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Report Summary

  • 48

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    66% 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

  • 86

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    60% of websites

ratesupermarket.com

Compare Insurance, Mortgage Rates & Credit Cards

Page Load Speed

2.2 sec in total

First Response

61 ms

Resources Loaded

1.6 sec

Page Rendered

584 ms

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About Website

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Key Findings

We analyzed Ratesupermarket.com page load time and found that the first response time was 61 ms and then it took 2.2 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 45% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

ratesupermarket.com performance score

48

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value2.1 s

80/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value5.3 s

22/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value4.7 s

68/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value870 ms

33/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.028

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value9.9 s

27/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

ratesupermarket.com

61 ms

rates.ca

294 ms

RatesDotCaIcons.56ef870bd381.css

74 ms

SmallFontAwesome.5bba4b634710.css

73 ms

CustomFonts.a869d14b81f6.css

73 ms

Our browser made a total of 40 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 3% of them (1 request) were addressed to the original Ratesupermarket.com, 85% (34 requests) were made to Rates.ca and 5% (2 requests) were made to Static.rates.ca. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1.1 sec) relates to the external source Rates.ca.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 881.9 kB (76%)

Content Size

1.2 MB

After Optimization

285.6 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Ratesupermarket.com main page is 1.2 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. HTML takes 997.3 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-88%

Potential reduce by 881.7 kB

  • Original 997.3 kB
  • After minification 997.3 kB
  • After compression 115.6 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 881.7 kB or 88% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 0 B

  • Original 98.3 kB
  • After minification 98.3 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. Rates Upermarket images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 188 B

  • Original 68.5 kB
  • After minification 68.5 kB
  • After compression 68.3 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. This website has mostly compressed JavaScripts.

CSS Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 16 B

  • Original 3.4 kB
  • After minification 3.4 kB
  • After compression 3.4 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. Ratesupermarket.com has all CSS files already compressed.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 10 (28%)

Requests Now

36

After Optimization

26

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 36 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Rates Upermarket. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 11 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

ratesupermarket.com

ratesupermarket.com

61 ms

rates.ca

rates.ca

294 ms

RatesDotCaIcons.56ef870bd381.css

RatesDotCaIcons.56ef870bd381.css

74 ms

SmallFontAwesome.5bba4b634710.css

SmallFontAwesome.5bba4b634710.css

73 ms

CustomFonts.a869d14b81f6.css

CustomFonts.a869d14b81f6.css

73 ms

insurance-search.20f4d1938f92.js

insurance-search.20f4d1938f92.js

55 ms

jquery-3.6.0.min.8fb8fee4fcc3.js

jquery-3.6.0.min.8fb8fee4fcc3.js

916 ms

slick.min.d5a61c749e44.js

slick.min.d5a61c749e44.js

53 ms

global.d040a77037af.js

global.d040a77037af.js

53 ms

helpers.c0f95dbdd735.js

helpers.c0f95dbdd735.js

915 ms

call-to-action.bfe5ae47803d.js

call-to-action.bfe5ae47803d.js

913 ms

modal.6e5ef48c6768.js

modal.6e5ef48c6768.js

914 ms

bulma-validator.e2b0dceb50a0.js

bulma-validator.e2b0dceb50a0.js

914 ms

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vcd15cbe7772f49c399c6a5babf22c1241717689176015

990 ms

gtm.js

gtm.js

991 ms

j.php

j.php

987 ms

Pembridge_new.max-125x60.png

Pembridge_new.max-125x60.png

972 ms

rdc-logo.08af7a2da814.svg

rdc-logo.08af7a2da814.svg

868 ms

Icon_RatesBot_150_150.cb2d261d0a82.png

Icon_RatesBot_150_150.cb2d261d0a82.png

942 ms

Icon_Credit_150_150.31febb881c93.png

Icon_Credit_150_150.31febb881c93.png

947 ms

the-dot.57693ddb9238.png

the-dot.57693ddb9238.png

944 ms

LowestRates_Logo_Primary.svg

LowestRates_Logo_Primary.svg

942 ms

NFP-logo.png

NFP-logo.png

948 ms

Lussier-logo.png

Lussier-logo.png

946 ms

Click-logo.png

Click-logo.png

989 ms

life-icon-small.png

life-icon-small.png

985 ms

LowestRates%20logo.png

LowestRates%20logo.png

983 ms

Desktop_Medium_Dot.0049b6c42912.svg

Desktop_Medium_Dot.0049b6c42912.svg

987 ms

Icon_Auto_150_150.2b58924d935f.png

Icon_Auto_150_150.2b58924d935f.png

988 ms

Icon_Home_150_150.eaca8ec1185d.png

Icon_Home_150_150.eaca8ec1185d.png

1005 ms

Icon_Travel_150_150.610cc677108d.png

Icon_Travel_150_150.610cc677108d.png

1027 ms

Icon_Mortgage_150_150.bdd2550042e3.png

Icon_Mortgage_150_150.bdd2550042e3.png

1028 ms

CAA.c1b77fa2b638.svg

CAA.c1b77fa2b638.svg

1017 ms

Economical.527157f72a29.svg

Economical.527157f72a29.svg

1028 ms

stars-4.b923854f0dfb.svg

stars-4.b923854f0dfb.svg

1025 ms

trustpilot-logo-black.8647c92e7e99.svg

trustpilot-logo-black.8647c92e7e99.svg

1107 ms

bubble-point.ad9b3deaae4a.png

bubble-point.ad9b3deaae4a.png

1048 ms

travelers-insurance-logo-min.max-125x60.png

travelers-insurance-logo-min.max-125x60.png

981 ms

small-fontawesome.37d0d41cb9cb.woff

small-fontawesome.37d0d41cb9cb.woff

195 ms

RatesDotCaIcons.3a83b6c67063.woff

RatesDotCaIcons.3a83b6c67063.woff

240 ms

Accessibility Review

ratesupermarket.com accessibility score

82

Accessibility Issues

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

Buttons do not have an accessible name

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

High

Links do not have a discernible name

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

ratesupermarket.com best practices score

75

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

High

Serves images with low resolution

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

SEO Factors

ratesupermarket.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 Ratesupermarket.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 Ratesupermarket.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

ratesupermarket.com

Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of Rates Upermarket. 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: