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Report Summary

  • 100

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    97% of other websites

  • 71

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 37% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    36% of websites

  • 50

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    18% of websites

widowed.ca

Page Load Speed

12.4 sec in total

First Response

482 ms

Resources Loaded

11.5 sec

Page Rendered

420 ms

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About Website

Visit widowed.ca now to see the best up-to-date Widowed content and also check out these interesting facts you probably never knew about widowed.ca

Widowed.ca is an online resource for widows and widowers in Canada, providing information and services needed following the loss of a loved one.

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Key Findings

We analyzed Widowed.ca page load time and found that the first response time was 482 ms and then it took 11.9 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 90% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

widowed.ca performance score

100

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value1.3 s

98/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value1.3 s

100/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value1.3 s

100/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value0 ms

100/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value1.3 s

100/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

widowed.ca

482 ms

wp-emoji-release.min.js

189 ms

bp-moderation.css

409 ms

bwp-recent-comments-noava.css

140 ms

haiku-player.css

140 ms

Our browser made a total of 75 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 97% of them (73 requests) were addressed to the original Widowed.ca, 3% (2 requests) were made to Google-analytics.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (9.3 sec) belongs to the original domain Widowed.ca.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 736.9 kB (46%)

Content Size

1.6 MB

After Optimization

853.0 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Widowed.ca main page is 1.6 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. Images take 659.8 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-76%

Potential reduce by 40.8 kB

  • Original 54.0 kB
  • After minification 52.0 kB
  • After compression 13.2 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 40.8 kB or 76% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-6%

Potential reduce by 37.8 kB

  • Original 659.8 kB
  • After minification 622.0 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. Widowed images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-70%

Potential reduce by 408.1 kB

  • Original 585.4 kB
  • After minification 555.1 kB
  • After compression 177.3 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 408.1 kB or 70% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-86%

Potential reduce by 250.2 kB

  • Original 290.7 kB
  • After minification 228.1 kB
  • After compression 40.5 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. Widowed.ca needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 250.2 kB or 86% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 39 (53%)

Requests Now

74

After Optimization

35

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 74 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Widowed. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 18 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 13 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

widowed.ca

widowed.ca

482 ms

wp-emoji-release.min.js

wp-emoji-release.min.js

189 ms

bp-moderation.css

bp-moderation.css

409 ms

bwp-recent-comments-noava.css

bwp-recent-comments-noava.css

140 ms

haiku-player.css

haiku-player.css

140 ms

q-a-plus.css

q-a-plus.css

142 ms

bbpress.css

bbpress.css

213 ms

bp.css

bp.css

408 ms

v1-silver.css

v1-silver.css

343 ms

jquery.js

jquery.js

473 ms

jquery-migrate.min.js

jquery-migrate.min.js

328 ms

bp-moderation.js

bp-moderation.js

284 ms

karma.js

karma.js

501 ms

confirm.min.js

confirm.min.js

399 ms

top-10-tracker.js

top-10-tracker.js

414 ms

global.js

global.js

1206 ms

menu.css

menu.css

498 ms

client.css

client.css

499 ms

karma-cool-blue.css

karma-cool-blue.css

500 ms

style.css

style.css

613 ms

style.css

style.css

501 ms

jquery.jplayer.min.js

jquery.jplayer.min.js

958 ms

haiku-player.js

haiku-player.js

508 ms

q-a-plus.js

q-a-plus.js

514 ms

wpaudio.min.js

wpaudio.min.js

766 ms

comment-reply.js

comment-reply.js

578 ms

editor.js

editor.js

586 ms

new-tab.min.js

new-tab.min.js

638 ms

wp-embed.min.js

wp-embed.min.js

648 ms

jquery.cycle.all.min.js

jquery.cycle.all.min.js

725 ms

secondary-cool-blue.css

secondary-cool-blue.css

143 ms

DFS-logo-small-middle-275x145.png

DFS-logo-small-middle-275x145.png

841 ms

sunflower-logo2.png

sunflower-logo2.png

1457 ms

widowed_111-840x270.jpg

widowed_111-840x270.jpg

9327 ms

slider-bookcover-436x270.png

slider-bookcover-436x270.png

276 ms

img-featured.jpg

img-featured.jpg

231 ms

sunflower-field-436x270.jpg

sunflower-field-436x270.jpg

230 ms

widow-planning-275x145.jpg

widow-planning-275x145.jpg

341 ms

past-due-275x145.jpg

past-due-275x145.jpg

275 ms

iStock_000081220079_Large45563271-226x145.jpg

iStock_000081220079_Large45563271-226x145.jpg

274 ms

shush-300x207-275x145.jpg

shush-300x207-275x145.jpg

346 ms

coincidence_rabbit_bunny-275x145.jpg

coincidence_rabbit_bunny-275x145.jpg

346 ms

top-ten-275x145.jpg

top-ten-275x145.jpg

347 ms

taxes-photo-275x145.jpg

taxes-photo-275x145.jpg

749 ms

book-review-image-275x145.jpg

book-review-image-275x145.jpg

420 ms

globe-report-image-275x145.jpg

globe-report-image-275x145.jpg

418 ms

Linden-logo-275x145.jpg

Linden-logo-275x145.jpg

417 ms

separator-toolbar.png

separator-toolbar.png

347 ms

bg-big-header-holder.png

bg-big-header-holder.png

345 ms

rays-big.png

rays-big.png

411 ms

seperator-main-nav.png

seperator-main-nav.png

416 ms

bg-home-banner.png

bg-home-banner.png

419 ms

home-preloader.gif

home-preloader.gif

480 ms

separator3.gif

separator3.gif

485 ms

image-frame-sprite-2.png

image-frame-sprite-2.png

557 ms

preload.gif

preload.gif

550 ms

bg-buttons-sprite.png

bg-buttons-sprite.png

554 ms

bg-footer.jpg

bg-footer.jpg

621 ms

icon_comment.png

icon_comment.png

624 ms

rss.png

rss.png

627 ms

twitter.png

twitter.png

671 ms

facebook.png

facebook.png

692 ms

youtube.png

youtube.png

693 ms

linkedin.png

linkedin.png

698 ms

bg-footer-bottom.jpg

bg-footer-bottom.jpg

875 ms

arrow-up-footer.png

arrow-up-footer.png

763 ms

ga.js

ga.js

32 ms

admin-ajax.php

admin-ajax.php

2063 ms

wpaudio-play.png

wpaudio-play.png

685 ms

__utm.gif

__utm.gif

11 ms

wpaudio-pause.png

wpaudio-pause.png

73 ms

shadowBG-full.jpg

shadowBG-full.jpg

203 ms

bg-buttons-sprite-coolblue.png

bg-buttons-sprite-coolblue.png

475 ms

shadowBG.jpg

shadowBG.jpg

207 ms

global-sprite.png

global-sprite.png

341 ms

Accessibility Review

widowed.ca accessibility score

71

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

Document doesn't have a <title> element

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

Best Practices

widowed.ca best practices score

75

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

SEO Factors

widowed.ca SEO score

50

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

Document doesn't have a <title> element

Language and Encoding

  • Language Detected

    N/A

  • Language Claimed

    EN

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Widowed.ca can be misinterpreted by Google and other search engines. Unfortunately we cannot identify language used on the page (probably there is a mix of languages, too little text or something else), while the claimed language is English. Our system also found out that Widowed.ca 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

widowed.ca

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