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Report Summary

  • 22

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    40% of other websites

  • 87

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 66% of websites

  • 83

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    55% of websites

  • 86

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    60% of websites

melbournebrick.com.au

Melbourne Brick | Major supplier of bricks, blocks & pavers

Page Load Speed

8.1 sec in total

First Response

540 ms

Resources Loaded

6.1 sec

Page Rendered

1.4 sec

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Key Findings

We analyzed Melbournebrick.com.au page load time and found that the first response time was 540 ms and then it took 7.5 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 85% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

melbournebrick.com.au performance score

22

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value5.2 s

8/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value15.8 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value15.8 s

0/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value1,250 ms

19/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value21.8 s

1/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

melbournebrick.com.au

540 ms

melbournebrick.com.au

916 ms

www.melbournebrick.com.au

1149 ms

block-acf-menu.min.css

209 ms

style.min.css

417 ms

Our browser made a total of 69 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 86% of them (59 requests) were addressed to the original Melbournebrick.com.au, 4% (3 requests) were made to Googletagmanager.com and 3% (2 requests) were made to Kit.fontawesome.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (2.2 sec) belongs to the original domain Melbournebrick.com.au.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 321.6 kB (7%)

Content Size

4.7 MB

After Optimization

4.4 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Melbournebrick.com.au main page is 4.7 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. 40% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 4.4 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-84%

Potential reduce by 159.3 kB

  • Original 190.5 kB
  • After minification 188.0 kB
  • After compression 31.2 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 159.3 kB or 84% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-3%

Potential reduce by 136.6 kB

  • Original 4.4 MB
  • After minification 4.2 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. Melbourne Brick images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-14%

Potential reduce by 20.5 kB

  • Original 141.7 kB
  • After minification 141.7 kB
  • After compression 121.2 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 20.5 kB or 14% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-20%

Potential reduce by 5.2 kB

  • Original 25.7 kB
  • After minification 25.7 kB
  • After compression 20.5 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. Melbournebrick.com.au needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 5.2 kB or 20% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 32 (48%)

Requests Now

66

After Optimization

34

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 66 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Melbourne Brick. 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 19 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

melbournebrick.com.au

melbournebrick.com.au

540 ms

melbournebrick.com.au

melbournebrick.com.au

916 ms

www.melbournebrick.com.au

www.melbournebrick.com.au

1149 ms

block-acf-menu.min.css

block-acf-menu.min.css

209 ms

style.min.css

style.min.css

417 ms

style.min.css

style.min.css

621 ms

block-acf-product-tiles.min.css

block-acf-product-tiles.min.css

621 ms

style.min.css

style.min.css

623 ms

block-acf-slider.min.css

block-acf-slider.min.css

621 ms

assets-swiper-swiper-styles.min.css

assets-swiper-swiper-styles.min.css

628 ms

block-acf-icon.min.css

block-acf-icon.min.css

629 ms

block-acf-logos.min.css

block-acf-logos.min.css

825 ms

font_calibri.min.css

font_calibri.min.css

826 ms

font_mazzard.min.css

font_mazzard.min.css

826 ms

admin.css

admin.css

828 ms

custom-variables.php

custom-variables.php

836 ms

form.css

form.css

837 ms

site-specific.min.css

site-specific.min.css

1029 ms

style.css

style.css

1030 ms

responsive.css

responsive.css

1030 ms

animations.css

animations.css

1031 ms

simple-style.min.css

simple-style.min.css

1043 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

1254 ms

eff2ce9bee.js

eff2ce9bee.js

63 ms

js

js

75 ms

js

js

109 ms

js

js

124 ms

swiper.js

swiper.js

1642 ms

v2.js

v2.js

81 ms

5574724.js

5574724.js

115 ms

index.js

index.js

1232 ms

site-specific.js

site-specific.js

1233 ms

helper.js

helper.js

1234 ms

eff2ce9bee.js

eff2ce9bee.js

122 ms

melbourne-brick-logo-black.png

melbourne-brick-logo-black.png

217 ms

MBC-Featured-Image.jpeg

MBC-Featured-Image.jpeg

1258 ms

BREEZE-BLOCK-RANGE2.jpg

BREEZE-BLOCK-RANGE2.jpg

630 ms

pentablock.jpg

pentablock.jpg

828 ms

pavers.jpg

pavers.jpg

1236 ms

Island-Block-_-Paving-Freestone-Rockface-Retaining-Wall-Bluestone-2-1.jpg

Island-Block-_-Paving-Freestone-Rockface-Retaining-Wall-Bluestone-2-1.jpg

1043 ms

iStock_000001428313Medium.jpg

iStock_000001428313Medium.jpg

989 ms

Bluestone-Crazy-Walling-scaled.jpg

Bluestone-Crazy-Walling-scaled.jpg

1049 ms

k9votembxlu-683x1024-1.jpg

k9votembxlu-683x1024-1.jpg

1242 ms

ironstone-0.jpg

ironstone-0.jpg

1197 ms

rw-17.jpg

rw-17.jpg

1252 ms

556ABA55-959C-4936-B33E-21C1B6776208.jpeg

556ABA55-959C-4936-B33E-21C1B6776208.jpeg

1260 ms

Stone2.jpg

Stone2.jpg

1611 ms

landscape-22.jpg

landscape-22.jpg

1443 ms

sng3.png

sng3.png

2073 ms

pavers-future.jpg

pavers-future.jpg

1665 ms

miteq-logo-copy.jpeg

miteq-logo-copy.jpeg

1465 ms

stone.png

stone.png

1468 ms

abdri-masonry-e1654738327591.jpg

abdri-masonry-e1654738327591.jpg

1649 ms

austral-bricks-e1654738275101.png

austral-bricks-e1654738275101.png

1676 ms

best-bricks-pavers-e1654738301574.jpg

best-bricks-pavers-e1654738301574.jpg

1677 ms

national-masonry.png

national-masonry.png

1817 ms

nara-logo-trans-e1654738188365.png

nara-logo-trans-e1654738188365.png

1856 ms

my-home-turf-e1654738213226.png

my-home-turf-e1654738213226.png

1872 ms

decor-stone.png

decor-stone.png

1885 ms

melbstone-logo.png

melbstone-logo.png

1886 ms

turf-breed-promoting-growers-e1654737600650.png

turf-breed-promoting-growers-e1654737600650.png

2023 ms

porcelain-outdoors-logo.png

porcelain-outdoors-logo.png

2063 ms

pgh-bricks-e1654738134514.jpg

pgh-bricks-e1654738134514.jpg

2079 ms

penta-block-e1654738160974.jpg

penta-block-e1654738160974.jpg

2095 ms

mapei-e1654738239977.jpg

mapei-e1654738239977.jpg

2096 ms

applepaylogo.png

applepaylogo.png

2229 ms

5574724.js

5574724.js

115 ms

collectedforms.js

collectedforms.js

50 ms

banner.js

banner.js

140 ms

Accessibility Review

melbournebrick.com.au accessibility score

87

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

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

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

High

Links do not have a discernible name

Best Practices

melbournebrick.com.au 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

melbournebrick.com.au SEO score

86

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

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

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 Melbournebrick.com.au 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 Melbournebrick.com.au 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

melbournebrick.com.au

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