Check the scores of pages created with Drupal in Google Page Speed Insights.
Google has made a tool publicly available to help you determine whether the structure of the website you have created is appropriate and whether there are display performance issues. In this article, we will use this tool to evaluate the performance of pages created with the Drupal and Bootstrap5 themes.
Page Speed Insights -> https://pagespeed.web.dev
-- ‘PageSpeed Insights provides reports on the actual performance of pages for mobile devices and PCs and how to improve such pages.’ --
From Page Speed Insights.
- "Scores are categorised as “Good”, “Medium” or “Low”. This calculation is based on the assumption that the developer is not considering any changes to the appearance and functionality of the page."
- "Good: the page has been subjected to the maximum performance recommendations and has little room for optimisation. The page scores 80 or above."
A score of 80 or above is a good score.
This time, we will use Page Speed Insights to judge the pages have created.
There are two types of pages on which judgments are made.
- Long and voluminous pages with text only.
- Pages that use images and contain a larger number of images
1.Text-only pages use #C08 Contact FormとSES Contact Form and SES. We have chosen this as we believe it is the best choice for making decisions due to its long text and multiple tables.
2.Pages with images use #L17 Leica SL2-S Four images are used, and the image size is also selected as optimal for making this judgment because three vertical compositions and large images are placed.
-- Evaluate on the Japanese language page. --
The judgement is made immediately using Page Speed Insights.
The first one is the text-only mobile phone, the second one is the text-only desktop, the third one is the mobile phone with images and the fourth one is the desktop with images.
Text only mobile
- Performance // 99
- User assistance // 100
- Recommended method // 100
- SEO // 100
Text only desktop
- Performance // 100
- User assistance // 100
- Recommended method // 100
- SEO // 100
Mobile phone with image
- Performance // 99
- User assistance // 100
- Recommended methods // 100
- SEO // 100
Desktop with images
- Performance // 100
- User assistance // 100
- Recommended method // 100
- SEO // 100
Long text-only pages
- Mobile 399/400
- Desktop 400/400
Pages with images
- Mobile 399/400
- Desktop 400/400
The scores are better than expected for.
The score also proves that Drupal's rendering performance and structural optimisation are very good.
Page Speed Insights explains that a score of 80 or above is a Good decision and there is no room for optimisation to increase the score; this score shows exactly why Drupal is said to be SEO-friendly.
The Drupal settings are almost by default, and both Drupal and AWS are scored with the cache function switched off. Even though the site has just been built, has very little traffic and a small number of content, it is not completely empty, as there are around 30 articles and 30 listed pages.
When measuring WordPress pages, desktop gets a reasonable score, but it is quite difficult to get a mobile score of 80+ for performance on a page with images, and the score we have determined this time is a very good score.
The factors that produced this score were not only Drupal, but also the use of the BootStrap 5 theme, which has a significant impact, and the Mobile First philosophy that BootStrap has raised since the beginning, optimising the structuring of pages built using BootStrap, The elements known as responsive are also structured in such a way that they do not interfere with the display of the page.
The fact that Drupal has passed all of the Page Speed Insights checks for user assistance, SEO and page structure rules is also proof that Drupal's basic structure is excellent.
The results of this judgement are better than expected, and are the result of a decision by Google, a third party and very strict website evaluator, to rate websites built with Drupal and Bootstrap5 themes with the highest score.
This score is also attributed to pages that use Drupal and Bootstrap5 almost by default, with the minimum number of elements required. There are other factors in the score other than performance, such as the way the page is built and MetaTag, which we hope to explain in a separate article.
Page Speed Insights ratings do not judge the excellence of content, so it is not a good thing if this score is high in SEO, but it is one of the criteria by which Google systematically evaluates websites, so a high score is It is not a waste of time.
The original purpose of Page Speed Insights is that it is published as one of the criteria for websites that deserve to be included and scored by Google in its search index, with the aim of suggesting what to correct if they do not meet the criteria. In this case, a high score was achieved and no modifications are required, but if the score is low and there are problems, the guide will suggest modifications that can be made to improve the score.
Our website is not commercial and does not aim to generate advertising revenue, so we do not consider SEO to be an active part of our website, but it is an honour for us to receive the recognition that our content is worthy of being evaluated and published by Google in the information distribution system created by the giant tech company Google. It is not a bad thing for a website operator to receive this recognition, but it is also an honour.
The conclusion of this article is that the excellence of the basic structure of the Drupal and Bootstrap5 themes has been rigorously evaluated by a third party.
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