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Report Summary

  • 21

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    39% of other websites

  • 65

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 30% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    35% of websites

  • 75

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    32% of websites

raftinginthesmokies.com

Rafting in the Smokies | Whitewater / Float | Zipline | Ropes | Rock Climb

Page Load Speed

3 sec in total

First Response

764 ms

Resources Loaded

1.8 sec

Page Rendered

412 ms

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About Website

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Rafting in the Smokies has pioneered Whitewater Rafting in Tennessee since 1978 on the Pigeon River! Family-Friendly rafting a short drive from Gatlinburg!

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Key Findings

We analyzed Raftinginthesmokies.com page load time and found that the first response time was 764 ms and then it took 2.2 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 45% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

raftinginthesmokies.com performance score

21

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.7 s

29/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value18.6 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value11.9 s

4/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value1,820 ms

9/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.001

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value17.3 s

4/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

raftinginthesmokies.com

764 ms

wp-emoji-release.min.js

71 ms

257 ms

css

25 ms

jquery.js

206 ms

Our browser made a total of 60 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 67% of them (40 requests) were addressed to the original Raftinginthesmokies.com, 10% (6 requests) were made to Static.tacdn.com and 8% (5 requests) were made to Tripadvisor.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (764 ms) belongs to the original domain Raftinginthesmokies.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 182.4 kB (10%)

Content Size

1.9 MB

After Optimization

1.7 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Raftinginthesmokies.com main page is 1.9 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. 50% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 1.6 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-75%

Potential reduce by 23.9 kB

  • Original 31.7 kB
  • After minification 30.5 kB
  • After compression 7.8 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 23.9 kB or 75% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-1%

Potential reduce by 12.9 kB

  • Original 1.6 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. Rafting In The Smokies images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-61%

Potential reduce by 133.8 kB

  • Original 218.6 kB
  • After minification 214.7 kB
  • After compression 84.9 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 133.8 kB or 61% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-80%

Potential reduce by 11.9 kB

  • Original 14.9 kB
  • After minification 12.0 kB
  • After compression 2.9 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. Raftinginthesmokies.com needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 11.9 kB or 80% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 19 (34%)

Requests Now

56

After Optimization

37

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 56 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Rafting In The Smokies. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 15 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 6 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

raftinginthesmokies.com

raftinginthesmokies.com

764 ms

wp-emoji-release.min.js

wp-emoji-release.min.js

71 ms

257 ms

css

css

25 ms

jquery.js

jquery.js

206 ms

jquery-migrate.min.js

jquery-migrate.min.js

138 ms

modernizr.custom.min.js

modernizr.custom.min.js

134 ms

jquery.form.min.js

jquery.form.min.js

137 ms

scripts.js

scripts.js

137 ms

scripts.js

scripts.js

328 ms

wp-embed.min.js

wp-embed.min.js

326 ms

jquery.nivo.slider.pack.js

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326 ms

382 ms

wejs

wejs

81 ms

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wejs

79 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

18 ms

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67 ms

woodbg.jpg

woodbg.jpg

440 ms

headbar.jpg

headbar.jpg

74 ms

watertop.png

watertop.png

573 ms

logo.png

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241 ms

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95 ms

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259 ms

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458 ms

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407 ms

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406 ms

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386 ms

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515 ms

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537 ms

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538 ms

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504 ms

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522 ms

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587 ms

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602 ms

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666 ms

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636 ms

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634 ms

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642 ms

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649 ms

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662 ms

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36 ms

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15 ms

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14 ms

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3 ms

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10 ms

Accessibility Review

raftinginthesmokies.com accessibility score

65

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-*] attributes do not match their roles

High

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

High

ARIA input fields do not have accessible names

High

Elements with an ARIA [role] that require children to contain a specific [role] are missing some or all of those required children.

High

ARIA toggle fields do not have accessible names

High

[aria-*] attributes do not have valid values

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

<frame> or <iframe> elements do not have a title

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

High

Links do not have a discernible name

Best Practices

raftinginthesmokies.com 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

raftinginthesmokies.com SEO score

75

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

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 Raftinginthesmokies.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 Raftinginthesmokies.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

raftinginthesmokies.com

Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of Rafting In The Smokies. 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: