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Report Summary

  • 14

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    26% of other websites

  • 74

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 40% of websites

  • 83

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    55% of websites

  • 85

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    55% of websites

localtechwire.com

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Page Load Speed

2.7 sec in total

First Response

11 ms

Resources Loaded

2.3 sec

Page Rendered

344 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Localtechwire.com page load time and found that the first response time was 11 ms and then it took 2.7 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

localtechwire.com performance score

14

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value6.8 s

1/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value11.6 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value12.6 s

3/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value3,010 ms

2/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.112

86/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value23.5 s

1/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

localtechwire.com

11 ms

wraltechwire.com

149 ms

wraltechwire.com

346 ms

style.css

227 ms

all.min.css

151 ms

Our browser made a total of 150 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 1% of them (1 request) were addressed to the original Localtechwire.com, 69% (104 requests) were made to Wraltechwire1.wpenginepowered.com and 3% (5 requests) were made to Capitolbroadcasting.blueconic.net. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (638 ms) relates to the external source Wraltechwire1.wpenginepowered.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 353.7 kB (3%)

Content Size

11.8 MB

After Optimization

11.4 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Localtechwire.com main page is 11.8 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. Only a small number of websites need less resources to load. Images take 10.4 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-87%

Potential reduce by 220.0 kB

  • Original 252.3 kB
  • After minification 239.8 kB
  • After compression 32.3 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 220.0 kB or 87% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 0 B

  • Original 10.4 MB
  • After minification 10.4 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. Localtechwire images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-12%

Potential reduce by 116.2 kB

  • Original 976.8 kB
  • After minification 976.6 kB
  • After compression 860.6 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 116.2 kB or 12% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-11%

Potential reduce by 17.5 kB

  • Original 163.7 kB
  • After minification 161.7 kB
  • After compression 146.2 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. Localtechwire.com needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 17.5 kB or 11% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 73 (53%)

Requests Now

137

After Optimization

64

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 137 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Localtechwire. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 54 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 21 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

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Accessibility Review

localtechwire.com accessibility score

74

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

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

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.

Navigation

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

Impact

Issue

High

Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order

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

localtechwire.com best practices score

83

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

User Experience

Impact

Issue

High

Displays images with incorrect aspect ratio

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

localtechwire.com SEO score

85

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

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

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 Localtechwire.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 Localtechwire.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

localtechwire.com

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