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Report Summary

  • 19

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    36% of other websites

  • 82

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 54% of websites

  • 83

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    56% of websites

  • 92

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    75% of websites

zostel.com

Zostel | Largest Branded Hostel Chain in India & Nepal

Page Load Speed

3.7 sec in total

First Response

204 ms

Resources Loaded

3.1 sec

Page Rendered

385 ms

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About Website

Welcome to zostel.com homepage info - get ready to check Zostel best content for India right away, or after learning these important things about zostel.com

Explore with Zostel - oldest & the biggest backpacker hostel brand of India. Travel India & Nepal on budget while having fun at our quirky, activity-led hostels.

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Key Findings

We analyzed Zostel.com page load time and found that the first response time was 204 ms and then it took 3.5 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

zostel.com performance score

19

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value9.4 s

0/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value15.7 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value18.6 s

0/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value1,630 ms

12/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.001

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value19.4 s

2/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

zostel.com

204 ms

www.zostel.com

325 ms

analytics.js

23 ms

css

41 ms

css

41 ms

Our browser made a total of 130 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 39% of them (51 requests) were addressed to the original Zostel.com, 18% (24 requests) were made to Static.xx.fbcdn.net and 7% (9 requests) were made to D.adroll.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (933 ms) belongs to the original domain Zostel.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 797.8 kB (34%)

Content Size

2.4 MB

After Optimization

1.6 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Zostel.com main page is 2.4 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. 65% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 1.5 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-85%

Potential reduce by 60.1 kB

  • Original 70.9 kB
  • After minification 46.0 kB
  • After compression 10.8 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 24.9 kB, which is 35% 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 60.1 kB or 85% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-12%

Potential reduce by 188.1 kB

  • Original 1.5 MB
  • After minification 1.4 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, Zostel needs image optimization as it can save up to 188.1 kB or 12% 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 212.8 kB

  • Original 348.1 kB
  • After minification 343.4 kB
  • After compression 135.3 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 212.8 kB or 61% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-83%

Potential reduce by 336.8 kB

  • Original 405.5 kB
  • After minification 390.9 kB
  • After compression 68.7 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. Zostel.com needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 336.8 kB or 83% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 56 (49%)

Requests Now

114

After Optimization

58

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 114 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Zostel. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 33 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 13 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

zostel.com

zostel.com

204 ms

www.zostel.com

www.zostel.com

325 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

23 ms

css

css

41 ms

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css

41 ms

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css

45 ms

bootstrap.min.css

bootstrap.min.css

448 ms

datepicker.css

datepicker.css

159 ms

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270 ms

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slick.css

36 ms

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36 ms

bootstrap.min.js

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218 ms

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183 ms

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264 ms

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230 ms

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272 ms

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285 ms

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11 ms

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71 ms

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129 ms

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128 ms

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155 ms

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130 ms

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350 ms

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73 ms

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153 ms

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156 ms

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180 ms

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184 ms

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254 ms

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253 ms

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253 ms

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283 ms

Laundry%20Services.png

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283 ms

Secure%20Lockers.png

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345 ms

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344 ms

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736 ms

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453 ms

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388 ms

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423 ms

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423 ms

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433 ms

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546 ms

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171 ms

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126 ms

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532 ms

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610 ms

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933 ms

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838 ms

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916 ms

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22 ms

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16 ms

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880 ms

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776 ms

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785 ms

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800 ms

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124 ms

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146 ms

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142 ms

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263 ms

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162 ms

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78 ms

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Accessibility Review

zostel.com accessibility score

82

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.

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

Best Practices

zostel.com best practices score

83

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

Displays images with incorrect aspect ratio

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

zostel.com SEO score

92

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

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 Zostel.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 Zostel.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

zostel.com

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