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Report Summary

  • 21

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    39% of other websites

  • 91

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 76% of websites

  • 83

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    55% of websites

  • 83

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    46% of websites

brbs.net

Page Load Speed

3 sec in total

First Response

226 ms

Resources Loaded

2.4 sec

Page Rendered

419 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Brbs.net page load time and found that the first response time was 226 ms and then it took 2.8 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 55% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

brbs.net performance score

21

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value5.8 s

4/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value15.9 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value12.9 s

2/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value1,410 ms

16/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value24.0 s

1/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

brbs.net

226 ms

brbs.net

255 ms

cardinalhomecenter.com

704 ms

mediaelementplayer-legacy.min.css

24 ms

wp-mediaelement.min.css

24 ms

Our browser made a total of 77 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 3% of them (2 requests) were addressed to the original Brbs.net, 52% (40 requests) were made to I0.wp.com and 13% (10 requests) were made to Cardinalhomecenter.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (704 ms) relates to the external source Cardinalhomecenter.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 1.7 MB (34%)

Content Size

5.1 MB

After Optimization

3.4 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Brbs.net main page is 5.1 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. 75% of websites need less resources to load and that’s why Accessify’s recommendations for optimization and resource minification can be helpful for this project. Images take 2.9 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-87%

Potential reduce by 1.3 MB

  • Original 1.5 MB
  • After minification 1.5 MB
  • After compression 194.2 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 1.3 MB or 87% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 87 B

  • Original 2.9 MB
  • After minification 2.9 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. Brbs images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-64%

Potential reduce by 439.2 kB

  • Original 685.3 kB
  • After minification 685.3 kB
  • After compression 246.2 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 439.2 kB or 64% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-17%

Potential reduce by 6.3 kB

  • Original 37.2 kB
  • After minification 37.2 kB
  • After compression 30.9 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. Brbs.net needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 6.3 kB or 17% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 20 (28%)

Requests Now

71

After Optimization

51

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 71 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Brbs. 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 4 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

brbs.net

brbs.net

226 ms

brbs.net

brbs.net

255 ms

cardinalhomecenter.com

cardinalhomecenter.com

704 ms

mediaelementplayer-legacy.min.css

mediaelementplayer-legacy.min.css

24 ms

wp-mediaelement.min.css

wp-mediaelement.min.css

24 ms

7mkns.css

7mkns.css

241 ms

js

js

67 ms

js

js

127 ms

js

js

133 ms

gtm.js

gtm.js

165 ms

Paints-Cardinal.jpg

Paints-Cardinal.jpg

161 ms

Cardinal-HC-Logo.png

Cardinal-HC-Logo.png

135 ms

Home-Page-Brands-SubMenu-e1608505606900.jpg

Home-Page-Brands-SubMenu-e1608505606900.jpg

139 ms

Cardinal-Home-Center-Home-Improvement-Building-Supply-Paint.jpg

Cardinal-Home-Center-Home-Improvement-Building-Supply-Paint.jpg

234 ms

Lumber-Cardinal-Home-Center-1.jpg

Lumber-Cardinal-Home-Center-1.jpg

142 ms

Windows-and-Doors-Cardinal-Home-Center.jpg

Windows-and-Doors-Cardinal-Home-Center.jpg

209 ms

Kraftmaid-Cabinets-Cardinal-Home-Center.jpg

Kraftmaid-Cabinets-Cardinal-Home-Center.jpg

206 ms

Power-Tools-Cardinal-Home-Center.jpg

Power-Tools-Cardinal-Home-Center.jpg

234 ms

Fencing-Cardinal-Home-Center.jpg

Fencing-Cardinal-Home-Center.jpg

205 ms

Hardware-Store-Cardinal-Home-Center.jpg

Hardware-Store-Cardinal-Home-Center.jpg

208 ms

Countertop-300x193-1.png

Countertop-300x193-1.png

208 ms

Plywood-Products-Cardinal-Home-Center.jpg

Plywood-Products-Cardinal-Home-Center.jpg

210 ms

Lawn-and-Garden-Supplies-Cardinal-Home-Center.jpg

Lawn-and-Garden-Supplies-Cardinal-Home-Center.jpg

229 ms

flooring-cardinal-home-center-e1618608785685.jpg

flooring-cardinal-home-center-e1618608785685.jpg

232 ms

Hunter-Douglas-at-Cardinal-Home-Center-e1619561834593.jpg

Hunter-Douglas-at-Cardinal-Home-Center-e1619561834593.jpg

232 ms

Composite-Decking-Cardinal-Home-Center.jpg

Composite-Decking-Cardinal-Home-Center.jpg

232 ms

Siding-300x193-1.png

Siding-300x193-1.png

234 ms

Masonry-300x193-1.png

Masonry-300x193-1.png

276 ms

Roof-300x193-1.png

Roof-300x193-1.png

276 ms

cardinal-bird-website.png

cardinal-bird-website.png

276 ms

awb-icons.woff

awb-icons.woff

209 ms

style.min.css

style.min.css

59 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

82 ms

jquery-migrate.min.js

jquery-migrate.min.js

93 ms

widget-init.js

widget-init.js

474 ms

cardinalvideocrg.js

cardinalvideocrg.js

174 ms

embed.js

embed.js

173 ms

7mknt.js

7mknt.js

244 ms

e-202404.js

e-202404.js

174 ms

7mkwp.js

7mkwp.js

585 ms

Cardinal-Home-Center-Madison-1.png

Cardinal-Home-Center-Madison-1.png

217 ms

Location-Spotlight-Discover-Cardinal-Home-Center-Madison.jpg

Location-Spotlight-Discover-Cardinal-Home-Center-Madison.jpg

218 ms

Employee-Spotlight-Garrett-Allen-%E2%80%93-Building-Success-at-Cardinal-Home-Center.jpg

Employee-Spotlight-Garrett-Allen-%E2%80%93-Building-Success-at-Cardinal-Home-Center.jpg

243 ms

5-Easy-Interior-Paint-Projects-for-Winter.jpg

5-Easy-Interior-Paint-Projects-for-Winter.jpg

246 ms

Elevate-your-Space-with-Laminate-Flooring.jpg

Elevate-your-Space-with-Laminate-Flooring.jpg

245 ms

How-to-Choose-the-Right-Insulation-for-Your-Home.jpg

How-to-Choose-the-Right-Insulation-for-Your-Home.jpg

249 ms

Cardinal-Home-Center-Adds-Locations-in-Staunton-and-Lake-Anna.jpg

Cardinal-Home-Center-Adds-Locations-in-Staunton-and-Lake-Anna.jpg

242 ms

painting-contractors.jpg

painting-contractors.jpg

244 ms

General-Contractor.jpg

General-Contractor.jpg

250 ms

Architects.jpg

Architects.jpg

250 ms

Decora.png

Decora.png

249 ms

Festool.png

Festool.png

251 ms

Hunter-Douglas.png

Hunter-Douglas.png

252 ms

Kraftsmaid-Cabinets.png

Kraftsmaid-Cabinets.png

254 ms

Milwaukee-Tools.png

Milwaukee-Tools.png

255 ms

Shaw-Floors.png

Shaw-Floors.png

254 ms

Stihl-Power-Tools.png

Stihl-Power-Tools.png

254 ms

Trex.png

Trex.png

254 ms

Weyerhaeuser-Lumber.png

Weyerhaeuser-Lumber.png

254 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

192 ms

fa-solid-900.woff

fa-solid-900.woff

494 ms

fa-regular-400.woff

fa-regular-400.woff

266 ms

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9f42df50-7545-0139-89b5-06b4c2516bae

167 ms

gtm.js

gtm.js

103 ms

Benjamin-Moore.png

Benjamin-Moore.png

172 ms

Azek-Building-Products.png

Azek-Building-Products.png

171 ms

TruExterior-Logo.png

TruExterior-Logo.png

116 ms

Versetta-Stone.png

Versetta-Stone.png

115 ms

72 ms

gtm.js

gtm.js

52 ms

collect

collect

24 ms

collect

collect

9 ms

collect

collect

12 ms

getnumdata.js

getnumdata.js

57 ms

45 ms

pixel.gif

pixel.gif

143 ms

pixel.gif

pixel.gif

12 ms

Accessibility Review

brbs.net accessibility score

91

Accessibility Issues

Navigation

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

Impact

Issue

High

Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order

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

Links do not have a discernible name

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

brbs.net 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

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

High

Missing source maps for large first-party JavaScript

SEO Factors

brbs.net SEO score

83

Search Engine Optimization Advices

Content Best Practices

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

Impact

Issue

High

Links do not have descriptive text

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 Brbs.net 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 Brbs.net 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

brbs.net

Open Graph data is detected on the main page of Brbs. This is the best way to make the web page social media friendly. Here is how it looks like on Facebook: