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Report Summary

  • 18

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    34% of other websites

  • 90

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 75% of websites

  • 92

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    81% of websites

  • 93

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    84% of websites

theeffect.net

TheEffectDotNet | Irish Tech + Gaming News With A Local Twist

Page Load Speed

5.8 sec in total

First Response

231 ms

Resources Loaded

5.2 sec

Page Rendered

383 ms

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About Website

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Key Findings

We analyzed Theeffect.net page load time and found that the first response time was 231 ms and then it took 5.6 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 75% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

theeffect.net performance score

18

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.6 s

33/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value11.2 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value27.0 s

0/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value4,150 ms

1/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.044

99/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value40.3 s

0/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

theeffect.net

231 ms

www.theeffect.net

1200 ms

webfont.js

38 ms

style.css

122 ms

tcsl.css

219 ms

Our browser made a total of 75 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 48% of them (36 requests) were addressed to the original Theeffect.net, 9% (7 requests) were made to I0.wp.com and 7% (5 requests) were made to I2.wp.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (3 sec) relates to the external source I1.wp.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 468.5 kB (36%)

Content Size

1.3 MB

After Optimization

835.4 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Theeffect.net main page is 1.3 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. 60% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 682.5 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-81%

Potential reduce by 69.6 kB

  • Original 85.5 kB
  • After minification 72.2 kB
  • After compression 15.9 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 13.3 kB, which is 16% 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 69.6 kB or 81% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-1%

Potential reduce by 5.5 kB

  • Original 682.5 kB
  • After minification 676.9 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. The Effect images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-66%

Potential reduce by 207.4 kB

  • Original 316.0 kB
  • After minification 292.4 kB
  • After compression 108.6 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 207.4 kB or 66% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-85%

Potential reduce by 185.9 kB

  • Original 220.0 kB
  • After minification 183.3 kB
  • After compression 34.0 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. Theeffect.net needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 185.9 kB or 85% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 43 (61%)

Requests Now

70

After Optimization

27

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 70 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of The Effect. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 21 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 13 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

theeffect.net

theeffect.net

231 ms

www.theeffect.net

www.theeffect.net

1200 ms

webfont.js

webfont.js

38 ms

style.css

style.css

122 ms

tcsl.css

tcsl.css

219 ms

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widget.css

118 ms

style.css

style.css

130 ms

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jetpack.css

55 ms

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custom.css

128 ms

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184 ms

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161 ms

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29 ms

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83 ms

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232 ms

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in.js

34 ms

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214 ms

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216 ms

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213 ms

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custom.js

285 ms

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278 ms

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19 ms

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23 ms

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204 ms

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231 ms

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101 ms

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62 ms

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59 ms

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184 ms

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503 ms

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503 ms

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502 ms

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500 ms

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503 ms

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11 ms

Accessibility Review

theeffect.net accessibility score

90

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.

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

theeffect.net best practices score

92

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Missing source maps for large first-party JavaScript

SEO Factors

theeffect.net SEO score

93

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

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

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 Theeffect.net 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 Theeffect.net 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 The Effect. This is the best way to make the web page social media friendly. Here is how it looks like on Facebook: