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Report Summary

  • 28

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    47% of other websites

  • 76

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 42% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    35% of websites

  • 92

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    74% of websites

pacer.org

PACER Center - Champions for Children with Disabilities

Page Load Speed

1.5 sec in total

First Response

96 ms

Resources Loaded

909 ms

Page Rendered

504 ms

pacer.org screenshot

About Website

Visit pacer.org now to see the best up-to-date PACER content for United States and also check out these interesting facts you probably never knew about pacer.org

PACER Center's mission is to expand opportunities and enhance the quality of life of children and young adults with disabilities and provide family programs.

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Key Findings

We analyzed Pacer.org page load time and found that the first response time was 96 ms and then it took 1.4 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

pacer.org performance score

28

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.9 s

26/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value15.8 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value5.4 s

56/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value890 ms

32/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.229

54/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value10.6 s

23/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

pacer.org

96 ms

www.pacer.org

237 ms

home.css

92 ms

layerslider.css

77 ms

jquery.min.js

30 ms

Our browser made a total of 82 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 85% of them (70 requests) were addressed to the original Pacer.org, 2% (2 requests) were made to Google.com and 2% (2 requests) were made to Google-analytics.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (467 ms) belongs to the original domain Pacer.org.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 118.5 kB (6%)

Content Size

2.0 MB

After Optimization

1.8 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Pacer.org main page is 2.0 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. 35% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 1.8 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-73%

Potential reduce by 31.1 kB

  • Original 42.3 kB
  • After minification 39.5 kB
  • After compression 11.3 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 31.1 kB or 73% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-2%

Potential reduce by 33.7 kB

  • Original 1.8 MB
  • After minification 1.8 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. PACER images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-60%

Potential reduce by 39.6 kB

  • Original 66.5 kB
  • After minification 46.3 kB
  • After compression 26.9 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 39.6 kB or 60% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-95%

Potential reduce by 14.1 kB

  • Original 14.9 kB
  • After minification 3.1 kB
  • After compression 786 B

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. Pacer.org needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 14.1 kB or 95% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 4 (5%)

Requests Now

77

After Optimization

73

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 77 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of PACER. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 5 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

pacer.org

pacer.org

96 ms

www.pacer.org

www.pacer.org

237 ms

home.css

home.css

92 ms

layerslider.css

layerslider.css

77 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

30 ms

jquery-easing-1.3.js

jquery-easing-1.3.js

117 ms

layerslider.kreaturamedia.jquery.js

layerslider.kreaturamedia.jquery.js

165 ms

brand

brand

19 ms

brand

brand

82 ms

ccmtblv2.png

ccmtblv2.png

98 ms

show

show

61 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

72 ms

dgPoa2OccsE

dgPoa2OccsE

59 ms

maxresdefault.jpg

maxresdefault.jpg

106 ms

google_custom_search_watermark.gif

google_custom_search_watermark.gif

88 ms

pacerlogo.gif

pacerlogo.gif

56 ms

donateicon_medium.gif

donateicon_medium.gif

51 ms

facebookicon_medium.gif

facebookicon_medium.gif

52 ms

youtubeicon_medium.gif

youtubeicon_medium.gif

58 ms

twittericon_medium.gif

twittericon_medium.gif

54 ms

instagramicon_medium.gif

instagramicon_medium.gif

80 ms

idina-menzel-banner.jpg

idina-menzel-banner.jpg

467 ms

CTD-logo.jpg

CTD-logo.jpg

168 ms

exite_2009_medtronic_IMG006%20copy.jpg

exite_2009_medtronic_IMG006%20copy.jpg

110 ms

tag-banner.jpg

tag-banner.jpg

84 ms

mde-logo.png

mde-logo.png

87 ms

enews.jpg

enews.jpg

109 ms

survey-monkey.png

survey-monkey.png

114 ms

Bg-idinaMenzel.jpg

Bg-idinaMenzel.jpg

124 ms

L1-copy.png

L1-copy.png

136 ms

L2-copy.png

L2-copy.png

140 ms

Bg-transition.jpg

Bg-transition.jpg

175 ms

L1-transition.png

L1-transition.png

189 ms

L2-transition.png

L2-transition.png

166 ms

Bg-childrensMentalHealth.jpg

Bg-childrensMentalHealth.jpg

170 ms

L1-copy.png

L1-copy.png

195 ms

L2-copy.png

L2-copy.png

196 ms

L3-copy.png

L3-copy.png

201 ms

Bg-parentInfo.jpg

Bg-parentInfo.jpg

206 ms

L1-copy.png

L1-copy.png

220 ms

L2-copy.png

L2-copy.png

223 ms

L3-copy.png

L3-copy.png

226 ms

Bg-howPacerHelps.jpg

Bg-howPacerHelps.jpg

230 ms

L1-copy.png

L1-copy.png

236 ms

L2-copy.png

L2-copy.png

255 ms

L3-copy.png

L3-copy.png

253 ms

Bg-healthInfo.jpg

Bg-healthInfo.jpg

257 ms

L1-copy.png

L1-copy.png

259 ms

L2-copy.png

L2-copy.png

266 ms

L3-copy.png

L3-copy.png

281 ms

vd64U11uul8

vd64U11uul8

50 ms

maxresdefault.jpg

maxresdefault.jpg

67 ms

skin.css

skin.css

273 ms

collect

collect

26 ms

Bg-STC.jpg

Bg-STC.jpg

247 ms

L1-copy.png

L1-copy.png

247 ms

L2-copy.png

L2-copy.png

247 ms

L3-copy.png

L3-copy.png

262 ms

Bg-workshops.jpg

Bg-workshops.jpg

269 ms

L1-copy.png

L1-copy.png

245 ms

L2-copy.png

L2-copy.png

242 ms

L3-copy.png

L3-copy.png

245 ms

Bg-earlyChildhood.jpg

Bg-earlyChildhood.jpg

239 ms

L1-copy.png

L1-copy.png

245 ms

L2-copy.png

L2-copy.png

242 ms

L3-copy.png

L3-copy.png

231 ms

Bg-NBPC.jpg

Bg-NBPC.jpg

227 ms

L1-copy.png

L1-copy.png

233 ms

L2-copy.png

L2-copy.png

217 ms

L3-copy.png

L3-copy.png

216 ms

ParentInformationCenter.jpg

ParentInformationCenter.jpg

219 ms

NBPC.jpg

NBPC.jpg

220 ms

transition.jpg

transition.jpg

226 ms

ChildrensMentalHealth.jpg

ChildrensMentalHealth.jpg

220 ms

SimonTechCenter.jpg

SimonTechCenter.jpg

219 ms

HealthInfoCenter.jpg

HealthInfoCenter.jpg

220 ms

EarlyChildhood.jpg

EarlyChildhood.jpg

218 ms

NewsLetters.jpg

NewsLetters.jpg

222 ms

Publications.jpg

Publications.jpg

220 ms

Pacer_assist_tech_250x250.jpg

Pacer_assist_tech_250x250.jpg

221 ms

disability-guide.jpg

disability-guide.jpg

224 ms

skin.png

skin.png

164 ms

Accessibility Review

pacer.org accessibility score

76

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

High

Form elements do not have associated labels

High

Links do not have a discernible 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.

Navigation

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

Impact

Issue

High

Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order

Best Practices

pacer.org 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

Displays images with incorrect aspect ratio

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

pacer.org SEO score

92

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

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 Pacer.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 Pacer.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

pacer.org

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