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Report Summary

  • 21

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    39% of other websites

  • 70

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 36% of websites

  • 67

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    24% of websites

  • 62

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    22% of websites

autos.com

Price, Search, Buy New & Used Cars Online - CarsDirect

Page Load Speed

1.9 sec in total

First Response

225 ms

Resources Loaded

1.5 sec

Page Rendered

219 ms

autos.com screenshot

About Website

Welcome to autos.com homepage info - get ready to check Autos best content for United States right away, or after learning these important things about autos.com

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Key Findings

We analyzed Autos.com page load time and found that the first response time was 225 ms and then it took 1.7 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

autos.com performance score

21

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.3 s

39/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value8.1 s

2/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value8.9 s

15/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value4,170 ms

1/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.051

99/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value18.6 s

3/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

autos.com

225 ms

www.autos.com

205 ms

166 ms

common.css

136 ms

common_layout.css

138 ms

Our browser made a total of 48 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 17% of them (8 requests) were addressed to the original Autos.com, 44% (21 requests) were made to Cdcssl.ibsrv.net and 10% (5 requests) were made to Staticssl.ibsrv.net. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (618 ms) relates to the external source Auto-services.internetbrands.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 180.1 kB (49%)

Content Size

366.0 kB

After Optimization

185.9 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Autos.com main page is 366.0 kB. This result falls beyond the top 1M of websites and identifies a large and not optimized web page that may take ages to load. 35% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 156.4 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-69%

Potential reduce by 84.1 kB

  • Original 121.1 kB
  • After minification 120.3 kB
  • After compression 37.0 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 84.1 kB or 69% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-28%

Potential reduce by 43.2 kB

  • Original 156.4 kB
  • After minification 113.2 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. Obviously, Autos needs image optimization as it can save up to 43.2 kB or 28% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-55%

Potential reduce by 39.7 kB

  • Original 71.7 kB
  • After minification 59.9 kB
  • After compression 32.0 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 39.7 kB or 55% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-78%

Potential reduce by 13.2 kB

  • Original 16.9 kB
  • After minification 14.6 kB
  • After compression 3.7 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. Autos.com needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 13.2 kB or 78% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 19 (42%)

Requests Now

45

After Optimization

26

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 45 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Autos. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 10 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

autos.com

autos.com

225 ms

www.autos.com

www.autos.com

205 ms

166 ms

common.css

common.css

136 ms

common_layout.css

common_layout.css

138 ms

utils.js

utils.js

141 ms

autos.css

autos.css

140 ms

cssDropMenus.js

cssDropMenus.js

139 ms

ibcdajax.js

ibcdajax.js

75 ms

getAllMakes

getAllMakes

282 ms

autos_hp;sect=hp;dcopt=ist;sz=115x25;ord=1456753736988

autos_hp;sect=hp;dcopt=ist;sz=115x25;ord=1456753736988

183 ms

getAllMakes

getAllMakes

618 ms

eucookie.min.js

eucookie.min.js

137 ms

;make=;model=;segment=;sect=hp;zipcode=null;dcopt=ist;sz=728x90;ord=1456753736984;environment=production

;make=;model=;segment=;sect=hp;zipcode=null;dcopt=ist;sz=728x90;ord=1456753736984;environment=production

137 ms

autos_bg.gif

autos_bg.gif

28 ms

444 ms

bt_go_blue.gif

bt_go_blue.gif

42 ms

autos_header.gif

autos_header.gif

56 ms

home_123cars_spfi.gif

home_123cars_spfi.gif

108 ms

home_reb_bg_bar.gif

home_reb_bg_bar.gif

57 ms

arrow_down_onred.gif

arrow_down_onred.gif

58 ms

home_freequote.gif

home_freequote.gif

57 ms

bt_getfreequote_blue.gif

bt_getfreequote_blue.gif

66 ms

autos_home_gry_by.gif

autos_home_gry_by.gif

106 ms

bt_seelistings.gif

bt_seelistings.gif

104 ms

home_arrow_down_onblue.gif

home_arrow_down_onblue.gif

104 ms

compare_now.gif

compare_now.gif

104 ms

spacer.gif

spacer.gif

105 ms

ib_logo.gif

ib_logo.gif

129 ms

478 ms

492 ms

489 ms

490 ms

7285568093614892768

7285568093614892768

15 ms

;make=;model=;segment=;sect=hp;zipcode=null;dcopt=ist;sz=336x280;ord=1456753736988;environment=production

;make=;model=;segment=;sect=hp;zipcode=null;dcopt=ist;sz=336x280;ord=1456753736988;environment=production

141 ms

home_search_listings_02.gif

home_search_listings_02.gif

28 ms

home_blue_bg_bar.gif

home_blue_bg_bar.gif

29 ms

home_ranking_bar_new.jpg

home_ranking_bar_new.jpg

28 ms

CDC_Altima_2010_300x250.jpg

CDC_Altima_2010_300x250.jpg

29 ms

loans_footer.gif

loans_footer.gif

28 ms

getIsoCode

getIsoCode

143 ms

blank.htm

blank.htm

127 ms

autos.com.js

autos.com.js

68 ms

ga.js

ga.js

27 ms

beacon.js

beacon.js

20 ms

blank.htm

blank.htm

28 ms

__utm.gif

__utm.gif

23 ms

ibnetwk-automotive.gif

ibnetwk-automotive.gif

30 ms

Accessibility Review

autos.com accessibility score

70

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

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

High

<input type="image"> elements do not have [alt] text

High

Form elements do not have associated labels

High

Links do not have a discernible name

Best Practices

autos.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

High

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

autos.com SEO score

62

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

Content Best Practices

Format your HTML in a way that enables crawlers to better understand your app’s content.

Impact

Issue

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

Language and Encoding

  • Language Detected

    EN

  • Language Claimed

    N/A

  • Encoding

    ISO-8859-1

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Autos.com can be misinterpreted by Google and other search engines. Our service has detected that English is used on the page, and neither this language nor any other was claimed in <html> or <meta> tags. Our system also found out that Autos.com main page’s claimed encoding is iso-8859-1. Changing it to UTF-8 can be a good choice, as this format is commonly used for encoding all over the web and thus their visitors won’t have any troubles with symbol transcription or reading.

Social Sharing Optimization

autos.com

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