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Report Summary

  • 79

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    85% of other websites

  • 48

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 20% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    35% of websites

  • 69

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    28% of websites

switchplates.com

Decorative Switch Plates, Outlet Covers, & Wall Plates

Page Load Speed

1.2 sec in total

First Response

167 ms

Resources Loaded

752 ms

Page Rendered

300 ms

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About Website

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Key Findings

We analyzed Switchplates.com page load time and found that the first response time was 167 ms and then it took 1.1 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.

Performance Metrics

switchplates.com performance score

79

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.3 s

41/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value3.8 s

56/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value3.3 s

91/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value40 ms

100/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value5.3 s

72/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

switchplates.com

167 ms

www.switchplates.com

122 ms

style.css

46 ms

frame.css

47 ms

prototype.js

147 ms

Our browser made a total of 25 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 84% of them (21 requests) were addressed to the original Switchplates.com, 8% (2 requests) were made to Verify.authorize.net and 8% (2 requests) were made to Google-analytics.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (171 ms) relates to the external source Verify.authorize.net.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 269.5 kB (45%)

Content Size

600.3 kB

After Optimization

330.8 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Switchplates.com main page is 600.3 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. 35% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 312.6 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-71%

Potential reduce by 12.0 kB

  • Original 16.9 kB
  • After minification 16.4 kB
  • After compression 4.9 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 12.0 kB or 71% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-22%

Potential reduce by 69.6 kB

  • Original 312.6 kB
  • After minification 243.0 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, Switch Plates needs image optimization as it can save up to 69.6 kB or 22% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-69%

Potential reduce by 178.2 kB

  • Original 258.8 kB
  • After minification 224.1 kB
  • After compression 80.5 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 178.2 kB or 69% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-81%

Potential reduce by 9.7 kB

  • Original 12.0 kB
  • After minification 9.0 kB
  • After compression 2.3 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. Switchplates.com needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 9.7 kB or 81% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 10 (43%)

Requests Now

23

After Optimization

13

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 23 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Switch Plates. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 6 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

switchplates.com

switchplates.com

167 ms

www.switchplates.com

www.switchplates.com

122 ms

style.css

style.css

46 ms

frame.css

frame.css

47 ms

prototype.js

prototype.js

147 ms

sstop.js

sstop.js

50 ms

jquery.js

jquery.js

127 ms

json2.min.js

json2.min.js

60 ms

seal.js

seal.js

171 ms

contentbg.gif

contentbg.gif

126 ms

image-box-1.jpg

image-box-1.jpg

133 ms

switches-header.jpg

switches-header.jpg

137 ms

shopbytheme.gif

shopbytheme.gif

122 ms

m_switchplates.gif

m_switchplates.gif

127 ms

go.gif

go.gif

126 ms

search.png

search.png

128 ms

freeshipping.gif

freeshipping.gif

101 ms

logo.png

logo.png

99 ms

cart.gif

cart.gif

95 ms

secure90x72.gif

secure90x72.gif

96 ms

phonebullet.gif

phonebullet.gif

30 ms

checkout.png

checkout.png

93 ms

bottombullet.gif

bottombullet.gif

95 ms

ga.js

ga.js

12 ms

__utm.gif

__utm.gif

23 ms

Accessibility Review

switchplates.com accessibility score

48

Accessibility Issues

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

<input type="image"> elements do not have [alt] text

High

Form elements do not have associated labels

High

Links do not have a discernible name

Best Practices

switchplates.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

Serves images with low resolution

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

SEO Factors

switchplates.com SEO score

69

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

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

Language and Encoding

  • Language Detected

    EN

  • Language Claimed

    N/A

  • Encoding

    ISO-8859-1

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Switchplates.com can be misinterpreted by Google and other search engines. Our service has detected that English is used on the page, and neither this language nor any other was claimed in <html> or <meta> tags. Our system also found out that Switchplates.com main page’s claimed encoding is iso-8859-1. Changing it to UTF-8 can be a good choice, as this format is commonly used for encoding all over the web and thus their visitors won’t have any troubles with symbol transcription or reading.

Social Sharing Optimization

switchplates.com

Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of Switch Plates. 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: