Report Summary

  • 71

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    82% of other websites

  • 64

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 30% of websites

  • 58

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    19% of websites

  • 54

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    19% of websites

bestmaterials.com

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Page Load Speed

1.1 sec in total

First Response

200 ms

Resources Loaded

645 ms

Page Rendered

269 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Bestmaterials.com page load time and found that the first response time was 200 ms and then it took 914 ms to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 15% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

bestmaterials.com performance score

71

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.0 s

48/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value3.2 s

73/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value3.0 s

94/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value470 ms

61/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value7.3 s

49/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

bestmaterials.com

200 ms

Styles_internetexplorer87.css

67 ms

jquery.min.js

76 ms

general.js

92 ms

seal.js

53 ms

Our browser made a total of 53 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 55% of them (29 requests) were addressed to the original Bestmaterials.com, 11% (6 requests) were made to Trustlogo.com and 8% (4 requests) were made to Google-analytics.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (372 ms) relates to the external source Verified-reviews.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 197.7 kB (53%)

Content Size

372.8 kB

After Optimization

175.1 kB

In fact, the total size of Bestmaterials.com main page is 372.8 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. 25% of websites need less resources to load. Javascripts take 168.9 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-86%

Potential reduce by 76.3 kB

  • Original 88.9 kB
  • After minification 78.0 kB
  • After compression 12.6 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. This page needs HTML code to be minified as it can gain 10.9 kB, which is 12% 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 76.3 kB or 86% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-19%

Potential reduce by 19.3 kB

  • Original 102.8 kB
  • After minification 83.5 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, Best Materials needs image optimization as it can save up to 19.3 kB or 19% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-54%

Potential reduce by 91.7 kB

  • Original 168.9 kB
  • After minification 156.5 kB
  • After compression 77.2 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 91.7 kB or 54% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-85%

Potential reduce by 10.4 kB

  • Original 12.2 kB
  • After minification 7.5 kB
  • After compression 1.8 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. Bestmaterials.com needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 10.4 kB or 85% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 26 (57%)

Requests Now

46

After Optimization

20

The browser has sent 46 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Best Materials. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 9 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Accessibility Review

bestmaterials.com accessibility score

64

Accessibility Issues

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

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

Links do not have a discernible name

Best Practices

bestmaterials.com best practices score

58

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

Displays images with incorrect aspect ratio

High

Serves images with low resolution

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

SEO Factors

bestmaterials.com SEO score

54

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

High

Page is blocked from indexing

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

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Bestmaterials.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 Bestmaterials.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

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