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Report Summary

  • 16

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    30% of other websites

  • 90

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 74% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    35% of websites

  • 85

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    55% of websites

mytown.ie

MyTown.ie - Irish Towns Online - MyTown.ie

Page Load Speed

3.6 sec in total

First Response

344 ms

Resources Loaded

3 sec

Page Rendered

201 ms

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About Website

Click here to check amazing My Town content for Ireland. Otherwise, check out these important facts you probably never knew about mytown.ie

mytown.ie - local Irish communities online. Irish business listings, accommodation, pubs, restaurants, events, festivals, classifieds, news & weather, chat, photos and town maps.

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Key Findings

We analyzed Mytown.ie page load time and found that the first response time was 344 ms and then it took 3.2 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 60% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

mytown.ie performance score

16

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value4.4 s

16/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value5.8 s

15/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value8.4 s

18/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value3,900 ms

1/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.225

55/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value16.1 s

6/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

mytown.ie

344 ms

mytown.ie

349 ms

www.mytown.ie

428 ms

bootstrap.css

233 ms

style.css

244 ms

Our browser made a total of 78 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 41% of them (32 requests) were addressed to the original Mytown.ie, 13% (10 requests) were made to Googleads.g.doubleclick.net and 12% (9 requests) were made to Pagead2.googlesyndication.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1.5 sec) belongs to the original domain Mytown.ie.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 514.0 kB (43%)

Content Size

1.2 MB

After Optimization

685.1 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Mytown.ie main page is 1.2 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. 55% of websites need less resources to load. Javascripts take 865.6 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-87%

Potential reduce by 87.0 kB

  • Original 100.1 kB
  • After minification 72.2 kB
  • After compression 13.1 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 27.9 kB, which is 28% 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 87.0 kB or 87% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-72%

Potential reduce by 135.1 kB

  • Original 188.5 kB
  • After minification 53.4 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, My Town needs image optimization as it can save up to 135.1 kB or 72% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-33%

Potential reduce by 286.7 kB

  • Original 865.6 kB
  • After minification 865.6 kB
  • After compression 578.9 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. It is highly recommended that all JavaScript files should be compressed and minified as it can save up to 286.7 kB or 33% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-12%

Potential reduce by 5.2 kB

  • Original 44.8 kB
  • After minification 44.8 kB
  • After compression 39.7 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. Mytown.ie needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 5.2 kB or 12% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 37 (52%)

Requests Now

71

After Optimization

34

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 71 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of My Town. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 24 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 7 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

mytown.ie

mytown.ie

344 ms

mytown.ie

mytown.ie

349 ms

www.mytown.ie

www.mytown.ie

428 ms

bootstrap.css

bootstrap.css

233 ms

style.css

style.css

244 ms

custom.css

custom.css

233 ms

responsive.css

responsive.css

249 ms

tooltip.css

tooltip.css

252 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

40 ms

jquery-ui.js

jquery-ui.js

33 ms

bootstrap.min.js

bootstrap.min.js

310 ms

jquery-ui.css

jquery-ui.css

34 ms

header.js

header.js

310 ms

adsbygoogle.js

adsbygoogle.js

123 ms

flexslider.css

flexslider.css

325 ms

jquery.flexslider.js

jquery.flexslider.js

325 ms

footer.js

footer.js

326 ms

logo.png

logo.png

154 ms

select_arrow.png

select_arrow.png

79 ms

facebook_icon.png

facebook_icon.png

155 ms

twitter_icon.png

twitter_icon.png

157 ms

listing_icon.png

listing_icon.png

102 ms

event_icon.png

event_icon.png

157 ms

news_icon.png

news_icon.png

179 ms

classified_icon.png

classified_icon.png

230 ms

facebook_btn.png

facebook_btn.png

231 ms

twitter_btn.png

twitter_btn.png

233 ms

twitter_tweet.png

twitter_tweet.png

232 ms

facebook_share.png

facebook_share.png

354 ms

cross_btn.png

cross_btn.png

355 ms

show_ads_impl.js

show_ads_impl.js

309 ms

calibri.woff

calibri.woff

1452 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

21 ms

collect

collect

13 ms

collect

collect

37 ms

js

js

80 ms

zrt_lookup.html

zrt_lookup.html

58 ms

ads

ads

624 ms

facebook_icon2.png

facebook_icon2.png

80 ms

google_plusicon2.png

google_plusicon2.png

78 ms

sprite_checkbox1.png

sprite_checkbox1.png

86 ms

email_icon.png

email_icon.png

85 ms

password_icon.png

password_icon.png

79 ms

ads

ads

350 ms

ads

ads

622 ms

ads

ads

564 ms

ads

ads

355 ms

gen_204

gen_204

213 ms

pixel

pixel

211 ms

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41 ms

abg_lite.js

abg_lite.js

32 ms

omrhp.js

omrhp.js

31 ms

Q12zgMmT.js

Q12zgMmT.js

37 ms

window_focus.js

window_focus.js

42 ms

qs_click_protection.js

qs_click_protection.js

46 ms

ufs_web_display.js

ufs_web_display.js

41 ms

icon.png

icon.png

23 ms

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62bHydCX.html

132 ms

activeview

activeview

141 ms

pixel

pixel

170 ms

pixel

pixel

170 ms

reactive_library.js

reactive_library.js

152 ms

ca-pub-2972272538104605

ca-pub-2972272538104605

181 ms

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89 ms

rum

rum

38 ms

pixel

pixel

37 ms

bounce

bounce

60 ms

pixel

pixel

60 ms

rum

rum

59 ms

ads

ads

192 ms

load_preloaded_resource.js

load_preloaded_resource.js

86 ms

abg_lite.js

abg_lite.js

85 ms

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83 ms

bbcd6bf18c20baa1b2adeb195de9b551.js

bbcd6bf18c20baa1b2adeb195de9b551.js

88 ms

fullscreen_api_adapter.js

fullscreen_api_adapter.js

43 ms

interstitial_ad_frame.js

interstitial_ad_frame.js

43 ms

feedback_grey600_24dp.png

feedback_grey600_24dp.png

99 ms

settings_grey600_24dp.png

settings_grey600_24dp.png

80 ms

Accessibility Review

mytown.ie accessibility score

90

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

Internationalization and localization

These are opportunities to improve the interpretation of your content by users in different locales.

Impact

Issue

High

<html> element does not have a [lang] attribute

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

Links do not have a discernible name

Best Practices

mytown.ie best practices score

75

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

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

mytown.ie 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

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 Mytown.ie 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 Mytown.ie 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

mytown.ie

Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of My Town. 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: