Report Summary

  • 32

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    52% of other websites

  • 80

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 50% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    36% of websites

  • 90

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    68% of websites

softouch.ie

Business Management Software, Filemaker Software

Page Load Speed

21.9 sec in total

First Response

457 ms

Resources Loaded

21.2 sec

Page Rendered

234 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Softouch.ie page load time and found that the first response time was 457 ms and then it took 21.4 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is an excellent result, as only a small number of websites can load faster. Unfortunately, there were 6 request timeouts, which can generally increase the web page load time, as the browser stays idle while waiting for website response.

Performance Metrics

softouch.ie performance score

32

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value8.7 s

0/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value15.3 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value14.8 s

1/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value240 ms

85/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.29

41/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value20.6 s

2/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

softouch.ie

457 ms

custom-style.css

10 ms

jquery.bxslider.css

32 ms

testimonials-widget.css

35 ms

styles.css

35 ms

Our browser made a total of 83 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 86% of them (71 requests) were addressed to the original Softouch.ie, 7% (6 requests) were made to Arklifemedia.com and 2% (2 requests) were made to Fonts.googleapis.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (20.5 sec) relates to the external source Arklifemedia.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 925.4 kB (52%)

Content Size

1.8 MB

After Optimization

840.9 kB

In fact, the total size of Softouch.ie main page is 1.8 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. 65% of websites need less resources to load. Javascripts take 751.3 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-81%

Potential reduce by 43.7 kB

  • Original 54.0 kB
  • After minification 50.1 kB
  • After compression 10.3 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. HTML code on this page is well minified. It is highly recommended that content of this web page should be compressed using GZIP, as it can save up to 43.7 kB or 81% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-10%

Potential reduce by 68.2 kB

  • Original 650.7 kB
  • After minification 582.5 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. Softouch images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-72%

Potential reduce by 543.7 kB

  • Original 751.3 kB
  • After minification 643.0 kB
  • After compression 207.6 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 543.7 kB or 72% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-87%

Potential reduce by 269.8 kB

  • Original 310.3 kB
  • After minification 248.1 kB
  • After compression 40.5 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. Softouch.ie needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 269.8 kB or 87% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 39 (53%)

Requests Now

73

After Optimization

34

The browser has sent 73 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Softouch. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 26 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 15 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Accessibility Review

softouch.ie accessibility score

80

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.

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

softouch.ie best practices score

75

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

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

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

softouch.ie SEO score

90

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

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

    EN

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

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

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