Tools & Wizards About Us
boardoftrade.com screenshot

Report Summary

  • 33

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    53% of other websites

  • 78

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 45% of websites

  • 83

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    55% of websites

  • 81

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    43% of websites

boardoftrade.com

Home - Greater Vancouver Board of Trade

Page Load Speed

4.6 sec in total

First Response

316 ms

Resources Loaded

4.2 sec

Page Rendered

167 ms

boardoftrade.com screenshot

About Website

Welcome to boardoftrade.com homepage info - get ready to check Board Of Trade best content for Canada right away, or after learning these important things about boardoftrade.com

Since 1887, the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade has been Western Canada's top business association. We engage members in public policy, provide networking and professional development, and host major...

Visit boardoftrade.com

Key Findings

We analyzed Boardoftrade.com page load time and found that the first response time was 316 ms and then it took 4.3 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 70% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

boardoftrade.com performance score

33

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value6.9 s

1/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value10.3 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value8.7 s

16/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value190 ms

91/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.559

13/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value11.9 s

17/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

boardoftrade.com

316 ms

www.boardoftrade.com

1039 ms

bootstrap.css

150 ms

system.css

226 ms

template.css

230 ms

Our browser made a total of 77 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 88% of them (68 requests) were addressed to the original Boardoftrade.com, 3% (2 requests) were made to Googletagmanager.com and 3% (2 requests) were made to Google-analytics.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1 sec) belongs to the original domain Boardoftrade.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 162.0 kB (7%)

Content Size

2.3 MB

After Optimization

2.1 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Boardoftrade.com main page is 2.3 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. 65% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 1.7 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-79%

Potential reduce by 94.5 kB

  • Original 119.2 kB
  • After minification 110.5 kB
  • After compression 24.7 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 94.5 kB or 79% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-1%

Potential reduce by 10.1 kB

  • Original 1.7 MB
  • After minification 1.7 MB

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. Board Of Trade images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-12%

Potential reduce by 47.5 kB

  • Original 380.1 kB
  • After minification 379.1 kB
  • After compression 332.6 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 47.5 kB or 12% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-10%

Potential reduce by 10.0 kB

  • Original 95.9 kB
  • After minification 95.9 kB
  • After compression 85.9 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. Boardoftrade.com has all CSS files already compressed.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 50 (74%)

Requests Now

68

After Optimization

18

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 68 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Board Of Trade. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 30 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 22 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

boardoftrade.com

boardoftrade.com

316 ms

www.boardoftrade.com

www.boardoftrade.com

1039 ms

bootstrap.css

bootstrap.css

150 ms

system.css

system.css

226 ms

template.css

template.css

230 ms

megamenu.css

megamenu.css

223 ms

off-canvas.css

off-canvas.css

227 ms

font-awesome.min.css

font-awesome.min.css

228 ms

open-sans.css

open-sans.css

293 ms

fullcalendar.min.css

fullcalendar.min.css

297 ms

jquery-ui.min.css

jquery-ui.min.css

300 ms

jquery.multiselect.css

jquery.multiselect.css

299 ms

jquery.dataTables.min.css

jquery.dataTables.min.css

298 ms

custom.css

custom.css

437 ms

squeezebox.css

squeezebox.css

366 ms

core.js

core.js

368 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

378 ms

jquery-noconflict.js

jquery-noconflict.js

368 ms

jquery-migrate.min.js

jquery-migrate.min.js

385 ms

bootstrap.js

bootstrap.js

510 ms

jquery.tap.min.js

jquery.tap.min.js

440 ms

off-canvas.js

off-canvas.js

440 ms

script.js

script.js

447 ms

menu.js

menu.js

455 ms

moment.min.js

moment.min.js

518 ms

fullcalendar.min.js

fullcalendar.min.js

586 ms

jquery-ui.min.js

jquery-ui.min.js

670 ms

jquery.multiselect.min.js

jquery.multiselect.min.js

517 ms

jquery.dataTables.min.js

jquery.dataTables.min.js

601 ms

jquery.dataTables.columnFilter.js

jquery.dataTables.columnFilter.js

581 ms

custom.js

custom.js

588 ms

nav-collapse.js

nav-collapse.js

586 ms

jquery.easing.min.js

jquery.easing.min.js

650 ms

squeezebox.min.js

squeezebox.min.js

655 ms

js

js

61 ms

smartslider.min.css

smartslider.min.css

656 ms

css

css

39 ms

n2.min.js

n2.min.js

668 ms

icomoon.css

icomoon.css

611 ms

fontawesome.css

fontawesome.css

575 ms

smartslider-frontend.min.js

smartslider-frontend.min.js

532 ms

system.css

system.css

506 ms

ss-simple.min.js

ss-simple.min.js

519 ms

w-arrow-image.min.js

w-arrow-image.min.js

516 ms

w-bullet.min.js

w-bullet.min.js

515 ms

login.js

login.js

508 ms

Events.js

Events.js

505 ms

jquery.carousel.js

jquery.carousel.js

522 ms

social-top.css

social-top.css

381 ms

events.css

events.css

381 ms

left-menu-icons.css

left-menu-icons.css

386 ms

programs.css

programs.css

432 ms

gvbot-colour-horizontal.png

gvbot-colour-horizontal.png

111 ms

ajax-spinner-custom.gif

ajax-spinner-custom.gif

153 ms

technology-vision-2024-header-1.jpg

technology-vision-2024-header-1.jpg

425 ms

benchmark-report-bg.jpg

benchmark-report-bg.jpg

491 ms

idea2.0-header.jpg

idea2.0-header.jpg

189 ms

benchmark-cover.png

benchmark-cover.png

425 ms

grey-cup-header.jpg

grey-cup-header.jpg

189 ms

telus.jpg

telus.jpg

190 ms

cn.jpg

cn.jpg

262 ms

yvr46.jpg

yvr46.jpg

262 ms

bcit-46.jpg

bcit-46.jpg

263 ms

air-canada-46.jpg

air-canada-46.jpg

286 ms

rbc72.jpg

rbc72.jpg

297 ms

js

js

89 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

59 ms

open-sans-v13-400.woff

open-sans-v13-400.woff

292 ms

open-sans-v13-600.woff

open-sans-v13-600.woff

344 ms

open-sans-v13-700.woff

open-sans-v13-700.woff

357 ms

fontawesome-webfont.woff

fontawesome-webfont.woff

385 ms

JTUHjIg1_i6t8kCHKm4532VJOt5-QNFgpCs16Hw5aX8.ttf

JTUHjIg1_i6t8kCHKm4532VJOt5-QNFgpCs16Hw5aX8.ttf

47 ms

JTUHjIg1_i6t8kCHKm4532VJOt5-QNFgpCtr6Hw5aX8.ttf

JTUHjIg1_i6t8kCHKm4532VJOt5-QNFgpCtr6Hw5aX8.ttf

47 ms

open-sans-v13-400-italic.woff

open-sans-v13-400-italic.woff

359 ms

collect

collect

84 ms

collect

collect

102 ms

ga-audiences

ga-audiences

119 ms

Accessibility Review

boardoftrade.com accessibility score

78

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

Buttons do not have an accessible name

High

Links do not have a discernible name

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

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

boardoftrade.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

boardoftrade.com SEO score

81

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

Links do not have descriptive text

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 doesn't use 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 Boardoftrade.com 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 Boardoftrade.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

boardoftrade.com

Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of Board Of Trade. 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: