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Report Summary

  • 66

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    79% of other websites

  • 48

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 20% of websites

  • 67

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    24% of websites

  • 64

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    24% of websites

rainmachine.com

RainMachine - Forecast Smart WiFi Irrigation Controllers

Page Load Speed

3.7 sec in total

First Response

225 ms

Resources Loaded

2.1 sec

Page Rendered

1.3 sec

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Key Findings

We analyzed Rainmachine.com page load time and found that the first response time was 225 ms and then it took 3.4 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

rainmachine.com performance score

66

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.6 s

32/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value7.5 s

4/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value3.6 s

87/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value30 ms

100/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.058

98/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value4.6 s

82/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

rainmachine.com

225 ms

analytics.js

20 ms

jquery.min.js

45 ms

jquery-1.10.2.min.js

6 ms

bootstrap.min.js

7 ms

Our browser made a total of 73 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 36% of them (26 requests) were addressed to the original Rainmachine.com, 10% (7 requests) were made to Apis.google.com and 8% (6 requests) were made to Graphs.rainmachine.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (823 ms) belongs to the original domain Rainmachine.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 633.4 kB (26%)

Content Size

2.4 MB

After Optimization

1.8 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Rainmachine.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 1.6 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-80%

Potential reduce by 29.0 kB

  • Original 36.1 kB
  • After minification 28.4 kB
  • After compression 7.1 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 7.7 kB, which is 21% 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 29.0 kB or 80% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-7%

Potential reduce by 108.0 kB

  • Original 1.6 MB
  • After minification 1.5 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. Rain Machine images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-60%

Potential reduce by 301.0 kB

  • Original 501.1 kB
  • After minification 500.9 kB
  • After compression 200.1 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 301.0 kB or 60% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-82%

Potential reduce by 195.4 kB

  • Original 238.6 kB
  • After minification 201.5 kB
  • After compression 43.2 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. Rainmachine.com needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 195.4 kB or 82% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 35 (56%)

Requests Now

63

After Optimization

28

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 63 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Rain Machine. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 25 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 7 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

rainmachine.com

rainmachine.com

225 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

20 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

45 ms

jquery-1.10.2.min.js

jquery-1.10.2.min.js

6 ms

bootstrap.min.js

bootstrap.min.js

7 ms

jquery.bxslider.min.js

jquery.bxslider.min.js

94 ms

jquery.bxslider.css

jquery.bxslider.css

160 ms

bootstrap.css

bootstrap.css

237 ms

overwrite.css

overwrite.css

234 ms

collect

collect

63 ms

v2

v2

396 ms

rainmachine-forecast-sprinkler-stop-wasting-water.jpg

rainmachine-forecast-sprinkler-stop-wasting-water.jpg

395 ms

rainmachine-forecast-sprinkler-Mini-8.jpg

rainmachine-forecast-sprinkler-Mini-8.jpg

394 ms

rm-mini-no-lid2.png

rm-mini-no-lid2.png

239 ms

rm-mini-with-lid2.png

rm-mini-with-lid2.png

239 ms

Body_nolid_12V.png

Body_nolid_12V.png

366 ms

Body_with_lid_12V.png

Body_with_lid_12V.png

391 ms

Body_nolid_16V_NEW.png

Body_nolid_16V_NEW.png

467 ms

Body_with_lid.png

Body_with_lid.png

465 ms

watersenseLogo.svg

watersenseLogo.svg

441 ms

ifttt-rainmachine-ifthisthanthat.png

ifttt-rainmachine-ifthisthanthat.png

466 ms

dashboard-01.png

dashboard-01.png

466 ms

devices-01.png

devices-01.png

544 ms

Dashboard-Main-View.png

Dashboard-Main-View.png

747 ms

devices-screenshot.png

devices-screenshot.png

609 ms

zone-screenshot.png

zone-screenshot.png

791 ms

program-screenshot.png

program-screenshot.png

823 ms

zones-01.png

zones-01.png

760 ms

settings-01.png

settings-01.png

681 ms

like.php

like.php

82 ms

rU2ubZ6l1Q5.js

rU2ubZ6l1Q5.js

352 ms

LVx-xkvaJ0b.png

LVx-xkvaJ0b.png

385 ms

plusone.js

plusone.js

121 ms

widgets.js

widgets.js

90 ms

rainmachine-icons.woff

rainmachine-icons.woff

553 ms

userreport.js

userreport.js

26 ms

bx_loader.gif

bx_loader.gif

556 ms

controls.png

controls.png

592 ms

settings.js

settings.js

187 ms

cb=gapi.loaded_0

cb=gapi.loaded_0

43 ms

cb=gapi.loaded_1

cb=gapi.loaded_1

74 ms

fastbutton

fastbutton

168 ms

jquery-ui-1.10.3.css

jquery-ui-1.10.3.css

213 ms

jquery-1.9.1.min.js

jquery-1.9.1.min.js

484 ms

jquery-ui-1.10.3.custom.min.js

jquery-ui-1.10.3.custom.min.js

800 ms

jsapi

jsapi

131 ms

wp.css

wp.css

207 ms

button.831500944bc3eb7ea5276ccdc3f71d2e.js

button.831500944bc3eb7ea5276ccdc3f71d2e.js

143 ms

postmessageRelay

postmessageRelay

44 ms

api.js

api.js

101 ms

core:rpc:shindig.random:shindig.sha1.js

core:rpc:shindig.random:shindig.sha1.js

125 ms

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78 ms

cb=gapi.loaded_0

cb=gapi.loaded_0

42 ms

cb=gapi.loaded_1

cb=gapi.loaded_1

39 ms

W5F8_SL0XFawnjxHGsZjJA.ttf

W5F8_SL0XFawnjxHGsZjJA.ttf

124 ms

tweet_button.6a78875565a912489e9aef879c881358.en.html

tweet_button.6a78875565a912489e9aef879c881358.en.html

59 ms

SystemSettings.js

SystemSettings.js

172 ms

ut.html

ut.html

25 ms

hit24h.gif

hit24h.gif

25 ms

sqs.us-east-1.amazonaws.com

sqs.us-east-1.amazonaws.com

97 ms

analytics-tags.js

analytics-tags.js

3 ms

pixel.gif

pixel.gif

221 ms

206 ms

jot

jot

96 ms

103 ms

pixel

pixel

33 ms

receive

receive

199 ms

adform

adform

102 ms

29 ms

ui+en,table+en.css

ui+en,table+en.css

16 ms

format+en,default+en,ui+en,table+en,corechart+en.I.js

format+en,default+en,ui+en,table+en,corechart+en.I.js

97 ms

tooltip.css

tooltip.css

262 ms

ui-bg_flat_75_ffffff_40x100.png

ui-bg_flat_75_ffffff_40x100.png

93 ms

Accessibility Review

rainmachine.com accessibility score

48

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.

Navigation

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

Impact

Issue

High

Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order

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

Tables and lists

These are opportunities to improve the experience of reading tabular or list data using assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Impact

Issue

High

Lists do not contain only <li> elements and script supporting elements (<script> and <template>).

High

List items (<li>) are not contained within <ul> or <ol> parent elements.

Best Practices

rainmachine.com best practices score

67

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

SEO Factors

rainmachine.com SEO score

64

Search Engine Optimization Advices

Crawling and Indexing

To appear in search results, crawlers need access to your app.

Impact

Issue

High

Links are not crawlable

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

    EN

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Rainmachine.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 Rainmachine.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 Rain Machine. This is the best way to make the web page social media friendly. Here is how it looks like on Facebook: