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Report Summary

  • 42

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    61% of other websites

  • 95

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 86% of websites

  • 58

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    20% of websites

  • 100

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    94% of websites

westpest.ie

Westpest Pest Control Galway professional pest control in Galway

Page Load Speed

4 sec in total

First Response

282 ms

Resources Loaded

3.4 sec

Page Rendered

248 ms

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About Website

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West Pest an expert Pest Control company in the West of Ireland although other areas are covered catering for domestic commercial and agricultural customers. We will respond to any emergency within an...

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Key Findings

We analyzed Westpest.ie page load time and found that the first response time was 282 ms and then it took 3.7 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

westpest.ie performance score

42

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value5.5 s

6/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value7.3 s

4/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value8.0 s

22/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value150 ms

95/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.259

47/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value9.6 s

29/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

westpest.ie

282 ms

westpest.ie

597 ms

reset.css

184 ms

westpest.css

451 ms

css

34 ms

Our browser made a total of 51 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 80% of them (41 requests) were addressed to the original Westpest.ie, 6% (3 requests) were made to Facebook.com and 4% (2 requests) were made to Ssl.google-analytics.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1.6 sec) belongs to the original domain Westpest.ie.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 587.8 kB (29%)

Content Size

2.1 MB

After Optimization

1.5 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Westpest.ie 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. 40% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 1.5 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-76%

Potential reduce by 22.1 kB

  • Original 29.0 kB
  • After minification 27.1 kB
  • After compression 7.0 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 22.1 kB or 76% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-13%

Potential reduce by 189.3 kB

  • Original 1.5 MB
  • After minification 1.3 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. Obviously, Westpest needs image optimization as it can save up to 189.3 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

-61%

Potential reduce by 253.7 kB

  • Original 415.3 kB
  • After minification 395.4 kB
  • After compression 161.6 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 253.7 kB or 61% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-89%

Potential reduce by 122.8 kB

  • Original 138.6 kB
  • After minification 91.0 kB
  • After compression 15.8 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. Westpest.ie needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 122.8 kB or 89% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 17 (37%)

Requests Now

46

After Optimization

29

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 46 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Westpest. 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 from 8 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

westpest.ie

westpest.ie

282 ms

westpest.ie

westpest.ie

597 ms

reset.css

reset.css

184 ms

westpest.css

westpest.css

451 ms

css

css

34 ms

wasocial.css

wasocial.css

277 ms

wasocial.js

wasocial.js

275 ms

extendjQuery.js

extendjQuery.js

679 ms

fleximenus2.js

fleximenus2.js

464 ms

CSSMenu_CSSMenu3.css

CSSMenu_CSSMenu3.css

460 ms

browser-compatibility.js

browser-compatibility.js

373 ms

DWCarousel2.css

DWCarousel2.css

374 ms

extendDWCarousel.js

extendDWCarousel.js

840 ms

DWCarousel.js

DWCarousel.js

663 ms

DWCarousel2.js

DWCarousel2.js

541 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

29 ms

cookieconsent.min.css

cookieconsent.min.css

468 ms

cookieconsent.min.js

cookieconsent.min.js

535 ms

background.jpg

background.jpg

214 ms

ga.js

ga.js

32 ms

__utm.gif

__utm.gif

12 ms

skin14_light_bgimage.fw.png

skin14_light_bgimage.fw.png

279 ms

logo.png

logo.png

217 ms

CRRU-IASIS-WILDLIFE-AWARE.png

CRRU-IASIS-WILDLIFE-AWARE.png

112 ms

telephone.gif

telephone.gif

121 ms

email.gif

email.gif

112 ms

our-call-out-service.jpg

our-call-out-service.jpg

120 ms

our-call-out-service2.jpg

our-call-out-service2.jpg

415 ms

Our-Pest-Control-Contracts-Offer.jpg

Our-Pest-Control-Contracts-Offer.jpg

264 ms

Our-Pest-Control-Contracts-Offer2.jpg

Our-Pest-Control-Contracts-Offer2.jpg

430 ms

reviews.png

reviews.png

239 ms

west-pest-galway-gallery-1.jpg

west-pest-galway-gallery-1.jpg

524 ms

west-pest-galway-gallery-2.jpg

west-pest-galway-gallery-2.jpg

516 ms

west-pest-galway-gallery-3.jpg

west-pest-galway-gallery-3.jpg

401 ms

west-pest-galway-gallery-4.JPG

west-pest-galway-gallery-4.JPG

420 ms

west-pest-galway-gallery-5.jpg

west-pest-galway-gallery-5.jpg

610 ms

west-pest-galway-gallery-6.JPG

west-pest-galway-gallery-6.JPG

693 ms

west-pest-galway-gallery-7.jpg

west-pest-galway-gallery-7.jpg

1639 ms

Westpest-Bed-Bug-Detection-Service.jpg

Westpest-Bed-Bug-Detection-Service.jpg

618 ms

services2.jpg

services2.jpg

619 ms

request-a-callback.jpg

request-a-callback.jpg

630 ms

book-a-fre-survey.jpg

book-a-fre-survey.jpg

726 ms

page.php

page.php

101 ms

font

font

106 ms

sdk.js

sdk.js

82 ms

leftarrow.png

leftarrow.png

646 ms

rightarrow.png

rightarrow.png

637 ms

81 ms

sdk.js

sdk.js

9 ms

17 ms

westpestprint.css

westpestprint.css

93 ms

Accessibility Review

westpest.ie accessibility score

95

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

Best Practices

westpest.ie best practices score

58

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

westpest.ie SEO score

100

Search Engine Optimization Advices

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

    N/A

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Westpest.ie 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 Westpest.ie 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

westpest.ie

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