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Report Summary

  • 49

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    67% of other websites

  • 79

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 47% of websites

  • 83

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    55% of websites

  • 93

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    83% of websites

thebackyardnaturalist.com

The Backyard Naturalist - Wild Bird Feeding Supplies & Gifts

Page Load Speed

2.2 sec in total

First Response

137 ms

Resources Loaded

1.8 sec

Page Rendered

308 ms

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About Website

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For over 31 years, the Backyard Naturalist is DC metro area's premier independent wild bird feeding supply and nature gift shop.

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Key Findings

We analyzed Thebackyardnaturalist.com page load time and found that the first response time was 137 ms and then it took 2.1 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 40% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

thebackyardnaturalist.com performance score

49

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value2.9 s

52/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value9.2 s

1/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value4.9 s

64/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value260 ms

83/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.315

37/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value5.6 s

70/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

thebackyardnaturalist.com

137 ms

442 ms

style.css

129 ms

js

74 ms

category-to-pages-wud.css

190 ms

Our browser made a total of 60 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 87% of them (52 requests) were addressed to the original Thebackyardnaturalist.com, 5% (3 requests) were made to Static.addtoany.com and 2% (1 request) were made to Googletagmanager.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (466 ms) belongs to the original domain Thebackyardnaturalist.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 132.9 kB (12%)

Content Size

1.1 MB

After Optimization

1.0 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Thebackyardnaturalist.com 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. 40% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 842.6 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-79%

Potential reduce by 90.0 kB

  • Original 114.0 kB
  • After minification 111.6 kB
  • After compression 24.0 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 90.0 kB or 79% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-5%

Potential reduce by 39.8 kB

  • Original 842.6 kB
  • After minification 802.9 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. The Backyard Naturalist images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-2%

Potential reduce by 1.8 kB

  • Original 105.3 kB
  • After minification 105.2 kB
  • After compression 103.5 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

-2%

Potential reduce by 1.3 kB

  • Original 73.4 kB
  • After minification 73.3 kB
  • After compression 72.1 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. Thebackyardnaturalist.com has all CSS files already compressed.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 39 (67%)

Requests Now

58

After Optimization

19

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 58 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of The Backyard Naturalist. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 22 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 14 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

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thebackyardnaturalist.com

137 ms

442 ms

style.css

style.css

129 ms

js

js

74 ms

category-to-pages-wud.css

category-to-pages-wud.css

190 ms

jquery.ctp_wud.css

jquery.ctp_wud.css

188 ms

fpw_styles.css

fpw_styles.css

185 ms

style.min.css

style.min.css

248 ms

cff-style.min.css

cff-style.min.css

185 ms

font-awesome.min.css

font-awesome.min.css

44 ms

dashicons.min.css

dashicons.min.css

251 ms

addtoany.min.css

addtoany.min.css

250 ms

prettyPhoto.css

prettyPhoto.css

256 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

318 ms

jquery-migrate.min.js

jquery-migrate.min.js

250 ms

frontend-gtag.min.js

frontend-gtag.min.js

327 ms

page.js

page.js

42 ms

addtoany.min.js

addtoany.min.js

328 ms

wpstg-blank-loader.min.js

wpstg-blank-loader.min.js

328 ms

general.js

general.js

329 ms

jquery.jcarousel.min.js

jquery.jcarousel.min.js

326 ms

slides.min.jquery.js

slides.min.jquery.js

381 ms

jquery.prettyPhoto.js

jquery.prettyPhoto.js

382 ms

portfolio.js

portfolio.js

382 ms

feedback.js

feedback.js

383 ms

default.css

default.css

332 ms

shortcodes.css

shortcodes.css

334 ms

custom.css

custom.css

393 ms

cat-to-page.js

cat-to-page.js

390 ms

jquery.ctp_wud_min.js

jquery.ctp_wud_min.js

391 ms

qppr_frontend_script.min.js

qppr_frontend_script.min.js

407 ms

cff-scripts.min.js

cff-scripts.min.js

407 ms

hoverIntent.min.js

hoverIntent.min.js

407 ms

maxmegamenu.js

maxmegamenu.js

466 ms

css2

css2

33 ms

fbevents.js

fbevents.js

32 ms

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139 ms

logo.png

logo.png

76 ms

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The-Backyard-Naturalist-Fall-Migration-Checklist-2022c.jpg

361 ms

TheBYN-Rose-breasted-Grosbeak-pair-sunflower-seeds-Migration-400x227.jpg

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76 ms

TheBackyardNaturalist-Hummingbird-at-Nectar-Feeder-shutterstock_1345700579-400x265.png

TheBackyardNaturalist-Hummingbird-at-Nectar-Feeder-shutterstock_1345700579-400x265.png

189 ms

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127 ms

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305 ms

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133 ms

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132 ms

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254 ms

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255 ms

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258 ms

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307 ms

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307 ms

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308 ms

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293 ms

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340 ms

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21 ms

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38 ms

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289 ms

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290 ms

Accessibility Review

thebackyardnaturalist.com accessibility score

79

Accessibility Issues

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

Form elements do not have associated labels

Best practices

These items highlight common accessibility best practices.

Impact

Issue

High

[user-scalable="no"] is used in the <meta name="viewport"> element or the [maximum-scale] attribute is less than 5.

Best Practices

thebackyardnaturalist.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

User Experience

Impact

Issue

High

Serves images with low resolution

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

SEO Factors

thebackyardnaturalist.com SEO score

93

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

    EN

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Thebackyardnaturalist.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 Thebackyardnaturalist.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

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