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Report Summary

  • 20

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    37% of other websites

  • 90

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 74% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    35% of websites

  • 90

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    68% of websites

askhometown.com

Hometown Insurance Services | Auto, Home, Life & Commercial Insurance | California - Hometown Insurance Services, INC.

Page Load Speed

5.2 sec in total

First Response

176 ms

Resources Loaded

4.3 sec

Page Rendered

740 ms

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About Website

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Key Findings

We analyzed Askhometown.com page load time and found that the first response time was 176 ms and then it took 5 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 75% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

askhometown.com performance score

20

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value7.0 s

1/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value18.8 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value9.9 s

10/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value1,710 ms

11/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.011

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value20.1 s

2/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

askhometown.com

176 ms

default.aspx

167 ms

default.aspx

317 ms

www.askhometown.com

192 ms

style.css

97 ms

Our browser made a total of 86 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 78% of them (67 requests) were addressed to the original Askhometown.com, 7% (6 requests) were made to Googletagmanager.com and 2% (2 requests) were made to Iwb.blob.core.windows.net. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1.3 sec) relates to the external source Chart.googleapis.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 287.5 kB (5%)

Content Size

6.0 MB

After Optimization

5.8 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Askhometown.com main page is 6.0 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 5.7 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-78%

Potential reduce by 55.8 kB

  • Original 71.8 kB
  • After minification 70.4 kB
  • After compression 16.0 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 55.8 kB or 78% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-3%

Potential reduce by 179.5 kB

  • Original 5.7 MB
  • After minification 5.5 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. Ask Hometown images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-17%

Potential reduce by 50.5 kB

  • Original 294.9 kB
  • After minification 294.9 kB
  • After compression 244.4 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 50.5 kB or 17% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-6%

Potential reduce by 1.7 kB

  • Original 25.7 kB
  • After minification 25.7 kB
  • After compression 24.1 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. Askhometown.com has all CSS files already compressed.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 41 (53%)

Requests Now

78

After Optimization

37

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 78 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Ask Hometown. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 23 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 7 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

askhometown.com

askhometown.com

176 ms

default.aspx

default.aspx

167 ms

default.aspx

default.aspx

317 ms

www.askhometown.com

www.askhometown.com

192 ms

style.css

style.css

97 ms

alert.js

alert.js

189 ms

ada_shim.js

ada_shim.js

163 ms

hotspotter.js

hotspotter.js

284 ms

hotspotter.css

hotspotter.css

284 ms

jquery.fancybox.min.css

jquery.fancybox.min.css

304 ms

api.js

api.js

50 ms

js

js

53 ms

jquery.bxslider.css

jquery.bxslider.css

352 ms

responsive.min.css

responsive.min.css

354 ms

ada_panel.js

ada_panel.js

161 ms

js

js

117 ms

Telerik.Web.UI.WebResource.axd

Telerik.Web.UI.WebResource.axd

432 ms

WebResource.axd

WebResource.axd

457 ms

Telerik.Web.UI.WebResource.axd

Telerik.Web.UI.WebResource.axd

661 ms

ScriptResource.axd

ScriptResource.axd

467 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

24 ms

responsive.min.js

responsive.min.js

467 ms

jquery.cycle2.js

jquery.cycle2.js

467 ms

blog-script.js

blog-script.js

465 ms

validate-code.js

validate-code.js

466 ms

jquery.bxslider.min.js

jquery.bxslider.min.js

568 ms

jquery.fancybox.min.js

jquery.fancybox.min.js

567 ms

cookie-consent.js

cookie-consent.js

68 ms

webfont.js

webfont.js

49 ms

gtm.js

gtm.js

134 ms

js

js

112 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

109 ms

js

js

158 ms

js

js

127 ms

logo.png

logo.png

204 ms

lob_btn_01.png

lob_btn_01.png

134 ms

lob_btn_02.png

lob_btn_02.png

134 ms

lob_btn_03.png

lob_btn_03.png

207 ms

lob_btn_04.png

lob_btn_04.png

204 ms

lob_btn_05.png

lob_btn_05.png

213 ms

featured_icon1.png

featured_icon1.png

214 ms

featured_icon2.png

featured_icon2.png

315 ms

featured_icon3.png

featured_icon3.png

313 ms

featured_icon4.png

featured_icon4.png

314 ms

featured_icon5.png

featured_icon5.png

315 ms

featured_icon6.png

featured_icon6.png

315 ms

3ways_1.png

3ways_1.png

316 ms

3ways_2.png

3ways_2.png

385 ms

3ways_3.png

3ways_3.png

385 ms

3ways_4.png

3ways_4.png

386 ms

nationwide.jpg

nationwide.jpg

390 ms

travelers.jpg

travelers.jpg

391 ms

anthem_blue_cross.jpg

anthem_blue_cross.jpg

387 ms

blueshield.jpg

blueshield.jpg

458 ms

health_net.jpg

health_net.jpg

458 ms

progressive.jpg

progressive.jpg

473 ms

hartford.jpg

hartford.jpg

463 ms

kemper.jpg

kemper.jpg

482 ms

transamerica.jpg

transamerica.jpg

483 ms

gp.png

gp.png

543 ms

css

css

124 ms

collect

collect

42 ms

collect

collect

41 ms

KFOmCnqEu92Fr1Mu4mxMKTU1Kg.woff

KFOmCnqEu92Fr1Mu4mxMKTU1Kg.woff

18 ms

XRXI3I6Li01BKofiOc5wtlZ2di8HDLshdTQ3iazbXWjQeQ.woff

XRXI3I6Li01BKofiOc5wtlZ2di8HDLshdTQ3iazbXWjQeQ.woff

20 ms

search_icon.png

search_icon.png

282 ms

header_img_0.jpg

header_img_0.jpg

478 ms

header_img_01.jpg

header_img_01.jpg

525 ms

header_img_02.jpg

header_img_02.jpg

687 ms

header_img_03.jpg

header_img_03.jpg

613 ms

header_img_04.jpg

header_img_04.jpg

718 ms

header_img_05.jpg

header_img_05.jpg

790 ms

3ways_0.jpg

3ways_0.jpg

611 ms

testi_bg.jpg

testi_bg.jpg

679 ms

Map.jpg

Map.jpg

680 ms

website_data.ashx

website_data.ashx

646 ms

default.aspx

default.aspx

675 ms

website_data.ashx

website_data.ashx

684 ms

bx_loader.gif

bx_loader.gif

666 ms

map.jpg

map.jpg

246 ms

162 ms

chart

chart

1286 ms

rss.png

rss.png

89 ms

googlereader.png

googlereader.png

90 ms

my-yahoo.png

my-yahoo.png

91 ms

default_blog.jpg

default_blog.jpg

83 ms

Accessibility Review

askhometown.com accessibility score

90

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-*] attributes do not match their roles

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

Best Practices

askhometown.com best practices score

75

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

askhometown.com SEO score

90

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

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 Askhometown.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 Askhometown.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

askhometown.com

Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of Ask Hometown. 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: