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Report Summary

  • 42

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    61% of other websites

  • 98

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 94% of websites

  • 83

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    55% of websites

  • 93

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    83% of websites

askgem.com

HVAC, Plumbing & Electrical Services in RI & MA | Call GEM

Page Load Speed

1.8 sec in total

First Response

289 ms

Resources Loaded

744 ms

Page Rendered

794 ms

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About Website

Visit askgem.com now to see the best up-to-date Ask GEM content for United States and also check out these interesting facts you probably never knew about askgem.com

GEM offers residential & commercial HVAC, plumbing, drain & electrical services. Serving Rhode Island & Massachusetts since 1949.

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Key Findings

We analyzed Askgem.com page load time and found that the first response time was 289 ms and then it took 1.5 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 30% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

askgem.com performance score

42

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value2.1 s

82/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value3.2 s

73/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value4.1 s

78/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value2,780 ms

3/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.287

42/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value13.9 s

10/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

askgem.com

289 ms

askgem.com

75 ms

style.min.css

38 ms

style.min.css

68 ms

style.min.css

55 ms

Our browser made a total of 49 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 94% of them (46 requests) were addressed to the original Askgem.com, 2% (1 request) were made to Google.com and 2% (1 request) were made to Googletagmanager.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (289 ms) belongs to the original domain Askgem.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 114.9 kB (10%)

Content Size

1.2 MB

After Optimization

1.1 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript

In fact, the total size of Askgem.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. 50% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 849.3 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-82%

Potential reduce by 113.9 kB

  • Original 139.0 kB
  • After minification 137.9 kB
  • After compression 25.1 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 113.9 kB or 82% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 0 B

  • Original 849.3 kB
  • After minification 849.3 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. Ask GEM images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 1.0 kB

  • Original 217.2 kB
  • After minification 217.2 kB
  • After compression 216.2 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. This website has mostly compressed JavaScripts.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 14 (30%)

Requests Now

47

After Optimization

33

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 47 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Ask GEM. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 11 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 5 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

askgem.com

askgem.com

289 ms

askgem.com

askgem.com

75 ms

style.min.css

style.min.css

38 ms

style.min.css

style.min.css

68 ms

style.min.css

style.min.css

55 ms

public-main.css

public-main.css

48 ms

critical.css

critical.css

80 ms

view.min.js

view.min.js

50 ms

view-modal.min.js

view-modal.min.js

69 ms

bundle.min.js

bundle.min.js

90 ms

public-main.js

public-main.js

100 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

87 ms

jquery-migrate.min.js

jquery-migrate.min.js

115 ms

api.js

api.js

39 ms

navigation.js

navigation.js

102 ms

schedule-engine.js

schedule-engine.js

132 ms

gtm.js

gtm.js

89 ms

recaptcha__en.js

recaptcha__en.js

28 ms

gem-logo.png

gem-logo.png

79 ms

phone-icon.svg

phone-icon.svg

77 ms

BCAM8363reduced.jpg

BCAM8363reduced.jpg

76 ms

GEM-icon_Save-Money.svg

GEM-icon_Save-Money.svg

71 ms

GEM-icon_HeatingCooling.svg

GEM-icon_HeatingCooling.svg

72 ms

GEM-icon_Plumbing.svg

GEM-icon_Plumbing.svg

74 ms

GEM-icon_Electrical.svg

GEM-icon_Electrical.svg

96 ms

AdobeStock_371565590-copy-2-11.22.55-AM-copy-e1685212875498.jpg

AdobeStock_371565590-copy-2-11.22.55-AM-copy-e1685212875498.jpg

79 ms

Generators-2.jpg

Generators-2.jpg

98 ms

gem-team.jpg

gem-team.jpg

98 ms

checkmark-icon.svg

checkmark-icon.svg

198 ms

family-at-sink.jpg

family-at-sink.jpg

113 ms

89298214-edit-1.jpg

89298214-edit-1.jpg

104 ms

GEM_CustomerTech-1.jpg

GEM_CustomerTech-1.jpg

109 ms

GEM-icon_Home-Value.svg

GEM-icon_Home-Value.svg

133 ms

GEM-icon_Trained-Technicians.svg

GEM-icon_Trained-Technicians.svg

147 ms

GEM-icon_Maintenance.svg

GEM-icon_Maintenance.svg

142 ms

icon-star-full.svg

icon-star-full.svg

182 ms

icon-star-half.svg

icon-star-half.svg

158 ms

headshot-roger-stock.jpg

headshot-roger-stock.jpg

154 ms

headshot-michelle.jpg

headshot-michelle.jpg

184 ms

bbb.jpg

bbb.jpg

203 ms

nate.jpg

nate.jpg

192 ms

CFAD_GEM_Web-1.jpg

CFAD_GEM_Web-1.jpg

196 ms

abc.jpg

abc.jpg

211 ms

phcc.jpg

phcc.jpg

219 ms

nationalgrid.jpg

nationalgrid.jpg

223 ms

acca_logo.jpg

acca_logo.jpg

235 ms

HeatPumpInstall_Logo_Blk.png

HeatPumpInstall_Logo_Blk.png

238 ms

NEEECO-logo.png

NEEECO-logo.png

235 ms

right-arrow.svg

right-arrow.svg

240 ms

Accessibility Review

askgem.com accessibility score

98

Accessibility Issues

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

askgem.com best practices score

83

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

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

askgem.com SEO score

93

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

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 Askgem.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 Askgem.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

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