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Report Summary

  • 15

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    27% of other websites

  • 89

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 72% of websites

  • 83

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    56% of websites

  • 83

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    46% of websites

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Page Load Speed

2.2 sec in total

First Response

131 ms

Resources Loaded

1.7 sec

Page Rendered

315 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Fa.ml.com page load time and found that the first response time was 131 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

fa.ml.com performance score

15

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value9.0 s

0/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value10.4 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value9.0 s

14/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value2,350 ms

5/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.14

79/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value19.5 s

2/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

fa.ml.com

131 ms

gtm.js

74 ms

bootstrap_3.3.7.min.css

104 ms

bootstrap-select.min.css

34 ms

style.css

117 ms

Our browser made a total of 84 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 42% of them (35 requests) were addressed to the original Fa.ml.com, 20% (17 requests) were made to Tags.tiqcdn.com and 5% (4 requests) were made to Google.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (734 ms) belongs to the original domain Fa.ml.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 557.3 kB (64%)

Content Size

873.2 kB

After Optimization

315.8 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Fa.ml.com main page is 873.2 kB. This result falls beyond the top 1M of websites and identifies a large and not optimized web page that may take ages to load. 70% of websites need less resources to load. Javascripts take 562.6 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-80%

Potential reduce by 153.9 kB

  • Original 193.5 kB
  • After minification 179.3 kB
  • After compression 39.7 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 153.9 kB or 80% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-1%

Potential reduce by 623 B

  • Original 44.2 kB
  • After minification 43.6 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. Fa Ml images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-67%

Potential reduce by 374.9 kB

  • Original 562.6 kB
  • After minification 506.1 kB
  • After compression 187.7 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 374.9 kB or 67% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-38%

Potential reduce by 27.9 kB

  • Original 72.8 kB
  • After minification 72.7 kB
  • After compression 44.9 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. Fa.ml.com needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 27.9 kB or 38% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 54 (70%)

Requests Now

77

After Optimization

23

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 77 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Fa Ml. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 46 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 10 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

fa.ml.com

fa.ml.com

131 ms

gtm.js

gtm.js

74 ms

bootstrap_3.3.7.min.css

bootstrap_3.3.7.min.css

104 ms

bootstrap-select.min.css

bootstrap-select.min.css

34 ms

style.css

style.css

117 ms

LocatorStyleOverrides.css

LocatorStyleOverrides.css

281 ms

jquery_ui.css

jquery_ui.css

114 ms

header.css

header.css

100 ms

footer.css

footer.css

97 ms

LocatorMaster.css

LocatorMaster.css

120 ms

knockout-3.2.0.js

knockout-3.2.0.js

146 ms

locator.js

locator.js

120 ms

jquery_1.10.2.js

jquery_1.10.2.js

147 ms

bootstrap-select.min.js

bootstrap-select.min.js

40 ms

js

js

95 ms

MLLocator.js

MLLocator.js

147 ms

script.js

script.js

150 ms

lazysizes.min.js

lazysizes.min.js

145 ms

browser_os_classes.js

browser_os_classes.js

277 ms

ec-site-public.js

ec-site-public.js

149 ms

ec-site-encryption.js

ec-site-encryption.js

147 ms

jquery_ui.js

jquery_ui.js

170 ms

DesignationsOverride.js

DesignationsOverride.js

149 ms

markerclusterer.js

markerclusterer.js

275 ms

oms.min.js

oms.min.js

148 ms

tealium_customevents.js

tealium_customevents.js

169 ms

api.js

api.js

58 ms

bootstrap.min.js

bootstrap.min.js

132 ms

nav.js

nav.js

237 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

117 ms

hotjar-1787195.js

hotjar-1787195.js

279 ms

js

js

35 ms

collect

collect

200 ms

gen_204

gen_204

94 ms

utag.js

utag.js

182 ms

logo_full-x5.png

logo_full-x5.png

734 ms

BofA_white_footer.png

BofA_white_footer.png

111 ms

init_logo.png

init_logo.png

733 ms

INST_BAC_Logo_Disclaimers.png

INST_BAC_Logo_Disclaimers.png

110 ms

bamlLogoWhite.png

bamlLogoWhite.png

733 ms

iframe_api

iframe_api

218 ms

collect

collect

192 ms

Connections.woff

Connections.woff

169 ms

ConnectionsMedium.woff

ConnectionsMedium.woff

626 ms

ConnectionsLight.woff

ConnectionsLight.woff

190 ms

Connections-Bold_1.woff

Connections-Bold_1.woff

625 ms

Connections-Bold.woff

Connections-Bold.woff

623 ms

connections_regular-web.woff

connections_regular-web.woff

622 ms

modules.61e17720cf639c3e96a7.js

modules.61e17720cf639c3e96a7.js

121 ms

recaptcha__en.js

recaptcha__en.js

214 ms

prod-_-gwm-content-mlwm-fa_finder_.js

prod-_-gwm-content-mlwm-fa_finder_.js

69 ms

box-69edcc3187336f9b0a3fbb4c73be9fe6.html

box-69edcc3187336f9b0a3fbb4c73be9fe6.html

96 ms

utag.14.js

utag.14.js

93 ms

utag.37.js

utag.37.js

95 ms

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utag.12.js

98 ms

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utag.18.js

92 ms

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utag.16.js

72 ms

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utag.38.js

90 ms

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utag.22.js

94 ms

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utag.20.js

192 ms

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utag.15.js

192 ms

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utag.28.js

94 ms

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utag.30.js

94 ms

utag.10.js

utag.10.js

94 ms

utag.25.js

utag.25.js

93 ms

www-widgetapi.js

www-widgetapi.js

69 ms

cm

cm

171 ms

fallback

fallback

109 ms

utag.v.js

utag.v.js

115 ms

collect

collect

97 ms

session.js

session.js

233 ms

utag.21.js

utag.21.js

64 ms

getcookie.ashx

getcookie.ashx

231 ms

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103 ms

fallback__ltr.css

fallback__ltr.css

15 ms

css

css

96 ms

collect

collect

18 ms

ga-audiences

ga-audiences

25 ms

31 ms

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89 ms

logo_48.png

logo_48.png

14 ms

jsEvent.json

jsEvent.json

38 ms

66 ms

et.ashx

et.ashx

34 ms

Accessibility Review

fa.ml.com accessibility score

89

Accessibility Issues

ARIA

These are opportunities to improve the usage of ARIA in your application which may enhance the experience for users of assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Impact

Issue

High

ARIA IDs are not unique

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

fa.ml.com 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

fa.ml.com SEO score

83

Search Engine Optimization Advices

Crawling and Indexing

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

Impact

Issue

High

Links are not crawlable

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 doesn't use 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 Fa.ml.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 Fa.ml.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

fa.ml.com

Open Graph data is detected on the main page of Fa Ml. This is the best way to make the web page social media friendly. Here is how it looks like on Facebook: