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Report Summary

  • 36

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    57% of other websites

  • 87

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 67% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    36% of websites

  • 87

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    66% of websites

weswitchu.ie

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Page Load Speed

3.9 sec in total

First Response

308 ms

Resources Loaded

2.9 sec

Page Rendered

712 ms

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About Website

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Key Findings

We analyzed Weswitchu.ie page load time and found that the first response time was 308 ms and then it took 3.6 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 55% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

weswitchu.ie performance score

36

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.5 s

34/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value3.9 s

54/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value6.7 s

37/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value4,620 ms

0/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.001

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value19.0 s

3/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

weswitchu.ie

308 ms

www.weswitchu.ie

395 ms

css

167 ms

jquery.js

242 ms

main.min.css

419 ms

Our browser made a total of 70 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 46% of them (32 requests) were addressed to the original Weswitchu.ie, 10% (7 requests) were made to Fonts.gstatic.com and 9% (6 requests) were made to Youtube.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (831 ms) relates to the external source Js-eu1.hscollectedforms.net.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 445.3 kB (65%)

Content Size

683.9 kB

After Optimization

238.6 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Weswitchu.ie main page is 683.9 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. 70% of websites need less resources to load. CSS take 432.3 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-66%

Potential reduce by 36.3 kB

  • Original 55.1 kB
  • After minification 50.8 kB
  • After compression 18.9 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. 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 36.3 kB or 66% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-7%

Potential reduce by 1.9 kB

  • Original 28.5 kB
  • After minification 26.5 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. We SwitchU images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-41%

Potential reduce by 68.6 kB

  • Original 168.0 kB
  • After minification 168.0 kB
  • After compression 99.4 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 68.6 kB or 41% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-78%

Potential reduce by 338.4 kB

  • Original 432.3 kB
  • After minification 432.2 kB
  • After compression 93.9 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. Weswitchu.ie needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 338.4 kB or 78% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 32 (52%)

Requests Now

61

After Optimization

29

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 61 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of We SwitchU. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 28 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

weswitchu.ie

weswitchu.ie

308 ms

www.weswitchu.ie

www.weswitchu.ie

395 ms

css

css

167 ms

jquery.js

jquery.js

242 ms

main.min.css

main.min.css

419 ms

js

js

209 ms

js

js

277 ms

25866781.js

25866781.js

610 ms

tp.widget.bootstrap.min.js

tp.widget.bootstrap.min.js

161 ms

jquery.validate.js

jquery.validate.js

297 ms

jquery.validate.password.js

jquery.validate.password.js

250 ms

additional-methods.js

additional-methods.js

335 ms

popper.min.js

popper.min.js

264 ms

bootstrap.js

bootstrap.js

311 ms

app.min.js

app.min.js

300 ms

hotjar-1769225.js

hotjar-1769225.js

218 ms

bU0Ew-DWxD0

bU0Ew-DWxD0

268 ms

logo.svg

logo.svg

127 ms

underlay-logo.svg

underlay-logo.svg

125 ms

icon-arrow-circle.svg

icon-arrow-circle.svg

122 ms

icon-user.svg

icon-user.svg

122 ms

icon-spyglass.svg

icon-spyglass.svg

205 ms

icon-cycle.svg

icon-cycle.svg

128 ms

overlay-logo.svg

overlay-logo.svg

262 ms

icon-facebook.svg

icon-facebook.svg

258 ms

icon-twitter.svg

icon-twitter.svg

264 ms

icon-instagram.svg

icon-instagram.svg

259 ms

icon-linkedin.svg

icon-linkedin.svg

262 ms

footer-tripadvisor.png

footer-tripadvisor.png

260 ms

footer-ssl.png

footer-ssl.png

320 ms

underlay-footer.svg

underlay-footer.svg

203 ms

conversion_async.js

conversion_async.js

113 ms

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141 ms

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1Ptxg8zYS_SKggPN4iEgvnHyvveLxVs9pbCIPrc.woff

163 ms

1Ptxg8zYS_SKggPN4iEgvnHyvveLxVtzpbCIPrc.woff

1Ptxg8zYS_SKggPN4iEgvnHyvveLxVtzpbCIPrc.woff

295 ms

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u-4X0qWljRw-PfU81xCKCpdpbgZJl6XFpfEd7eA9BIxxkV2EH7alwQ.woff

343 ms

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343 ms

25866781.js

25866781.js

830 ms

collectedforms.js

collectedforms.js

831 ms

25866781.js

25866781.js

829 ms

fb.js

fb.js

829 ms

modules.bcd9ade6b0bb9bdd0789.js

modules.bcd9ade6b0bb9bdd0789.js

183 ms

www-player.css

www-player.css

118 ms

www-embed-player.js

www-embed-player.js

303 ms

base.js

base.js

420 ms

fetch-polyfill.js

fetch-polyfill.js

92 ms

logo.svg

logo.svg

168 ms

icon-user.svg

icon-user.svg

170 ms

icon-spyglass.svg

icon-spyglass.svg

171 ms

icon-cycle.svg

icon-cycle.svg

154 ms

icon-facebook.svg

icon-facebook.svg

172 ms

icon-twitter.svg

icon-twitter.svg

158 ms

icon-instagram.svg

icon-instagram.svg

369 ms

icon-linkedin.svg

icon-linkedin.svg

364 ms

341 ms

box-69edcc3187336f9b0a3fbb4c73be9fe6.html

box-69edcc3187336f9b0a3fbb4c73be9fe6.html

330 ms

419 ms

visit-data

visit-data

719 ms

ad_status.js

ad_status.js

193 ms

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80 ms

embed.js

embed.js

35 ms

id

id

24 ms

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123 ms

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123 ms

Create

Create

170 ms

__ptq.gif

__ptq.gif

434 ms

shim.latest.js

shim.latest.js

57 ms

frame.c6aeee09.js

frame.c6aeee09.js

17 ms

vendor.595edd26.js

vendor.595edd26.js

18 ms

GenerateIT

GenerateIT

14 ms

Accessibility Review

weswitchu.ie accessibility score

87

Accessibility Issues

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

Buttons do not have an accessible name

High

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

High

Links do not have a discernible name

Navigation

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

Impact

Issue

High

Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order

Best Practices

weswitchu.ie best practices score

75

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

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

weswitchu.ie SEO score

87

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

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 Weswitchu.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 Weswitchu.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

weswitchu.ie

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