Report Summary

  • 28

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    48% of other websites

  • 78

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 46% of websites

  • 83

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    56% of websites

  • 92

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    75% of websites

workstep.com

WorkStep: Employee Engagement for the Frontline Workforce

Page Load Speed

4.8 sec in total

First Response

391 ms

Resources Loaded

2.8 sec

Page Rendered

1.6 sec

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Key Findings

We analyzed Workstep.com page load time and found that the first response time was 391 ms and then it took 4.4 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 65% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

workstep.com performance score

28

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.0 s

49/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value5.0 s

26/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value4.4 s

74/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value6,180 ms

0/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.231

54/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value14.9 s

8/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

www.workstep.com

391 ms

gtm.js

102 ms

bootstrap.min.css

329 ms

style.css

320 ms

h.js

124 ms

Our browser made a total of 110 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 1% of them (1 request) were addressed to the original Workstep.com, 58% (64 requests) were made to Go.workstep.com and 5% (5 requests) were made to Script.crazyegg.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (756 ms) relates to the external source Go.workstep.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 254.7 kB (25%)

Content Size

1.0 MB

After Optimization

755.4 kB

In fact, the total size of Workstep.com main page is 1.0 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. 85% 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. Images take 529.8 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-82%

Potential reduce by 199.9 kB

  • Original 242.9 kB
  • After minification 229.4 kB
  • After compression 43.0 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 199.9 kB or 82% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 0 B

  • Original 529.8 kB
  • After minification 529.8 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. Work Step images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-29%

Potential reduce by 49.1 kB

  • Original 166.5 kB
  • After minification 166.5 kB
  • After compression 117.4 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 49.1 kB or 29% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-8%

Potential reduce by 5.7 kB

  • Original 70.8 kB
  • After minification 70.8 kB
  • After compression 65.1 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. Workstep.com has all CSS files already compressed.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 45 (53%)

Requests Now

85

After Optimization

40

The browser has sent 85 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Work Step. 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 8 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Accessibility Review

workstep.com accessibility score

78

Accessibility Issues

ARIA

These are opportunities to improve the usage of ARIA in your application which may enhance the experience for users of assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Impact

Issue

High

[aria-*] attributes do not match their roles

High

[aria-*] attributes do not have valid values

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.

Navigation

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

Impact

Issue

High

Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order

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

Links do not have a discernible name

Best Practices

workstep.com best practices score

83

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

Browser errors were logged to the console

High

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

workstep.com SEO score

92

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 Workstep.com 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 Workstep.com 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 data is detected on the main page of Work Step. This is the best way to make the web page social media friendly. Here is how it looks like on Facebook: