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Report Summary

  • 48

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    66% of other websites

  • 74

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 40% of websites

  • 67

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    24% of websites

  • 54

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    19% of websites

connectweb.com.au

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Page Load Speed

5.3 sec in total

First Response

421 ms

Resources Loaded

4.8 sec

Page Rendered

148 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Connectweb.com.au page load time and found that the first response time was 421 ms and then it took 4.9 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 75% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

connectweb.com.au performance score

48

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value4.6 s

13/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value6.6 s

8/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value10.0 s

9/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value190 ms

91/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.011

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value11.9 s

16/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

connectweb.com.au

421 ms

connectweb.com.au

1263 ms

style.css

1301 ms

jquery-ui-1.10.2.custom.css

1392 ms

modernizr-2.0.6.min.js

1191 ms

Our browser made a total of 45 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 76% of them (34 requests) were addressed to the original Connectweb.com.au, 4% (2 requests) were made to Ajax.googleapis.com and 4% (2 requests) were made to Ssl.google-analytics.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (2.2 sec) belongs to the original domain Connectweb.com.au.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 910.1 kB (69%)

Content Size

1.3 MB

After Optimization

400.9 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Connectweb.com.au main page is 1.3 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. 25% of websites need less resources to load. Javascripts take 554.4 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-75%

Potential reduce by 15.5 kB

  • Original 20.6 kB
  • After minification 18.0 kB
  • After compression 5.1 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. This page needs HTML code to be minified as it can gain 2.6 kB, which is 13% of the original size. It is highly recommended that content of this web page should be compressed using GZIP, as it can save up to 15.5 kB or 75% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-65%

Potential reduce by 343.1 kB

  • Original 525.8 kB
  • After minification 182.7 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. Obviously, Connect Web needs image optimization as it can save up to 343.1 kB or 65% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-67%

Potential reduce by 372.4 kB

  • Original 554.4 kB
  • After minification 472.6 kB
  • After compression 182.0 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 372.4 kB or 67% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-85%

Potential reduce by 179.1 kB

  • Original 210.2 kB
  • After minification 155.7 kB
  • After compression 31.2 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. Connectweb.com.au needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 179.1 kB or 85% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 17 (45%)

Requests Now

38

After Optimization

21

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 38 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Connect Web. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 10 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

connectweb.com.au

connectweb.com.au

421 ms

connectweb.com.au

connectweb.com.au

1263 ms

style.css

style.css

1301 ms

jquery-ui-1.10.2.custom.css

jquery-ui-1.10.2.custom.css

1392 ms

modernizr-2.0.6.min.js

modernizr-2.0.6.min.js

1191 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

19 ms

jquery-ui.min.js

jquery-ui.min.js

24 ms

slides.css

slides.css

1000 ms

jquery.bxslider.min.js

jquery.bxslider.min.js

1546 ms

plugins.js

plugins.js

2249 ms

script.js

script.js

1463 ms

conversion.js

conversion.js

91 ms

logo_v2.png

logo_v2.png

260 ms

directories-logo.png

directories-logo.png

200 ms

bg-bullet.png

bg-bullet.png

200 ms

bg-login-alt.png

bg-login-alt.png

254 ms

tick.png

tick.png

325 ms

find.png

find.png

399 ms

quote-top.png

quote-top.png

400 ms

quote-btm.png

quote-btm.png

455 ms

media-guide.png

media-guide.png

468 ms

bg-arrow-more.png

bg-arrow-more.png

526 ms

directory-oz-associations.png

directory-oz-associations.png

600 ms

guide-national-government.png

guide-national-government.png

804 ms

guide-local-government.png

guide-local-government.png

868 ms

bg-who-large.png

bg-who-large.png

677 ms

WWA%20gold%20logo.png

WWA%20gold%20logo.png

1132 ms

bg-arrow-more-orange.png

bg-arrow-more-orange.png

798 ms

WWAW.png

WWAW.png

945 ms

WWB%20gold%20logo.png

WWB%20gold%20logo.png

1500 ms

imagegen.ashx

imagegen.ashx

1004 ms

imagegen.ashx

imagegen.ashx

1026 ms

imagegen.ashx

imagegen.ashx

1069 ms

imagegen.ashx

imagegen.ashx

1147 ms

bg-footer-sep.png

bg-footer-sep.png

1643 ms

museosans_700-webfont.woff

museosans_700-webfont.woff

1612 ms

ga.js

ga.js

43 ms

70 ms

loader2.gif

loader2.gif

784 ms

i.js

i.js

61 ms

844c6761eb6b8fbc7fe8d092606a22d5ad85d655.1.js

844c6761eb6b8fbc7fe8d092606a22d5ad85d655.1.js

9 ms

__utm.gif

__utm.gif

14 ms

collect

collect

22 ms

29 ms

ga-audiences

ga-audiences

119 ms

Accessibility Review

connectweb.com.au accessibility score

74

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

connectweb.com.au 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

User Experience

Impact

Issue

High

Serves images with low resolution

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

SEO Factors

connectweb.com.au SEO score

54

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

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

Crawling and Indexing

To appear in search results, crawlers need access to your app.

Impact

Issue

High

Links are not crawlable

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 Connectweb.com.au 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 Connectweb.com.au 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

connectweb.com.au

Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of Connect Web. 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: