Report Summary

  • 15

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    27% of other websites

  • 64

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 29% of websites

  • 67

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    24% of websites

  • 79

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    40% of websites

webtools.com

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Page Load Speed

24 sec in total

First Response

72 ms

Resources Loaded

23.6 sec

Page Rendered

303 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Webtools.com page load time and found that the first response time was 72 ms and then it took 23.9 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 95% of websites can load faster. Unfortunately, there were 2 request timeouts, which can generally increase the web page load time, as the browser stays idle while waiting for website response.

Performance Metrics

webtools.com performance score

15

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value7.3 s

1/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value10.6 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value20.1 s

0/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value4,210 ms

1/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.017

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value43.7 s

0/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

webtools.com

72 ms

drdobbs.com

49 ms

drdobbs.com

54 ms

detect.js

73 ms

jquery.min.js

55 ms

Our browser made a total of 267 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 0% of them (1 request) were addressed to the original Webtools.com, 16% (42 requests) were made to Twimgs.com and 11% (30 requests) were made to Ae-pic-a1.aliexpress-media.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (20.5 sec) relates to the external source Net-a-porter.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 674.5 kB (36%)

Content Size

1.9 MB

After Optimization

1.2 MB

In fact, the total size of Webtools.com main page is 1.9 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. Only a small number of websites need less resources to load. Javascripts take 1.3 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-76%

Potential reduce by 59.7 kB

  • Original 78.7 kB
  • After minification 71.3 kB
  • After compression 19.1 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. 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 59.7 kB or 76% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-29%

Potential reduce by 41.6 kB

  • Original 145.3 kB
  • After minification 103.7 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, Web Tools needs image optimization as it can save up to 41.6 kB or 29% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-20%

Potential reduce by 255.0 kB

  • Original 1.3 MB
  • After minification 1.3 MB
  • After compression 1.0 MB

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 255.0 kB or 20% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-79%

Potential reduce by 318.2 kB

  • Original 405.2 kB
  • After minification 405.0 kB
  • After compression 87.0 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. Webtools.com needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 318.2 kB or 79% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 96 (44%)

Requests Now

220

After Optimization

124

The browser has sent 220 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Web Tools. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 52 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 17 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Accessibility Review

webtools.com accessibility score

64

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

<frame> or <iframe> elements do not have a title

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

High

Links do not have a discernible name

Internationalization and localization

These are opportunities to improve the interpretation of your content by users in different locales.

Impact

Issue

High

<html> element does not have a [lang] attribute

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

webtools.com best practices score

67

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

Browser errors were logged to the console

High

Page has valid source maps

High

Issues were logged in the Issues panel in Chrome Devtools

SEO Factors

webtools.com SEO score

79

Search Engine Optimization Advices

Crawling and Indexing

To appear in search results, crawlers need access to your app.

Impact

Issue

High

Links are not crawlable

Content Best Practices

Format your HTML in a way that enables crawlers to better understand your app’s content.

Impact

Issue

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

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 Webtools.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 Webtools.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 data is detected on the main page of Web Tools. This is the best way to make the web page social media friendly. Here is how it looks like on Facebook: