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Report Summary

  • 23

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    43% of other websites

  • 77

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 45% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    36% of websites

  • 92

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    75% of websites

larnachcastle.co.nz

Larnach Castle & Gardens - New Zealand's Only Castle - Dunedin Tourist Attraction

Page Load Speed

3.6 sec in total

First Response

106 ms

Resources Loaded

2.2 sec

Page Rendered

1.3 sec

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About Website

Welcome to larnachcastle.co.nz homepage info - get ready to check Larnach Castle best content for New Zealand right away, or after learning these important things about larnachcastle.co.nz

Visit Dunedin tourist attraction: New Zealand's only Castle, Larnach Castle, to see its beautiful gardens and explore the historic house. A range of accommodation options is also available.

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Key Findings

We analyzed Larnachcastle.co.nz page load time and found that the first response time was 106 ms and then it took 3.5 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 55% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

larnachcastle.co.nz performance score

23

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value4.2 s

20/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value7.9 s

3/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value6.8 s

35/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value3,400 ms

2/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value14.1 s

9/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

larnachcastle.co.nz

106 ms

www.larnachcastle.co.nz

180 ms

GetResource.ashx

43 ms

css

108 ms

WebResource.axd

112 ms

Our browser made a total of 61 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 70% of them (43 requests) were addressed to the original Larnachcastle.co.nz, 7% (4 requests) were made to Fareharbor.com and 7% (4 requests) were made to Dp58aslhmbcib.cloudfront.net. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1.7 sec) belongs to the original domain Larnachcastle.co.nz.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 86.5 kB (4%)

Content Size

2.2 MB

After Optimization

2.1 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Larnachcastle.co.nz main page is 2.2 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. Images take 2.0 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-71%

Potential reduce by 33.8 kB

  • Original 47.4 kB
  • After minification 46.5 kB
  • After compression 13.6 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 33.8 kB or 71% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-2%

Potential reduce by 39.4 kB

  • Original 2.0 MB
  • After minification 2.0 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. Larnach Castle images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-4%

Potential reduce by 3.0 kB

  • Original 75.9 kB
  • After minification 75.9 kB
  • After compression 72.9 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

-21%

Potential reduce by 10.3 kB

  • Original 50.3 kB
  • After minification 50.3 kB
  • After compression 40.0 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. Larnachcastle.co.nz needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 10.3 kB or 21% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 21 (40%)

Requests Now

53

After Optimization

32

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 53 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Larnach Castle. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 14 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 4 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

larnachcastle.co.nz

larnachcastle.co.nz

106 ms

www.larnachcastle.co.nz

www.larnachcastle.co.nz

180 ms

GetResource.ashx

GetResource.ashx

43 ms

css

css

108 ms

WebResource.axd

WebResource.axd

112 ms

GetResource.ashx

GetResource.ashx

208 ms

GetResource.ashx

GetResource.ashx

242 ms

GetResource.ashx

GetResource.ashx

241 ms

ScriptResource.axd

ScriptResource.axd

240 ms

ScriptResource.axd

ScriptResource.axd

256 ms

PortalTemplate.aspx

PortalTemplate.aspx

262 ms

399 ms

GetResource.ashx

GetResource.ashx

267 ms

ga.js

ga.js

94 ms

search-btn.png

search-btn.png

181 ms

video-icon.png

video-icon.png

181 ms

Promo-1

Promo-1

181 ms

Promo-2

Promo-2

248 ms

Promo-3

Promo-3

1743 ms

Promo-4

Promo-4

1258 ms

Qualmark-Endorsed-Visitor-Activity

Qualmark-Endorsed-Visitor-Activity

199 ms

New-Zealand-Gardens-Trust

New-Zealand-Gardens-Trust

1165 ms

Landmarks-New-Zealand

Landmarks-New-Zealand

226 ms

Tiaki-Promise

Tiaki-Promise

231 ms

__utm.gif

__utm.gif

76 ms

collect

collect

71 ms

gtm.js

gtm.js

88 ms

255 ms

topbar-bg.png

topbar-bg.png

65 ms

social-icons-30.png

social-icons-30.png

63 ms

larnachcastle-logo.png

larnachcastle-logo.png

63 ms

btn-bg.png

btn-bg.png

66 ms

btn-arrow.png

btn-arrow.png

65 ms

nav-on.png

nav-on.png

66 ms

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SlGDmQSNjdsmc35JDF1K5E55YMjF_7DPuGi-6_RkBI95.woff

156 ms

larnach-at-night.jpg

larnach-at-night.jpg

402 ms

larnach-castle.jpg

larnach-castle.jpg

1149 ms

music-room.jpg

music-room.jpg

759 ms

larnach-castle-garden.jpg

larnach-castle-garden.jpg

746 ms

Dunedin-Attractions.jpg

Dunedin-Attractions.jpg

746 ms

Dunedin-Wedding-venue.jpg

Dunedin-Wedding-venue.jpg

839 ms

larnach-castle-alice.jpg

larnach-castle-alice.jpg

746 ms

introduction-bg.png

introduction-bg.png

740 ms

m-btn-bg.png

m-btn-bg.png

740 ms

social-icons-50.png

social-icons-50.png

741 ms

footer-bg.png

footer-bg.png

738 ms

larnach-logo-grey.png

larnach-logo-grey.png

738 ms

bullet-footer.png

bullet-footer.png

739 ms

phone-icon-grey.png

phone-icon-grey.png

740 ms

location-icon-grey.png

location-icon-grey.png

740 ms

email-icon-grey.png

email-icon-grey.png

741 ms

output.cd413ebdce98.css

output.cd413ebdce98.css

150 ms

output.e89846825ae9.css

output.e89846825ae9.css

218 ms

output.b36836681687.js

output.b36836681687.js

99 ms

djangojs.js

djangojs.js

251 ms

output.8fa062457bd5.js

output.8fa062457bd5.js

96 ms

379 ms

82 ms

roboto-v20-vietnamese_latin-ext_latin_greek-ext_greek_cyrillic-ext_cyrillic-regular.woff

roboto-v20-vietnamese_latin-ext_latin_greek-ext_greek_cyrillic-ext_cyrillic-regular.woff

55 ms

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roboto-v20-vietnamese_latin-ext_latin_greek-ext_greek_cyrillic-ext_cyrillic-500.woff

67 ms

roboto-v20-vietnamese_latin-ext_latin_greek-ext_greek_cyrillic-ext_cyrillic-700.woff

roboto-v20-vietnamese_latin-ext_latin_greek-ext_greek_cyrillic-ext_cyrillic-700.woff

67 ms

Accessibility Review

larnachcastle.co.nz accessibility score

77

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 [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

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

larnachcastle.co.nz best practices score

75

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

SEO Factors

larnachcastle.co.nz SEO score

92

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

    N/A

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Larnachcastle.co.nz 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 Larnachcastle.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

larnachcastle.co.nz

Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of Larnach Castle. 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: