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Report Summary

  • 57

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    73% of other websites

  • 57

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 24% of websites

  • 83

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    55% of websites

  • 77

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    36% of websites

branch.la

Branch Real Estate | Homes for Sale Ponchatoula > Home

Page Load Speed

1.6 sec in total

First Response

115 ms

Resources Loaded

1.2 sec

Page Rendered

281 ms

branch.la screenshot

About Website

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Key Findings

We analyzed Branch.la page load time and found that the first response time was 115 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

branch.la performance score

57

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.2 s

44/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value7.8 s

3/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value12.9 s

2/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value110 ms

97/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.047

99/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value4.5 s

82/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

branch.la

115 ms

default.css

70 ms

module.css

85 ms

skin.css

78 ms

container.css

77 ms

Our browser made a total of 49 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 82% of them (40 requests) were addressed to the original Branch.la, 10% (5 requests) were made to Widgets.diversesolutions.com and 4% (2 requests) were made to Google-analytics.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (319 ms) belongs to the original domain Branch.la.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 529.0 kB (36%)

Content Size

1.5 MB

After Optimization

938.4 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Branch.la main page is 1.5 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. 45% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 934.2 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-75%

Potential reduce by 23.5 kB

  • Original 31.1 kB
  • After minification 28.2 kB
  • After compression 7.7 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 23.5 kB or 75% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-28%

Potential reduce by 265.9 kB

  • Original 934.2 kB
  • After minification 668.3 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. Obviously, Branch needs image optimization as it can save up to 265.9 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

-48%

Potential reduce by 222.5 kB

  • Original 466.6 kB
  • After minification 466.6 kB
  • After compression 244.1 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 222.5 kB or 48% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-48%

Potential reduce by 17.2 kB

  • Original 35.5 kB
  • After minification 35.5 kB
  • After compression 18.4 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. Branch.la needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 17.2 kB or 48% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 24 (51%)

Requests Now

47

After Optimization

23

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 47 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Branch. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 18 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 8 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

branch.la

branch.la

115 ms

default.css

default.css

70 ms

module.css

module.css

85 ms

skin.css

skin.css

78 ms

container.css

container.css

77 ms

container.css

container.css

82 ms

portal.css

portal.css

81 ms

jquery.js

jquery.js

112 ms

jquery-ui.js

jquery-ui.js

319 ms

jquery-1.3.2.min.js

jquery-1.3.2.min.js

133 ms

date.min.js

date.min.js

108 ms

jquery.datePicker.js

jquery.datePicker.js

138 ms

WebResource.axd

WebResource.axd

109 ms

ScriptResource.axd

ScriptResource.axd

184 ms

ScriptResource.axd

ScriptResource.axd

136 ms

dnn.modalpopup.js

dnn.modalpopup.js

129 ms

dnncore.js

dnncore.js

163 ms

jquery.hoverIntent.min.js

jquery.hoverIntent.min.js

156 ms

StandardMenu.js

StandardMenu.js

167 ms

font-awesome.min.css

font-awesome.min.css

32 ms

style.css

style.css

114 ms

widgetTLM.js

widgetTLM.js

282 ms

ModuleScript.aspx

ModuleScript.aspx

319 ms

widgetTLM.js

widgetTLM.js

294 ms

ga.js

ga.js

14 ms

slide_banner_a.png

slide_banner_a.png

121 ms

branch-logo.png

branch-logo.png

131 ms

facebook.png

facebook.png

44 ms

__utm.gif

__utm.gif

13 ms

bottom_bg.jpg

bottom_bg.jpg

32 ms

bottom_bg_b.jpg

bottom_bg_b.jpg

19 ms

top_bg_top.jpg

top_bg_top.jpg

21 ms

top_bg_bt.jpg

top_bg_bt.jpg

30 ms

top_b_bg.jpg

top_b_bg.jpg

36 ms

bg_bg.jpg

bg_bg.jpg

39 ms

main_bg_top.png

main_bg_top.png

56 ms

dnn_left.png

dnn_left.png

58 ms

dnn_right.png

dnn_right.png

53 ms

con2_h_l.png

con2_h_l.png

21 ms

con2_h_r.png

con2_h_r.png

37 ms

con2_h_m.png

con2_h_m.png

37 ms

c2_m_l.png

c2_m_l.png

25 ms

c2_m_r.png

c2_m_r.png

25 ms

dnn_bottom_left.png

dnn_bottom_left.png

44 ms

dnn_bottom_right.png

dnn_bottom_right.png

52 ms

dnn_bottom.png

dnn_bottom.png

53 ms

Slideshow_v1_1.js

Slideshow_v1_1.js

205 ms

loading_indicator.png

loading_indicator.png

137 ms

MapSearch_v1_1.js

MapSearch_v1_1.js

255 ms

Accessibility Review

branch.la accessibility score

57

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

Best practices

These items highlight common accessibility best practices.

Impact

Issue

High

[user-scalable="no"] is used in the <meta name="viewport"> element or the [maximum-scale] attribute is less than 5.

Best Practices

branch.la 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

User Experience

Impact

Issue

High

Displays images with incorrect aspect ratio

General

Impact

Issue

High

Missing source maps for large first-party JavaScript

SEO Factors

branch.la SEO score

77

Search Engine Optimization Advices

Crawling and Indexing

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

Impact

Issue

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

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 Branch.la 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 Branch.la 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

branch.la

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