Report Summary

  • 20

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    37% of other websites

  • 83

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 56% of websites

  • 83

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    56% of websites

  • 93

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    84% of websites

gradient.works

Dynamic book management software for B2B sales teams

Page Load Speed

2.8 sec in total

First Response

156 ms

Resources Loaded

1.4 sec

Page Rendered

1.2 sec

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Key Findings

We analyzed Gradient.works page load time and found that the first response time was 156 ms and then it took 2.6 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

gradient.works performance score

20

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value4.1 s

22/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value6.8 s

7/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value9.0 s

14/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value2,250 ms

6/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.112

86/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value18.9 s

3/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

www.gradient.works

156 ms

css2

64 ms

mjtw_styles.min.css

49 ms

module_133132820299_gw-fancy-cards.min.css

179 ms

module_133449454665_gw-fancy-list.min.css

264 ms

Our browser made a total of 80 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 41% of them (33 requests) were addressed to the original Gradient.works, 16% (13 requests) were made to D.adroll.com and 4% (3 requests) were made to Script.crazyegg.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (713 ms) belongs to the original domain Gradient.works.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 212.9 kB (15%)

Content Size

1.4 MB

After Optimization

1.2 MB

In fact, the total size of Gradient.works main page is 1.4 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. 75% of websites need less resources to load and that’s why Accessify’s recommendations for optimization and resource minification can be helpful for this project. Images take 1.2 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-83%

Potential reduce by 55.3 kB

  • Original 66.8 kB
  • After minification 56.0 kB
  • After compression 11.5 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 10.8 kB, which is 16% 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 55.3 kB or 83% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-12%

Potential reduce by 142.5 kB

  • Original 1.2 MB
  • After minification 1.1 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. Obviously, Gradient needs image optimization as it can save up to 142.5 kB or 12% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-7%

Potential reduce by 7.5 kB

  • Original 111.7 kB
  • After minification 111.6 kB
  • After compression 104.2 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. This website has mostly compressed JavaScripts.

CSS Optimization

-25%

Potential reduce by 7.6 kB

  • Original 30.9 kB
  • After minification 30.9 kB
  • After compression 23.3 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. Gradient.works needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 7.6 kB or 25% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 38 (59%)

Requests Now

64

After Optimization

26

The browser has sent 64 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Gradient. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 26 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 4 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Accessibility Review

gradient.works accessibility score

83

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

gradient.works 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

High

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

gradient.works SEO score

93

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 uses legible font sizes

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 Gradient.works 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 Gradient.works 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 Gradient. This is the best way to make the web page social media friendly. Here is how it looks like on Facebook: