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Report Summary

  • 21

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    39% of other websites

  • 89

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 71% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    35% of websites

  • 83

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    46% of websites

americanmeadows.com

Wildflower Seeds, Flower Bulbs, Perennials

Page Load Speed

2.6 sec in total

First Response

78 ms

Resources Loaded

1.3 sec

Page Rendered

1.1 sec

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About Website

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Key Findings

We analyzed Americanmeadows.com page load time and found that the first response time was 78 ms and then it took 2.5 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 50% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

americanmeadows.com performance score

21

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value2.9 s

54/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value8.7 s

1/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value14.1 s

1/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value7,030 ms

0/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.001

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value29.5 s

0/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

americanmeadows.com

78 ms

www.americanmeadows.com

419 ms

logo-lg.png

61 ms

3644d9b81ebae0fee66cae1bc9886027_1452654871.css

21 ms

prototype.js

25 ms

Our browser made a total of 113 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 2% of them (2 requests) were addressed to the original Americanmeadows.com, 88% (99 requests) were made to Cdn-us-cf.yottaa.net and 3% (3 requests) were made to Google-analytics.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (419 ms) belongs to the original domain Americanmeadows.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 526.0 kB (36%)

Content Size

1.5 MB

After Optimization

950.5 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Americanmeadows.com main page is 1.5 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 917.8 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-79%

Potential reduce by 121.0 kB

  • Original 152.6 kB
  • After minification 138.3 kB
  • After compression 31.6 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 121.0 kB or 79% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-9%

Potential reduce by 85.2 kB

  • Original 917.8 kB
  • After minification 832.6 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. Americanmeadows images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-30%

Potential reduce by 11.8 kB

  • Original 39.4 kB
  • After minification 38.8 kB
  • After compression 27.7 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 11.8 kB or 30% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-84%

Potential reduce by 308.0 kB

  • Original 366.6 kB
  • After minification 364.3 kB
  • After compression 58.6 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. Americanmeadows.com needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 308.0 kB or 84% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 63 (65%)

Requests Now

97

After Optimization

34

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 97 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Americanmeadows. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 59 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 6 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

americanmeadows.com

americanmeadows.com

78 ms

www.americanmeadows.com

www.americanmeadows.com

419 ms

logo-lg.png

logo-lg.png

61 ms

3644d9b81ebae0fee66cae1bc9886027_1452654871.css

3644d9b81ebae0fee66cae1bc9886027_1452654871.css

21 ms

prototype.js

prototype.js

25 ms

jquery-1.10.2.min.js

jquery-1.10.2.min.js

63 ms

jquery.flexslider-min.js

jquery.flexslider-min.js

22 ms

noconflict.js

noconflict.js

57 ms

ccard.js

ccard.js

60 ms

validation.js

validation.js

59 ms

builder.js

builder.js

60 ms

effects.js

effects.js

93 ms

dragdrop.js

dragdrop.js

58 ms

controls.js

controls.js

91 ms

slider.js

slider.js

92 ms

js.js

js.js

100 ms

menu.js

menu.js

99 ms

form.js

form.js

98 ms

translate.js

translate.js

98 ms

cookies.js

cookies.js

116 ms

jquery.waypoints.min.js

jquery.waypoints.min.js

117 ms

inview.min.js

inview.min.js

119 ms

sticky.min.js

sticky.min.js

118 ms

ajaxcartpro.js

ajaxcartpro.js

121 ms

cart.js

cart.js

124 ms

sidebar.js

sidebar.js

119 ms

topLinks.js

topLinks.js

118 ms

skipLinks.js

skipLinks.js

124 ms

options.js

options.js

125 ms

wishlist.js

wishlist.js

128 ms

miniWishlist.js

miniWishlist.js

125 ms

addProductConfirmation.js

addProductConfirmation.js

126 ms

removeProductConfirmation.js

removeProductConfirmation.js

127 ms

clickOnButtonInCartPageForm.js

clickOnButtonInCartPageForm.js

125 ms

clickOnAddToCartInCategoryList.js

clickOnAddToCartInCategoryList.js

123 ms

clickOnAddToCartInOptionsPopup.js

clickOnAddToCartInOptionsPopup.js

134 ms

clickOnAddToCartInProductPage.js

clickOnAddToCartInProductPage.js

127 ms

clickOnDeleteFromCart.js

clickOnDeleteFromCart.js

126 ms

sli-rac.css

sli-rac.css

112 ms

si.js

si.js

135 ms

sli-rac.config.js

sli-rac.config.js

110 ms

bta.js

bta.js

46 ms

pr_styles_review.css

pr_styles_review.css

123 ms

powerReviews-starsonly.css

powerReviews-starsonly.css

83 ms

9e4e7579e48ea8ee3f3d87cc99d9c0f3_1454515977.css

9e4e7579e48ea8ee3f3d87cc99d9c0f3_1454515977.css

84 ms

clickOnAddToCartInMiniWishlist.js

clickOnAddToCartInMiniWishlist.js

86 ms

product.js

product.js

77 ms

product.js

product.js

86 ms

jquery.collapse.js

jquery.collapse.js

85 ms

modernizr.custom.min.js

modernizr.custom.min.js

85 ms

selectivizr.js

selectivizr.js

73 ms

matchMedia.js

matchMedia.js

81 ms

matchMedia.addListener.js

matchMedia.addListener.js

80 ms

enquire.js

enquire.js

75 ms

app.js

app.js

74 ms

imagesloaded.js

imagesloaded.js

76 ms

scripts.js

scripts.js

76 ms

magnific-popup.js

magnific-popup.js

61 ms

minicart.js

minicart.js

64 ms

bundle.js

bundle.js

62 ms

productList.js

productList.js

63 ms

catalogevent.js

catalogevent.js

61 ms

outdatedbrowser.min.js

outdatedbrowser.min.js

60 ms

local.js

local.js

61 ms

flexslider-home-init.js

flexslider-home-init.js

60 ms

ami-stacked-logo-small.gif

ami-stacked-logo-small.gif

139 ms

ami-horiz-logo-small.gif

ami-horiz-logo-small.gif

139 ms

AMI-Ray-Confidence-Banner.jpg

AMI-Ray-Confidence-Banner.jpg

151 ms

AMI-Ray-Standalone.png

AMI-Ray-Standalone.png

151 ms

new-to-wildflowers.jpg

new-to-wildflowers.jpg

138 ms

mixes.jpg

mixes.jpg

137 ms

individual-seeds.jpg

individual-seeds.jpg

144 ms

seed-on-sale.jpg

seed-on-sale.jpg

148 ms

Bulk_Perennials.jpg

Bulk_Perennials.jpg

145 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

29 ms

Peony_Nepeta-Sun.jpg

Peony_Nepeta-Sun.jpg

26 ms

Aster-Easy.jpg

Aster-Easy.jpg

23 ms

New-Platanthera.jpg

New-Platanthera.jpg

20 ms

dahlia-pink.jpg

dahlia-pink.jpg

20 ms

gladiolus-sunset-mix.jpg

gladiolus-sunset-mix.jpg

19 ms

lily-orange.jpg

lily-orange.jpg

20 ms

bulb-garden.jpg

bulb-garden.jpg

20 ms

os-regular-webfont.woff

os-regular-webfont.woff

15 ms

os-semibold-webfont.woff

os-semibold-webfont.woff

13 ms

os-bold-webfont.woff

os-bold-webfont.woff

12 ms

os-extrabold-webfont.woff

os-extrabold-webfont.woff

10 ms

collect

collect

36 ms

icon_sprite.png

icon_sprite.png

3 ms

mini-cart-shield.png

mini-cart-shield.png

5 ms

collect

collect

36 ms

wheelbarrow-white.png

wheelbarrow-white.png

29 ms

collect

collect

96 ms

os-italic-webfont.woff

os-italic-webfont.woff

34 ms

os-semibolditalic-webfont.woff

os-semibolditalic-webfont.woff

89 ms

os-bolditalic-webfont.woff

os-bolditalic-webfont.woff

87 ms

icons.woff

icons.woff

29 ms

flower-star-yellow.png

flower-star-yellow.png

66 ms

px-75.png

px-75.png

59 ms

opc-ajax-loader.gif

opc-ajax-loader.gif

60 ms

ga-audiences

ga-audiences

84 ms

blockcffreg-webfont.woff

blockcffreg-webfont.woff

38 ms

merriweather-regular-webfont.woff

merriweather-regular-webfont.woff

13 ms

merriweather-bold-webfont.woff

merriweather-bold-webfont.woff

12 ms

merriweather-black-webfont.woff

merriweather-black-webfont.woff

11 ms

ga-audiences

ga-audiences

27 ms

facebook-sm.png

facebook-sm.png

87 ms

pinterest-sm.png

pinterest-sm.png

86 ms

instagram-sm.png

instagram-sm.png

87 ms

blog-sm.png

blog-sm.png

88 ms

twitter-sm.png

twitter-sm.png

87 ms

smarticon

smarticon

91 ms

ef0184556e515127ea0168250166c54a_1452654871.css

ef0184556e515127ea0168250166c54a_1452654871.css

5 ms

sli-rac.stub.latest.js

sli-rac.stub.latest.js

168 ms

Accessibility Review

americanmeadows.com accessibility score

89

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-hidden="true"] elements contain focusable descendents

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.

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

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

Best Practices

americanmeadows.com best practices score

75

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

Issues were logged in the Issues panel in Chrome Devtools

SEO Factors

americanmeadows.com SEO score

83

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

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

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 Americanmeadows.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 Americanmeadows.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

americanmeadows.com

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