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Report Summary

  • 92

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    92% of other websites

  • 54

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 23% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    35% of websites

  • 90

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    68% of websites

whichcottage.com

Which cottage self-catering holiday cottage accommodation for rent in Scotland, England, Wales and Ireland UK.

Page Load Speed

4 sec in total

First Response

271 ms

Resources Loaded

2.9 sec

Page Rendered

789 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Whichcottage.com page load time and found that the first response time was 271 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

whichcottage.com performance score

92

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value2.4 s

70/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value2.4 s

91/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value2.8 s

95/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value80 ms

99/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.111

87/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value2.7 s

97/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

whichcottage.com

271 ms

whichcottage.com

328 ms

www.whichcottage.com

370 ms

style.css

241 ms

jquery-1.10.2.min.js

320 ms

Our browser made a total of 28 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that all of those requests were addressed to Whichcottage.com and no external sources were called. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1.3 sec) belongs to the original domain Whichcottage.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 750.7 kB (62%)

Content Size

1.2 MB

After Optimization

467.5 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Whichcottage.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. 15% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 1.1 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-75%

Potential reduce by 19.3 kB

  • Original 25.6 kB
  • After minification 19.7 kB
  • After compression 6.3 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 5.9 kB, which is 23% 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 19.3 kB or 75% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-64%

Potential reduce by 723.8 kB

  • Original 1.1 MB
  • After minification 410.5 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, Which Cottage needs image optimization as it can save up to 723.8 kB or 64% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-11%

Potential reduce by 5.7 kB

  • Original 52.7 kB
  • After minification 52.7 kB
  • After compression 47.0 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 5.7 kB or 11% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-35%

Potential reduce by 1.9 kB

  • Original 5.5 kB
  • After minification 5.5 kB
  • After compression 3.6 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. Whichcottage.com needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 1.9 kB or 35% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 17 (68%)

Requests Now

25

After Optimization

8

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 25 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Which Cottage. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

whichcottage.com

whichcottage.com

271 ms

whichcottage.com

whichcottage.com

328 ms

www.whichcottage.com

www.whichcottage.com

370 ms

style.css

style.css

241 ms

jquery-1.10.2.min.js

jquery-1.10.2.min.js

320 ms

jquery-ui.min.js

jquery-ui.min.js

266 ms

search.js

search.js

276 ms

ex-topimage.jpg

ex-topimage.jpg

398 ms

ic-world.png

ic-world.png

242 ms

ic-pin.png

ic-pin.png

270 ms

ic-date.png

ic-date.png

271 ms

ic-guests.png

ic-guests.png

245 ms

ic-pets.png

ic-pets.png

259 ms

approved.gif

approved.gif

483 ms

ic-tw.png

ic-tw.png

481 ms

ic-fb.png

ic-fb.png

481 ms

ic-in.png

ic-in.png

507 ms

holiday-let.jpg

holiday-let.jpg

575 ms

somerset-cottage.jpg

somerset-cottage.jpg

716 ms

perthshirefarmhouse.jpg

perthshirefarmhouse.jpg

792 ms

large-scottish-lodge.jpg

large-scottish-lodge.jpg

793 ms

middle-image.png

middle-image.png

1290 ms

beach.jpg

beach.jpg

814 ms

dogs.jpg

dogs.jpg

1014 ms

hot-tub.jpg

hot-tub.jpg

1093 ms

map.jpg

map.jpg

1028 ms

late.jpg

late.jpg

1054 ms

blog.jpg

blog.jpg

1132 ms

Accessibility Review

whichcottage.com accessibility score

54

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.

Best practices

These items highlight common accessibility best practices.

Impact

Issue

High

[user-scalable="no"] is used in the <meta name="viewport"> element or the [maximum-scale] attribute is less than 5.

Best Practices

whichcottage.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

User Experience

Impact

Issue

High

Serves images with low resolution

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

SEO Factors

whichcottage.com SEO score

90

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

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 Whichcottage.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 Whichcottage.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

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