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Report Summary

  • 20

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    37% of other websites

  • 93

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 80% of websites

  • 83

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    55% of websites

  • 92

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    74% of websites

houserater.org

Home - HouseRater | The most powerful energy rating tool available

Page Load Speed

2.4 sec in total

First Response

13 ms

Resources Loaded

2.2 sec

Page Rendered

202 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Houserater.org page load time and found that the first response time was 13 ms and then it took 2.4 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

houserater.org performance score

20

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.6 s

31/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value20.0 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value10.1 s

9/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value2,670 ms

4/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.016

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value19.7 s

2/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

houserater.org

13 ms

www.houserater.com

1230 ms

js

71 ms

style.css

183 ms

wpbakery-slim.css

158 ms

Our browser made a total of 35 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 3% of them (1 request) were addressed to the original Houserater.org, 60% (21 requests) were made to Houserater.com and 14% (5 requests) were made to Youtube-nocookie.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1.2 sec) relates to the external source Houserater.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 283.1 kB (34%)

Content Size

836.7 kB

After Optimization

553.6 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Houserater.org main page is 836.7 kB. This result falls beyond the top 1M of websites and identifies a large and not optimized web page that may take ages to load. 60% of websites need less resources to load. Javascripts take 625.2 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-78%

Potential reduce by 58.3 kB

  • Original 75.1 kB
  • After minification 74.2 kB
  • After compression 16.7 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 58.3 kB or 78% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-9%

Potential reduce by 919 B

  • Original 9.9 kB
  • After minification 9.0 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. House Rater images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-35%

Potential reduce by 220.2 kB

  • Original 625.2 kB
  • After minification 625.2 kB
  • After compression 405.0 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 220.2 kB or 35% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-3%

Potential reduce by 3.7 kB

  • Original 126.5 kB
  • After minification 126.3 kB
  • After compression 122.8 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. Houserater.org has all CSS files already compressed.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 24 (77%)

Requests Now

31

After Optimization

7

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 31 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of House Rater. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 15 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 11 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

houserater.org

houserater.org

13 ms

www.houserater.com

www.houserater.com

1230 ms

js

js

71 ms

style.css

style.css

183 ms

wpbakery-slim.css

wpbakery-slim.css

158 ms

style.css

style.css

208 ms

wpex-mobile-menu-breakpoint-min.css

wpex-mobile-menu-breakpoint-min.css

254 ms

vcex-shortcodes.css

vcex-shortcodes.css

252 ms

style.css

style.css

243 ms

themes.css

themes.css

275 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

360 ms

jquery-migrate.min.js

jquery-migrate.min.js

260 ms

rbtools.min.js

rbtools.min.js

425 ms

rs6.min.js

rs6.min.js

597 ms

MyFontsWebfontsKit.js

MyFontsWebfontsKit.js

324 ms

css

css

46 ms

rs6.css

rs6.css

254 ms

core.min.js

core.min.js

291 ms

conversion.js

conversion.js

98 ms

gtm.js

gtm.js

108 ms

HRT_Logo_PbRR_Horiz_1C_299.png

HRT_Logo_PbRR_Horiz_1C_299.png

104 ms

dummy.png

dummy.png

129 ms

Houserater_stacked@2x-175x61.png

Houserater_stacked@2x-175x61.png

130 ms

2h5I5gq3iGE

2h5I5gq3iGE

172 ms

3B22AF_2_0.woff

3B22AF_2_0.woff

196 ms

3B22AF_0_0.woff

3B22AF_0_0.woff

131 ms

39 ms

www-player.css

www-player.css

12 ms

www-embed-player.js

www-embed-player.js

24 ms

base.js

base.js

68 ms

47 ms

wpex-mobile-menu-breakpoint-max.css

wpex-mobile-menu-breakpoint-max.css

271 ms

lA2ntTx-2QuHkXZslM9sAF03Z9lhVUC55dA1orjIb5A.js

lA2ntTx-2QuHkXZslM9sAF03Z9lhVUC55dA1orjIb5A.js

74 ms

embed.js

embed.js

36 ms

ltvulil5

ltvulil5

131 ms

Accessibility Review

houserater.org accessibility score

93

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

Links do not have a discernible name

Best Practices

houserater.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

User Experience

Impact

Issue

High

Displays images with incorrect aspect ratio

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

houserater.org SEO score

92

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

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 Houserater.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 Houserater.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

houserater.org

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