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Report Summary

  • 57

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    74% of other websites

  • 77

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 45% of websites

  • 50

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    18% of websites

  • 87

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    66% of websites

abetterplan.com

Country Homes and Outbuildings: Plans, Kits, Prefabs, Do It Yourself Projects and Building Help

Page Load Speed

1.7 sec in total

First Response

308 ms

Resources Loaded

919 ms

Page Rendered

451 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Abetterplan.com page load time and found that the first response time was 308 ms and then it took 1.4 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 25% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

abetterplan.com performance score

57

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.3 s

40/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value3.4 s

67/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value4.4 s

73/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value920 ms

31/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.027

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value7.4 s

49/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

www.backroadhome.net

308 ms

plusone.js

72 ms

cb=gapi.loaded_0

10 ms

branding.css

34 ms

poweredby_FFFFFF.gif

60 ms

Our browser made a total of 36 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 0% of them (0 request) were addressed to the original Abetterplan.com, 14% (5 requests) were made to Apis.google.com and 8% (3 requests) were made to S7.addthis.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (461 ms) relates to the external source Backroadhome.net.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 548.0 kB (60%)

Content Size

912.7 kB

After Optimization

364.7 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Abetterplan.com main page is 912.7 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. 55% of websites need less resources to load. Javascripts take 594.8 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-78%

Potential reduce by 132.4 kB

  • Original 170.1 kB
  • After minification 165.9 kB
  • After compression 37.7 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 132.4 kB or 78% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-6%

Potential reduce by 8.7 kB

  • Original 147.4 kB
  • After minification 138.7 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. Abetterplan images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-68%

Potential reduce by 406.8 kB

  • Original 594.8 kB
  • After minification 594.8 kB
  • After compression 188.0 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 406.8 kB or 68% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-24%

Potential reduce by 77 B

  • Original 322 B
  • After minification 322 B
  • After compression 245 B

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. Abetterplan.com needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 77 B or 24% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 6 (19%)

Requests Now

32

After Optimization

26

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 32 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Abetterplan. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 7 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

www.backroadhome.net

www.backroadhome.net

308 ms

plusone.js

plusone.js

72 ms

cb=gapi.loaded_0

cb=gapi.loaded_0

10 ms

branding.css

branding.css

34 ms

poweredby_FFFFFF.gif

poweredby_FFFFFF.gif

60 ms

XQF-CabanaVillage-Garden-Shed.jpg

XQF-CabanaVillage-Garden-Shed.jpg

175 ms

XQ-DetailedPlan-Playground.jpg

XQ-DetailedPlan-Playground.jpg

250 ms

XQF-Woodstore-Tree-Bench.jpg

XQF-Woodstore-Tree-Bench.jpg

229 ms

XQF-Lancaster-Gazebo.jpg

XQF-Lancaster-Gazebo.jpg

230 ms

YX-TechArt-Cabin.jpg

YX-TechArt-Cabin.jpg

248 ms

XQF-EarlyNewEngland-White-Cape-Cod.jpg

XQF-EarlyNewEngland-White-Cape-Cod.jpg

249 ms

XQ-TechArt-Kenora-Cabin.jpg

XQ-TechArt-Kenora-Cabin.jpg

240 ms

YX-AmericasBest-FrontPorch.jpg

YX-AmericasBest-FrontPorch.jpg

303 ms

XQ-HomesteadDesign-Austin-Horse-Barn.jpg

XQ-HomesteadDesign-Austin-Horse-Barn.jpg

302 ms

XQ-AbsoluteSteel-Red-Barn-Kit-Cropped.jpg

XQ-AbsoluteSteel-Red-Barn-Kit-Cropped.jpg

303 ms

XQF-DJB-Applewood.jpg

XQF-DJB-Applewood.jpg

324 ms

XQ-CountryCarpenters-Saltbox-Barn-Goats.jpg

XQ-CountryCarpenters-Saltbox-Barn-Goats.jpg

414 ms

branding.css

branding.css

20 ms

addthis_widget.js

addthis_widget.js

19 ms

Y1-DJB-Ashford-Detail.jpg

Y1-DJB-Ashford-Detail.jpg

302 ms

Y1-BHN-WindGenerator-SolarPanel.jpg

Y1-BHN-WindGenerator-SolarPanel.jpg

335 ms

Y1-DJB-Shed1.jpg

Y1-DJB-Shed1.jpg

333 ms

Y1-TechArt-Whitehorse3.jpg

Y1-TechArt-Whitehorse3.jpg

344 ms

Y1-HomeAdvisor-Builder.jpg

Y1-HomeAdvisor-Builder.jpg

360 ms

Y1-DJB-Candlewood.jpg

Y1-DJB-Candlewood.jpg

450 ms

Y1-DJB-Oakville2-Car-Garage.jpg

Y1-DJB-Oakville2-Car-Garage.jpg

461 ms

Y1-BHN-Woodwork-Tools.jpg

Y1-BHN-Woodwork-Tools.jpg

410 ms

strbkgde.gif

strbkgde.gif

394 ms

n3.g

n3.g

59 ms

300lo.json

300lo.json

45 ms

fastbutton

fastbutton

76 ms

sh.8e5f85691f9aaa082472a194.html

sh.8e5f85691f9aaa082472a194.html

39 ms

cb=gapi.loaded_0

cb=gapi.loaded_0

31 ms

cb=gapi.loaded_1

cb=gapi.loaded_1

84 ms

layers.e5ea973510bf60b3db41.js

layers.e5ea973510bf60b3db41.js

26 ms

W5F8_SL0XFawnjxHGsZjJA.ttf

W5F8_SL0XFawnjxHGsZjJA.ttf

68 ms

Accessibility Review

abetterplan.com accessibility score

77

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

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

Form elements do not have associated labels

High

Links do not have a discernible name

Best Practices

abetterplan.com best practices score

50

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

High

Serves images with low resolution

General

Impact

Issue

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

High

Issues were logged in the Issues panel in Chrome Devtools

SEO Factors

abetterplan.com SEO score

87

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

    WINDOWS-1252

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Abetterplan.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 Abetterplan.com main page’s claimed encoding is windows-1252. Changing it to UTF-8 can be a good choice, as this format is commonly used for encoding all over the web and thus their visitors won’t have any troubles with symbol transcription or reading.

Social Sharing Optimization

abetterplan.com

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