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Report Summary

  • 22

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    40% of other websites

  • 87

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 66% of websites

  • 83

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    55% of websites

  • 92

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    74% of websites

taxsimple.org

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Page Load Speed

1.3 sec in total

First Response

157 ms

Resources Loaded

985 ms

Page Rendered

139 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Taxsimple.org page load time and found that the first response time was 157 ms and then it took 1.1 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 Taxsimple.org rating and web reputation

Performance Metrics

taxsimple.org performance score

22

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.1 s

47/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value15.0 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value9.9 s

10/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value2,480 ms

4/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.031

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value18.8 s

3/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

taxsimple.org

157 ms

freefilefederal

151 ms

55 ms

taxsimple.com

74 ms

reset.css

46 ms

Our browser made a total of 37 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 3% of them (1 request) were addressed to the original Taxsimple.org, 73% (27 requests) were made to Taxsimple.com and 5% (2 requests) were made to Seal.geotrust.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (392 ms) relates to the external source Seal.geotrust.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 814.6 kB (73%)

Content Size

1.1 MB

After Optimization

293.8 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Taxsimple.org main page is 1.1 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. 35% of websites need less resources to load. Javascripts take 1.0 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-67%

Potential reduce by 8.7 kB

  • Original 13.0 kB
  • After minification 11.3 kB
  • After compression 4.3 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 1.7 kB, which is 13% 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 8.7 kB or 67% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-20%

Potential reduce by 5.6 kB

  • Original 27.4 kB
  • After minification 21.9 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, Tax Simple needs image optimization as it can save up to 5.6 kB or 20% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-75%

Potential reduce by 769.6 kB

  • Original 1.0 MB
  • After minification 796.9 kB
  • After compression 258.1 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 769.6 kB or 75% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-76%

Potential reduce by 30.6 kB

  • Original 40.2 kB
  • After minification 37.5 kB
  • After compression 9.6 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. Taxsimple.org needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 30.6 kB or 76% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 20 (65%)

Requests Now

31

After Optimization

11

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 31 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Tax Simple. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 17 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 5 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

taxsimple.org

taxsimple.org

157 ms

freefilefederal

freefilefederal

151 ms

55 ms

taxsimple.com

taxsimple.com

74 ms

reset.css

reset.css

46 ms

global.css

global.css

88 ms

home.css

home.css

86 ms

jquery-1.5.1.js

jquery-1.5.1.js

180 ms

jquery-ui-1.8.11.js

jquery-ui-1.8.11.js

223 ms

large.css

large.css

90 ms

global.js

global.js

87 ms

launchutils.js

launchutils.js

125 ms

buttons.js

buttons.js

93 ms

WebResource.axd

WebResource.axd

129 ms

ScriptResource.axd

ScriptResource.axd

166 ms

ScriptResource.axd

ScriptResource.axd

131 ms

jquery-1.7.2.min.js

jquery-1.7.2.min.js

211 ms

getgeotrustsslseal

getgeotrustsslseal

392 ms

asc

asc

43 ms

jquery-1.4.2.min.js

jquery-1.4.2.min.js

165 ms

jquery.dimensions.js

jquery.dimensions.js

161 ms

jquery.hoverIntent.pack.js

jquery.hoverIntent.pack.js

197 ms

jquery.simpletip-1.2.pack.js

jquery.simpletip-1.2.pack.js

201 ms

19970452-16f6-427e-a203-c91f9929f7af.js

19970452-16f6-427e-a203-c91f9929f7af.js

88 ms

print.css

print.css

44 ms

small.css

small.css

75 ms

ga.js

ga.js

26 ms

seal

seal

16 ms

TaxSimple-tax-software-online-logo.png

TaxSimple-tax-software-online-logo.png

62 ms

bg_primary_nav_btn.gif

bg_primary_nav_btn.gif

62 ms

TaxSimpleHeaderSmall.jpg

TaxSimpleHeaderSmall.jpg

63 ms

IRS-e-file.png

IRS-e-file.png

60 ms

authorized-IRS-e-file-provider.png

authorized-IRS-e-file-provider.png

63 ms

__utm.gif

__utm.gif

26 ms

header-bg.gif

header-bg.gif

134 ms

getgeotrustsslseal

getgeotrustsslseal

95 ms

getAllAppDefault.esi

getAllAppDefault.esi

33 ms

Accessibility Review

taxsimple.org accessibility score

87

Accessibility Issues

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

Buttons do not have an accessible name

High

Links do not have a discernible name

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.

Tables and lists

These are opportunities to improve the experience of reading tabular or list data using assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Impact

Issue

High

Lists do not contain only <li> elements and script supporting elements (<script> and <template>).

Best Practices

taxsimple.org best practices score

83

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

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

taxsimple.org SEO score

92

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

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

    ISO-8859-1

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Taxsimple.org 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 Taxsimple.org main page’s claimed encoding is iso-8859-1. Changing it to UTF-8 can be a good choice, as this format is commonly used for encoding all over the web and thus their visitors won’t have any troubles with symbol transcription or reading.

Social Sharing Optimization

taxsimple.org

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