Access blocblinds.ie.

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value5.9 s

4/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value7.2 s

5/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value7.6 s

26/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value1,720 ms

10/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.245

51/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value16.7 s

5/100

10%

blocblinds.ie

357 ms

blocblinds.ie

888 ms

Master-NavDesktop-v1-0-8.min.css

409 ms

Master-v1-0-1.min.css

511 ms

all.css

40 ms

Our browser made a total of 88 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 68% of them (60 requests) were addressed to the original Blocblinds.ie, 10% (9 requests) were made to Static.olark.com and 5% (4 requests) were made to Nrpc.olark.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (888 ms) belongs to the original domain Blocblinds.ie.

Content Size

823.8 kB

After Optimization

392.5 kB

In fact, the total size of Blocblinds.ie main page is 823.8 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. 60% of websites need less resources to load. Javascripts take 336.0 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-82%

Potential reduce by 180.8 kB

Original 220.7 kB
After minification 188.0 kB
After compression 39.9 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 32.7 kB, which is 15% 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 180.8 kB or 82% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-2%

Potential reduce by 3.7 kB

Original 185.3 kB
After minification 181.6 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. Blocblinds images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-59%

Potential reduce by 198.2 kB

Original 336.0 kB
After minification 284.7 kB
After compression 137.8 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 198.2 kB or 59% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-59%

Potential reduce by 48.5 kB

Original 81.8 kB
After minification 79.0 kB
After compression 33.3 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. Blocblinds.ie needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 48.5 kB or 59% of the original size.

Requests Now

After Optimization

The browser has sent 74 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Blocblinds. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 24 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 10 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Accessibility Issues

These are opportunities to improve the legibility of your content.

High

Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio.

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.

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

Areas of Improvement

High

Does not use HTTPS

High

Includes front-end JavaScript libraries with known security vulnerabilities

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

High

Serves images with low resolution

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

Search Engine Optimization Advices

To appear in search results, crawlers need access to your app.

High

Links are not crawlable

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

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

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/).

High

Document uses legible font sizes

Language and Encoding

Language Detected

N/A
Language Claimed

EN
Encoding

UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Blocblinds.ie can be misinterpreted by Google and other search engines. Unfortunately we cannot identify language used on the page (probably there is a mix of languages, too little text or something else), while the claimed language is English. Our system also found out that Blocblinds.ie 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

blocblinds.ie

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

Report Summary

Performance

Accessibility

Best Practices

SEO

Page Load Speed

First Response

Resources Loaded

Page Rendered

About Website

Key Findings

Performance Metrics

Measured Metrics

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

SI (Speed Index)

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Network Requests Diagram

blocblinds.ie

blocblinds.ie

Master-NavDesktop-v1-0-8.min.css

Master-v1-0-1.min.css

all.css

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Content Size

After Optimization

HTML Optimization

Image Optimization

JavaScript Optimization

CSS Optimization

Requests Breakdown

Requests Now

After Optimization

Network Requests Diagram

blocblinds.ie

blocblinds.ie

Master-NavDesktop-v1-0-8.min.css

Master-v1-0-1.min.css

all.css

jquery.min.js

_BlocMasterScript.js

klaviyo.js

BlocKlaviyo.js

ns.html

Animations.css

Home.min.css

CST_Slideshow.css

CST_slideshow_anims.css

jquery-1.12.4.min.js

CST_Slideshow_Test.js

WebResource.axd

ScriptResource.axd

ScriptResource.axd

gtm.js

hotjar-420805.js

bat.js

fbevents.js

loader.js

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