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Report Summary

  • 35

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    55% of other websites

  • 76

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 42% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    35% of websites

  • 83

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    46% of websites

homeforhire.co.nz

New Zealand Accommodation, Holiday Homes & Luxury Houses - HomeForHire.com

Page Load Speed

7.6 sec in total

First Response

890 ms

Resources Loaded

6.6 sec

Page Rendered

145 ms

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About Website

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Key Findings

We analyzed Homeforhire.co.nz page load time and found that the first response time was 890 ms and then it took 6.7 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 80% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

homeforhire.co.nz performance score

35

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value13.7 s

0/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value18.2 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value16.9 s

0/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value410 ms

67/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.003

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value19.4 s

2/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

homeforhire.co.nz

890 ms

accommodation-in-new-zealand.aspx

500 ms

home.aspx

2508 ms

css_build_001.css

1304 ms

easyslider.css

750 ms

Our browser made a total of 92 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 1% of them (1 request) were addressed to the original Homeforhire.co.nz, 84% (77 requests) were made to Homeforhire.com and 2% (2 requests) were made to Fonts.googleapis.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (2.5 sec) relates to the external source Homeforhire.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 1.2 MB (60%)

Content Size

2.0 MB

After Optimization

794.7 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Homeforhire.co.nz main page is 2.0 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. 50% of websites need less resources to load. Javascripts take 1.3 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-92%

Potential reduce by 328.0 kB

  • Original 358.1 kB
  • After minification 166.2 kB
  • After compression 30.1 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 191.9 kB, which is 54% 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 328.0 kB or 92% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-3%

Potential reduce by 7.8 kB

  • Original 231.5 kB
  • After minification 223.7 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. Home For Hire images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-59%

Potential reduce by 758.1 kB

  • Original 1.3 MB
  • After minification 1.3 MB
  • After compression 520.2 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 758.1 kB or 59% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-85%

Potential reduce by 115.4 kB

  • Original 136.2 kB
  • After minification 105.1 kB
  • After compression 20.8 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. Homeforhire.co.nz needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 115.4 kB or 85% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 50 (57%)

Requests Now

87

After Optimization

37

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 87 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Home For Hire. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 23 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 9 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

homeforhire.co.nz

homeforhire.co.nz

890 ms

accommodation-in-new-zealand.aspx

accommodation-in-new-zealand.aspx

500 ms

home.aspx

home.aspx

2508 ms

css_build_001.css

css_build_001.css

1304 ms

easyslider.css

easyslider.css

750 ms

jquery-ui-1.8.6.custom.css

jquery-ui-1.8.6.custom.css

1127 ms

tabs.css

tabs.css

754 ms

wt-lightbox.css

wt-lightbox.css

754 ms

wt-scroller.css

wt-scroller.css

938 ms

css

css

37 ms

css

css

54 ms

api.js

api.js

39 ms

WebResource.axd

WebResource.axd

939 ms

WebResource.axd

WebResource.axd

1127 ms

PortalSearch.js

PortalSearch.js

1112 ms

quicksearch.js

quicksearch.js

1123 ms

ScriptResource.axd

ScriptResource.axd

1498 ms

ScriptResource.axd

ScriptResource.axd

1297 ms

jquery-1.5.min.js

jquery-1.5.min.js

1690 ms

jquery.updatepanel.js

jquery.updatepanel.js

1318 ms

jquery.wt-lightbox.min.js

jquery.wt-lightbox.min.js

1318 ms

jquery.wt-scroller.min.js

jquery.wt-scroller.min.js

1485 ms

cufon-yui.js

cufon-yui.js

1488 ms

Proxima_Nova_Lt_600.font.js

Proxima_Nova_Lt_600.font.js

2443 ms

jtip.js

jtip.js

1507 ms

webkit.js

webkit.js

1670 ms

home.aspx

home.aspx

1699 ms

jsdebug

jsdebug

1684 ms

conversion.js

conversion.js

33 ms

recaptcha__en.js

recaptcha__en.js

50 ms

prum.min.js

prum.min.js

49 ms

fbevents.js

fbevents.js

26 ms

ajax-loader.gif

ajax-loader.gif

393 ms

Icon_globe_52.jpg

Icon_globe_52.jpg

551 ms

instagram.png

instagram.png

567 ms

facebook.png

facebook.png

571 ms

Queenstown_5793_1_IMG_3162.jpg

Queenstown_5793_1_IMG_3162.jpg

577 ms

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Hokianga_1042_3_thelodge19May2009.jpg

578 ms

Star-4-Black.gif

Star-4-Black.gif

737 ms

thumb-0.gif

thumb-0.gif

753 ms

Martinborough_1890_3_De%20Vine%2014%20spa.jpg

Martinborough_1890_3_De%20Vine%2014%20spa.jpg

758 ms

thumb-5.gif

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766 ms

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766 ms

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Star-5-Black.gif

924 ms

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941 ms

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953 ms

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952 ms

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1110 ms

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1129 ms

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1134 ms

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1339 ms

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1341 ms

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1341 ms

Martinborough_1897_3_26%20Spa.jpg

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1340 ms

Queenstown_5793_3_IMG_3162.jpg

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1332 ms

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1332 ms

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1310 ms

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1349 ms

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1330 ms

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1329 ms

Queenstown_2761_3_IMG_0134.jpg

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1168 ms

Star-1-Black.gif

Star-1-Black.gif

1150 ms

Star-2-Black.gif

Star-2-Black.gif

1283 ms

img_recom_home.jpg

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1323 ms

Search_Tab.gif

Search_Tab.gif

1325 ms

btn_date_search.png

btn_date_search.png

1166 ms

HomeA.gif

HomeA.gif

1153 ms

Footer_divider.gif

Footer_divider.gif

1148 ms

Cog-Small.gif

Cog-Small.gif

1285 ms

Footer_bottom.gif

Footer_bottom.gif

1325 ms

HeadTabs-Home_over.gif

HeadTabs-Home_over.gif

726 ms

button_listhome_bg.gif

button_listhome_bg.gif

725 ms

button_clientlogin_lg_bg.gif

button_clientlogin_lg_bg.gif

725 ms

md_bg.jpg

md_bg.jpg

726 ms

r_nav_bg.jpg

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867 ms

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44 ms

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44 ms

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850 ms

Feat_img_BG.jpg

Feat_img_BG.jpg

853 ms

btn_active_bg.jpg

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852 ms

img_ado.gif

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853 ms

ga.js

ga.js

21 ms

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loader.gif

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754 ms

spacer.png

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896 ms

d_arrows.png

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937 ms

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11 ms

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roundtrip.js

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18 ms

Accessibility Review

homeforhire.co.nz accessibility score

76

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

Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order

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

Form elements do not have associated labels

Best Practices

homeforhire.co.nz best practices score

75

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

Serves images with low resolution

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Missing source maps for large first-party JavaScript

SEO Factors

homeforhire.co.nz SEO score

83

Search Engine Optimization Advices

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 doesn't use 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 Homeforhire.co.nz 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 Homeforhire.co.nz 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

homeforhire.co.nz

Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of Home For Hire. 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: