Report Summary

  • 24

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    43% of other websites

  • 68

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 33% of websites

  • 67

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    24% of websites

  • 85

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    55% of websites

asb.co.nz

ASB Bank - Personal & Business Banking in New Zealand

Page Load Speed

4 sec in total

First Response

141 ms

Resources Loaded

3.7 sec

Page Rendered

121 ms

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About Website

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Key Findings

We analyzed Asb.co.nz page load time and found that the first response time was 141 ms and then it took 3.8 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 65% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

asb.co.nz performance score

24

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value2.9 s

55/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value16.7 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value8.0 s

21/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value2,610 ms

4/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value16.4 s

5/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

www.asb.co.nz

141 ms

jquery.js

116 ms

appstyle-common-blade.min.2024050723.css

15 ms

maincss.xxr5y.min.2024050723.css

32 ms

datalayer-script.js

30 ms

Our browser made a total of 58 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 55% of them (32 requests) were addressed to the original Asb.co.nz, 5% (3 requests) were made to Google-analytics.com and 3% (2 requests) were made to Googletagmanager.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1.9 sec) belongs to the original domain Asb.co.nz.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 1.8 MB (65%)

Content Size

2.9 MB

After Optimization

1.0 MB

In fact, the total size of Asb.co.nz main page is 2.9 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. Only a small number of websites need less resources to load. HTML takes 2.3 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-66%

Potential reduce by 1.5 MB

  • Original 2.3 MB
  • After minification 2.3 MB
  • After compression 773.1 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 1.5 MB or 66% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 82 B

  • Original 71.6 kB
  • After minification 71.5 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. ASB images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-67%

Potential reduce by 330.4 kB

  • Original 496.0 kB
  • After minification 492.4 kB
  • After compression 165.6 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 330.4 kB or 67% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 26 (59%)

Requests Now

44

After Optimization

18

The browser has sent 44 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of ASB. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 19 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Accessibility Review

asb.co.nz accessibility score

68

Accessibility Issues

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 valid value for its [lang] attribute.

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

These items highlight common accessibility best practices.

Impact

Issue

High

[user-scalable="no"] is used in the <meta name="viewport"> element or the [maximum-scale] attribute is less than 5.

Best Practices

asb.co.nz best practices score

67

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

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

High

Missing source maps for large first-party JavaScript

High

Issues were logged in the Issues panel in Chrome Devtools

SEO Factors

asb.co.nz SEO score

85

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

    EN

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Asb.co.nz 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 Asb.co.nz 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 ASB. This is the best way to make the web page social media friendly. Here is how it looks like on Facebook: