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Report Summary

  • 13

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    25% of other websites

  • 86

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 61% of websites

  • 67

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    24% of websites

  • 86

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    60% of websites

pestco.com

Pittsburgh Pest Control And Exterminating Pros | Pestco

Page Load Speed

4.1 sec in total

First Response

244 ms

Resources Loaded

3.2 sec

Page Rendered

750 ms

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About Website

Visit pestco.com now to see the best up-to-date Pestco content and also check out these interesting facts you probably never knew about pestco.com

The very best in Pittsburgh pest control since 1948! Trust Pestco Professional Services for all of your bedbug, termite, ant and other pest extermination needs.

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Key Findings

We analyzed Pestco.com page load time and found that the first response time was 244 ms and then it took 3.9 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 65% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

pestco.com performance score

13

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value6.6 s

2/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value14.8 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value11.8 s

4/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value3,660 ms

1/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.134

80/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value17.6 s

4/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

www.pestco.com

244 ms

blocks.style.build.css

85 ms

style.min.css

136 ms

shortcodes.css

160 ms

cookie-law-info-public.css

165 ms

Our browser made a total of 92 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 71% of them (65 requests) were addressed to the original Pestco.com, 7% (6 requests) were made to Fonts.gstatic.com and 5% (5 requests) were made to Youtube.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (648 ms) belongs to the original domain Pestco.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 354.2 kB (17%)

Content Size

2.1 MB

After Optimization

1.7 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Pestco.com main page is 2.1 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 1.2 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-78%

Potential reduce by 74.4 kB

  • Original 95.6 kB
  • After minification 93.3 kB
  • After compression 21.2 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 74.4 kB or 78% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 1.2 kB

  • Original 1.2 MB
  • After minification 1.2 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. Pestco images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-39%

Potential reduce by 278.6 kB

  • Original 705.8 kB
  • After minification 705.8 kB
  • After compression 427.2 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 278.6 kB or 39% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 0 B

  • Original 60.7 kB
  • After minification 60.7 kB
  • After compression 60.7 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. Pestco.com has all CSS files already compressed.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 52 (63%)

Requests Now

83

After Optimization

31

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 83 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Pestco. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 28 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 26 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

www.pestco.com

www.pestco.com

244 ms

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blocks.style.build.css

85 ms

style.min.css

style.min.css

136 ms

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shortcodes.css

160 ms

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cookie-law-info-public.css

165 ms

cookie-law-info-gdpr.css

cookie-law-info-gdpr.css

167 ms

social_widget.css

social_widget.css

170 ms

style.css

style.css

180 ms

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215 ms

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204 ms

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layout.css

242 ms

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style.css

224 ms

font-awesome.min.css

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232 ms

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main.min.css

277 ms

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frontend-grid.css

251 ms

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frontend.css

259 ms

all.css

all.css

290 ms

v4-shims.css

v4-shims.css

287 ms

addtoany.min.css

addtoany.min.css

288 ms

background.css

background.css

294 ms

styles.css

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297 ms

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317 ms

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styles.css

323 ms

styles.css

styles.css

326 ms

page.js

page.js

49 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

356 ms

jquery-migrate.min.js

jquery-migrate.min.js

336 ms

addtoany.min.js

addtoany.min.js

336 ms

cookie-law-info-public.js

cookie-law-info-public.js

368 ms

public-main.js

public-main.js

495 ms

js

js

83 ms

bootstrap.min.js

bootstrap.min.js

46 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

23 ms

app.build.js

app.build.js

473 ms

jquery.matchHeight-min.js

jquery.matchHeight-min.js

474 ms

matchHeight-init.js

matchHeight-init.js

474 ms

api.js

api.js

38 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

28 ms

bootstrap.min.js

bootstrap.min.js

24 ms

bootstrap.min.js

bootstrap.min.js

487 ms

skip-link-focus-fix.js

skip-link-focus-fix.js

487 ms

core.js

core.js

487 ms

transition.js

transition.js

486 ms

background.js

background.js

486 ms

background.init.js

background.init.js

430 ms

hoverIntent.min.js

hoverIntent.min.js

410 ms

maxmegamenu.js

maxmegamenu.js

392 ms

css

css

31 ms

css

css

48 ms

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193 ms

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259 ms

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pa_pittsburgh_pest-control_2019.svg

537 ms

rating-star-img.png

rating-star-img.png

157 ms

logo-bbb.png

logo-bbb.png

178 ms

pestco-professional-services-logo-300x135.jpg

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170 ms

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276 ms

Pestco-Professional-Services-Logo-Vertical.jpg

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249 ms

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264 ms

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249 ms

Pittsburgh-Commercial-Pest-Control.png

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247 ms

Pittsburgh-Restroom-Hygiene.png

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275 ms

Pittsburgh-Odor-Control.png

Pittsburgh-Odor-Control.png

270 ms

Pestco-Pittsburgh-Pest-Control-Coverage-Area-Map.png

Pestco-Pittsburgh-Pest-Control-Coverage-Area-Map.png

648 ms

Copesan_logo.png

Copesan_logo.png

529 ms

x-termigreen-logo.gif

x-termigreen-logo.gif

529 ms

Pestco-Sentricon-Certieifed-Specialist.jpg

Pestco-Sentricon-Certieifed-Specialist.jpg

646 ms

National-Pest-Management-Association.png

National-Pest-Management-Association.png

528 ms

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529 ms

PPMA-logo.jpg

PPMA-logo.jpg

646 ms

PRC-LOGO.jpg

PRC-LOGO.jpg

647 ms

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ACE_Associate_Certified_Entomologist_Pestco.jpg

648 ms

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Pestco-Professional-Services-BBB-Accredited.jpg

645 ms

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Pestco-Entomological_Society_Of_America.jpg

648 ms

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Pittsburgh_Penguins_logo_2016.svg_.png

647 ms

Pestco-Peppermint-Insect-Repellent.jpg

Pestco-Peppermint-Insect-Repellent.jpg

648 ms

Pittsburgh-Spotted-Lantern-Fly-Treatments.jpg

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605 ms

pestco-professional-services-logo.jpg

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547 ms

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67 ms

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95 ms

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161 ms

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247 ms

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247 ms

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3 ms

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244 ms

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130 ms

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128 ms

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206 ms

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52 ms

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112 ms

www-player.css

www-player.css

35 ms

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155 ms

base.js

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189 ms

Accessibility Review

pestco.com accessibility score

86

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

button, link, and menuitem elements do not have accessible names.

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

Best Practices

pestco.com best practices score

67

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

Browser errors were logged to the console

High

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

pestco.com SEO score

86

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

Content Best Practices

Format your HTML in a way that enables crawlers to better understand your app’s content.

Impact

Issue

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 Pestco.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 Pestco.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

pestco.com

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