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Report Summary

  • 95

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    94% of other websites

  • 61

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 27% of websites

  • 67

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    24% of websites

  • 91

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    71% of websites

thehealthline.ca

Health Services for Ontario - thehealthline.ca

Page Load Speed

2.3 sec in total

First Response

285 ms

Resources Loaded

1.9 sec

Page Rendered

119 ms

thehealthline.ca screenshot

About Website

Click here to check amazing The Health Line content for Canada. Otherwise, check out these important facts you probably never knew about thehealthline.ca

Local health services for Ontario including Erie St. Clair, South West, Waterloo Wellington, Hamilton Niagara Haldimand Brant, Central West, Mississauga Halton, Toronto Central, Central, Central East,...

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Key Findings

We analyzed Thehealthline.ca page load time and found that the first response time was 285 ms and then it took 2 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 35% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

thehealthline.ca performance score

95

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value2.0 s

83/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value2.6 s

88/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value2.0 s

99/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value10 ms

100/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value2.6 s

98/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

thehealthline.ca

285 ms

splash.min.css

172 ms

jquery-1.3.2.min.js

798 ms

WebResource.axd

259 ms

ScriptResource.axd

290 ms

Our browser made a total of 50 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 66% of them (33 requests) were addressed to the original Thehealthline.ca, 30% (15 requests) were made to Southwesthealthline.ca and 4% (2 requests) were made to Google-analytics.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (798 ms) belongs to the original domain Thehealthline.ca.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 804.8 kB (59%)

Content Size

1.4 MB

After Optimization

550.9 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Thehealthline.ca main page is 1.4 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. Only 10% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 752.8 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-67%

Potential reduce by 19.2 kB

  • Original 28.7 kB
  • After minification 26.3 kB
  • After compression 9.5 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 19.2 kB or 67% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-42%

Potential reduce by 314.0 kB

  • Original 752.8 kB
  • After minification 438.7 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. Obviously, The Health Line needs image optimization as it can save up to 314.0 kB 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

-82%

Potential reduce by 468.2 kB

  • Original 569.3 kB
  • After minification 345.1 kB
  • After compression 101.0 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. It is highly recommended that all JavaScript files should be compressed and minified as it can save up to 468.2 kB or 82% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-67%

Potential reduce by 3.4 kB

  • Original 5.0 kB
  • After minification 5.0 kB
  • After compression 1.7 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. Thehealthline.ca needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 3.4 kB or 67% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 12 (35%)

Requests Now

34

After Optimization

22

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 34 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of The Health Line. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 13 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

thehealthline.ca

thehealthline.ca

285 ms

splash.min.css

splash.min.css

172 ms

jquery-1.3.2.min.js

jquery-1.3.2.min.js

798 ms

WebResource.axd

WebResource.axd

259 ms

ScriptResource.axd

ScriptResource.axd

290 ms

ScriptResource.axd

ScriptResource.axd

214 ms

ScriptResource.axd

ScriptResource.axd

141 ms

ScriptResource.axd

ScriptResource.axd

159 ms

ScriptResource.axd

ScriptResource.axd

212 ms

ScriptResource.axd

ScriptResource.axd

681 ms

ScriptResource.axd

ScriptResource.axd

291 ms

ScriptResource.axd

ScriptResource.axd

757 ms

ScriptResource.axd

ScriptResource.axd

307 ms

jquery-cookie.js

jquery-cookie.js

255 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

13 ms

hd-logo.jpg

hd-logo.jpg

68 ms

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PP_20250_local_site_imagemap.png

53 ms

ccac.gif

ccac.gif

54 ms

collect

collect

16 ms

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53 ms

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51 ms

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55 ms

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52 ms

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PP_20250_local_site_imagemap_nsm_hover.png

63 ms

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93 ms

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PP_20250_local_site_imagemap_cw_hover.png

111 ms

PP_20250_local_site_imagemap_se_hover.png

PP_20250_local_site_imagemap_se_hover.png

114 ms

PP_20250_local_site_imagemap_ww_hover.png

PP_20250_local_site_imagemap_ww_hover.png

115 ms

PP_20250_local_site_imagemap_ce_hover.png

PP_20250_local_site_imagemap_ce_hover.png

119 ms

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PP_20250_local_site_imagemap_hnhb_hover.png

123 ms

PP_20250_local_site_imagemap_ne_hover.png

PP_20250_local_site_imagemap_ne_hover.png

143 ms

PP_20250_local_site_imagemap_c_hover.png

PP_20250_local_site_imagemap_c_hover.png

160 ms

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PP_20250_local_site_imagemap_tc_hover.png

165 ms

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PP_20250_local_site_imagemap_mh_hover.png

163 ms

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PP_20250_local_site_imagemap_nw_hover.png

168 ms

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PP_20250_local_site_imagemap.png

327 ms

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PP_20250_local_site_imagemap_esc_hover.png

320 ms

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PP_20250_local_site_imagemap_ch_hover.png

354 ms

PP_20250_local_site_imagemap_nsm_hover.png

PP_20250_local_site_imagemap_nsm_hover.png

331 ms

PP_20250_local_site_imagemap_sw_hover.png

PP_20250_local_site_imagemap_sw_hover.png

316 ms

PP_20250_local_site_imagemap_cw_hover.png

PP_20250_local_site_imagemap_cw_hover.png

315 ms

PP_20250_local_site_imagemap_se_hover.png

PP_20250_local_site_imagemap_se_hover.png

796 ms

PP_20250_local_site_imagemap_ww_hover.png

PP_20250_local_site_imagemap_ww_hover.png

438 ms

PP_20250_local_site_imagemap_ce_hover.png

PP_20250_local_site_imagemap_ce_hover.png

411 ms

PP_20250_local_site_imagemap_hnhb_hover.png

PP_20250_local_site_imagemap_hnhb_hover.png

398 ms

PP_20250_local_site_imagemap_ne_hover.png

PP_20250_local_site_imagemap_ne_hover.png

459 ms

PP_20250_local_site_imagemap_c_hover.png

PP_20250_local_site_imagemap_c_hover.png

400 ms

PP_20250_local_site_imagemap_mh_hover.png

PP_20250_local_site_imagemap_mh_hover.png

474 ms

PP_20250_local_site_imagemap_tc_hover.png

PP_20250_local_site_imagemap_tc_hover.png

492 ms

PP_20250_local_site_imagemap_nw_hover.png

PP_20250_local_site_imagemap_nw_hover.png

565 ms

Accessibility Review

thehealthline.ca accessibility score

61

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

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

thehealthline.ca best practices score

67

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

SEO Factors

thehealthline.ca SEO score

91

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

    ISO-8859-1

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Thehealthline.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 Thehealthline.ca main page’s claimed encoding is iso-8859-1. Changing it to UTF-8 can be a good choice, as this format is commonly used for encoding all over the web and thus their visitors won’t have any troubles with symbol transcription or reading.

Social Sharing Optimization

thehealthline.ca

Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of The Health Line. 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: