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Report Summary

  • 51

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    69% of other websites

  • 72

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 37% of websites

  • 50

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    19% of websites

  • 69

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    28% of websites

readerscircle.com

Reader's Circle: Local Listings for Book Clubs and Author Events in New York City, Chicago, Seattle, Los Angeles, Washington, DC, Philadelphia, San Fr...

Page Load Speed

3.4 sec in total

First Response

143 ms

Resources Loaded

2.5 sec

Page Rendered

816 ms

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About Website

Click here to check amazing Reader S Circle content. Otherwise, check out these important facts you probably never knew about readerscircle.com

Book club networking site serving the US, UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand with listings for local groups, author events, & phone chats.

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Key Findings

We analyzed Readerscircle.com page load time and found that the first response time was 143 ms and then it took 3.3 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

readerscircle.com performance score

51

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value4.3 s

17/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value10.1 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value8.1 s

21/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value130 ms

96/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.002

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value9.6 s

29/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

readerscircle.com

143 ms

readerscircle.com

256 ms

www.readerscircle.org

384 ms

reset.css

124 ms

colorbox.css

125 ms

Our browser made a total of 118 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 2% of them (2 requests) were addressed to the original Readerscircle.com, 96% (113 requests) were made to Readerscircle.org and 2% (2 requests) were made to Ssl.google-analytics.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (931 ms) relates to the external source Readerscircle.org.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 244.5 kB (4%)

Content Size

5.5 MB

After Optimization

5.2 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Readerscircle.com main page is 5.5 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. 45% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 5.0 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-80%

Potential reduce by 65.2 kB

  • Original 81.5 kB
  • After minification 67.5 kB
  • After compression 16.3 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 14.0 kB, which is 17% 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 65.2 kB or 80% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-1%

Potential reduce by 26.4 kB

  • Original 5.0 MB
  • After minification 5.0 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. Reader S Circle images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-40%

Potential reduce by 143.8 kB

  • Original 359.8 kB
  • After minification 359.8 kB
  • After compression 216.1 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 143.8 kB or 40% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-32%

Potential reduce by 9.1 kB

  • Original 28.8 kB
  • After minification 28.8 kB
  • After compression 19.8 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. Readerscircle.com needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 9.1 kB or 32% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 25 (40%)

Requests Now

62

After Optimization

37

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 62 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Reader S Circle. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 18 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 9 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

readerscircle.com

readerscircle.com

143 ms

readerscircle.com

readerscircle.com

256 ms

www.readerscircle.org

www.readerscircle.org

384 ms

reset.css

reset.css

124 ms

colorbox.css

colorbox.css

125 ms

default.css

default.css

124 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

9 ms

jquery.colorbox.js

jquery.colorbox.js

130 ms

jquery.validate.js

jquery.validate.js

144 ms

custom.js

custom.js

131 ms

jquery-ui.css

jquery-ui.css

185 ms

mainstyle.css

mainstyle.css

183 ms

jquery.lightbox-0.5.css

jquery.lightbox-0.5.css

185 ms

jquery-ui-1.8.16.custom.js

jquery-ui-1.8.16.custom.js

194 ms

jquery.easing.1.3.js

jquery.easing.1.3.js

196 ms

jquery.easing.compatibility.js

jquery.easing.compatibility.js

209 ms

jquery.bxSlider.min.js

jquery.bxSlider.min.js

246 ms

jquery.lightbox-0.5.js

jquery.lightbox-0.5.js

243 ms

wachevents.calendar.js

wachevents.calendar.js

246 ms

jquery-ui-i18n.js

jquery-ui-i18n.js

258 ms

lib.js

lib.js

260 ms

tiny_mce.js

tiny_mce.js

268 ms

reset.css

reset.css

69 ms

colorbox.css

colorbox.css

135 ms

default.css

default.css

189 ms

jquery.colorbox.js

jquery.colorbox.js

196 ms

custom.js

custom.js

194 ms

jquery.validate.js

jquery.validate.js

183 ms

mainstyle.css

mainstyle.css

143 ms

jquery-ui.css

jquery-ui.css

145 ms

jquery.lightbox-0.5.css

jquery.lightbox-0.5.css

190 ms

jquery-ui-1.8.16.custom.js

jquery-ui-1.8.16.custom.js

333 ms

jquery.easing.1.3.js

jquery.easing.1.3.js

224 ms

jquery.easing.compatibility.js

jquery.easing.compatibility.js

185 ms

jquery.lightbox-0.5.js

jquery.lightbox-0.5.js

175 ms

jquery.bxSlider.min.js

jquery.bxSlider.min.js

147 ms

wachevents.calendar.js

wachevents.calendar.js

201 ms

jquery-ui-i18n.js

jquery-ui-i18n.js

199 ms

lib.js

lib.js

201 ms

tiny_mce.js

tiny_mce.js

350 ms

bootstrap-responsive.css

bootstrap-responsive.css

184 ms

readers-circle-logo.png

readers-circle-logo.png

68 ms

facebook-icon.png

facebook-icon.png

67 ms

twitter-icon.png

twitter-icon.png

66 ms

donate-icon.png

donate-icon.png

88 ms

Readers-Circle-2012-header.png

Readers-Circle-2012-header.png

66 ms

go.gif

go.gif

89 ms

history.jpg

history.jpg

139 ms

love.jpg

love.jpg

140 ms

ghost.jpg

ghost.jpg

140 ms

heron.jpg

heron.jpg

141 ms

choices.jpg

choices.jpg

143 ms

born-in-space.jpg

born-in-space.jpg

143 ms

drum-mountain.jpg

drum-mountain.jpg

187 ms

classroom.jpg

classroom.jpg

187 ms

facts.jpg

facts.jpg

191 ms

denizens.jpg

denizens.jpg

196 ms

traumergy.jpg

traumergy.jpg

201 ms

sweetie.jpg

sweetie.jpg

249 ms

palm-reader.jpg

palm-reader.jpg

249 ms

politzer.jpg

politzer.jpg

252 ms

broken-water.jpg

broken-water.jpg

275 ms

crossing-paths.jpg

crossing-paths.jpg

549 ms

breathe.jpg

breathe.jpg

280 ms

marrow.jpg

marrow.jpg

309 ms

days.jpg

days.jpg

310 ms

divorce.jpg

divorce.jpg

313 ms

search.jpg

search.jpg

340 ms

awakening.jpg

awakening.jpg

346 ms

loading.png

loading.png

87 ms

twitter-icon.png

twitter-icon.png

77 ms

facebook-icon.png

facebook-icon.png

79 ms

Readers-Circle-2012-header.png

Readers-Circle-2012-header.png

478 ms

readers-circle-logo.png

readers-circle-logo.png

76 ms

donate-icon.png

donate-icon.png

75 ms

go.gif

go.gif

68 ms

ga.js

ga.js

18 ms

getEventsHomeList.php

getEventsHomeList.php

104 ms

en.js

en.js

236 ms

editor_template.js

editor_template.js

236 ms

editor_plugin.js

editor_plugin.js

239 ms

overlay.png

overlay.png

68 ms

border.png

border.png

65 ms

controls.png

controls.png

65 ms

__utm.gif

__utm.gif

12 ms

history.jpg

history.jpg

349 ms

love.jpg

love.jpg

931 ms

ghost.jpg

ghost.jpg

262 ms

heron.jpg

heron.jpg

404 ms

choices.jpg

choices.jpg

341 ms

born-in-space.jpg

born-in-space.jpg

384 ms

drum-mountain.jpg

drum-mountain.jpg

425 ms

classroom.jpg

classroom.jpg

370 ms

facts.jpg

facts.jpg

401 ms

denizens.jpg

denizens.jpg

547 ms

wages-of-empire.jpg

wages-of-empire.jpg

480 ms

traumergy.jpg

traumergy.jpg

425 ms

BEBAS___-webfont.woff

BEBAS___-webfont.woff

412 ms

sweetie.jpg

sweetie.jpg

491 ms

palm-reader.jpg

palm-reader.jpg

447 ms

politzer.jpg

politzer.jpg

469 ms

broken-water.jpg

broken-water.jpg

472 ms

breathe.jpg

breathe.jpg

485 ms

marrow.jpg

marrow.jpg

536 ms

days.jpg

days.jpg

497 ms

divorce.jpg

divorce.jpg

498 ms

search.jpg

search.jpg

541 ms

awakening.jpg

awakening.jpg

491 ms

en.js

en.js

502 ms

editor_template.js

editor_template.js

511 ms

editor_plugin.js

editor_plugin.js

551 ms

crossing-paths.jpg

crossing-paths.jpg

485 ms

en.js

en.js

67 ms

en.js

en.js

68 ms

ui.css

ui.css

76 ms

content.css

content.css

62 ms

ui.css

ui.css

74 ms

content.css

content.css

69 ms

Accessibility Review

readerscircle.com accessibility score

72

Accessibility Issues

Internationalization and localization

These are opportunities to improve the interpretation of your content by users in different locales.

Impact

Issue

High

<html> element does not have a [lang] attribute

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

<input type="image"> elements do not have [alt] text

Best Practices

readerscircle.com best practices score

50

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

Displays images with incorrect aspect ratio

High

Serves images with low resolution

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

SEO Factors

readerscircle.com SEO score

69

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

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

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 Readerscircle.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 Readerscircle.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

readerscircle.com

Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of Reader S Circle. 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: