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Report Summary

  • 77

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    84% of other websites

  • 94

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 83% of websites

  • 92

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    80% of websites

  • 93

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    83% of websites

aa.ie

The AA | Irelands Top Car, Home & Travel Insurance Broker

Page Load Speed

3.7 sec in total

First Response

129 ms

Resources Loaded

2.7 sec

Page Rendered

960 ms

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About Website

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Key Findings

We analyzed Aa.ie page load time and found that the first response time was 129 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 60% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

aa.ie performance score

77

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value2.9 s

52/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value4.2 s

44/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value4.9 s

66/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value0 ms

100/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.003

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value2.9 s

96/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

aa.ie

129 ms

www.theaa.ie

1521 ms

42609e7e-45b2-4aad-b7ec-286789ec14d5.css

41 ms

main.css

73 ms

styles.css

240 ms

Our browser made a total of 68 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 1% of them (1 request) were addressed to the original Aa.ie, 49% (33 requests) were made to Theaa.ie and 41% (28 requests) were made to B3518417.smushcdn.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1.5 sec) relates to the external source Theaa.ie.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 109.8 kB (3%)

Content Size

3.2 MB

After Optimization

3.1 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Aa.ie main page is 3.2 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. 75% 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 2.9 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-83%

Potential reduce by 109.5 kB

  • Original 131.4 kB
  • After minification 120.1 kB
  • After compression 22.0 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 109.5 kB or 83% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 0 B

  • Original 2.9 MB
  • After minification 2.9 MB

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. AA images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 98 B

  • Original 104.0 kB
  • After minification 104.0 kB
  • After compression 103.9 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. This website has mostly compressed JavaScripts.

CSS Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 202 B

  • Original 68.2 kB
  • After minification 68.2 kB
  • After compression 68.0 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. Aa.ie has all CSS files already compressed.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 9 (14%)

Requests Now

63

After Optimization

54

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 63 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of AA. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 5 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

aa.ie

aa.ie

129 ms

www.theaa.ie

www.theaa.ie

1521 ms

42609e7e-45b2-4aad-b7ec-286789ec14d5.css

42609e7e-45b2-4aad-b7ec-286789ec14d5.css

41 ms

main.css

main.css

73 ms

styles.css

styles.css

240 ms

2fb1b26b-0c5b-443f-94c4-db0336e390c3.css

2fb1b26b-0c5b-443f-94c4-db0336e390c3.css

45 ms

ee77c27a-b7ea-4bb3-9edf-db605a3bc82e.css

ee77c27a-b7ea-4bb3-9edf-db605a3bc82e.css

46 ms

9c41b031-2500-48c7-b3b9-cf78f220c03b.js

9c41b031-2500-48c7-b3b9-cf78f220c03b.js

42 ms

custom-script.js

custom-script.js

355 ms

50f8b9ed-6544-4f0b-98de-195e61660f00.js

50f8b9ed-6544-4f0b-98de-195e61660f00.js

60 ms

unsplash_7ZrS4VUshUU.jpg

unsplash_7ZrS4VUshUU.jpg

140 ms

1f3e1.svg

1f3e1.svg

126 ms

logo.svg

logo.svg

143 ms

HelpCentre_ico.svg

HelpCentre_ico.svg

144 ms

Membership_ico.svg

Membership_ico.svg

145 ms

Rewards_ico.svg

Rewards_ico.svg

312 ms

star-teal.svg

star-teal.svg

310 ms

service_icon_ico.svg

service_icon_ico.svg

330 ms

Signs_ico.svg

Signs_ico.svg

219 ms

FAQ_ico.svg

FAQ_ico.svg

218 ms

youtube_ico.svg

youtube_ico.svg

220 ms

Instagram_ico.svg

Instagram_ico.svg

293 ms

twitter_ico.svg

twitter_ico.svg

288 ms

mem.svg

mem.svg

289 ms

Car_Benefit-links-block_icon_40x40.svg

Car_Benefit-links-block_icon_40x40.svg

359 ms

Travel_Benefit-links-block_icon_40x40.svg

Travel_Benefit-links-block_icon_40x40.svg

363 ms

Home_Benefit-links-block_icon_40x40.svg

Home_Benefit-links-block_icon_40x40.svg

362 ms

van-ins.svg

van-ins.svg

379 ms

AA-More_Benefit-links-block_icon_40x40.svg

AA-More_Benefit-links-block_icon_40x40.svg

380 ms

approved-car.svg

approved-car.svg

398 ms

smr.svg

smr.svg

430 ms

rating.svg

rating.svg

432 ms

ratings-bg.76e5b104.svg

ratings-bg.76e5b104.svg

433 ms

ratings-default.05be72f0.svg

ratings-default.05be72f0.svg

447 ms

ratings.svg

ratings.svg

455 ms

apple.svg

apple.svg

470 ms

google-play.svg

google-play.svg

502 ms

logo-footer.svg

logo-footer.svg

500 ms

Helpcentre_mob.jpg

Helpcentre_mob.jpg

104 ms

andrew-ridley-Kt5hRENuotI-unsplash.jpg

andrew-ridley-Kt5hRENuotI-unsplash.jpg

104 ms

AA_Membership_-Hero_Mobile.png

AA_Membership_-Hero_Mobile.png

106 ms

CircleKLogo.jpeg

CircleKLogo.jpeg

105 ms

nick-sokolov-2lq4a8xQUYc-unsplash-scaled-1.jpeg

nick-sokolov-2lq4a8xQUYc-unsplash-scaled-1.jpeg

110 ms

home_peace_of_mind_brand.png

home_peace_of_mind_brand.png

108 ms

Discovery_Square-100.jpg

Discovery_Square-100.jpg

108 ms

AA-Signs.png

AA-Signs.png

109 ms

3970827-2464-x-896-AA-Website-Assets2464-x-896-02.png

3970827-2464-x-896-AA-Website-Assets2464-x-896-02.png

117 ms

3970827-944-x-544-AA-Website-Assets-944-x-54410.png

3970827-944-x-544-AA-Website-Assets-944-x-54410.png

111 ms

AA_Summer_Motor_Web_2464x896.jpg

AA_Summer_Motor_Web_2464x896.jpg

123 ms

AA_Summer_Motor_Web_668x880.jpg

AA_Summer_Motor_Web_668x880.jpg

111 ms

travel-landing-page-no-voucher.webp

travel-landing-page-no-voucher.webp

115 ms

homepage-2.webp

homepage-2.webp

114 ms

home-landing-page-no-voucher.png

home-landing-page-no-voucher.png

117 ms

homepage-1.jpg

homepage-1.jpg

125 ms

Untitled-3-8.jpg

Untitled-3-8.jpg

118 ms

Untitled-4-12.jpg

Untitled-4-12.jpg

120 ms

google-icon.png

google-icon.png

117 ms

The-AA-x-Circle-K.png

The-AA-x-Circle-K.png

119 ms

AA_Summer_Home_xsell_944x544.jpg

AA_Summer_Home_xsell_944x544.jpg

122 ms

AA_Summer_Travel_xsell_944x544.jpg

AA_Summer_Travel_xsell_944x544.jpg

125 ms

VanInsurance_ICImg.png

VanInsurance_ICImg.png

137 ms

AA_Summer_Motor_xsell_944x544.jpg

AA_Summer_Motor_xsell_944x544.jpg

125 ms

Blogs-2-12.png

Blogs-2-12.png

126 ms

Blogs-2-9.png

Blogs-2-9.png

126 ms

Blogs-2-13.png

Blogs-2-13.png

127 ms

NewTransportAAWEB-Regular.d8437184.woff

NewTransportAAWEB-Regular.d8437184.woff

566 ms

NewTransportAAWEB-Bold.187b6729.woff

NewTransportAAWEB-Bold.187b6729.woff

597 ms

coolicons.b4e5abbc.ttf

coolicons.b4e5abbc.ttf

597 ms

Accessibility Review

aa.ie accessibility score

94

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.

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

aa.ie best practices score

92

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

SEO Factors

aa.ie SEO score

93

Search Engine Optimization Advices

Crawling and Indexing

To appear in search results, crawlers need access to your app.

Impact

Issue

High

Links are not crawlable

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

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 Aa.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 Aa.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

aa.ie

Open Graph data is detected on the main page of AA. This is the best way to make the web page social media friendly. Here is how it looks like on Facebook: