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Report Summary

  • 37

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    56% of other websites

  • 83

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 54% of websites

  • 67

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    24% of websites

  • 77

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    36% of websites

q-lab.com

The Most Trusted Name in Weathering and Corrosion | Q-Lab

Page Load Speed

1.2 sec in total

First Response

100 ms

Resources Loaded

932 ms

Page Rendered

169 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Q-lab.com page load time and found that the first response time was 100 ms and then it took 1.1 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 25% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

q-lab.com performance score

37

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value2.5 s

67/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value9.0 s

1/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value5.0 s

63/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value730 ms

40/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.238

52/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value8.8 s

35/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

q-lab.com

100 ms

q-lab.com

204 ms

import.css

63 ms

lang-import.css

98 ms

colorbox.css

95 ms

Our browser made a total of 85 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 86% of them (73 requests) were addressed to the original Q-lab.com, 2% (2 requests) were made to Maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com and 2% (2 requests) were made to Code.jquery.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (230 ms) relates to the external source Connect.facebook.net.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 146.6 kB (23%)

Content Size

647.2 kB

After Optimization

500.6 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Q-lab.com main page is 647.2 kB. 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 341.1 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-75%

Potential reduce by 87.3 kB

  • Original 116.5 kB
  • After minification 95.3 kB
  • After compression 29.2 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 21.2 kB, which is 18% 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 87.3 kB or 75% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-4%

Potential reduce by 14.7 kB

  • Original 341.1 kB
  • After minification 326.4 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. Q Lab images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-18%

Potential reduce by 26.9 kB

  • Original 148.0 kB
  • After minification 148.0 kB
  • After compression 121.1 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 26.9 kB or 18% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-43%

Potential reduce by 17.7 kB

  • Original 41.6 kB
  • After minification 41.5 kB
  • After compression 23.9 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. Q-lab.com needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 17.7 kB or 43% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 42 (53%)

Requests Now

79

After Optimization

37

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 79 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Q Lab. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 23 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 14 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

q-lab.com

q-lab.com

100 ms

q-lab.com

q-lab.com

204 ms

import.css

import.css

63 ms

lang-import.css

lang-import.css

98 ms

colorbox.css

colorbox.css

95 ms

bootstrap.css

bootstrap.css

97 ms

toastr.min.css

toastr.min.css

98 ms

slick.css

slick.css

99 ms

slick-theme.css

slick-theme.css

100 ms

font-awesome.min.css

font-awesome.min.css

63 ms

js

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76 ms

WebResource.axd

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101 ms

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102 ms

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122 ms

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110 ms

element.js

element.js

82 ms

jquery-1.11.0.min.js

jquery-1.11.0.min.js

50 ms

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53 ms

plugins.js

plugins.js

93 ms

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93 ms

rwd-display.js

rwd-display.js

101 ms

slick.min.js

slick.min.js

72 ms

functions.js

functions.js

99 ms

jquery.tools.min.js

jquery.tools.min.js

114 ms

jquery.colorbox.js

jquery.colorbox.js

118 ms

bootstrap.js

bootstrap.js

116 ms

toastr.js

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120 ms

azt.notification.js

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119 ms

4962541.js

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107 ms

reset.css

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85 ms

tags.css

tags.css

105 ms

template.css

template.css

108 ms

menus.css

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105 ms

page_content.css

page_content.css

109 ms

fbevents.js

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230 ms

logo.gif

logo.gif

86 ms

world.gif

world.gif

83 ms

toolTip.png

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84 ms

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84 ms

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86 ms

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83 ms

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85 ms

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168 ms

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176 ms

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183 ms

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191 ms

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196 ms

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196 ms

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188 ms

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102 ms

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166 ms

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27 ms

Accessibility Review

q-lab.com accessibility score

83

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 input fields do not have accessible names

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

Form elements do not have associated labels

High

Links do not have a discernible name

Best Practices

q-lab.com best practices score

67

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

q-lab.com SEO score

77

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

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

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 Q-lab.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 Q-lab.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

q-lab.com

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