A Happy Discovery Thanks to Wealthy Affiliate Membership
I'm sorry I have been so inactive over recent weeks. On taking short and sharp peeps at this incredible WA platform I've seen so much 'busyness' going on. And that's about as far as I got. However, I plan on being around much more from now on.
Having recently received advice from Taetske about checking on website performance, I decided to take a leaf out of her book and very bravely ran one my sites through Website Grader.
What a fantastic surprise. I was expecting the worst. But, isn't that typical of human nature? It's pretty clear that many people fear the worst whatever is testing them, and that was the same for me with testing this site.
How Wrong Could I Be? I just have to include an image below revealing that fear is something so often unnecessarily residing in our mind.
I mean to say, why wouldn't I display this 'amazingness' followed by - 'Ahhh'.
And here's another visual to add to the happiness. Page Speed of 2.9 may not be the quickest speed, but I am very happy with it.
And just one more image to reveal something I did not expect:
- The Words 'So fast! So Light!'
Admittedly, this website is small compared with thousands of other websites.
What Website Grader takes into consideration when providing statistics, I do not know. But, it looks good to me.
However,!! The site did not get off 'Scott free'. Oh no, there is something called HTTP Requests.
Whether HTTP Requests have any relationship to HTTPS I do not know. What I do know it that this website I tested is an HTTPS://.
So this is a quandary to be solved. Unfortunately I have no idea how to remedy this problem. I really just can't spend hours and weeks trying to solve this. I've spent far too much time on problem solving this year.
So here is proof of the Downside results provided by Website Grader.
So that's the story of my first experience with Website Grader. My sincere thanks to Taetske for leading me in the right direction.
Also, a very big Thank-You to Kyle and Carson for providing such a great Web Hosting service as well as all the other fantastic resources available to all members of Wealthy Affiliate.
Recent Comments
36
p.s. I just checked my health site. It is 89.
I have 53-page requests. Read what it means. It has also to do with big, heavy downloaded photos. As I commented on your previous post we think of redoing photos, making the Media File lighter.
On Seo I have Headings need improving. Heading tags distinguish headings from core page content. Am reading it trying to understand.
All the best, Taetske
Thanks again, Brenda. Have a good night. It's night time here too, so I'll be logging off soon. Catch up again tomorrow :)
Good Morning Valerie,
As I read you other post first I reminded you again about WebSiteGrader and now I see you have done it already. I think it is a great way to check your website.
I know there are many gratis tools out there which are also good. That is why checking out with different ones now and then provides you with varied information.
Anything which loads under 3.0 is super, there seem to be famous websites which take 5.0 or even more time to load.
I do not remember if I told you the first time but there was a serious problem with my Sitemap when I first made the test. Turned out that forgetting to check one box the whole Sitemap was not working while I was convinced everything was fine.
There you see a little checkup now and then is good.
Greetings from the south of Spain, Taetske
Good Evening Taetske,
A big thanks again for your earlier advice about WebsiteGrader. I was very surprised to get such great results.
You did mention earlier about your Sitemap. It just proves how valuable these types of tools are, in particular, WebsiteGrader.
Enjoy your day _Valerie
My website overall rating is 25/30 but the mobile rating is zero. While the other one passed.
I think we don't need to worry about the HTTP questions.
Looking good Valerie! Well done. I'm afraid I can't help with the HTTP request, but hopefully some kind soul will see this and help you out. Have you posted as a question?
Have a great day
Jane
Hi Jane, thanks very much for your comment. I greatly appreciate it. No, I haven't yet posted a question about the HTTP. I will do that if no solutions are offered here.
Enjoy your weekend :)
Valerie
Hi again Valerie,
I've just had a look at Website Grader - also looking pretty good apart from the HTTP issue. I've had a quick look at the info and it's starting to make a little sense. It's on my to do list to look into it further so hopefully I'll have time to check it out next week. (Currently catching up on posting.) Will let you know if I get some answers.
Jane
Thank you very much Mickey for your kind words. I certainly think it is worthwhile testing your site with Website Grader. I'm going to test my affiliate site during the next few days.
Yes, I believe it is worth giving it a go while your website is young. Although it doesn't really matter as the site I tested is nine years old.
Thanks for leaving your comment, Sara.
See more comments
This is so good to know Valerie and Taetske thank you
It's a pleasure, Vicki.
I'm grateful to Taetske for sharing her knowledge.
I hope all is going well with you. I will catch up with your videos as soon as I get a chance.