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Report Summary

  • 20

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    37% of other websites

  • 93

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 80% of websites

  • 92

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    80% of websites

  • 69

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    28% of websites

shepherdsguide.ca

What are you looking for? - The Shepherd's Guide

Page Load Speed

4.1 sec in total

First Response

73 ms

Resources Loaded

3.6 sec

Page Rendered

395 ms

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About Website

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Christian Business Directory - a resource for Christian business professionals, services, churches, ministries and schools in the community since 1988

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Key Findings

We analyzed Shepherdsguide.ca page load time and found that the first response time was 73 ms and then it took 4 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 65% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

shepherdsguide.ca performance score

20

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value9.9 s

0/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value13.8 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value15.7 s

0/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value1,280 ms

18/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.081

94/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value17.6 s

4/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

shepherdsguide.ca

73 ms

www.shepherdsguide.ca

2361 ms

ayecode-ui-compatibility.css

89 ms

style.min.css

105 ms

974.css

53 ms

Our browser made a total of 106 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 88% of them (93 requests) were addressed to the original Shepherdsguide.ca, 4% (4 requests) were made to Fonts.gstatic.com and 2% (2 requests) were made to Fonts.googleapis.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (2.4 sec) belongs to the original domain Shepherdsguide.ca.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 254.2 kB (21%)

Content Size

1.2 MB

After Optimization

940.9 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Shepherdsguide.ca main page is 1.2 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. Javascripts take 869.3 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-79%

Potential reduce by 252.6 kB

  • Original 320.3 kB
  • After minification 316.7 kB
  • After compression 67.8 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 252.6 kB or 79% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 0 B

  • Original 1.1 kB
  • After minification 1.1 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. Shepherd S Guide images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 1.2 kB

  • Original 869.3 kB
  • After minification 869.3 kB
  • After compression 868.1 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. This website has mostly compressed JavaScripts.

CSS Optimization

-10%

Potential reduce by 451 B

  • Original 4.4 kB
  • After minification 4.4 kB
  • After compression 3.9 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. Shepherdsguide.ca has all CSS files already compressed.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 71 (72%)

Requests Now

99

After Optimization

28

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 99 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Shepherd S Guide. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 37 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 26 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

shepherdsguide.ca

shepherdsguide.ca

73 ms

www.shepherdsguide.ca

www.shepherdsguide.ca

2361 ms

ayecode-ui-compatibility.css

ayecode-ui-compatibility.css

89 ms

style.min.css

style.min.css

105 ms

974.css

974.css

53 ms

367.css

367.css

52 ms

bible-verse-of-the-day.css

bible-verse-of-the-day.css

50 ms

sidemenu.css

sidemenu.css

56 ms

dashicons.min.css

dashicons.min.css

107 ms

wordpress-svg-icon-plugin-style.min.css

wordpress-svg-icon-plugin-style.min.css

79 ms

widget-options.css

widget-options.css

65 ms

style.css

style.css

110 ms

jquery.fancybox.min.css

jquery.fancybox.min.css

82 ms

css

css

43 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

129 ms

jquery-migrate.min.js

jquery-migrate.min.js

123 ms

widget.min.js

widget.min.js

123 ms

select2.min.js

select2.min.js

124 ms

bootstrap.bundle.min.js

bootstrap.bundle.min.js

149 ms

9.js

9.js

116 ms

975.js

975.js

118 ms

867.js

867.js

142 ms

geodirectory.min.js

geodirectory.min.js

157 ms

script.min.js

script.min.js

154 ms

common.min.js

common.min.js

155 ms

contact.min.js

contact.min.js

155 ms

users-wp.min.js

users-wp.min.js

155 ms

418.js

418.js

161 ms

765.js

765.js

163 ms

wpstg-blank-loader.min.js

wpstg-blank-loader.min.js

164 ms

all.js

all.js

94 ms

v4-shims.js

v4-shims.js

111 ms

js

js

90 ms

global-controls.css

global-controls.css

170 ms

headers-and-menus.css

headers-and-menus.css

170 ms

feature-area.css

feature-area.css

171 ms

page-structure-and-text-styles.css

page-structure-and-text-styles.css

173 ms

sliding-shelf.css

sliding-shelf.css

206 ms

ad-slider.css

ad-slider.css

206 ms

footer.css

footer.css

207 ms

geodirectory-cards.css

geodirectory-cards.css

208 ms

css

css

38 ms

js

js

104 ms

api.js

api.js

41 ms

advertiser-profiles.css

advertiser-profiles.css

196 ms

mobile.css

mobile.css

174 ms

flatpickr.min.css

flatpickr.min.css

203 ms

display-structure.css

display-structure.css

201 ms

53263.css

53263.css

199 ms

oms.min.js

oms.min.js

190 ms

goMap.min.js

goMap.min.js

176 ms

sidemenu.js

sidemenu.js

174 ms

992.js

992.js

157 ms

jquery.fancybox.min.js

jquery.fancybox.min.js

152 ms

jquery.easing.min.js

jquery.easing.min.js

138 ms

payment-forms.js

payment-forms.js

138 ms

220.js

220.js

137 ms

hoverIntent.min.js

hoverIntent.min.js

206 ms

maxmegamenu.js

maxmegamenu.js

206 ms

flatpickr.min.js

flatpickr.min.js

206 ms

underscore.min.js

underscore.min.js

207 ms

backbone.min.js

backbone.min.js

184 ms

front-end-deps.js

front-end-deps.js

172 ms

front-end.js

front-end.js

172 ms

TSL-horizontal-logo.webp

TSL-horizontal-logo.webp

90 ms

add-your-business-graphic.webp

add-your-business-graphic.webp

88 ms

Map-Icon-2.png

Map-Icon-2.png

88 ms

Bible-Reading-Plan.png

Bible-Reading-Plan.png

93 ms

Matthew-7_14-banner.png

Matthew-7_14-banner.png

94 ms

Plan-of-Salvation-Banner.png

Plan-of-Salvation-Banner.png

94 ms

Acts-20_35-banner.png

Acts-20_35-banner.png

95 ms

1-John-4_19-First-loved-us.webp

1-John-4_19-First-loved-us.webp

94 ms

Reasons-to-Trust-35-Years.webp

Reasons-to-Trust-35-Years.webp

96 ms

Reasons-to-Trust-19-Regions.webp

Reasons-to-Trust-19-Regions.webp

98 ms

Reasons-to-Trust-500-Categories.webp

Reasons-to-Trust-500-Categories.webp

96 ms

Reasons-to-Trust-logo.webp

Reasons-to-Trust-logo.webp

95 ms

Reasons-to-Trust-Listings.webp

Reasons-to-Trust-Listings.webp

99 ms

shepherd-logo-transparent-headergray.webp

shepherd-logo-transparent-headergray.webp

98 ms

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social-icon-youtube-headergray-128x128-1.webp

97 ms

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99 ms

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99 ms

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98 ms

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99 ms

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46 ms

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46 ms

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74 ms

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74 ms

wARDj0u

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3 ms

featured.jpg

featured.jpg

65 ms

search-button-bg-69x50-1.webp

search-button-bg-69x50-1.webp

19 ms

special-offers-button-text.webp

special-offers-button-text.webp

22 ms

header-decoration-blue.webp

header-decoration-blue.webp

23 ms

1-John-4_19-First-loved-us.webp

1-John-4_19-First-loved-us.webp

21 ms

header-decoration-yellow.webp

header-decoration-yellow.webp

32 ms

Reasons-to-Trust-35-Years.webp

Reasons-to-Trust-35-Years.webp

32 ms

Reasons-to-Trust-19-Regions.webp

Reasons-to-Trust-19-Regions.webp

30 ms

Reasons-to-Trust-500-Categories.webp

Reasons-to-Trust-500-Categories.webp

32 ms

Reasons-to-Trust-logo.webp

Reasons-to-Trust-logo.webp

33 ms

Reasons-to-Trust-Listings.webp

Reasons-to-Trust-Listings.webp

33 ms

shepherd-logo-transparent-headergray.webp

shepherd-logo-transparent-headergray.webp

61 ms

social-icon-youtube-headergray-128x128-1.webp

social-icon-youtube-headergray-128x128-1.webp

62 ms

social-icon-linkedin-headergray-128x128-1.webp

social-icon-linkedin-headergray-128x128-1.webp

62 ms

social-icon-twitter-headergray-128x128-1.webp

social-icon-twitter-headergray-128x128-1.webp

64 ms

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social-icon-instagram-headergray-128x128-1.webp

62 ms

social-icon-facebook-128x128-1.webp

social-icon-facebook-128x128-1.webp

64 ms

recaptcha__en.js

recaptcha__en.js

75 ms

Accessibility Review

shepherdsguide.ca accessibility score

93

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 IDs are not unique

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

shepherdsguide.ca best practices score

92

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

shepherdsguide.ca SEO score

69

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 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 Shepherdsguide.ca 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 Shepherdsguide.ca 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

shepherdsguide.ca

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