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Report Summary

  • 26

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    46% of other websites

  • 70

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 36% of websites

  • 83

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    56% of websites

  • 79

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    40% of websites

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Page Load Speed

2.3 sec in total

First Response

234 ms

Resources Loaded

1.9 sec

Page Rendered

153 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Castingabout.com page load time and found that the first response time was 234 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

castingabout.com performance score

26

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value4.7 s

13/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value6.9 s

6/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value6.0 s

46/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value1,580 ms

12/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.016

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value17.0 s

4/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

castingabout.com

234 ms

default.aspx

146 ms

login.aspx

144 ms

login.aspx

675 ms

analytics.js

61 ms

Our browser made a total of 17 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 76% of them (13 requests) were addressed to the original Castingabout.com, 12% (2 requests) were made to Google-analytics.com and 6% (1 request) were made to Twitter.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (675 ms) belongs to the original domain Castingabout.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 77.4 kB (50%)

Content Size

153.8 kB

After Optimization

76.4 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Castingabout.com main page is 153.8 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. 15% of websites need less resources to load. Javascripts take 70.3 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-64%

Potential reduce by 8.3 kB

  • Original 12.9 kB
  • After minification 11.8 kB
  • After compression 4.7 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 8.3 kB or 64% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-14%

Potential reduce by 6.3 kB

  • Original 43.7 kB
  • After minification 37.4 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, Casting About needs image optimization as it can save up to 6.3 kB or 14% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-58%

Potential reduce by 40.8 kB

  • Original 70.3 kB
  • After minification 54.3 kB
  • After compression 29.5 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. It is highly recommended that all JavaScript files should be compressed and minified as it can save up to 40.8 kB or 58% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-82%

Potential reduce by 22.0 kB

  • Original 26.9 kB
  • After minification 19.4 kB
  • After compression 4.8 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. Castingabout.com needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 22.0 kB or 82% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

We found no issues to fix!

Requests Now

11

After Optimization

11

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 11 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Casting About. According to our analytics all requests are already optimized.

Network Requests Diagram

castingabout.com

castingabout.com

234 ms

default.aspx

default.aspx

146 ms

login.aspx

login.aspx

144 ms

login.aspx

login.aspx

675 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

61 ms

default.css

default.css

274 ms

2009.css

2009.css

294 ms

WebResource.axd

WebResource.axd

281 ms

WebResource.axd

WebResource.axd

295 ms

blogger.js

blogger.js

101 ms

user_timeline.json

user_timeline.json

94 ms

collect

collect

13 ms

header-top.jpg

header-top.jpg

214 ms

homecartoon.png

homecartoon.png

426 ms

header-bottom.jpg

header-bottom.jpg

215 ms

hm-bluetop.jpg

hm-bluetop.jpg

294 ms

hm-bluebottom.jpg

hm-bluebottom.jpg

295 ms

Accessibility Review

castingabout.com accessibility score

70

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

Form elements do not have associated labels

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

Navigation

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

Impact

Issue

High

Some elements have a [tabindex] value greater than 0

Best Practices

castingabout.com best practices score

83

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

SEO Factors

castingabout.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 Castingabout.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 Castingabout.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 description is not detected on the main page of Casting About. 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: