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Report Summary

  • 61

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    76% of other websites

  • 95

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 86% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    35% of websites

  • 71

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    30% of websites

thelisteningpost.co.nz

The Listening Post Christchurch | Wellington | Home Theatre, Hi Fi, Stereo, home audio systems, projectors, A/V Systems

Page Load Speed

4.1 sec in total

First Response

670 ms

Resources Loaded

3.2 sec

Page Rendered

192 ms

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About Website

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The Listening Post Christchurch and Wellington are specialist retailers of component based HiFi and Home Theatre systems. Our clear focus is on good quality, easy-to-use products for sale instore and ...

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Key Findings

We analyzed Thelisteningpost.co.nz page load time and found that the first response time was 670 ms and then it took 3.4 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 60% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

thelisteningpost.co.nz performance score

61

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.5 s

34/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value8.8 s

1/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value4.5 s

73/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value120 ms

96/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value5.8 s

67/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

oldsite.listeningpost.co.nz

670 ms

2158konstruk.js

423 ms

424deferred.js

411 ms

11_1108.css

415 ms

22SearchSuggestions.js

411 ms

Our browser made a total of 23 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 0% of them (0 request) were addressed to the original Thelisteningpost.co.nz, 9% (2 requests) were made to Googletagmanager.com and 4% (1 request) were made to Rum-static.pingdom.net. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (829 ms) relates to the external source Oldsite.listeningpost.co.nz.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 154.9 kB (35%)

Content Size

438.4 kB

After Optimization

283.6 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Thelisteningpost.co.nz main page is 438.4 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. 30% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 333.8 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-79%

Potential reduce by 30.7 kB

  • Original 39.0 kB
  • After minification 38.9 kB
  • After compression 8.3 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. 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 30.7 kB or 79% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-33%

Potential reduce by 109.9 kB

  • Original 333.8 kB
  • After minification 223.8 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, The Listening Post needs image optimization as it can save up to 109.9 kB or 33% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-21%

Potential reduce by 11.8 kB

  • Original 55.4 kB
  • After minification 55.4 kB
  • After compression 43.6 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 11.8 kB or 21% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-24%

Potential reduce by 2.5 kB

  • Original 10.2 kB
  • After minification 10.2 kB
  • After compression 7.8 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. Thelisteningpost.co.nz needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 2.5 kB or 24% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 6 (27%)

Requests Now

22

After Optimization

16

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 22 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of The Listening Post. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 7 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

oldsite.listeningpost.co.nz

oldsite.listeningpost.co.nz

670 ms

2158konstruk.js

2158konstruk.js

423 ms

424deferred.js

424deferred.js

411 ms

11_1108.css

11_1108.css

415 ms

22SearchSuggestions.js

22SearchSuggestions.js

411 ms

31NavDropdown.js

31NavDropdown.js

415 ms

gtm.js

gtm.js

59 ms

TopHeaderTop_26651_1.png

TopHeaderTop_26651_1.png

254 ms

Yamaha_RN2000A_Slide_505119_2.gif

Yamaha_RN2000A_Slide_505119_2.gif

829 ms

TopHeaderBottom_26659_2.png

TopHeaderBottom_26659_2.png

823 ms

TLPPinterest_T_244541_1.png

TLPPinterest_T_244541_1.png

412 ms

TLPInstagram_T_244536_1.png

TLPInstagram_T_244536_1.png

410 ms

TLPFacebook_T_244526_1.png

TLPFacebook_T_244526_1.png

625 ms

TLPTwitter_T_244551_1.png

TLPTwitter_T_244551_1.png

420 ms

TLPYoutube_T_244556_1.png

TLPYoutube_T_244556_1.png

614 ms

TLPTumbler_T_244546_1.png

TLPTumbler_T_244546_1.png

617 ms

TopHeaderRepeat_26655_1.png

TopHeaderRepeat_26655_1.png

616 ms

NavBackground_151863_2.png

NavBackground_151863_2.png

803 ms

prum.min.js

prum.min.js

38 ms

js

js

43 ms

9totop.css

9totop.css

208 ms

ui.totop.png

ui.totop.png

209 ms

6colorbox1.css

6colorbox1.css

209 ms

Accessibility Review

thelisteningpost.co.nz accessibility score

95

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.

Best Practices

thelisteningpost.co.nz best practices score

75

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

User Experience

Impact

Issue

High

Serves images with low resolution

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

SEO Factors

thelisteningpost.co.nz SEO score

71

Search Engine Optimization Advices

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 Thelisteningpost.co.nz 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 Thelisteningpost.co.nz 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

thelisteningpost.co.nz

Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of The Listening Post. 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: