Report Summary

  • 17

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    32% of other websites

  • 88

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 68% of websites

  • 67

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    24% of websites

  • 84

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    52% of websites

marcopolis.net

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Page Load Speed

4.4 sec in total

First Response

226 ms

Resources Loaded

3.8 sec

Page Rendered

392 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Marcopolis.net page load time and found that the first response time was 226 ms and then it took 4.1 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 65% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

marcopolis.net performance score

17

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value4.5 s

15/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value5.7 s

16/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value7.5 s

26/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value4,620 ms

0/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.243

51/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value14.2 s

9/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

marcopolis.net

226 ms

marcopolis.net

667 ms

js

67 ms

template.css

458 ms

320style.css

285 ms

Our browser made a total of 160 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 81% of them (130 requests) were addressed to the original Marcopolis.net, 6% (9 requests) were made to Googleads.g.doubleclick.net and 4% (7 requests) were made to Tpc.googlesyndication.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (810 ms) belongs to the original domain Marcopolis.net.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 348.8 kB (22%)

Content Size

1.6 MB

After Optimization

1.2 MB

In fact, the total size of Marcopolis.net main page is 1.6 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. 70% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 739.5 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-89%

Potential reduce by 175.8 kB

  • Original 196.5 kB
  • After minification 135.2 kB
  • After compression 20.6 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. This page needs HTML code to be minified as it can gain 61.3 kB, which is 31% 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 175.8 kB or 89% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-2%

Potential reduce by 16.5 kB

  • Original 739.5 kB
  • After minification 723.0 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. Marco Polis images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-26%

Potential reduce by 142.0 kB

  • Original 553.1 kB
  • After minification 553.1 kB
  • After compression 411.2 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. It is highly recommended that all JavaScript files should be compressed and minified as it can save up to 142.0 kB or 26% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-18%

Potential reduce by 14.5 kB

  • Original 78.6 kB
  • After minification 78.2 kB
  • After compression 64.2 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. Marcopolis.net needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 14.5 kB or 18% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 58 (37%)

Requests Now

158

After Optimization

100

The browser has sent 158 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Marco Polis. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 34 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 18 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Accessibility Review

marcopolis.net accessibility score

88

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

marcopolis.net 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

marcopolis.net SEO score

84

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

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 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 Marcopolis.net 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 Marcopolis.net 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 description is not detected on the main page of Marco Polis. 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: