Report Summary

  • 76

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    84% of other websites

  • 86

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 62% of websites

  • 92

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    81% of websites

  • 75

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    32% of websites

Page Load Speed

1.4 sec in total

First Response

186 ms

Resources Loaded

987 ms

Page Rendered

217 ms

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About Website

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Key Findings

We analyzed Sitstay.ca page load time and found that the first response time was 186 ms and then it took 1.2 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 20% of websites can load faster. This domain responded with an error, which can significantly jeopardize Sitstay.ca rating and web reputation

Performance Metrics

sitstay.ca performance score

76

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.1 s

47/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value3.6 s

60/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value3.1 s

93/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value270 ms

82/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.099

90/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value3.9 s

88/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

sitstay.ca

186 ms

www.sitstay.ca

217 ms

analytics.js

12 ms

ga.js

35 ms

sites.css

89 ms

Our browser made a total of 27 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 30% of them (8 requests) were addressed to the original Sitstay.ca, 19% (5 requests) were made to Google-analytics.com and 15% (4 requests) were made to Cdn2.editmysite.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (359 ms) belongs to the original domain Sitstay.ca.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 175.3 kB (33%)

Content Size

536.5 kB

After Optimization

361.2 kB

In fact, the total size of Sitstay.ca main page is 536.5 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. 40% of websites need less resources to load. Javascripts take 354.3 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-75%

Potential reduce by 20.2 kB

  • Original 26.8 kB
  • After minification 25.7 kB
  • After compression 6.6 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 20.2 kB or 75% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-13%

Potential reduce by 12.5 kB

  • Original 97.0 kB
  • After minification 84.5 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. Obviously, Sitstay needs image optimization as it can save up to 12.5 kB or 13% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-34%

Potential reduce by 121.3 kB

  • Original 354.3 kB
  • After minification 304.5 kB
  • After compression 233.0 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 121.3 kB or 34% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-36%

Potential reduce by 21.3 kB

  • Original 58.5 kB
  • After minification 55.5 kB
  • After compression 37.1 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. Sitstay.ca needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 21.3 kB or 36% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 14 (64%)

Requests Now

22

After Optimization

8

The browser has sent 22 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Sitstay. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 10 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 6 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Accessibility Review

sitstay.ca accessibility score

86

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

Document doesn't have a <title> element

High

<frame> or <iframe> elements do not have a title

Best Practices

sitstay.ca best practices score

92

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

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

sitstay.ca SEO score

75

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

Document doesn't have a <title> element

Crawling and Indexing

To appear in search results, crawlers need access to your app.

Impact

Issue

High

Page is blocked from indexing

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

    N/A

  • Language Claimed

    N/A

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Sitstay.ca can be misinterpreted by Google and other search engines. Unfortunately we cannot identify language used on the page (probably there is a mix of languages, too little text or something else) and no language is claimed in <html> or <meta> tags either. Our system also found out that Sitstay.ca 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

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