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Report Summary

  • 8

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    22% of other websites

  • 74

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 41% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    36% of websites

  • 75

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    32% of websites

rarities.com

Page Load Speed

3.5 sec in total

First Response

54 ms

Resources Loaded

3.1 sec

Page Rendered

346 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Rarities.com page load time and found that the first response time was 54 ms and then it took 3.4 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 60% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

rarities.com performance score

8

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value6.0 s

4/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value22.0 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value9.7 s

10/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value1,160 ms

22/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.917

3/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value25.5 s

0/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

store

54 ms

store

251 ms

jquery.foobar.2.1.css

69 ms

Site2.css

259 ms

whitmanDesignStandards.css

148 ms

Our browser made a total of 72 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 0% of them (0 request) were addressed to the original Rarities.com, 3% (2 requests) were made to S7.addthis.com and 3% (2 requests) were made to Seal.godaddy.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1.3 sec) relates to the external source Whitman.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 1.4 MB (45%)

Content Size

3.1 MB

After Optimization

1.7 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Rarities.com main page is 3.1 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. 45% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 1.5 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-75%

Potential reduce by 79.9 kB

  • Original 106.8 kB
  • After minification 95.2 kB
  • After compression 26.9 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 11.5 kB, which is 11% 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 79.9 kB or 75% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-8%

Potential reduce by 115.9 kB

  • Original 1.5 MB
  • After minification 1.3 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. Rarities images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-75%

Potential reduce by 911.3 kB

  • Original 1.2 MB
  • After minification 970.6 kB
  • After compression 308.8 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. It is highly recommended that all JavaScript files should be compressed and minified as it can save up to 911.3 kB or 75% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-85%

Potential reduce by 304.7 kB

  • Original 358.7 kB
  • After minification 296.6 kB
  • After compression 54.0 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. Rarities.com needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 304.7 kB or 85% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 41 (59%)

Requests Now

69

After Optimization

28

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 69 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Rarities. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 27 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 11 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

store

store

54 ms

store

store

251 ms

jquery.foobar.2.1.css

jquery.foobar.2.1.css

69 ms

Site2.css

Site2.css

259 ms

whitmanDesignStandards.css

whitmanDesignStandards.css

148 ms

jquery-ui-1.8.9.custom.css

jquery-ui-1.8.9.custom.css

183 ms

jquery-ui-1.8.10.custom.css

jquery-ui-1.8.10.custom.css

190 ms

jquery-ui-1.8.9.custom.css

jquery-ui-1.8.9.custom.css

180 ms

jquery-ui-1.8.10.custom.css

jquery-ui-1.8.10.custom.css

99 ms

jquery-ui-1.8.11.custom.css

jquery-ui-1.8.11.custom.css

140 ms

jquery1_7_1_min.js

jquery1_7_1_min.js

320 ms

jquery-ui.js

jquery-ui.js

637 ms

jquery.watermark.min.js

jquery.watermark.min.js

254 ms

cufon-yui.js

cufon-yui.js

242 ms

jquery.hoverIntent.minified.js

jquery.hoverIntent.minified.js

242 ms

jquery.simplemodal.js

jquery.simplemodal.js

287 ms

coin-slider.min.js

coin-slider.min.js

276 ms

scrollingcarousel.2.0.min.js

scrollingcarousel.2.0.min.js

283 ms

jquery.imagemapster.js

jquery.imagemapster.js

726 ms

modernizr.touchcustom.js

modernizr.touchcustom.js

371 ms

jquery.kinetic.js

jquery.kinetic.js

696 ms

jquery.foobar.2.1.min.js

jquery.foobar.2.1.min.js

655 ms

cookies.js

cookies.js

348 ms

slidedeck.skin-whitman.css

slidedeck.skin-whitman.css

381 ms

mainslider.css

mainslider.css

396 ms

addthis_widget.js

addthis_widget.js

46 ms

mainslider.js

mainslider.js

415 ms

getSeal

getSeal

449 ms

fp.js

fp.js

18 ms

fbevents.js

fbevents.js

20 ms

index-bg.png

index-bg.png

186 ms

headerLogo.png

headerLogo.png

56 ms

2017_Red_Books_Slider_UPDATED.jpg

2017_Red_Books_Slider_UPDATED.jpg

1080 ms

2017_Blue_Books_Slider.jpg

2017_Blue_Books_Slider.jpg

1257 ms

Mega_Red_30_Percent_Off_2.jpg

Mega_Red_30_Percent_Off_2.jpg

967 ms

Free_Shipping_Orders_Over_50.jpg

Free_Shipping_Orders_Over_50.jpg

804 ms

WhitmanROLBanner.jpg

WhitmanROLBanner.jpg

215 ms

facebook.png

facebook.png

216 ms

twitter.png

twitter.png

790 ms

script.js

script.js

79 ms

offsite_event.php

offsite_event.php

170 ms

180 ms

GSID.ashx

GSID.ashx

9 ms

GetTemplate.ashx

GetTemplate.ashx

101 ms

LoginStatusBar

LoginStatusBar

699 ms

716 ms

whitman-main-menu

whitman-main-menu

1141 ms

rightArrow.png

rightArrow.png

679 ms

books.jpg

books.jpg

883 ms

folders.jpg

folders.jpg

767 ms

albums.jpg

albums.jpg

938 ms

collecting.jpg

collecting.jpg

896 ms

vaults_v1.jpg

vaults_v1.jpg

1264 ms

stamps_v3.jpg

stamps_v3.jpg

1083 ms

trackjs.js

trackjs.js

433 ms

track.php

track.php

71 ms

footer-bg-faded.png

footer-bg-faded.png

480 ms

siteseal_gd_3_h_l_m.gif

siteseal_gd_3_h_l_m.gif

166 ms

dc.js

dc.js

107 ms

plusone.js

plusone.js

131 ms

skin.css

skin.css

486 ms

300lo.json

300lo.json

119 ms

transparent.gif

transparent.gif

457 ms

ajax-loader-bg.png

ajax-loader-bg.png

488 ms

ajax-loader-fg.gif

ajax-loader-fg.gif

517 ms

5543.js

5543.js

143 ms

sh.8e5f85691f9aaa082472a194.html

sh.8e5f85691f9aaa082472a194.html

27 ms

__utm.gif

__utm.gif

28 ms

ItemsInCart

ItemsInCart

435 ms

cb=gapi.loaded_0

cb=gapi.loaded_0

9 ms

ga-audiences

ga-audiences

61 ms

296 ms

Accessibility Review

rarities.com accessibility score

74

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-hidden="true"] elements contain focusable descendents

High

ARIA IDs are not unique

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.

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

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

High

Links do not have a discernible name

Best Practices

rarities.com best practices score

75

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

Browser errors were logged to the console

High

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

rarities.com SEO score

75

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

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

    N/A

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

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

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