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Report Summary

  • 24

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    43% of other websites

  • 71

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 36% of websites

  • 67

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    24% of websites

  • 67

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    26% of websites

guitaristsreference.com

Guitar Chords, Guitar Scales & Chord Finder for Guitarists. GuitaristsReference.com

Page Load Speed

2.2 sec in total

First Response

116 ms

Resources Loaded

1.7 sec

Page Rendered

308 ms

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About Website

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Key Findings

We analyzed Guitaristsreference.com page load time and found that the first response time was 116 ms and then it took 2 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 40% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

guitaristsreference.com performance score

24

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value2.9 s

53/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value5.8 s

15/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value11.1 s

6/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value5,270 ms

0/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.069

96/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value28.3 s

0/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

guitaristsreference.com

116 ms

www.guitaristsreference.com

118 ms

style.css

146 ms

main.css

17 ms

fastclick.min.js

45 ms

Our browser made a total of 86 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 69% of them (59 requests) were addressed to the original Guitaristsreference.com, 8% (7 requests) were made to Googleads.g.doubleclick.net and 6% (5 requests) were made to Youtube.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (640 ms) relates to the external source Googleads.g.doubleclick.net.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 223.3 kB (20%)

Content Size

1.1 MB

After Optimization

866.3 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Guitaristsreference.com main page is 1.1 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. 80% 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. Javascripts take 574.0 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-87%

Potential reduce by 113.1 kB

  • Original 130.2 kB
  • After minification 108.7 kB
  • After compression 17.1 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 21.5 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 113.1 kB or 87% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-2%

Potential reduce by 7.2 kB

  • Original 316.4 kB
  • After minification 309.2 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. Guitarists Reference images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-17%

Potential reduce by 97.1 kB

  • Original 574.0 kB
  • After minification 574.0 kB
  • After compression 477.0 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 97.1 kB or 17% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-9%

Potential reduce by 6.0 kB

  • Original 69.1 kB
  • After minification 66.8 kB
  • After compression 63.1 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. Guitaristsreference.com has all CSS files already compressed.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 16 (20%)

Requests Now

82

After Optimization

66

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 82 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Guitarists Reference. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 17 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

guitaristsreference.com

guitaristsreference.com

116 ms

www.guitaristsreference.com

www.guitaristsreference.com

118 ms

style.css

style.css

146 ms

main.css

main.css

17 ms

fastclick.min.js

fastclick.min.js

45 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

39 ms

howler.min.js

howler.min.js

173 ms

jquery.cookie.min.js

jquery.cookie.min.js

57 ms

jquery.fullscreen-0.3.5.min.js

jquery.fullscreen-0.3.5.min.js

143 ms

common.js

common.js

39 ms

index.js

index.js

41 ms

js

js

74 ms

sharethis.js

sharethis.js

38 ms

adsbygoogle.js

adsbygoogle.js

123 ms

bkg.jpg

bkg.jpg

134 ms

q0EpXBHzrgE

q0EpXBHzrgE

221 ms

chord_C.js

chord_C.js

97 ms

page_index.html

page_index.html

94 ms

embed.js

embed.js

167 ms

palette.png

palette.png

89 ms

newlogo.png

newlogo.png

107 ms

apple-app-store-badge.png

apple-app-store-badge.png

87 ms

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google-app-store-badge.png

102 ms

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microsoft-app-store-badge.png

107 ms

bkg2.jpg

bkg2.jpg

106 ms

bkg2.jpg

bkg2.jpg

107 ms

fretboard.jpg

fretboard.jpg

103 ms

dots.png

dots.png

112 ms

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string6.png

110 ms

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string5.png

111 ms

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string4.png

110 ms

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string3.png

112 ms

string2.png

string2.png

113 ms

string1.png

string1.png

118 ms

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badge-ios-2.png

117 ms

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116 ms

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114 ms

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voicing_button_up.png

113 ms

voicing_button_down.png

voicing_button_down.png

118 ms

play_button.png

play_button.png

119 ms

label_button1.png

label_button1.png

121 ms

position_button.png

position_button.png

122 ms

hand_button.png

hand_button.png

121 ms

bkg3.jpg

bkg3.jpg

132 ms

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gofundme.png

123 ms

bkg4.jpg

bkg4.jpg

124 ms

badge-windows-lg.png

badge-windows-lg.png

156 ms

badge-ios-lg.png

badge-ios-lg.png

127 ms

badge-google-lg.png

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127 ms

badge-amazon-lg.png

badge-amazon-lg.png

125 ms

badge-chrome-lg.png

badge-chrome-lg.png

130 ms

chordfinder-button.png

chordfinder-button.png

129 ms

show_ads_impl.js

show_ads_impl.js

442 ms

emailbackgrounds-button.png

emailbackgrounds-button.png

52 ms

allsmileys-button.png

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50 ms

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67 ms

cs_C.js

cs_C.js

47 ms

dots.png

dots.png

54 ms

label_button2.png

label_button2.png

58 ms

loader.gif

loader.gif

54 ms

keytype_button.png

keytype_button.png

54 ms

progression_button.png

progression_button.png

64 ms

fav_button_add.png

fav_button_add.png

84 ms

note2.png

note2.png

63 ms

note.png

note.png

60 ms

note3.png

note3.png

80 ms

note4.png

note4.png

57 ms

string_close.png

string_close.png

60 ms

string_open.png

string_open.png

80 ms

www-player.css

www-player.css

11 ms

www-embed-player.js

www-embed-player.js

31 ms

base.js

base.js

56 ms

ad_status.js

ad_status.js

169 ms

jj2eNDzr7OxRmG3eEZdf1bHpefYrrxl4VJQY9raQMR0.js

jj2eNDzr7OxRmG3eEZdf1bHpefYrrxl4VJQY9raQMR0.js

159 ms

embed.js

embed.js

70 ms

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KFOmCnqEu92Fr1Mu4mxP.ttf

114 ms

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KFOlCnqEu92Fr1MmEU9fBBc9.ttf

208 ms

id

id

42 ms

zrt_lookup.html

zrt_lookup.html

64 ms

ads

ads

450 ms

ads

ads

135 ms

ads

ads

421 ms

ads

ads

325 ms

Create

Create

119 ms

ads

ads

640 ms

GenerateIT

GenerateIT

14 ms

Accessibility Review

guitaristsreference.com accessibility score

71

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.

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

<frame> or <iframe> elements do not have a title

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

High

Links do not have a discernible name

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 [lang] attribute

Best Practices

guitaristsreference.com 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

High

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

guitaristsreference.com SEO score

67

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

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

Language and Encoding

  • Language Detected

    EN

  • Language Claimed

    N/A

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Guitaristsreference.com can be misinterpreted by Google and other search engines. Our service has detected that English is used on the page, and neither this language nor any other was claimed in <html> or <meta> tags. Our system also found out that Guitaristsreference.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

guitaristsreference.com

Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of Guitarists Reference. 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: