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Report Summary

  • 62

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    76% of other websites

  • 63

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 28% of websites

  • 58

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    20% of websites

  • 79

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    40% of websites

skadesign.com

SKA Design - Signage Consultants and Wayfinding Experts | Est. 1965

Page Load Speed

2.4 sec in total

First Response

177 ms

Resources Loaded

2.1 sec

Page Rendered

142 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Skadesign.com page load time and found that the first response time was 177 ms and then it took 2.3 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 45% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

skadesign.com performance score

62

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value4.3 s

19/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value6.0 s

13/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value4.3 s

77/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value0 ms

100/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.177

68/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value4.3 s

85/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

skadesign.com

177 ms

skadesign.com

253 ms

www.skadesign.com

144 ms

www.skadesign.com

260 ms

style.css

67 ms

Our browser made a total of 66 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 88% of them (58 requests) were addressed to the original Skadesign.com, 8% (5 requests) were made to Fonts.gstatic.com and 5% (3 requests) were made to Fonts.googleapis.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (704 ms) belongs to the original domain Skadesign.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 2.2 MB (42%)

Content Size

5.2 MB

After Optimization

3.0 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Skadesign.com main page is 5.2 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. 40% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 5.0 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-85%

Potential reduce by 20.9 kB

  • Original 24.7 kB
  • After minification 16.2 kB
  • After compression 3.8 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 8.5 kB, which is 34% 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 20.9 kB or 85% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-42%

Potential reduce by 2.1 MB

  • Original 5.0 MB
  • After minification 2.9 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, SKA Design needs image optimization as it can save up to 2.1 MB or 42% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-34%

Potential reduce by 56.0 kB

  • Original 163.9 kB
  • After minification 163.8 kB
  • After compression 107.8 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 56.0 kB or 34% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-51%

Potential reduce by 15.2 kB

  • Original 29.9 kB
  • After minification 27.2 kB
  • After compression 14.6 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. Skadesign.com needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 15.2 kB or 51% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 25 (45%)

Requests Now

56

After Optimization

31

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 56 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of SKA Design. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 17 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 10 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

skadesign.com

skadesign.com

177 ms

skadesign.com

skadesign.com

253 ms

www.skadesign.com

www.skadesign.com

144 ms

www.skadesign.com

www.skadesign.com

260 ms

style.css

style.css

67 ms

green.css

green.css

138 ms

jquery-1.7.2.min.js

jquery-1.7.2.min.js

242 ms

ie.js

ie.js

192 ms

jquery.easing.1.3.js

jquery.easing.1.3.js

192 ms

modernizr.custom.js

modernizr.custom.js

183 ms

ddlevelsmenu.js

ddlevelsmenu.js

191 ms

tinynav.min.js

tinynav.min.js

200 ms

jquery.validate.min.js

jquery.validate.min.js

249 ms

jquery.flexslider-min.js

jquery.flexslider-min.js

260 ms

jquery.jcarousel.min.js

jquery.jcarousel.min.js

257 ms

jquery.ui.totop.min.js

jquery.ui.totop.min.js

257 ms

jquery.fancybox.pack.js

jquery.fancybox.pack.js

265 ms

jquery.cycle.all.js

jquery.cycle.all.js

306 ms

mediaelement-and-player.min.js

mediaelement-and-player.min.js

369 ms

jquery.fitvids.js

jquery.fitvids.js

322 ms

jquery.tweet.js

jquery.tweet.js

321 ms

jquery.touchSwipe.min.js

jquery.touchSwipe.min.js

328 ms

custom.js

custom.js

329 ms

css

css

20 ms

css

css

39 ms

css

css

41 ms

html5-reset.css

html5-reset.css

306 ms

flexslider.css

flexslider.css

322 ms

jquery.fancybox.css

jquery.fancybox.css

321 ms

mediaelementplayer.css

mediaelementplayer.css

331 ms

shortcodes.css

shortcodes.css

330 ms

blank.htm

blank.htm

65 ms

logo3.png

logo3.png

70 ms

phone.png

phone.png

233 ms

mail.png

mail.png

270 ms

50yearsindesign.png

50yearsindesign.png

295 ms

mlk-campus-940x350.png

mlk-campus-940x350.png

352 ms

CHLA_home.jpg

CHLA_home.jpg

181 ms

ucsd_san_diego_940x350.png

ucsd_san_diego_940x350.png

471 ms

parking-940x350.png

parking-940x350.png

530 ms

kaiser-940x350.png

kaiser-940x350.png

583 ms

cedars-sinai-940x350.png

cedars-sinai-940x350.png

559 ms

metro_pedestrian_bridge.png

metro_pedestrian_bridge.png

414 ms

ucla-rr-940x350.png

ucla-rr-940x350.png

419 ms

kaiser_welcome_landscape_signage.jpg

kaiser_welcome_landscape_signage.jpg

479 ms

USC_home.jpg

USC_home.jpg

482 ms

FP_RLA.jpg

FP_RLA.jpg

535 ms

FP_metro_lax.png

FP_metro_lax.png

544 ms

KP_SD.jpg

KP_SD.jpg

556 ms

mlk-campus-220x130.png

mlk-campus-220x130.png

593 ms

Cedars_AHSP.jpg

Cedars_AHSP.jpg

599 ms

Contra_costa.jpg

Contra_costa.jpg

612 ms

home-footer.png

home-footer.png

623 ms

phone-footer.png

phone-footer.png

621 ms

mail-footer.png

mail-footer.png

642 ms

twitter.png

twitter.png

655 ms

instagram.png

instagram.png

664 ms

vimeo.png

vimeo.png

678 ms

carousel-arrows.png

carousel-arrows.png

682 ms

arrows.png

arrows.png

683 ms

scroll-top.png

scroll-top.png

704 ms

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Accessibility Review

skadesign.com accessibility score

63

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.

Navigation

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

Impact

Issue

High

Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order

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

Links do not have a discernible name

Best practices

These items highlight common accessibility best practices.

Impact

Issue

High

[user-scalable="no"] is used in the <meta name="viewport"> element or the [maximum-scale] attribute is less than 5.

Best Practices

skadesign.com best practices score

58

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

Issues were logged in the Issues panel in Chrome Devtools

SEO Factors

skadesign.com SEO score

79

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

    N/A

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

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

skadesign.com

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