Report Summary

  • 15

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    27% of other websites

  • 84

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 56% of websites

  • 83

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    55% of websites

  • 94

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    90% of websites

sikich.com

Sikich | Technology, Accounting, Advisory

Page Load Speed

1.5 sec in total

First Response

190 ms

Resources Loaded

1.1 sec

Page Rendered

210 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Sikich.com page load time and found that the first response time was 190 ms and then it took 1.3 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. This domain responded with an error, which can significantly jeopardize Sikich.com rating and web reputation

Performance Metrics

sikich.com performance score

15

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value5.4 s

7/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value9.3 s

1/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value15.1 s

1/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value4,820 ms

0/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.09

92/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value26.1 s

0/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

sikich.com

190 ms

home.aspx

275 ms

jquery-ui.css

66 ms

jquery.min.js

30 ms

jquery-ui.min.js

48 ms

Our browser made a total of 65 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 60% of them (39 requests) were addressed to the original Sikich.com, 6% (4 requests) were made to Ajax.googleapis.com and 5% (3 requests) were made to Google-analytics.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (275 ms) belongs to the original domain Sikich.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 169.1 kB (40%)

Content Size

419.1 kB

After Optimization

250.0 kB

In fact, the total size of Sikich.com main page is 419.1 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. 40% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 243.7 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-81%

Potential reduce by 46.3 kB

  • Original 57.4 kB
  • After minification 49.5 kB
  • After compression 11.1 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 7.9 kB, which is 14% 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 46.3 kB or 81% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-28%

Potential reduce by 67.2 kB

  • Original 243.7 kB
  • After minification 176.5 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, Sikich needs image optimization as it can save up to 67.2 kB or 28% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-47%

Potential reduce by 55.2 kB

  • Original 117.4 kB
  • After minification 109.5 kB
  • After compression 62.1 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 55.2 kB or 47% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-59%

Potential reduce by 381 B

  • Original 647 B
  • After minification 584 B
  • After compression 266 B

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. Sikich.com needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 381 B or 59% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 34 (58%)

Requests Now

59

After Optimization

25

The browser has sent 59 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Sikich. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 20 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 4 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Accessibility Review

sikich.com accessibility score

84

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

button, link, and menuitem elements 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

High

Some elements have a [tabindex] value greater than 0

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

Links do not have a discernible name

Best Practices

sikich.com best practices score

83

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

Browser errors were logged to the console

High

Missing source maps for large first-party JavaScript

SEO Factors

sikich.com SEO score

94

Search Engine Optimization Advices

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

    N/A

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Sikich.com can be misinterpreted by Google and other search engines. Our service has detected that English is used on the page, and neither this language nor any other was claimed in <html> or <meta> tags. Our system also found out that Sikich.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

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