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Report Summary

  • 21

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    39% of other websites

  • 96

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 88% of websites

  • 92

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    80% of websites

  • 93

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    83% of websites

metrocu.org

Metro Credit Union, Greater Boston's favorite banking

Page Load Speed

4.2 sec in total

First Response

90 ms

Resources Loaded

3.4 sec

Page Rendered

679 ms

metrocu.org screenshot

About Website

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Key Findings

We analyzed Metrocu.org page load time and found that the first response time was 90 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

metrocu.org performance score

21

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.3 s

41/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value14.6 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value9.6 s

11/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value2,700 ms

3/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.015

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value18.9 s

3/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

metrocu.org

90 ms

www.metrocu.org

2135 ms

main.css

36 ms

segmint.min.js

22 ms

salemove_integration.js

25 ms

Our browser made a total of 65 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 68% of them (44 requests) were addressed to the original Metrocu.org, 8% (5 requests) were made to Googletagmanager.com and 3% (2 requests) were made to Api.glia.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (2.1 sec) belongs to the original domain Metrocu.org.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 666.4 kB (44%)

Content Size

1.5 MB

After Optimization

843.5 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Metrocu.org main page is 1.5 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 963.9 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-90%

Potential reduce by 247.0 kB

  • Original 272.9 kB
  • After minification 141.5 kB
  • After compression 26.0 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 131.4 kB, which is 48% 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 247.0 kB or 90% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-41%

Potential reduce by 395.9 kB

  • Original 963.9 kB
  • After minification 568.0 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. Obviously, Metro Cu needs image optimization as it can save up to 395.9 kB or 41% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-9%

Potential reduce by 23.5 kB

  • Original 252.3 kB
  • After minification 252.2 kB
  • After compression 228.8 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

-0%

Potential reduce by 64 B

  • Original 20.8 kB
  • After minification 20.8 kB
  • After compression 20.8 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. Metrocu.org has all CSS files already compressed.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 19 (33%)

Requests Now

57

After Optimization

38

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 57 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Metro Cu. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 20 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

metrocu.org

metrocu.org

90 ms

www.metrocu.org

www.metrocu.org

2135 ms

main.css

main.css

36 ms

segmint.min.js

segmint.min.js

22 ms

salemove_integration.js

salemove_integration.js

25 ms

render.js

render.js

26 ms

manifest.js

manifest.js

81 ms

vendor.js

vendor.js

81 ms

main.js

main.js

213 ms

gtm.js

gtm.js

120 ms

How-Do-I.svg

How-Do-I.svg

31 ms

Savings.svg

Savings.svg

26 ms

Checking_2021-01-12-171119.svg

Checking_2021-01-12-171119.svg

28 ms

Investments.svg

Investments.svg

41 ms

Insurance.svg

Insurance.svg

44 ms

Mortgages.svg

Mortgages.svg

42 ms

Home-Equity.svg

Home-Equity.svg

52 ms

Personal-Loan.svg

Personal-Loan.svg

54 ms

Vehicle-Loan.svg

Vehicle-Loan.svg

56 ms

Grad-Cap.svg

Grad-Cap.svg

57 ms

Credit-Cards.svg

Credit-Cards.svg

58 ms

Mobile-Banking.svg

Mobile-Banking.svg

66 ms

Commercial-Loan.svg

Commercial-Loan.svg

69 ms

Tools-Resources.svg

Tools-Resources.svg

71 ms

Seminars.svg

Seminars.svg

71 ms

Community-banking.svg

Community-banking.svg

75 ms

Taxes.svg

Taxes.svg

134 ms

hero-image-sizing-brand_86d79d2f879a0a090287dbcc87d0d137.png

hero-image-sizing-brand_86d79d2f879a0a090287dbcc87d0d137.png

282 ms

HELOC-Sized_86d79d2f879a0a090287dbcc87d0d137.png

HELOC-Sized_86d79d2f879a0a090287dbcc87d0d137.png

280 ms

hero-image-sized-savings_86d79d2f879a0a090287dbcc87d0d137.png

hero-image-sized-savings_86d79d2f879a0a090287dbcc87d0d137.png

282 ms

Brand-Bar-01.svg

Brand-Bar-01.svg

135 ms

HELOC-Bar2.svg

HELOC-Bar2.svg

152 ms

Savings-Bar2-01.svg

Savings-Bar2-01.svg

157 ms

metro-m.svg

metro-m.svg

155 ms

team-effort.svg

team-effort.svg

160 ms

digital-services-10.svg

digital-services-10.svg

162 ms

support.svg

support.svg

164 ms

designed-for-you.svg

designed-for-you.svg

166 ms

cookie.svg

cookie.svg

168 ms

NCUA.svg

NCUA.svg

260 ms

MSIC.svg

MSIC.svg

268 ms

equal-housing-logo.svg

equal-housing-logo.svg

274 ms

js

js

159 ms

js

js

260 ms

destination

destination

412 ms

destination

destination

411 ms

bat.js

bat.js

543 ms

hotjar-3893104.js

hotjar-3893104.js

624 ms

fbevents.js

fbevents.js

554 ms

munchkin.js

munchkin.js

522 ms

j1bk99ivbx

j1bk99ivbx

559 ms

visitor_config

visitor_config

333 ms

karla-regular.woff

karla-regular.woff

264 ms

karla-bold.woff

karla-bold.woff

263 ms

amsi-black.woff

amsi-black.woff

262 ms

amsipronarw-bold.woff

amsipronarw-bold.woff

261 ms

amsipronarw-regular.woff

amsipronarw-regular.woff

263 ms

amsi-regular.woff

amsi-regular.woff

261 ms

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170 ms

munchkin.js

munchkin.js

42 ms

clarity.js

clarity.js

16 ms

modules.1a30a0a67c3c23c13060.js

modules.1a30a0a67c3c23c13060.js

18 ms

up.js

up.js

25 ms

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src=12463091;type=retar0;cat=mcu_r0;ord=7670002460247;npa=0;auiddc=*;pscdl=noapi;frm=0;gtm=45fe4580z8892815333za201;gcd=13l3l3l3l1;dma=0;epver=2;~oref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.metrocu.org%2F

88 ms

c.gif

c.gif

7 ms

Accessibility Review

metrocu.org accessibility score

96

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

Links do not have a discernible name

Navigation

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

Impact

Issue

High

Some elements have a [tabindex] value greater than 0

Best Practices

metrocu.org best practices score

92

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Missing source maps for large first-party JavaScript

SEO Factors

metrocu.org SEO score

93

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

    EN

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Metrocu.org 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 Metrocu.org 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

metrocu.org

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