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Report Summary

  • 23

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    41% of other websites

  • 82

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 52% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    35% of websites

  • 82

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    44% of websites

hometownia.com

Alliance Group Agency & Hometown Insurance Home Page

Page Load Speed

3.5 sec in total

First Response

155 ms

Resources Loaded

2.8 sec

Page Rendered

527 ms

hometownia.com screenshot

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Key Findings

We analyzed Hometownia.com page load time and found that the first response time was 155 ms and then it took 3.3 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 60% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

hometownia.com performance score

23

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value7.0 s

1/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value7.1 s

5/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value10.0 s

9/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value1,330 ms

17/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.009

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value17.0 s

4/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

hometownia.com

155 ms

default.aspx

145 ms

www.hometownia.com

234 ms

style.css

154 ms

alert.js

251 ms

Our browser made a total of 87 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 82% of them (71 requests) were addressed to the original Hometownia.com, 2% (2 requests) were made to Iwb.blob.core.windows.net and 2% (2 requests) were made to Google.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (845 ms) belongs to the original domain Hometownia.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 252.9 kB (7%)

Content Size

3.6 MB

After Optimization

3.4 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Hometownia.com main page is 3.6 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. Images take 2.9 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-88%

Potential reduce by 108.7 kB

  • Original 122.9 kB
  • After minification 121.1 kB
  • After compression 14.2 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 108.7 kB or 88% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-2%

Potential reduce by 72.1 kB

  • Original 2.9 MB
  • After minification 2.8 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. Hometown Ia images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-13%

Potential reduce by 70.6 kB

  • Original 563.9 kB
  • After minification 563.9 kB
  • After compression 493.4 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. It is highly recommended that all JavaScript files should be compressed and minified as it can save up to 70.6 kB or 13% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-6%

Potential reduce by 1.7 kB

  • Original 25.7 kB
  • After minification 25.7 kB
  • After compression 24.1 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. Hometownia.com has all CSS files already compressed.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 32 (43%)

Requests Now

75

After Optimization

43

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 75 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Hometown Ia. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 19 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 7 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

hometownia.com

hometownia.com

155 ms

default.aspx

default.aspx

145 ms

www.hometownia.com

www.hometownia.com

234 ms

style.css

style.css

154 ms

alert.js

alert.js

251 ms

ada_shim.js

ada_shim.js

157 ms

hotspotter.js

hotspotter.js

363 ms

hotspotter.css

hotspotter.css

364 ms

jquery.fancybox.min.css

jquery.fancybox.min.css

366 ms

api.js

api.js

57 ms

js

js

53 ms

ada_panel.js

ada_panel.js

172 ms

jquery.bxslider.css

jquery.bxslider.css

351 ms

responsive.min.css

responsive.min.css

360 ms

Telerik.Web.UI.WebResource.axd

Telerik.Web.UI.WebResource.axd

353 ms

Telerik.Web.UI.WebResource.axd

Telerik.Web.UI.WebResource.axd

668 ms

ScriptResource.axd

ScriptResource.axd

432 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

35 ms

responsive.min.js

responsive.min.js

477 ms

jquery.cycle2.js

jquery.cycle2.js

477 ms

blog-script.js

blog-script.js

480 ms

validate-code.js

validate-code.js

480 ms

jquery.bxslider.min.js

jquery.bxslider.min.js

509 ms

jquery.fancybox.min.js

jquery.fancybox.min.js

468 ms

recaptcha__en.js

recaptcha__en.js

29 ms

webfont.js

webfont.js

28 ms

logo.png

logo.png

219 ms

rightArrow.png

rightArrow.png

159 ms

lob_btn_01.png

lob_btn_01.png

169 ms

lob_btn_02.png

lob_btn_02.png

216 ms

lob_btn_03.png

lob_btn_03.png

236 ms

lob_btn_04.png

lob_btn_04.png

247 ms

lob_btn_05.png

lob_btn_05.png

254 ms

icon1.png

icon1.png

332 ms

icon2.png

icon2.png

331 ms

icon3.png

icon3.png

333 ms

3ways_1.png

3ways_1.png

333 ms

3ways_2.png

3ways_2.png

347 ms

3ways_3.png

3ways_3.png

380 ms

nationwide.jpg

nationwide.jpg

434 ms

asi.jpg

asi.jpg

432 ms

cna_surety.jpg

cna_surety.jpg

439 ms

FrankenmuthInsuranceLogo200v2.png

FrankenmuthInsuranceLogo200v2.png

439 ms

foremost.jpg

foremost.jpg

438 ms

grange.jpg

grange.jpg

455 ms

grundy.jpg

grundy.jpg

460 ms

hagerty.jpg

hagerty.jpg

459 ms

hanover.jpg

hanover.jpg

515 ms

LibertyMutual.png

LibertyMutual.png

508 ms

metlife.jpg

metlife.jpg

517 ms

pekin_insurance.jpg

pekin_insurance.jpg

532 ms

safeco.jpg

safeco.jpg

526 ms

state_auto.jpg

state_auto.jpg

537 ms

progressive.jpg

progressive.jpg

576 ms

js

js

42 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

68 ms

css

css

67 ms

utica_national.jpg

utica_national.jpg

541 ms

encova.jpg

encova.jpg

504 ms

fb_color.png

fb_color.png

492 ms

g_color.png

g_color.png

496 ms

collect

collect

14 ms

KFOmCnqEu92Fr1Mu4mxP.ttf

KFOmCnqEu92Fr1Mu4mxP.ttf

28 ms

XRXI3I6Li01BKofiOc5wtlZ2di8HDLshdTQ3ig.ttf

XRXI3I6Li01BKofiOc5wtlZ2di8HDLshdTQ3ig.ttf

32 ms

collect

collect

32 ms

rightarrow.png

rightarrow.png

462 ms

search_icon.png

search_icon.png

344 ms

header_img_0.jpg

header_img_0.jpg

678 ms

header_img_01.jpg

header_img_01.jpg

808 ms

header_img_02.jpg

header_img_02.jpg

485 ms

header_img_03.jpg

header_img_03.jpg

711 ms

header_img_04.jpg

header_img_04.jpg

701 ms

arrow.png

arrow.png

428 ms

embed

embed

28 ms

3ways_0.jpg

3ways_0.jpg

845 ms

testi_bg.jpg

testi_bg.jpg

548 ms

js

js

92 ms

website_data.ashx

website_data.ashx

603 ms

website_data.ashx

website_data.ashx

675 ms

default.aspx

default.aspx

661 ms

website_data.ashx

website_data.ashx

685 ms

bx_loader.gif

bx_loader.gif

693 ms

frankenmuthinsurancelogo200v2.png

frankenmuthinsurancelogo200v2.png

705 ms

libertymutual.png

libertymutual.png

649 ms

safeco.jpg

safeco.jpg

673 ms

fb_color.png

fb_color.png

617 ms

g_color.png

g_color.png

617 ms

Accessibility Review

hometownia.com accessibility score

82

Accessibility Issues

ARIA

These are opportunities to improve the usage of ARIA in your application which may enhance the experience for users of assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Impact

Issue

High

[aria-*] attributes do not match their roles

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

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

hometownia.com 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

SEO Factors

hometownia.com SEO score

82

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 Hometownia.com 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 Hometownia.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

hometownia.com

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