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Report Summary

  • 24

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    43% of other websites

  • 94

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 83% of websites

  • 83

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    55% of websites

  • 83

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    46% of websites

homebrew.org

The Community for Homebrewers | Homebrewers Association

Page Load Speed

2.7 sec in total

First Response

70 ms

Resources Loaded

1.2 sec

Page Rendered

1.4 sec

homebrew.org screenshot

About Website

Welcome to homebrew.org homepage info - get ready to check Homebrew best content right away, or after learning these important things about homebrew.org

Join the American Homebrewers Association and learn how to make beer, mead, and cider in the world, and celebrate all things fermented.

Visit homebrew.org

Key Findings

We analyzed Homebrew.org page load time and found that the first response time was 70 ms and then it took 2.6 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 50% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

homebrew.org performance score

24

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value4.0 s

23/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value6.4 s

10/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value6.4 s

40/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value3,630 ms

1/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.069

96/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value20.0 s

2/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

homebrew.org

70 ms

www.homebrewersassociation.org

124 ms

www.homebrewersassociation.org

140 ms

OtAutoBlock.js

60 ms

otSDKStub.js

74 ms

Our browser made a total of 77 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 1% of them (1 request) were addressed to the original Homebrew.org, 43% (33 requests) were made to Cdn.homebrewersassociation.org and 38% (29 requests) were made to Homebrewersassociation.org. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (465 ms) relates to the external source Addevent.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 106.2 kB (6%)

Content Size

1.9 MB

After Optimization

1.8 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Homebrew.org main page is 1.9 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. 70% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 1.4 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-80%

Potential reduce by 92.6 kB

  • Original 115.6 kB
  • After minification 110.7 kB
  • After compression 23.0 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 92.6 kB or 80% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-1%

Potential reduce by 12.6 kB

  • Original 1.4 MB
  • After minification 1.4 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. Homebrew images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 1.0 kB

  • Original 246.4 kB
  • After minification 246.4 kB
  • After compression 245.4 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

-0%

Potential reduce by 83 B

  • Original 131.4 kB
  • After minification 131.4 kB
  • After compression 131.3 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. Homebrew.org has all CSS files already compressed.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 31 (44%)

Requests Now

71

After Optimization

40

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 71 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Homebrew. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 27 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 6 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

homebrew.org

homebrew.org

70 ms

www.homebrewersassociation.org

www.homebrewersassociation.org

124 ms

www.homebrewersassociation.org

www.homebrewersassociation.org

140 ms

OtAutoBlock.js

OtAutoBlock.js

60 ms

otSDKStub.js

otSDKStub.js

74 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

47 ms

js

js

80 ms

gpt.js

gpt.js

67 ms

style.css

style.css

36 ms

style.css

style.css

121 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

98 ms

jquery-migrate.min.js

jquery-migrate.min.js

80 ms

add-event-init.js

add-event-init.js

80 ms

style-index.css

style-index.css

82 ms

style.min.css

style.min.css

110 ms

script.js

script.js

101 ms

popper.min.js

popper.min.js

53 ms

bootstrap.min.js

bootstrap.min.js

53 ms

modernizr-2.0.6.min.js

modernizr-2.0.6.min.js

102 ms

jQuery.browsersniff.js

jQuery.browsersniff.js

105 ms

atc.min.js

atc.min.js

465 ms

dom-manipulation.module.js

dom-manipulation.module.js

353 ms

underscore.min.js

underscore.min.js

354 ms

wp-util.min.js

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354 ms

login-form.module.js

login-form.module.js

355 ms

scroll-listeners.js

scroll-listeners.js

354 ms

main-menu.js

main-menu.js

356 ms

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user-profile-menu.module.js

355 ms

jquery.easing.js

jquery.easing.js

355 ms

js-cookie.js

js-cookie.js

356 ms

pop-in.module.js

pop-in.module.js

356 ms

animations.module.js

animations.module.js

356 ms

slick.min.js

slick.min.js

39 ms

home.module.js

home.module.js

373 ms

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22 ms

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259 ms

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user-dark.svg

202 ms

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aha-logo-.png

213 ms

ZymLive_Logo.svg

ZymLive_Logo.svg

209 ms

brewers-association-logo-red-R.svg

brewers-association-logo-red-R.svg

211 ms

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155 ms

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153 ms

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151 ms

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155 ms

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153 ms

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152 ms

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155 ms

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158 ms

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zymurgy-logo-02.svg

156 ms

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158 ms

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161 ms

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158 ms

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159 ms

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september-october-2024-zymurgy-magazine_Featured-Stories_Cider_600x400.jpg

160 ms

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coffee-beer-with-coffee-beans-1200x800-1-600x400.jpg

160 ms

homemade-mustard-1200x800-1-600x400.jpg

homemade-mustard-1200x800-1-600x400.jpg

161 ms

round-dotted-texture.png

round-dotted-texture.png

162 ms

HBC-Logo.svg

HBC-Logo.svg

162 ms

ingredients-1-1.jpg

ingredients-1-1.jpg

164 ms

historical.jpg

historical.jpg

165 ms

brewing-process.jpg

brewing-process.jpg

163 ms

other-misc.jpg

other-misc.jpg

166 ms

about-us-1.jpg

about-us-1.jpg

166 ms

member-deals-1.jpg

member-deals-1.jpg

167 ms

homebrew-kettle-fresh-hops.jpg

homebrew-kettle-fresh-hops.jpg

167 ms

newsletter-1.jpg

newsletter-1.jpg

169 ms

5srm-ipa-beer-1200x800-1-600x400.jpg

5srm-ipa-beer-1200x800-1-600x400.jpg

168 ms

medal-1-1.svg

medal-1-1.svg

169 ms

mead-cider-in-glass-1200x800-1-600x400.jpg

mead-cider-in-glass-1200x800-1-600x400.jpg

201 ms

pale-ale-IPA-beer-in-glass-1200x800-1-600x400.jpg

pale-ale-IPA-beer-in-glass-1200x800-1-600x400.jpg

202 ms

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fermentation-cta-footer.jpg

201 ms

GABF24-website-pop-in-AHA-member-presale-on-sale-now.jpg

GABF24-website-pop-in-AHA-member-presale-on-sale-now.jpg

202 ms

fontello.woff

fontello.woff

67 ms

print.css

print.css

28 ms

atc.min.js

atc.min.js

280 ms

atc.min.js

atc.min.js

14 ms

css2

css2

61 ms

Accessibility Review

homebrew.org accessibility score

94

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

[id] attributes on active, focusable elements are not unique

Tables and lists

These are opportunities to improve the experience of reading tabular or list data using assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Impact

Issue

High

Lists do not contain only <li> elements and script supporting elements (<script> and <template>).

Best Practices

homebrew.org 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

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

homebrew.org 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 Homebrew.org 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 Homebrew.org 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

homebrew.org

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