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Report Summary

  • 62

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    76% of other websites

  • 85

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 58% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    35% of websites

  • 79

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    40% of websites

louth.rootsireland.ie

Louth County Library - Online Searching of Irish ancestral and genealogy records (Births, Deaths, Marriages) for Co. Louth

Page Load Speed

3.1 sec in total

First Response

521 ms

Resources Loaded

2.4 sec

Page Rendered

141 ms

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Online Irish ancestral Birth, Death and Marriage records for Co. Louth. Genealogy research center - Louth County Library

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Key Findings

We analyzed Louth.rootsireland.ie page load time and found that the first response time was 521 ms and then it took 2.5 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 50% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

louth.rootsireland.ie performance score

62

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.9 s

25/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value5.3 s

21/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value4.5 s

72/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value280 ms

81/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.016

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value4.9 s

78/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

louth.rootsireland.ie

521 ms

javascript_common.js

323 ms

common_v6.8.css

475 ms

print_style.css

321 ms

superfish.css

324 ms

Our browser made a total of 26 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 4% of them (1 request) were addressed to the original Louth.rootsireland.ie, 69% (18 requests) were made to Rootsireland.ie and 15% (4 requests) were made to Fonts.gstatic.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1.7 sec) relates to the external source Rootsireland.ie.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 180.5 kB (56%)

Content Size

319.7 kB

After Optimization

139.1 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Louth.rootsireland.ie main page is 319.7 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. 35% of websites need less resources to load. Javascripts take 121.3 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-80%

Potential reduce by 18.9 kB

  • Original 23.8 kB
  • After minification 20.8 kB
  • After compression 4.9 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 3.0 kB, which is 12% 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 18.9 kB or 80% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-14%

Potential reduce by 13.8 kB

  • Original 98.8 kB
  • After minification 85.0 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, Louth Rootsireland needs image optimization as it can save up to 13.8 kB or 14% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-68%

Potential reduce by 82.6 kB

  • Original 121.3 kB
  • After minification 111.0 kB
  • After compression 38.7 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 82.6 kB or 68% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-86%

Potential reduce by 65.2 kB

  • Original 75.8 kB
  • After minification 49.2 kB
  • After compression 10.6 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. Louth.rootsireland.ie needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 65.2 kB or 86% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 11 (52%)

Requests Now

21

After Optimization

10

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 21 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Louth Rootsireland. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 6 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 7 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

louth.rootsireland.ie

louth.rootsireland.ie

521 ms

javascript_common.js

javascript_common.js

323 ms

common_v6.8.css

common_v6.8.css

475 ms

print_style.css

print_style.css

321 ms

superfish.css

superfish.css

324 ms

consentGA.css

consentGA.css

422 ms

jquery.js

jquery.js

1678 ms

hoverIntent.js

hoverIntent.js

403 ms

superfish.js

superfish.js

403 ms

js

js

51 ms

consentGA.js

consentGA.js

404 ms

rte.css

rte.css

86 ms

css

css

34 ms

css

css

52 ms

page-bg1.png

page-bg1.png

87 ms

logo.png

logo.png

160 ms

primary-nav-bg1.png

primary-nav-bg1.png

84 ms

county-louth-genealogy.png

county-louth-genealogy.png

160 ms

form-vanilla-bg1.jpg

form-vanilla-bg1.jpg

92 ms

footer-bg1.png

footer-bg1.png

159 ms

fb1.png

fb1.png

164 ms

tw1.png

tw1.png

171 ms

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va9c4lja2NVIDdIAAoMR5MfuElaRB0zJt0o.ttf

23 ms

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36 ms

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44 ms

Accessibility Review

louth.rootsireland.ie accessibility score

85

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.

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

Form elements do not have associated labels

Best Practices

louth.rootsireland.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

SEO Factors

louth.rootsireland.ie SEO score

79

Search Engine Optimization Advices

Crawling and Indexing

To appear in search results, crawlers need access to your app.

Impact

Issue

High

Links are not crawlable

High

robots.txt is not valid

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 Louth.rootsireland.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 Louth.rootsireland.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

louth.rootsireland.ie

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