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Report Summary

  • 37

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    56% of other websites

  • 84

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 56% of websites

  • 50

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    19% of websites

  • 91

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    70% of websites

citiesreference.com

Vacation Rentals: Holiday Apartment Rentals, Villas & Homes | Since 1997

Page Load Speed

1.9 sec in total

First Response

26 ms

Resources Loaded

1.4 sec

Page Rendered

492 ms

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About Website

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Key Findings

We analyzed Citiesreference.com page load time and found that the first response time was 26 ms and then it took 1.8 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 40% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

citiesreference.com performance score

37

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.0 s

48/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value4.2 s

43/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value5.8 s

50/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value2,340 ms

5/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value19.8 s

2/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

citiesreference.com

26 ms

www.citiesreference.com

481 ms

main-min.css

12 ms

main-min.js

37 ms

initialize

320 ms

Our browser made a total of 77 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 19% of them (15 requests) were addressed to the original Citiesreference.com, 51% (39 requests) were made to Static.citiesreference.com and 8% (6 requests) were made to Apis.google.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (481 ms) belongs to the original domain Citiesreference.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 688.9 kB (7%)

Content Size

10.3 MB

After Optimization

9.6 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Citiesreference.com main page is 10.3 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. Only a small number of websites need less resources to load. Images take 9.8 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-81%

Potential reduce by 127.1 kB

  • Original 157.0 kB
  • After minification 153.6 kB
  • After compression 29.9 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. 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 127.1 kB or 81% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-6%

Potential reduce by 559.5 kB

  • Original 9.8 MB
  • After minification 9.3 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. Citiesreference images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 1.5 kB

  • Original 312.7 kB
  • After minification 312.7 kB
  • After compression 311.2 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. This website has mostly compressed JavaScripts.

CSS Optimization

-3%

Potential reduce by 731 B

  • Original 26.4 kB
  • After minification 26.4 kB
  • After compression 25.7 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. Citiesreference.com has all CSS files already compressed.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 24 (34%)

Requests Now

71

After Optimization

47

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 71 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Citiesreference. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 17 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

citiesreference.com

citiesreference.com

26 ms

www.citiesreference.com

www.citiesreference.com

481 ms

main-min.css

main-min.css

12 ms

main-min.js

main-min.js

37 ms

initialize

initialize

320 ms

airbnb_jssdk

airbnb_jssdk

107 ms

conversion.js

conversion.js

98 ms

sdk.js

sdk.js

35 ms

main.png

main.png

18 ms

border.png

border.png

21 ms

gray.png

gray.png

21 ms

background.png

background.png

21 ms

bkg_home_room1.jpg

bkg_home_room1.jpg

23 ms

bkg_home_expanse1.jpg

bkg_home_expanse1.jpg

24 ms

bkg_home_expanse2.jpg

bkg_home_expanse2.jpg

25 ms

calendar.png

calendar.png

23 ms

logo_citiesreference.png

logo_citiesreference.png

17 ms

en.png

en.png

28 ms

search_go.png

search_go.png

19 ms

divider.png

divider.png

26 ms

paris-apartment-3500Paris-p8.jpg

paris-apartment-3500Paris-p8.jpg

54 ms

rome-apartment-7550rome-p27.jpg

rome-apartment-7550rome-p27.jpg

55 ms

rome-apartment-346aRome-p1.jpg

rome-apartment-346aRome-p1.jpg

53 ms

rome-apartment-346AARome-p1.jpg

rome-apartment-346AARome-p1.jpg

65 ms

rome-apartment-7500rome-p24.jpg

rome-apartment-7500rome-p24.jpg

72 ms

rome-apartment-346-p3.jpg

rome-apartment-346-p3.jpg

62 ms

venice-apartment-100VR-p6.jpg

venice-apartment-100VR-p6.jpg

56 ms

paris-apartment-110PAR-p44.jpg

paris-apartment-110PAR-p44.jpg

59 ms

rome-apartment-6000Rome-p15.jpg

rome-apartment-6000Rome-p15.jpg

57 ms

rome-apartment-931-p1.jpg

rome-apartment-931-p1.jpg

66 ms

torino-apartment-150torino-p2.jpg

torino-apartment-150torino-p2.jpg

58 ms

rome-apartment-681-p75.jpg

rome-apartment-681-p75.jpg

62 ms

tripadvisor.png

tripadvisor.png

66 ms

venice-apartment-100VR-p6tn.jpg

venice-apartment-100VR-p6tn.jpg

67 ms

noto-apartment-107Vendicari-p3tn.jpg

noto-apartment-107Vendicari-p3tn.jpg

66 ms

florence-apartment-131florence-p1tn.jpg

florence-apartment-131florence-p1tn.jpg

67 ms

venice-apartment-120Venice%20-p1tn.jpg

venice-apartment-120Venice%20-p1tn.jpg

69 ms

fethiye-apartment-100fFethiye%20-p1tn.jpg

fethiye-apartment-100fFethiye%20-p1tn.jpg

68 ms

athens-apartment-104Athens%20-p1tn.jpg

athens-apartment-104Athens%20-p1tn.jpg

69 ms

milan-apartment-110Milan%20-p1tn.jpg

milan-apartment-110Milan%20-p1tn.jpg

70 ms

kukljica-apartment-100eKukljica-p32tn.jpg

kukljica-apartment-100eKukljica-p32tn.jpg

71 ms

porches-apartment-100Porches%20-p3tn.jpg

porches-apartment-100Porches%20-p3tn.jpg

72 ms

no_apt_img.png

no_apt_img.png

72 ms

rentals-united.png

rentals-united.png

71 ms

visa.png

visa.png

73 ms

master-card.png

master-card.png

72 ms

paypal.png

paypal.png

72 ms

tripadvisor.png

tripadvisor.png

73 ms

flipkey.png

flipkey.png

73 ms

frommers.png

frommers.png

75 ms

time-out.png

time-out.png

74 ms

travel-leisure.png

travel-leisure.png

72 ms

sdk.js

sdk.js

6 ms

chevron_cal_left.png

chevron_cal_left.png

94 ms

background.png

background.png

79 ms

orange.png

orange.png

79 ms

chevron_cal_right.png

chevron_cal_right.png

79 ms

66 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

61 ms

plusone.js

plusone.js

61 ms

pinit.js

pinit.js

38 ms

fontawesome-webfont.woff

fontawesome-webfont.woff

9 ms

like.php

like.php

153 ms

pinit_main.js

pinit_main.js

30 ms

59 ms

collect

collect

44 ms

cb=gapi.loaded_0

cb=gapi.loaded_0

16 ms

cb=gapi.loaded_1

cb=gapi.loaded_1

36 ms

fastbutton

fastbutton

34 ms

js

js

71 ms

postmessageRelay

postmessageRelay

39 ms

developers.google.com

developers.google.com

286 ms

3604799710-postmessagerelay.js

3604799710-postmessagerelay.js

137 ms

rpc:shindig_random.js

rpc:shindig_random.js

19 ms

TttXWwYVW0v.js

TttXWwYVW0v.js

142 ms

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140 ms

cb=gapi.loaded_0

cb=gapi.loaded_0

10 ms

Accessibility Review

citiesreference.com accessibility score

84

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.

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

<frame> or <iframe> elements do not have a title

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

Best Practices

citiesreference.com best practices score

50

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

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

High

Page has valid source maps

High

Issues were logged in the Issues panel in Chrome Devtools

SEO Factors

citiesreference.com SEO score

91

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

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

High

Tap targets are not sized appropriately

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 Citiesreference.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 Citiesreference.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

citiesreference.com

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