css

main_style.css

155 ms

templateArtifacts.js

templateArtifacts.js

157 ms

jquery-1.8.3.min.js

jquery-1.8.3.min.js

35 ms

stl.js

stl.js

25 ms

main.js

main.js

27 ms

commerce-core.js

commerce-core.js

24 ms

main-commerce-browse.js

main-commerce-browse.js

27 ms

footerSignup.js

footerSignup.js

3 ms

main-customer-accounts-site.js

main-customer-accounts-site.js

45 ms

86 ms

footer-toast-published-image-1.png

footer-toast-published-image-1.png

277 ms

nav-bg.png

nav-bg.png

261 ms

header-bg.png

header-bg.png

260 ms

1450743852.png

1450743852.png

500 ms

social-grey.png

social-grey.png

287 ms

searchForm-bg.png

searchForm-bg.png

288 ms

img-4677.jpg

img-4677.jpg

578 ms

3745772.png

3745772.png

682 ms

button_large_highlight.png

button_large_highlight.png

415 ms

ga.js

ga.js

175 ms

snowday262.js

snowday262.js

151 ms

controller-0a00273a524e8a2bac761367150ab0df.html

controller-0a00273a524e8a2bac761367150ab0df.html

99 ms

free-footer-v3.css

free-footer-v3.css

25 ms

m-outer-3437aaddcdf6922d623e172c2d6f9278.html

m-outer-3437aaddcdf6922d623e172c2d6f9278.html

59 ms

335 ms

logotype.svg

logotype.svg

37 ms

sqmarket-medium.woff

sqmarket-medium.woff

23 ms

shared-b79bc922ecf9d10dcf378fe9121cae3f.js

shared-b79bc922ecf9d10dcf378fe9121cae3f.js

22 ms

controller-06cc5e6fbe7288dce04bb0d3b77351cc.js

controller-06cc5e6fbe7288dce04bb0d3b77351cc.js

21 ms

m-outer-15a2b40a058ddff1cffdb63779fe3de1.js

m-outer-15a2b40a058ddff1cffdb63779fe3de1.js

68 ms

inner-preview.html

inner-preview.html

26 ms

tp2

tp2

129 ms

Accessibility Review

merlinaero.org accessibility score

73

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.

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

merlinaero.org 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

SEO Factors

merlinaero.org SEO score

85

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

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 Merlinaero.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 Merlinaero.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

merlinaero.org

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