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Report Summary

  • 22

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    40% of other websites

  • 92

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 79% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    35% of websites

  • 84

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    52% of websites

post.ie

Stamps | Current Accounts | Credit Cards | Loans | An Post

Page Load Speed

38 sec in total

First Response

452 ms

Resources Loaded

3.1 sec

Page Rendered

34.4 sec

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About Website

Welcome to post.ie homepage info - get ready to check Post best content right away, or after learning these important things about post.ie

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Key Findings

We analyzed Post.ie page load time and found that the first response time was 452 ms and then it took 37.5 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 95% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

post.ie performance score

22

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value6.4 s

2/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value13.7 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value7.7 s

24/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value530 ms

55/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.507

16/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value15.7 s

6/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

www.anpost.com

452 ms

core.min.css

110 ms

css

34 ms

aos.js

300 ms

otSDKStub.js

34 ms

Our browser made a total of 60 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 0% of them (0 request) were addressed to the original Post.ie, 5% (3 requests) were made to Fonts.gstatic.com and 2% (1 request) were made to Fonts.googleapis.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1.8 sec) relates to the external source Anpost.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 238.9 kB (22%)

Content Size

1.1 MB

After Optimization

852.3 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Post.ie main page is 1.1 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 718.1 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-86%

Potential reduce by 113.4 kB

  • Original 131.6 kB
  • After minification 98.7 kB
  • After compression 18.3 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. This page needs HTML code to be minified as it can gain 32.9 kB, which is 25% 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 113.4 kB or 86% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-13%

Potential reduce by 94.4 kB

  • Original 718.1 kB
  • After minification 623.7 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, Post needs image optimization as it can save up to 94.4 kB or 13% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-13%

Potential reduce by 31.0 kB

  • Original 240.9 kB
  • After minification 240.9 kB
  • After compression 209.9 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 31.0 kB or 13% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-17%

Potential reduce by 95 B

  • Original 575 B
  • After minification 575 B
  • After compression 480 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. Post.ie needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 95 B or 17% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 15 (29%)

Requests Now

52

After Optimization

37

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 52 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Post. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 16 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

www.anpost.com

www.anpost.com

452 ms

core.min.css

core.min.css

110 ms

css

css

34 ms

aos.js

aos.js

300 ms

otSDKStub.js

otSDKStub.js

34 ms

gigya.js

gigya.js

31 ms

wt.js

wt.js

97 ms

main.js

main.js

65 ms

validate.min.js

validate.min.js

398 ms

tiny-slider.min.js

tiny-slider.min.js

425 ms

core.js

core.js

382 ms

m33.js

m33.js

397 ms

m38.js

m38.js

396 ms

m79.js

m79.js

642 ms

christmascountdown.js

christmascountdown.js

434 ms

m13.js

m13.js

799 ms

m100.js

m100.js

645 ms

m93.js

m93.js

687 ms

m17.js

m17.js

767 ms

gtm.js

gtm.js

176 ms

announcement.svg

announcement.svg

280 ms

magnify.svg

magnify.svg

282 ms

anPostLogo.svg

anPostLogo.svg

582 ms

arrow-left-white.svg

arrow-left-white.svg

358 ms

E00177505-Iconic-Irish-Voices-Stamp-Launch_desktop_v3.jpg

E00177505-Iconic-Irish-Voices-Stamp-Launch_desktop_v3.jpg

689 ms

envelope.svg

envelope.svg

450 ms

envelope-error.svg

envelope-error.svg

675 ms

calculator.svg

calculator.svg

743 ms

sending-doc.svg

sending-doc.svg

758 ms

stamp.svg

stamp.svg

813 ms

certificate.svg

certificate.svg

876 ms

M06_savings-bank.jpg

M06_savings-bank.jpg

1205 ms

bank.svg

bank.svg

988 ms

piggy-bank.svg

piggy-bank.svg

1044 ms

secure-credit-card.svg

secure-credit-card.svg

1072 ms

cash.svg

cash.svg

1108 ms

E00163308-BookTok-social-M17-Desktop.jpg

E00163308-BookTok-social-M17-Desktop.jpg

1427 ms

state-savers-desktop.png

state-savers-desktop.png

1315 ms

announcement.svg

announcement.svg

1343 ms

rocket.svg

rocket.svg

1367 ms

icon-warning-colored.svg

icon-warning-colored.svg

1122 ms

facebook.svg

facebook.svg

1135 ms

linkedin.svg

linkedin.svg

1144 ms

twitter.svg

twitter.svg

1173 ms

youtube.svg

youtube.svg

1113 ms

instagram.svg

instagram.svg

1125 ms

pxiEyp8kv8JHgFVrJJfedw.ttf

pxiEyp8kv8JHgFVrJJfedw.ttf

44 ms

pxiByp8kv8JHgFVrLDz8Z1xlEA.ttf

pxiByp8kv8JHgFVrLDz8Z1xlEA.ttf

44 ms

pxiByp8kv8JHgFVrLCz7Z1xlEA.ttf

pxiByp8kv8JHgFVrLCz7Z1xlEA.ttf

63 ms

AnPostSans-Bold.woff

AnPostSans-Bold.woff

1487 ms

AnPostSans-Regular.woff

AnPostSans-Regular.woff

1507 ms

mobius-solid.png

mobius-solid.png

1715 ms

m100-pay-charges.jpg

m100-pay-charges.jpg

1539 ms

AP_M06_Desktop_1840_3.jpg

AP_M06_Desktop_1840_3.jpg

1777 ms

E00151952-Security-image-request-Accessible-M100-1-Desktop-22-June-22.jpg

E00151952-Security-image-request-Accessible-M100-1-Desktop-22-June-22.jpg

1641 ms

M100_Send_Outside_EU_Desk_1.jpg

M100_Send_Outside_EU_Desk_1.jpg

1815 ms

mydeliveries_1840.jpg

mydeliveries_1840.jpg

1821 ms

IconicVoices-Internet-Banner.jpg

IconicVoices-Internet-Banner.jpg

1800 ms

Public-Art-web-banner.jpg

Public-Art-web-banner.jpg

1796 ms

An-Post-Money-Icon_1.jpg

An-Post-Money-Icon_1.jpg

1835 ms

Accessibility Review

post.ie accessibility score

92

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

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

post.ie best practices score

75

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

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

Browser errors were logged to the console

High

Missing source maps for large first-party JavaScript

SEO Factors

post.ie SEO score

84

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

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 Post.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 Post.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

post.ie

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