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Report Summary

  • 47

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    65% of other websites

  • 79

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 47% of websites

  • 83

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    55% of websites

  • 75

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    32% of websites

mhec.net

MHEC | New England’s Premier Purchasing Consortium – Simple. Savvy. Diverse.

Page Load Speed

3.9 sec in total

First Response

937 ms

Resources Loaded

2.9 sec

Page Rendered

149 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Mhec.net page load time and found that the first response time was 937 ms and then it took 3 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 55% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

mhec.net performance score

47

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.1 s

46/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value11.0 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value8.4 s

18/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value250 ms

85/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.172

70/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value7.8 s

45/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

mhec.net

937 ms

js

98 ms

gtm.js

131 ms

wp-emoji-release.min.js

26 ms

leaflet.min.css

45 ms

Our browser made a total of 49 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 67% of them (33 requests) were addressed to the original Mhec.net, 8% (4 requests) were made to Unpkg.com and 6% (3 requests) were made to Use.typekit.net. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1.8 sec) relates to the external source Unpkg.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 60.6 kB (5%)

Content Size

1.3 MB

After Optimization

1.2 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Mhec.net main page is 1.3 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. 60% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 1.1 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-83%

Potential reduce by 33.4 kB

  • Original 40.5 kB
  • After minification 37.6 kB
  • After compression 7.0 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 33.4 kB or 83% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-1%

Potential reduce by 12.7 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. MHEC images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-9%

Potential reduce by 4.5 kB

  • Original 49.8 kB
  • After minification 49.8 kB
  • After compression 45.3 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

-13%

Potential reduce by 9.9 kB

  • Original 77.0 kB
  • After minification 75.0 kB
  • After compression 67.0 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. Mhec.net needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 9.9 kB or 13% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 33 (77%)

Requests Now

43

After Optimization

10

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 43 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of MHEC. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 12 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 23 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

mhec.net

mhec.net

937 ms

js

js

98 ms

gtm.js

gtm.js

131 ms

wp-emoji-release.min.js

wp-emoji-release.min.js

26 ms

leaflet.min.css

leaflet.min.css

45 ms

style.min.css

style.min.css

66 ms

main.css

main.css

62 ms

style.css

style.css

62 ms

xxw7skr.css

xxw7skr.css

84 ms

dashicons.min.css

dashicons.min.css

88 ms

icon

icon

53 ms

aos.css

aos.css

1251 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

55 ms

mhec-mm-scripts.js

mhec-mm-scripts.js

84 ms

scripts.js

scripts.js

84 ms

slider.js

slider.js

83 ms

aos.js

aos.js

1750 ms

jquery.validate.min.js

jquery.validate.min.js

49 ms

jquery.table2excel.min.js

jquery.table2excel.min.js

126 ms

forms.js

forms.js

83 ms

api.js

api.js

64 ms

reset.css

reset.css

56 ms

variables.css

variables.css

41 ms

elements.css

elements.css

54 ms

tables.css

tables.css

42 ms

forms.css

forms.css

55 ms

WP-elements.css

WP-elements.css

40 ms

custom-classes.css

custom-classes.css

56 ms

basic-structure.css

basic-structure.css

56 ms

navigation.css

navigation.css

56 ms

feature.css

feature.css

56 ms

content.css

content.css

57 ms

pages.css

pages.css

61 ms

asides.css

asides.css

68 ms

media-queries.css

media-queries.css

69 ms

p.css

p.css

37 ms

jquery.table2excel.min.js

jquery.table2excel.min.js

28 ms

aos.css

aos.css

21 ms

aos.js

aos.js

12 ms

FINAL-LOGO-NO-TAG-72dpi.png

FINAL-LOGO-NO-TAG-72dpi.png

26 ms

new_mhec_button_01-e1700490946553.jpg

new_mhec_button_01-e1700490946553.jpg

23 ms

new_mhec_button_02-e1700490482104.jpg

new_mhec_button_02-e1700490482104.jpg

47 ms

MHEC-Nav_contract_search_button.jpg

MHEC-Nav_contract_search_button.jpg

22 ms

expo-2024-slider.jpg

expo-2024-slider.jpg

48 ms

HE_04_slider.jpg

HE_04_slider.jpg

47 ms

NE-K-12_slider_04.jpg

NE-K-12_slider_04.jpg

48 ms

EDGAR_seal.jpg

EDGAR_seal.jpg

56 ms

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23 ms

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24 ms

Accessibility Review

mhec.net accessibility score

79

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

mhec.net best practices score

83

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

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

SEO Factors

mhec.net SEO score

75

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 doesn't use 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 Mhec.net 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 Mhec.net 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

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