Tools & Wizards About Us
swaymag.ca screenshot

Report Summary

  • 37

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    56% of other websites

  • 56

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 24% of websites

  • 58

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    20% of websites

  • 64

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    24% of websites

swaymag.ca

Sway Magazine

Page Load Speed

1.3 sec in total

First Response

99 ms

Resources Loaded

944 ms

Page Rendered

231 ms

swaymag.ca screenshot

About Website

Welcome to swaymag.ca homepage info - get ready to check Sway Mag best content for Canada right away, or after learning these important things about swaymag.ca

Sway is the premier lifestyle magazine for African and Caribbean Canadians. Its mission is to entertain, empower and educate, with a voice that reflects the successes, accomplishments, and pride of Ca...

Visit swaymag.ca

Key Findings

We analyzed Swaymag.ca page load time and found that the first response time was 99 ms and then it took 1.2 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 25% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

swaymag.ca performance score

37

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.3 s

40/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value4.6 s

34/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value6.4 s

40/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value1,470 ms

14/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.03

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value14.2 s

9/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

swaymag.ca

99 ms

style.css

54 ms

thickbox.css

61 ms

bwbps.css

37 ms

rating.css

47 ms

Our browser made a total of 85 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 73% of them (62 requests) were addressed to the original Swaymag.ca, 8% (7 requests) were made to Adserver.adtechus.com and 6% (5 requests) were made to Youtube.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (224 ms) relates to the external source Lite.piclens.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 61.0 kB (14%)

Content Size

437.0 kB

After Optimization

375.9 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Swaymag.ca main page is 437.0 kB. This result falls beyond the top 1M of websites and identifies a large and not optimized web page that may take ages to load. 80% of websites need less resources to load and that’s why Accessify’s recommendations for optimization and resource minification can be helpful for this project. Javascripts take 253.4 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-80%

Potential reduce by 50.3 kB

  • Original 62.7 kB
  • After minification 59.2 kB
  • After compression 12.4 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 50.3 kB or 80% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-8%

Potential reduce by 4.0 kB

  • Original 53.1 kB
  • After minification 49.1 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. Sway Mag images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-2%

Potential reduce by 4.4 kB

  • Original 253.4 kB
  • After minification 253.4 kB
  • After compression 249.0 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. This website has mostly compressed JavaScripts.

CSS Optimization

-3%

Potential reduce by 2.4 kB

  • Original 67.8 kB
  • After minification 67.8 kB
  • After compression 65.5 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. Swaymag.ca has all CSS files already compressed.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 26 (70%)

Requests Now

37

After Optimization

11

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 37 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Sway Mag. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 10 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 6 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

swaymag.ca

swaymag.ca

99 ms

style.css

style.css

54 ms

thickbox.css

thickbox.css

61 ms

bwbps.css

bwbps.css

37 ms

rating.css

rating.css

47 ms

piclens_optimized.js

piclens_optimized.js

224 ms

events_manager.css

events_manager.css

46 ms

nggallery.css

nggallery.css

47 ms

shutter-reloaded.css

shutter-reloaded.css

78 ms

email-css.css

email-css.css

80 ms

polls-css.css

polls-css.css

82 ms

postratings-css.css

postratings-css.css

102 ms

jquery.js

jquery.js

102 ms

bwbps.js

bwbps.js

103 ms

star.rating.js

star.rating.js

107 ms

jquery.ui.core.min.js

jquery.ui.core.min.js

117 ms

jquery.ui.widget.min.js

jquery.ui.widget.min.js

117 ms

jquery.ui.position.min.js

jquery.ui.position.min.js

117 ms

events-manager.js

events-manager.js

119 ms

shutter-reloaded.js

shutter-reloaded.js

146 ms

jquery.cycle.all.min.js

jquery.cycle.all.min.js

136 ms

ngg.slideshow.min.js

ngg.slideshow.min.js

152 ms

myYoutubePlaylist.css

myYoutubePlaylist.css

141 ms

myYoutubePlaylist.js

myYoutubePlaylist.js

141 ms

button.js

button.js

141 ms

jquery.form.js

jquery.form.js

163 ms

thickbox.js

thickbox.js

175 ms

email-js.js

email-js.js

177 ms

polls-js.js

polls-js.js

175 ms

postratings-js.js

postratings-js.js

177 ms

urchin.js

urchin.js

19 ms

plusone.js

plusone.js

17 ms

cb=gapi.loaded_0

cb=gapi.loaded_0

5 ms

logo.jpg

logo.jpg

35 ms

ADTECH;loc=100;target=_blank;key=key1+key2+key3+key4;grp=360;misc=1717073792688;aduho=+180;rdclick=

ADTECH;loc=100;target=_blank;key=key1+key2+key3+key4;grp=360;misc=1717073792688;aduho=+180;rdclick=

34 ms

7496ecde93a8bca3c7ec1fbc58b4d90f.jpg

7496ecde93a8bca3c7ec1fbc58b4d90f.jpg

15 ms

magnify.gif

magnify.gif

53 ms

headline.png

headline.png

32 ms

featured.png

featured.png

53 ms

timthumb.php

timthumb.php

52 ms

timthumb.php

timthumb.php

87 ms

timthumb.php

timthumb.php

58 ms

timthumb.php

timthumb.php

83 ms

yoursway.gif

yoursway.gif

62 ms

events.gif

events.gif

75 ms

forums.gif

forums.gif

66 ms

subscribe.gif

subscribe.gif

96 ms

letters.gif

letters.gif

98 ms

photogalleries.gif

photogalleries.gif

99 ms

timthumb.php

timthumb.php

101 ms

timthumb.php

timthumb.php

105 ms

timthumb.php

timthumb.php

115 ms

timthumb.php

timthumb.php

117 ms

timthumb.php

timthumb.php

123 ms

timthumb.php

timthumb.php

124 ms

timthumb.php

timthumb.php

125 ms

timthumb.php

timthumb.php

131 ms

timthumb.php

timthumb.php

143 ms

timthumb.php

timthumb.php

141 ms

timthumb.php

timthumb.php

162 ms

Iman-300x100.jpg

Iman-300x100.jpg

160 ms

newsletter_submit.jpg

newsletter_submit.jpg

153 ms

loading.gif

loading.gif

164 ms

navbar.png

navbar.png

141 ms

ADTECH;loc=100;target=_blank;alias=swaymag_hmpg_300x250_1;size=300x250;grp=360;misc=1717073792740;aduho=+180;rdclick=

ADTECH;loc=100;target=_blank;alias=swaymag_hmpg_300x250_1;size=300x250;grp=360;misc=1717073792740;aduho=+180;rdclick=

26 ms

Q48GfLyalUo

Q48GfLyalUo

151 ms

newsletter_bg.jpg

newsletter_bg.jpg

120 ms

ADTECH;loc=100;target=_blank;alias=swaymag_hmpg_300x250_2;size=300x250;grp=360;misc=1717073792771;aduho=+180;rdclick=

ADTECH;loc=100;target=_blank;alias=swaymag_hmpg_300x250_2;size=300x250;grp=360;misc=1717073792771;aduho=+180;rdclick=

26 ms

ADTECH;loc=100;target=_blank;alias=swaymag_hmpg_300x100_1;size=300x100;grp=360;misc=1717073792800;aduho=+180;rdclick=

ADTECH;loc=100;target=_blank;alias=swaymag_hmpg_300x100_1;size=300x100;grp=360;misc=1717073792800;aduho=+180;rdclick=

22 ms

ADTECH;loc=100;target=_blank;alias=swaymag_hmpg_300x100_2;size=300x100;grp=360;misc=1717073792822;aduho=+180;rdclick=

ADTECH;loc=100;target=_blank;alias=swaymag_hmpg_300x100_2;size=300x100;grp=360;misc=1717073792822;aduho=+180;rdclick=

24 ms

ADTECH;loc=100;target=_blank;alias=swaymag_hmpg_300x100_3;size=300x100;grp=360;misc=1717073792847;aduho=+180;rdclick=

ADTECH;loc=100;target=_blank;alias=swaymag_hmpg_300x100_3;size=300x100;grp=360;misc=1717073792847;aduho=+180;rdclick=

21 ms

sub.png

sub.png

45 ms

ADTECH;loc=100;target=_blank;alias=swaymag_hmpg_300x250_3;size=300x250;grp=360;misc=1717073792888;aduho=+180;rdclick=

ADTECH;loc=100;target=_blank;alias=swaymag_hmpg_300x250_3;size=300x250;grp=360;misc=1717073792888;aduho=+180;rdclick=

22 ms

bottombar.png

bottombar.png

36 ms

rating_over.gif

rating_over.gif

56 ms

www-player.css

www-player.css

7 ms

www-embed-player.js

www-embed-player.js

28 ms

base.js

base.js

56 ms

__utm.gif

__utm.gif

49 ms

ad_status.js

ad_status.js

160 ms

vew3z4FGGfOQQWY0jLwmIOCoLOGxM0mN428VwbwiwhQ.js

vew3z4FGGfOQQWY0jLwmIOCoLOGxM0mN428VwbwiwhQ.js

103 ms

embed.js

embed.js

35 ms

KFOmCnqEu92Fr1Mu4mxP.ttf

KFOmCnqEu92Fr1Mu4mxP.ttf

35 ms

KFOlCnqEu92Fr1MmEU9fBBc9.ttf

KFOlCnqEu92Fr1MmEU9fBBc9.ttf

38 ms

id

id

16 ms

Accessibility Review

swaymag.ca accessibility score

56

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

<frame> or <iframe> elements do not have a title

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

High

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

High

Form elements do not have associated labels

High

Links do not have a discernible name

Best Practices

swaymag.ca best practices score

58

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

Displays images with incorrect aspect ratio

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

swaymag.ca SEO score

64

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

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 Swaymag.ca 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 Swaymag.ca 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

swaymag.ca

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