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Report Summary

  • 27

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    46% of other websites

  • 86

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 61% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    35% of websites

  • 76

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    35% of websites

redcross.com

American Red Cross | Help Those Affected by Disasters

Page Load Speed

3.6 sec in total

First Response

633 ms

Resources Loaded

1.5 sec

Page Rendered

1.5 sec

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About Website

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Key Findings

We analyzed Redcross.com page load time and found that the first response time was 633 ms and then it took 3 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 55% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

redcross.com performance score

27

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value6.8 s

1/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value10.6 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value6.8 s

34/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value1,020 ms

26/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value19.4 s

2/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

www.redcross.org

633 ms

css

29 ms

base.min.38c753fae68ea793cf4581c563241e7d.css

105 ms

components.min.a5a85e73bbb5b25b40c4e90ded0cfbef.css

39 ms

dependencies.min.js

31 ms

Our browser made a total of 67 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 0% of them (0 request) were addressed to the original Redcross.com, 3% (2 requests) were made to Fonts.gstatic.com and 1% (1 request) were made to Fonts.googleapis.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (633 ms) relates to the external source Redcross.org.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 931.4 kB (24%)

Content Size

3.9 MB

After Optimization

3.0 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript

In fact, the total size of Redcross.com main page is 3.9 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. 75% of websites need less resources to load and that’s why Accessify’s recommendations for optimization and resource minification can be helpful for this project. Images take 3.0 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-88%

Potential reduce by 112.3 kB

  • Original 128.0 kB
  • After minification 106.7 kB
  • After compression 15.6 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 21.3 kB, which is 17% 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 112.3 kB or 88% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-10%

Potential reduce by 308.5 kB

  • Original 3.0 MB
  • After minification 2.6 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. Red Cross images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-62%

Potential reduce by 510.6 kB

  • Original 819.0 kB
  • After minification 819.0 kB
  • After compression 308.3 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 510.6 kB or 62% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 13 (22%)

Requests Now

58

After Optimization

45

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 58 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Red Cross. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 11 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 4 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

www.redcross.org

www.redcross.org

633 ms

css

css

29 ms

base.min.38c753fae68ea793cf4581c563241e7d.css

base.min.38c753fae68ea793cf4581c563241e7d.css

105 ms

components.min.a5a85e73bbb5b25b40c4e90ded0cfbef.css

components.min.a5a85e73bbb5b25b40c4e90ded0cfbef.css

39 ms

dependencies.min.js

dependencies.min.js

31 ms

new-relic-content-prod.js

new-relic-content-prod.js

54 ms

launch-b67461f3859d.min.js

launch-b67461f3859d.min.js

63 ms

slick.min.60b63101d7aa0457930f2272e5a9e9b5.css

slick.min.60b63101d7aa0457930f2272e5a9e9b5.css

53 ms

slick.min.4afaabaef6ed241e1280cf45a2dfa7d1.js

slick.min.4afaabaef6ed241e1280cf45a2dfa7d1.js

84 ms

polyfills.min.js

polyfills.min.js

78 ms

base.min.js

base.min.js

65 ms

components.min.js

components.min.js

86 ms

locationdetection.min.js

locationdetection.min.js

64 ms

token.json

token.json

267 ms

G5EYL-3FTNM-K2QN3-FX5YQ-53AZH

G5EYL-3FTNM-K2QN3-FX5YQ-53AZH

321 ms

locdet.min.js

locdet.min.js

81 ms

redcross-logo.png.img.png

redcross-logo.png.img.png

65 ms

Donate-Promo-Jul24-255x217.jpg.img.jpeg

Donate-Promo-Jul24-255x217.jpg.img.jpeg

66 ms

Emergency-Need-Donate-Nav.jpg.img.jpeg

Emergency-Need-Donate-Nav.jpg.img.jpeg

122 ms

TS-Lifeguarding-promo-box.jpg.img.jpeg

TS-Lifeguarding-promo-box.jpg.img.jpeg

67 ms

Vol-Disaster-Spec-255x217.jpg.img.jpeg

Vol-Disaster-Spec-255x217.jpg.img.jpeg

159 ms

wildfire-255x217.jpg.img.jpeg

wildfire-255x217.jpg.img.jpeg

66 ms

413701-49_Appeal_HeroGraphicRed_1348x505-AR.jpg

413701-49_Appeal_HeroGraphicRed_1348x505-AR.jpg

84 ms

image.jpeg

image.jpeg

353 ms

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84 ms

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83 ms

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88 ms

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102 ms

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101 ms

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110 ms

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251 ms

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152 ms

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164 ms

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169 ms

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241 ms

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186 ms

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223 ms

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263 ms

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224 ms

image.png

image.png

250 ms

font

font

18 ms

font

font

29 ms

rco-icon.ttf

rco-icon.ttf

238 ms

glyphicons-halflings-regular.woff

glyphicons-halflings-regular.woff

304 ms

fa-solid-900.ttf

fa-solid-900.ttf

201 ms

fa-solid-900.woff

fa-solid-900.woff

231 ms

fa-regular-400.ttf

fa-regular-400.ttf

229 ms

fa-regular-400.woff

fa-regular-400.woff

229 ms

js

js

55 ms

fa-brands-400.ttf

fa-brands-400.ttf

250 ms

fa-brands-400.woff

fa-brands-400.woff

250 ms

image.png

image.png

227 ms

image.jpeg

image.jpeg

268 ms

MAWM-desktop.jpg

MAWM-desktop.jpg

265 ms

config.json

config.json

73 ms

image.png

image.png

230 ms

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image.png

259 ms

image.png

image.png

242 ms

Accessibility Review

redcross.com accessibility score

86

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.

Navigation

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

Impact

Issue

High

Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order

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

Links do not have a discernible name

Best Practices

redcross.com best practices score

75

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

High

Requests the geolocation permission on page load

High

Includes front-end JavaScript libraries with known security vulnerabilities

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Missing source maps for large first-party JavaScript

SEO Factors

redcross.com SEO score

76

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

Content Best Practices

Format your HTML in a way that enables crawlers to better understand your app’s content.

Impact

Issue

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

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 doesn't use 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 Redcross.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 Redcross.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

redcross.com

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