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Report Summary

  • 51

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    69% of other websites

  • 87

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 66% of websites

  • 83

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    55% of websites

  • 89

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    66% of websites

rapidnet.com

Golden West | Internet, Phone & TV in South Dakota

Page Load Speed

3.9 sec in total

First Response

161 ms

Resources Loaded

3.5 sec

Page Rendered

320 ms

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About Website

Visit rapidnet.com now to see the best up-to-date Rapidnet content for United States and also check out these interesting facts you probably never knew about rapidnet.com

Golden West is a telecommunications company that provides internet, TV, and phone services to residential and business customers in South Dakota.

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Key Findings

We analyzed Rapidnet.com page load time and found that the first response time was 161 ms and then it took 3.8 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

rapidnet.com performance score

51

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.1 s

45/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value16.2 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value7.1 s

32/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value200 ms

90/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.001

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value12.7 s

13/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

rapidnet.com

161 ms

www.goldenwest.net

308 ms

goldenwest.com

967 ms

home

841 ms

screen.css

62 ms

Our browser made a total of 72 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 1% of them (1 request) were addressed to the original Rapidnet.com, 75% (54 requests) were made to Goldenwest.com and 4% (3 requests) were made to Localsolutionwidget.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (967 ms) relates to the external source Goldenwest.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 3.2 MB (66%)

Content Size

4.9 MB

After Optimization

1.7 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Rapidnet.com main page is 4.9 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. 55% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 4.0 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-85%

Potential reduce by 34.2 kB

  • Original 40.1 kB
  • After minification 23.8 kB
  • After compression 5.9 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 16.3 kB, which is 41% 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 34.2 kB or 85% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-64%

Potential reduce by 2.6 MB

  • Original 4.0 MB
  • After minification 1.4 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. Obviously, Rapidnet needs image optimization as it can save up to 2.6 MB or 64% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-65%

Potential reduce by 385.8 kB

  • Original 589.8 kB
  • After minification 572.7 kB
  • After compression 204.0 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 385.8 kB or 65% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-83%

Potential reduce by 224.7 kB

  • Original 270.7 kB
  • After minification 263.2 kB
  • After compression 46.0 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. Rapidnet.com needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 224.7 kB or 83% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 20 (30%)

Requests Now

66

After Optimization

46

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 66 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Rapidnet. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 16 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

rapidnet.com

rapidnet.com

161 ms

www.goldenwest.net

www.goldenwest.net

308 ms

goldenwest.com

goldenwest.com

967 ms

home

home

841 ms

screen.css

screen.css

62 ms

jquery-1.4.4.min.js

jquery-1.4.4.min.js

162 ms

jquery.li-scroller.1.0.js

jquery.li-scroller.1.0.js

108 ms

slides.jquery.js

slides.jquery.js

112 ms

slides.min.jquery.js

slides.min.jquery.js

109 ms

jquery.cookie.js

jquery.cookie.js

147 ms

_LoadDynamics.js

_LoadDynamics.js

151 ms

_TrimFunctions.js

_TrimFunctions.js

194 ms

_checkUsername.js

_checkUsername.js

194 ms

api.js

api.js

42 ms

bg_tile.png

bg_tile.png

128 ms

ga.js

ga.js

47 ms

recaptcha__en.js

recaptcha__en.js

99 ms

open_widg.php

open_widg.php

181 ms

piwik.js

piwik.js

209 ms

header_bg.png

header_bg.png

365 ms

top-tools.png

top-tools.png

78 ms

fb.png

fb.png

79 ms

cart.png

cart.png

75 ms

search.jpg

search.jpg

75 ms

nav_bg.png

nav_bg.png

106 ms

products_navbutton.png

products_navbutton.png

106 ms

support_navbutton.png

support_navbutton.png

105 ms

about_navbutton.png

about_navbutton.png

111 ms

contact_navbutton.png

contact_navbutton.png

114 ms

logo.png

logo.png

247 ms

header_swoop.png

header_swoop.png

203 ms

payforward.jpg

payforward.jpg

555 ms

100%20anniversary.jpg

100%20anniversary.jpg

421 ms

prev.png

prev.png

161 ms

next.png

next.png

247 ms

About_button.png

About_button.png

256 ms

call%20complete%20banner_1.jpg

call%20complete%20banner_1.jpg

254 ms

blue_arrow.jpg

blue_arrow.jpg

259 ms

new_releases_bg.jpg

new_releases_bg.jpg

308 ms

steve%20jobs.JPG

steve%20jobs.JPG

306 ms

right_small.png

right_small.png

322 ms

the%2033.JPG

the%2033.JPG

364 ms

black%20mass.JPG

black%20mass.JPG

805 ms

the%20secret%20in%20their%20eyes.JPG

the%20secret%20in%20their%20eyes.JPG

409 ms

the%20good%20dinosaur.JPG

the%20good%20dinosaur.JPG

414 ms

spotlight.JPG

spotlight.JPG

416 ms

room2.jpg

room2.jpg

552 ms

american.jpg

american.jpg

549 ms

large_left.png

large_left.png

549 ms

large_right.png

large_right.png

547 ms

footer_swoosh.png

footer_swoosh.png

550 ms

yt.png

yt.png

554 ms

email.png

email.png

555 ms

kota.jpg

kota.jpg

554 ms

guarantee.png

guarantee.png

563 ms

__utm.gif

__utm.gif

31 ms

7k9AbrmaL0w

7k9AbrmaL0w

117 ms

IMD.png

IMD.png

498 ms

sr_l.png

sr_l.png

78 ms

srch_but.png

srch_but.png

78 ms

www-embed-player-vflZsBgOl.css

www-embed-player-vflZsBgOl.css

125 ms

www-embed-player.js

www-embed-player.js

147 ms

base.js

base.js

259 ms

pagination_bg.png

pagination_bg.png

330 ms

paginationO.png

paginationO.png

366 ms

pagination.png

pagination.png

393 ms

steve%20jobs.JPG

steve%20jobs.JPG

392 ms

loading.gif

loading.gif

392 ms

6BOEML_YqI6cKINK5dmh8ZufcXg7sBa4jeB-I9gQ0xI.js

6BOEML_YqI6cKINK5dmh8ZufcXg7sBa4jeB-I9gQ0xI.js

21 ms

ad_status.js

ad_status.js

64 ms

zN7GBFwfMP4uA6AR0HCoLQ.ttf

zN7GBFwfMP4uA6AR0HCoLQ.ttf

89 ms

RxZJdnzeo3R5zSexge8UUaCWcynf_cDxXwCLxiixG1c.ttf

RxZJdnzeo3R5zSexge8UUaCWcynf_cDxXwCLxiixG1c.ttf

98 ms

Accessibility Review

rapidnet.com accessibility score

87

Accessibility Issues

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.

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

Best Practices

rapidnet.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

rapidnet.com SEO score

89

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

High

Tap targets are not sized appropriately

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 Rapidnet.com 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 Rapidnet.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

rapidnet.com

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