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Report Summary

  • 29

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    49% of other websites

  • 89

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 71% of websites

  • 92

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    80% of websites

  • 86

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    60% of websites

networkgeneral.com

Network, Security & Application Performance Monitoring Platform | NETSCOUT

Page Load Speed

3.6 sec in total

First Response

35 ms

Resources Loaded

1.1 sec

Page Rendered

2.5 sec

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Key Findings

We analyzed Networkgeneral.com page load time and found that the first response time was 35 ms and then it took 3.6 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

networkgeneral.com performance score

29

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value2.8 s

57/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value6.8 s

7/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value5.8 s

49/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value2,990 ms

3/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.038

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value15.9 s

6/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

networkgeneral.com

35 ms

www.netscout.com

104 ms

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27 ms

css_9_xEg_eNqJT6uF5Sw1DaFLB_5tg85k4R3mMAhMEwLTE.css

62 ms

v4.js

25 ms

Our browser made a total of 144 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 1% of them (1 request) were addressed to the original Networkgeneral.com, 96% (138 requests) were made to Netscout.com and 1% (2 requests) were made to Consent.trustarc.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (385 ms) relates to the external source Netscout.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 736.5 kB (28%)

Content Size

2.6 MB

After Optimization

1.9 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Networkgeneral.com main page is 2.6 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. 65% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 1.9 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-88%

Potential reduce by 333.2 kB

  • Original 379.4 kB
  • After minification 349.5 kB
  • After compression 46.1 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. 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 333.2 kB or 88% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-16%

Potential reduce by 293.8 kB

  • Original 1.9 MB
  • After minification 1.6 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. Obviously, Network General needs image optimization as it can save up to 293.8 kB or 16% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-37%

Potential reduce by 81.0 kB

  • Original 221.1 kB
  • After minification 221.0 kB
  • After compression 140.0 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 81.0 kB or 37% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-20%

Potential reduce by 28.5 kB

  • Original 142.4 kB
  • After minification 142.4 kB
  • After compression 113.9 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. Networkgeneral.com needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 28.5 kB or 20% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 26 (19%)

Requests Now

137

After Optimization

111

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 137 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Network General. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 19 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

networkgeneral.com

networkgeneral.com

35 ms

www.netscout.com

www.netscout.com

104 ms

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27 ms

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62 ms

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25 ms

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Accessibility Review

networkgeneral.com accessibility score

89

Accessibility Issues

ARIA

These are opportunities to improve the usage of ARIA in your application which may enhance the experience for users of assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Impact

Issue

High

[aria-hidden="true"] elements contain focusable descendents

High

ARIA IDs are not unique

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

networkgeneral.com 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

High

Missing source maps for large first-party JavaScript

SEO Factors

networkgeneral.com 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 Networkgeneral.com 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 Networkgeneral.com 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

networkgeneral.com

Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of Network General. 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: