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Report Summary

  • 29

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    49% of other websites

  • 58

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 25% of websites

  • 92

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    81% of websites

  • 100

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    95% of websites

kayak.ie

Search Flights, Hotels & Car Hire | KAYAK

Page Load Speed

6.4 sec in total

First Response

168 ms

Resources Loaded

6 sec

Page Rendered

279 ms

kayak.ie screenshot

About Website

Click here to check amazing KAYAK content for Ireland. Otherwise, check out these important facts you probably never knew about kayak.ie

KAYAK searches hundreds of other travel sites at once to find the information you need to make the right decisions on flights, hotels & car hires.

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Key Findings

We analyzed Kayak.ie page load time and found that the first response time was 168 ms and then it took 6.2 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 80% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

kayak.ie performance score

29

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.2 s

43/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value9.1 s

1/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value6.9 s

33/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value1,650 ms

11/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.02

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value10.1 s

26/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

www.kayak.ie

168 ms

horizon.less

211 ms

legacy.less

141 ms

keel.less

166 ms

common.less

187 ms

Our browser made a total of 116 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 4% of them (5 requests) were addressed to the original Kayak.ie, 14% (16 requests) were made to A2.r9cdn.net and 11% (13 requests) were made to A3.r9cdn.net. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (3.6 sec) relates to the external source Servedby.flashtalking.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 487.0 kB (65%)

Content Size

750.1 kB

After Optimization

263.1 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript

In fact, the total size of Kayak.ie main page is 750.1 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. 70% of websites need less resources to load. Javascripts take 558.0 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-80%

Potential reduce by 154.0 kB

  • Original 191.8 kB
  • After minification 191.1 kB
  • After compression 37.8 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. 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 154.0 kB or 80% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 0 B

  • Original 339 B
  • After minification 339 B

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. KAYAK images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-60%

Potential reduce by 333.0 kB

  • Original 558.0 kB
  • After minification 557.3 kB
  • After compression 225.0 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 333.0 kB or 60% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 74 (66%)

Requests Now

112

After Optimization

38

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 112 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of KAYAK. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 30 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 7 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

www.kayak.ie

www.kayak.ie

168 ms

horizon.less

horizon.less

211 ms

legacy.less

legacy.less

141 ms

keel.less

keel.less

166 ms

common.less

common.less

187 ms

hotels.less

hotels.less

210 ms

seo.less

seo.less

162 ms

base.less

base.less

206 ms

hwt-logo-for-white.png

hwt-logo-for-white.png

190 ms

globalalien.js

globalalien.js

351 ms

horizon.js

horizon.js

265 ms

legacy.js

legacy.js

348 ms

common.js

common.js

267 ms

hotels.js

hotels.js

264 ms

base.js

base.js

266 ms

seo.js

seo.js

185 ms

js

js

262 ms

kayak-logo.png

kayak-logo.png

118 ms

19x23-offset-30-menu-icon-header.png

19x23-offset-30-menu-icon-header.png

116 ms

21x24-21-offset-datepicker-icons.png

21x24-21-offset-datepicker-icons.png

113 ms

calendar-close-x.png

calendar-close-x.png

116 ms

downtip-white.png

downtip-white.png

116 ms

a-small-flag-sprite.png

a-small-flag-sprite.png

118 ms

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15x15-15-offset-x.png

116 ms

gpt.js

gpt.js

277 ms

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c4ce8aa7-city-7362-5550967b.jpg

254 ms

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251 ms

a09ba53b-City-13852-53c6ca26.jpg

a09ba53b-City-13852-53c6ca26.jpg

250 ms

async-ads.js

async-ads.js

246 ms

gtm.js

gtm.js

342 ms

NavMenuContent

NavMenuContent

239 ms

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a231b1aa-city-1334-1525fcb4c65.jpg

90 ms

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17d503bc-city-20828-152d0937b3d.jpg

110 ms

10x10-offset-20-close-x-sprite.png

10x10-offset-20-close-x-sprite.png

96 ms

34322.jpg

34322.jpg

117 ms

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1f0f761a-city-18488-146cf1b3f60.jpg

93 ms

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bd933a9c-city-28501-552e4ff5.jpg

96 ms

ee4b0ac7-city-15830-1525fbbd3e1.jpg

ee4b0ac7-city-15830-1525fbbd3e1.jpg

97 ms

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f18625cf-city-22567-15254a656c3.jpg

118 ms

45x45-45-offset-lightbox-nav.png

45x45-45-offset-lightbox-nav.png

117 ms

36286.jpg

36286.jpg

91 ms

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01e97574-city-26166-1525fc31488.jpg

91 ms

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ec36ad17-reg-1220-5485d6cf.jpg

91 ms

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5105111f-city-33104-550c8672.jpg

94 ms

f91bd9b6-city-36014-551af765.jpg

f91bd9b6-city-36014-551af765.jpg

91 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

165 ms

pubads_impl_81.js

pubads_impl_81.js

76 ms

ads

ads

175 ms

container.html

container.html

193 ms

platform.js

platform.js

375 ms

sdk.js

sdk.js

589 ms

conversion_async.js

conversion_async.js

245 ms

bat.js

bat.js

266 ms

fbevents.js

fbevents.js

658 ms

3597 ms

d2s3bizpgknsvz.cloudfront.net

d2s3bizpgknsvz.cloudfront.net

307 ms

ytc.js

ytc.js

205 ms

bk-coretag.js

bk-coretag.js

189 ms

ecommerce.js

ecommerce.js

111 ms

activityi;src=5142311;type=visit0;cat=front0;u9=EUR;u12=f_1BtBuKOxqR2H05QAs7Hu10ZDg;u14=frontdoor;u15=main;u16=en_IE;u19=false;ord=6271503907675;~oref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.kayak.ie%2F

activityi;src=5142311;type=visit0;cat=front0;u9=EUR;u12=f_1BtBuKOxqR2H05QAs7Hu10ZDg;u14=frontdoor;u15=main;u16=en_IE;u19=false;ord=6271503907675;~oref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.kayak.ie%2F

182 ms

1

1

127 ms

ads

ads

182 ms

osd.js

osd.js

117 ms

collect

collect

51 ms

collect

collect

175 ms

collect

collect

59 ms

collect

collect

143 ms

collect

collect

122 ms

collect

collect

142 ms

collect

collect

139 ms

collect

collect

139 ms

collect

collect

119 ms

price-alert_ad_v1.jpg

price-alert_ad_v1.jpg

23 ms

120 ms

1

1

57 ms

ads

ads

156 ms

cb=gapi.loaded_0

cb=gapi.loaded_0

33 ms

ga-audiences

ga-audiences

29 ms

explore_ad_v1.jpg

explore_ad_v1.jpg

93 ms

97 ms

iframe

iframe

37 ms

1

1

104 ms

js

js

94 ms

1233565733-idpiframe.js

1233565733-idpiframe.js

146 ms

120 ms

my-trips_ad_v1.jpg

my-trips_ad_v1.jpg

65 ms

xd_arbiter.php

xd_arbiter.php

445 ms

i.js

i.js

234 ms

34 ms

31 ms

iframerpc

iframerpc

29 ms

js

js

61 ms

spp.pl

spp.pl

23 ms

lb

lb

25 ms

img

img

58 ms

pixel

pixel

3347 ms

iframe

iframe

59 ms

img

img

32 ms

img

img

48 ms

activeview

activeview

16 ms

activeview

activeview

17 ms

activeview

activeview

19 ms

img

img

39 ms

tap.php

tap.php

346 ms

img

img

83 ms

u.php

u.php

82 ms

sync

sync

113 ms

2948

2948

74 ms

img

img

73 ms

img

img

97 ms

4448

4448

117 ms

sd

sd

15 ms

match

match

25 ms

rum

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27 ms

lr.gif

lr.gif

54 ms

pixel

pixel

31 ms

Accessibility Review

kayak.ie accessibility score

58

Accessibility Issues

ARIA

These are opportunities to improve the usage of ARIA in your application which may enhance the experience for users of assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Impact

Issue

High

[role] values are not valid

High

[aria-*] attributes are not valid or misspelled

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

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

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.

Navigation

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

Impact

Issue

High

Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order

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

kayak.ie 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

Missing source maps for large first-party JavaScript

SEO Factors

kayak.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 Kayak.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 Kayak.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

kayak.ie

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