Report Summary

  • 65

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    79% of other websites

  • 98

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 94% of websites

  • 83

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    56% of websites

  • 91

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    71% of websites

westgalaxumc.org

West Galax United Methodist Church – A Family of Love Transformed by Grace

Page Load Speed

3.2 sec in total

First Response

286 ms

Resources Loaded

2.6 sec

Page Rendered

327 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Westgalaxumc.org page load time and found that the first response time was 286 ms and then it took 2.9 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 50% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

westgalaxumc.org performance score

65

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value2.5 s

66/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value16.5 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value3.6 s

87/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value160 ms

94/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value6.2 s

62/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

westgalaxumc.org

286 ms

webfont.js

57 ms

110 ms

css

132 ms

111 ms

Our browser made a total of 82 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 1% of them (1 request) were addressed to the original Westgalaxumc.org, 20% (16 requests) were made to Maps.googleapis.com and 12% (10 requests) were made to Static.xx.fbcdn.net. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (618 ms) relates to the external source Static.xx.fbcdn.net.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 588.8 kB (34%)

Content Size

1.7 MB

After Optimization

1.1 MB

In fact, the total size of Westgalaxumc.org main page is 1.7 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. 55% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 881.1 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-78%

Potential reduce by 45.6 kB

  • Original 58.8 kB
  • After minification 57.9 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 45.6 kB or 78% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 3.3 kB

  • Original 881.1 kB
  • After minification 877.7 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. West Galax Umc images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-69%

Potential reduce by 530.6 kB

  • Original 771.0 kB
  • After minification 719.4 kB
  • After compression 240.4 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 530.6 kB or 69% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-69%

Potential reduce by 9.3 kB

  • Original 13.5 kB
  • After minification 11.6 kB
  • After compression 4.1 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. Westgalaxumc.org needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 9.3 kB or 69% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 46 (64%)

Requests Now

72

After Optimization

26

The browser has sent 72 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of West Galax Umc. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 28 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 11 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Accessibility Review

westgalaxumc.org accessibility score

98

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.

Best Practices

westgalaxumc.org 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

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

SEO Factors

westgalaxumc.org SEO score

91

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

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

    EN

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Westgalaxumc.org 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 Westgalaxumc.org 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 West Galax Umc. This is the best way to make the web page social media friendly. Here is how it looks like on Facebook: