Report Summary

  • 72

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    82% of other websites

  • 86

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 62% of websites

  • 83

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    56% of websites

  • 89

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    67% of websites

nichols-village.com

Nichols Village | Active Senior Living Community, MA

Page Load Speed

135 ms in total

First Response

32 ms

Resources Loaded

41 ms

Page Rendered

62 ms

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About Website

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Rising from the shores of the Merrimack River and anchored upon hills in Groveland MA you will find Nichols Village. Established as a not-for-profit senior living community, Nichols Village offers a t...

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Key Findings

We analyzed Nichols-village.com page load time and found that the first response time was 32 ms and then it took 103 ms to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is an excellent result, as only a small number of websites can load faster. This domain responded with an error, which can significantly jeopardize Nichols-village.com rating and web reputation

Performance Metrics

nichols-village.com performance score

72

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value1.4 s

97/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value2.7 s

86/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value1.9 s

100/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value890 ms

32/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.048

99/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value6.4 s

59/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

nichols-village.com

32 ms

Our browser made a total of 1 request to load all elements on the main page. We found that all of those requests were addressed to Nichols-village.com and no external sources were called. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (32 ms) belongs to the original domain Nichols-village.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 410.1 kB (50%)

Content Size

822.7 kB

After Optimization

412.6 kB

In fact, the total size of Nichols-village.com main page is 822.7 kB. This result falls within the top 5000 of lightweight and thus fast loading web pages. Only a small number of websites need less resources to load. CSS take 399.4 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-29%

Potential reduce by 36 B

  • Original 125 B
  • After minification 125 B
  • After compression 89 B

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 36 B or 29% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-18%

Potential reduce by 51.1 kB

  • Original 285.8 kB
  • After minification 234.6 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, Nichols Village needs image optimization as it can save up to 51.1 kB or 18% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-28%

Potential reduce by 38.1 kB

  • Original 137.4 kB
  • After minification 137.4 kB
  • After compression 99.2 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 38.1 kB or 28% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-80%

Potential reduce by 320.8 kB

  • Original 399.4 kB
  • After minification 399.3 kB
  • After compression 78.7 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. Nichols-village.com needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 320.8 kB or 80% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

We found no issues to fix!

Requests Now

0

After Optimization

0

Besides the initial HTML request, no CSS, Javascripts, AJAX or image files were requested in the course of web page rendering.

Accessibility Review

nichols-village.com accessibility score

86

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.

Navigation

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

Impact

Issue

High

Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order

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

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

High

Links do not have a discernible name

Best Practices

nichols-village.com best practices score

83

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

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

nichols-village.com SEO score

89

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

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

    N/A

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Nichols-village.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 Nichols-village.com main page’s claimed encoding is . Changing it to UTF-8 can be a good choice, as this format is commonly used for encoding all over the web and thus their visitors won’t have any troubles with symbol transcription or reading.

Social Sharing Optimization

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