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Report Summary

  • 77

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    84% of other websites

  • 95

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 86% of websites

  • 58

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    20% of websites

  • 71

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    30% of websites

westierescue.ie

Westie Rescue Ireland Rescues and Rehomes West Highland White Terriers

Page Load Speed

4.6 sec in total

First Response

1.7 sec

Resources Loaded

2.7 sec

Page Rendered

176 ms

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About Website

Click here to check amazing Westie Rescue content. Otherwise, check out these important facts you probably never knew about westierescue.ie

Westie Rescue is based in County Louth, Ireland and was set up in 2005. We rescue and rehome an average of sixty Westies every year.

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Key Findings

We analyzed Westierescue.ie page load time and found that the first response time was 1.7 sec and then it took 2.9 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 55% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

westierescue.ie performance score

77

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.6 s

31/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value3.6 s

60/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value5.9 s

48/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value40 ms

100/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.001

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value3.9 s

89/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

westierescue.ie

1667 ms

www.westierescue.ie

580 ms

style.css

166 ms

ruthsarian_utilities.js

162 ms

jquery.js

248 ms

Our browser made a total of 18 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that all of those requests were addressed to Westierescue.ie and no external sources were called. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1.7 sec) belongs to the original domain Westierescue.ie.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 95.5 kB (44%)

Content Size

216.2 kB

After Optimization

120.7 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Westierescue.ie main page is 216.2 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. 25% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 128.3 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-78%

Potential reduce by 28.2 kB

  • Original 36.2 kB
  • After minification 35.4 kB
  • After compression 8.0 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 28.2 kB or 78% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-39%

Potential reduce by 50.7 kB

  • Original 128.3 kB
  • After minification 77.7 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, Westie Rescue needs image optimization as it can save up to 50.7 kB or 39% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-14%

Potential reduce by 4.6 kB

  • Original 32.2 kB
  • After minification 32.2 kB
  • After compression 27.6 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 4.6 kB or 14% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-62%

Potential reduce by 12.1 kB

  • Original 19.5 kB
  • After minification 19.5 kB
  • After compression 7.4 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. Westierescue.ie needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 12.1 kB or 62% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

We found no issues to fix!

Requests Now

16

After Optimization

16

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 16 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Westie Rescue. According to our analytics all requests are already optimized.

Network Requests Diagram

westierescue.ie

westierescue.ie

1667 ms

www.westierescue.ie

www.westierescue.ie

580 ms

style.css

style.css

166 ms

ruthsarian_utilities.js

ruthsarian_utilities.js

162 ms

jquery.js

jquery.js

248 ms

sociable.css

sociable.css

169 ms

comment-reply.js

comment-reply.js

169 ms

pool.css

pool.css

171 ms

header.jpg

header.jpg

89 ms

line.gif

line.gif

93 ms

dog_paw.jpg

dog_paw.jpg

88 ms

snowy.jpg

snowy.jpg

90 ms

jamie.jpg

jamie.jpg

89 ms

services-sprite.gif

services-sprite.gif

91 ms

services-sprite.png

services-sprite.png

244 ms

donate_btn.gif

donate_btn.gif

169 ms

fundraising.jpg

fundraising.jpg

177 ms

pad.jpg

pad.jpg

177 ms

Accessibility Review

westierescue.ie accessibility score

95

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

Links do not have a discernible name

Best Practices

westierescue.ie best practices score

58

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

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

SEO Factors

westierescue.ie SEO score

71

Search Engine Optimization Advices

Crawling and Indexing

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

Impact

Issue

High

robots.txt is not valid

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 Westierescue.ie 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 Westierescue.ie 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

westierescue.ie

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