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Report Summary

  • 13

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    25% of other websites

  • 74

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 40% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    35% of websites

  • 77

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    36% of websites

sandalslifestyle.com

Hello Paradise - The Official Sandals Resorts Travel & Lifestyle Blog

Page Load Speed

3.9 sec in total

First Response

579 ms

Resources Loaded

2.9 sec

Page Rendered

364 ms

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About Website

Click here to check amazing Sandals Lifestyle content for United States. Otherwise, check out these important facts you probably never knew about sandalslifestyle.com

The Official Travel & Lifestyle Blog by Sandals Resorts. Discover the Caribbean with insider travel tips and tricks. Find your luxury included vacation.

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Key Findings

We analyzed Sandalslifestyle.com page load time and found that the first response time was 579 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

sandalslifestyle.com performance score

13

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value5.1 s

8/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value13.1 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value8.7 s

16/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value2,160 ms

6/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.226

55/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value23.7 s

1/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

sandalslifestyle.com

579 ms

www.sandalslifestyle.com

898 ms

dropdowncontent.js

51 ms

slider_style.css

55 ms

tabcontent.css

56 ms

Our browser made a total of 109 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 97% of them (106 requests) were addressed to the original Sandalslifestyle.com, 2% (2 requests) were made to Google-analytics.com and 1% (1 request) were made to Sandalsselect.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1.1 sec) relates to the external source Sandalsselect.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 830.2 kB (26%)

Content Size

3.2 MB

After Optimization

2.4 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Sandalslifestyle.com main page is 3.2 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. 50% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 2.3 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-81%

Potential reduce by 59.6 kB

  • Original 73.4 kB
  • After minification 61.4 kB
  • After compression 13.8 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. This page needs HTML code to be minified as it can gain 12.0 kB, which is 16% of the original size. It is highly recommended that content of this web page should be compressed using GZIP, as it can save up to 59.6 kB or 81% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-6%

Potential reduce by 145.9 kB

  • Original 2.3 MB
  • After minification 2.2 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. Sandals Lifestyle images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-75%

Potential reduce by 522.9 kB

  • Original 695.6 kB
  • After minification 516.5 kB
  • After compression 172.7 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 522.9 kB or 75% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-83%

Potential reduce by 101.7 kB

  • Original 122.9 kB
  • After minification 95.6 kB
  • After compression 21.2 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. Sandalslifestyle.com needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 101.7 kB or 83% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 55 (51%)

Requests Now

107

After Optimization

52

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 107 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Sandals Lifestyle. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 22 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 29 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

sandalslifestyle.com

sandalslifestyle.com

579 ms

www.sandalslifestyle.com

www.sandalslifestyle.com

898 ms

dropdowncontent.js

dropdowncontent.js

51 ms

slider_style.css

slider_style.css

55 ms

tabcontent.css

tabcontent.css

56 ms

sandals-select.css

sandals-select.css

59 ms

tabcontent.js

tabcontent.js

59 ms

animatedcollapse.js

animatedcollapse.js

64 ms

style.css

style.css

107 ms

email-css.css

email-css.css

100 ms

jquery.js

jquery.js

161 ms

jquery-migrate.js

jquery-migrate.js

131 ms

swfobject.js

swfobject.js

133 ms

featured.css

featured.css

131 ms

sandalsList.css

sandalsList.css

148 ms

sandalsBox.css

sandalsBox.css

154 ms

sandalsBanner.css

sandalsBanner.css

195 ms

sandalsList1.css

sandalsList1.css

194 ms

sandalsNews.css

sandalsNews.css

192 ms

sandalsPress.css

sandalsPress.css

197 ms

sandalsShare.css

sandalsShare.css

201 ms

jquery.js

jquery.js

244 ms

slider.js

slider.js

216 ms

jquery-1.6.2.js

jquery-1.6.2.js

309 ms

jquery.ui.core.js

jquery.ui.core.js

215 ms

jquery.ui.widget.js

jquery.ui.widget.js

268 ms

jquery.ui.datepicker.js

jquery.ui.datepicker.js

295 ms

demos.css

demos.css

269 ms

jquery.ui.all.css

jquery.ui.all.css

271 ms

floatbox.js

floatbox.js

293 ms

floatbox.css

floatbox.css

302 ms

comment-reply.js

comment-reply.js

323 ms

email-js.js

email-js.js

324 ms

twemoji.js

twemoji.js

252 ms

wp-emoji.js

wp-emoji.js

250 ms

lifestylelogo.png

lifestylelogo.png

132 ms

transparent.gif

transparent.gif

122 ms

arrow_Slide.gif

arrow_Slide.gif

122 ms

ssgaward.jpg

ssgaward.jpg

291 ms

BoAfinalattachment.jpg

BoAfinalattachment.jpg

288 ms

Slideshow-V2.jpg

Slideshow-V2.jpg

312 ms

Lady-sandals.jpeg

Lady-sandals.jpeg

283 ms

Chairman_Golf_003.jpg

Chairman_Golf_003.jpg

245 ms

Kiss_940x422_v2.jpeg

Kiss_940x422_v2.jpeg

267 ms

SL_Magazine_.jpeg

SL_Magazine_.jpeg

429 ms

Double-Points-Banner949x422.jpeg

Double-Points-Banner949x422.jpeg

473 ms

Chairman-Golf-Winners-spring-v2.jpg

Chairman-Golf-Winners-spring-v2.jpg

500 ms

chairman1.jpg

chairman1.jpg

341 ms

learnmore_2.jpg

learnmore_2.jpg

342 ms

top_stories.gif

top_stories.gif

362 ms

getaway.gif

getaway.gif

390 ms

start_here.png

start_here.png

393 ms

updatedLogoDec2014.png

updatedLogoDec2014.png

411 ms

btn_x.gif

btn_x.gif

438 ms

bg_arrow.jpg

bg_arrow.jpg

442 ms

txt_rates.jpg

txt_rates.jpg

461 ms

img_dots.jpg

img_dots.jpg

474 ms

txt_arrival.jpg

txt_arrival.jpg

485 ms

calendar.gif

calendar.gif

491 ms

txt_departure.jpg

txt_departure.jpg

501 ms

txt_bestprice.jpg

txt_bestprice.jpg

515 ms

btn_getqoute.jpg

btn_getqoute.jpg

511 ms

btn_submit.gif

btn_submit.gif

522 ms

bg_phone.gif

bg_phone.gif

505 ms

bg_main_header.jpg

bg_main_header.jpg

531 ms

Home.png

Home.png

513 ms

Exotic_Destination.png

Exotic_Destination.png

511 ms

Caribean-Culture.png

Caribean-Culture.png

553 ms

cuisine.png

cuisine.png

509 ms

www.sandalsselect.com

www.sandalsselect.com

1092 ms

jquery.ui.base.css

jquery.ui.base.css

476 ms

jquery.ui.theme.css

jquery.ui.theme.css

493 ms

Outdoor_Adventure.png

Outdoor_Adventure.png

502 ms

Healthy_Living.png

Healthy_Living.png

504 ms

Sandals_Select.png

Sandals_Select.png

574 ms

img_share.png

img_share.png

398 ms

bg_chairman.jpg

bg_chairman.jpg

394 ms

bg_snapshots.jpg

bg_snapshots.jpg

390 ms

bg_snapshotbt.jpg

bg_snapshotbt.jpg

391 ms

featured-background.jpg

featured-background.jpg

394 ms

bg_stories.gif

bg_stories.gif

381 ms

bg_getaway.jpg

bg_getaway.jpg

411 ms

txt_SSRewards.gif

txt_SSRewards.gif

379 ms

SS_bglogin.jpg

SS_bglogin.jpg

370 ms

jquery.ui.core.css

jquery.ui.core.css

139 ms

jquery.ui.resizable.css

jquery.ui.resizable.css

148 ms

jquery.ui.selectable.css

jquery.ui.selectable.css

158 ms

jquery.ui.accordion.css

jquery.ui.accordion.css

178 ms

jquery.ui.autocomplete.css

jquery.ui.autocomplete.css

188 ms

jquery.ui.button.css

jquery.ui.button.css

193 ms

jquery.ui.dialog.css

jquery.ui.dialog.css

197 ms

jquery.ui.slider.css

jquery.ui.slider.css

205 ms

jquery.ui.tabs.css

jquery.ui.tabs.css

210 ms

jquery.ui.datepicker.css

jquery.ui.datepicker.css

224 ms

jquery.ui.progressbar.css

jquery.ui.progressbar.css

235 ms

bg_quickqoute.jpg

bg_quickqoute.jpg

160 ms

bg_specials.gif

bg_specials.gif

155 ms

ga.js

ga.js

9 ms

core.js

core.js

106 ms

resizeHandler.js

resizeHandler.js

54 ms

zoomInOut.js

zoomInOut.js

62 ms

keydownHandler.js

keydownHandler.js

59 ms

__utm.gif

__utm.gif

17 ms

left.png

left.png

60 ms

right.png

right.png

59 ms

white.png

white.png

91 ms

ui-bg_flat_75_fbfaf9_40x100.png

ui-bg_flat_75_fbfaf9_40x100.png

106 ms

blank.gif

blank.gif

109 ms

en.json

en.json

29 ms

Accessibility Review

sandalslifestyle.com accessibility score

74

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.

Internationalization and localization

These are opportunities to improve the interpretation of your content by users in different locales.

Impact

Issue

High

<html> element does not have a [lang] attribute

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

Tables and lists

These are opportunities to improve the experience of reading tabular or list data using assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Impact

Issue

High

Lists do not contain only <li> elements and script supporting elements (<script> and <template>).

Best Practices

sandalslifestyle.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

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

SEO Factors

sandalslifestyle.com SEO score

77

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

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 Sandalslifestyle.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 Sandalslifestyle.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

sandalslifestyle.com

Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of Sandals Lifestyle. 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: