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Report Summary

  • 68

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    80% of other websites

  • 93

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 82% of websites

  • 67

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    24% of websites

  • 91

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    71% of websites

allanblock.com

Retaining Walls | Allan Block Wall Systems

Page Load Speed

1.5 sec in total

First Response

450 ms

Resources Loaded

867 ms

Page Rendered

217 ms

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About Website

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Key Findings

We analyzed Allanblock.com page load time and found that the first response time was 450 ms and then it took 1.1 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 20% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

allanblock.com performance score

68

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value2.0 s

86/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value3.5 s

63/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value2.9 s

95/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value430 ms

64/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.255

48/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value5.2 s

74/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

allanblock.com

450 ms

style.css

7 ms

jquery-1.9.1.min.js

16 ms

jquery-ui.js

101 ms

chili-1.7.pack.js

173 ms

Our browser made a total of 48 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 54% of them (26 requests) were addressed to the original Allanblock.com, 19% (9 requests) were made to Google.com and 6% (3 requests) were made to Cse.google.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (450 ms) belongs to the original domain Allanblock.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 146.4 kB (13%)

Content Size

1.2 MB

After Optimization

1.0 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Allanblock.com main page is 1.2 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. 60% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 932.0 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-77%

Potential reduce by 25.3 kB

  • Original 32.7 kB
  • After minification 29.2 kB
  • After compression 7.5 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. This page needs HTML code to be minified as it can gain 3.6 kB, which is 11% of the original size. It is highly recommended that content of this web page should be compressed using GZIP, as it can save up to 25.3 kB or 77% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-1%

Potential reduce by 9.0 kB

  • Original 932.0 kB
  • After minification 922.9 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. Allan Block images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-36%

Potential reduce by 40.5 kB

  • Original 113.8 kB
  • After minification 108.3 kB
  • After compression 73.2 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 40.5 kB or 36% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-87%

Potential reduce by 71.6 kB

  • Original 82.0 kB
  • After minification 67.2 kB
  • After compression 10.4 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. Allanblock.com needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 71.6 kB or 87% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 11 (25%)

Requests Now

44

After Optimization

33

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 44 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Allan Block. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 12 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

allanblock.com

allanblock.com

450 ms

style.css

style.css

7 ms

jquery-1.9.1.min.js

jquery-1.9.1.min.js

16 ms

jquery-ui.js

jquery-ui.js

101 ms

chili-1.7.pack.js

chili-1.7.pack.js

173 ms

jquery.cycle.all.js

jquery.cycle.all.js

178 ms

nav2.1.js

nav2.1.js

39 ms

cse.js

cse.js

70 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

40 ms

plusone.js

plusone.js

195 ms

new.png

new.png

106 ms

logoBanner.jpg

logoBanner.jpg

8 ms

IMG_1630.jpg

IMG_1630.jpg

32 ms

ILC80.jpg

ILC80.jpg

32 ms

RaisedPatio.jpg

RaisedPatio.jpg

86 ms

backyard.jpg

backyard.jpg

86 ms

gardens.jpg

gardens.jpg

85 ms

hillsides.jpg

hillsides.jpg

62 ms

darkcourtyard.jpg

darkcourtyard.jpg

87 ms

ABCertContractorSeal100.jpg

ABCertContractorSeal100.jpg

62 ms

new60.jpg

new60.jpg

85 ms

home-products.jpg

home-products.jpg

84 ms

home-installation.jpg

home-installation.jpg

87 ms

home-catalogs.jpg

home-catalogs.jpg

85 ms

home-estimate.jpg

home-estimate.jpg

86 ms

home-diy.jpg

home-diy.jpg

86 ms

home-connected.jpg

home-connected.jpg

86 ms

home-buy.jpg

home-buy.jpg

87 ms

home-videos.jpg

home-videos.jpg

87 ms

homeowner-group.jpg

homeowner-group.jpg

88 ms

contractor-group.jpg

contractor-group.jpg

89 ms

engineering-group.jpg

engineering-group.jpg

89 ms

socialSprite.png

socialSprite.png

89 ms

collect

collect

42 ms

jsapi

jsapi

69 ms

chili-1.7.pack.js

chili-1.7.pack.js

48 ms

jquery.cycle.all.js

jquery.cycle.all.js

79 ms

default+en.css

default+en.css

9 ms

default.css

default.css

50 ms

default+en.I.js

default+en.I.js

17 ms

cb=gapi.loaded_0

cb=gapi.loaded_0

31 ms

default.css

default.css

69 ms

async-ads.js

async-ads.js

49 ms

google_custom_search_watermark.gif

google_custom_search_watermark.gif

25 ms

small-logo.png

small-logo.png

14 ms

search_box_icon.png

search_box_icon.png

13 ms

clear.png

clear.png

35 ms

nav_logo114.png

nav_logo114.png

12 ms

Accessibility Review

allanblock.com accessibility score

93

Accessibility Issues

Internationalization and localization

These are opportunities to improve the interpretation of your content by users in different locales.

Impact

Issue

High

<html> element does not have a [lang] attribute

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

allanblock.com best practices score

67

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

User Experience

Impact

Issue

High

Serves images with low resolution

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

SEO Factors

allanblock.com SEO score

91

Search Engine Optimization Advices

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 doesn't use 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 Allanblock.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 Allanblock.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

allanblock.com

Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of Allan Block. 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: