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Report Summary

  • 32

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    52% of other websites

  • 80

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 49% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    35% of websites

  • 76

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    35% of websites

aei.ie

Alternative Energy Ireland – Solar Panels Ireland

Page Load Speed

2 sec in total

First Response

40 ms

Resources Loaded

1.3 sec

Page Rendered

642 ms

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About Website

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Key Findings

We analyzed Aei.ie page load time and found that the first response time was 40 ms and then it took 2 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 40% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

aei.ie performance score

32

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.7 s

31/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value4.3 s

43/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value6.5 s

39/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value740 ms

40/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value1

2/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value12.2 s

15/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

aei.ie

40 ms

aei.ie

326 ms

uc.js

43 ms

style.min.css

22 ms

classic-themes.min.css

30 ms

Our browser made a total of 56 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 75% of them (42 requests) were addressed to the original Aei.ie, 5% (3 requests) were made to Bot.leadoo.com and 4% (2 requests) were made to Cdn.trustindex.io. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (647 ms) relates to the external source V1.bot.leadoo.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 267.1 kB (15%)

Content Size

1.8 MB

After Optimization

1.5 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Aei.ie main page is 1.8 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. 60% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 1.1 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-82%

Potential reduce by 73.9 kB

  • Original 89.6 kB
  • After minification 78.4 kB
  • After compression 15.7 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. This page needs HTML code to be minified as it can gain 11.1 kB, which is 12% 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 73.9 kB or 82% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-6%

Potential reduce by 68.4 kB

  • Original 1.1 MB
  • After minification 1.0 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. Aei images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-38%

Potential reduce by 124.4 kB

  • Original 327.3 kB
  • After minification 327.3 kB
  • After compression 202.9 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 124.4 kB or 38% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 471 B

  • Original 293.3 kB
  • After minification 293.3 kB
  • After compression 292.8 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. Aei.ie has all CSS files already compressed.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 26 (53%)

Requests Now

49

After Optimization

23

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 49 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Aei. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 19 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 9 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

aei.ie

aei.ie

40 ms

aei.ie

aei.ie

326 ms

uc.js

uc.js

43 ms

style.min.css

style.min.css

22 ms

classic-themes.min.css

classic-themes.min.css

30 ms

login.css

login.css

56 ms

style.css

style.css

49 ms

site.css

site.css

57 ms

jquery.js

jquery.js

43 ms

jquery-migrate-3.4.1.min.js

jquery-migrate-3.4.1.min.js

22 ms

index.js

index.js

54 ms

Scrollrevel.js

Scrollrevel.js

74 ms

jquery.cookie.js

jquery.cookie.js

88 ms

js.js

js.js

80 ms

dynamic.js

dynamic.js

308 ms

inpage.js

inpage.js

308 ms

chat.js

chat.js

308 ms

loader.js

loader.js

22 ms

loader.js

loader.js

23 ms

font-awesome.min.css

font-awesome.min.css

75 ms

swiper-bundle.min.css

swiper-bundle.min.css

169 ms

logo-slider-wp-public.min.css

logo-slider-wp-public.min.css

83 ms

frontend.js

frontend.js

75 ms

swiper-bundle.min.js

swiper-bundle.min.js

121 ms

logo-slider-wp-public.js

logo-slider-wp-public.js

121 ms

lazyload.min.js

lazyload.min.js

122 ms

gtm.js

gtm.js

207 ms

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12 ms

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198 ms

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11 ms

logo-white.svg

logo-white.svg

109 ms

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AEI_v2-scaled-e1613566482209.jpg

85 ms

Solar-PV-on-house-1-scaled-e1613563191851.jpg

Solar-PV-on-house-1-scaled-e1613563191851.jpg

124 ms

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115 ms

Solar-Cost-Calculator-Alternative-Energy-Ireland-min.jpg

Solar-Cost-Calculator-Alternative-Energy-Ireland-min.jpg

102 ms

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210 ms

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209 ms

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loader.gif

225 ms

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Nissan-Logo-Alternative-Energy-Ireland-Commercial.png

218 ms

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232 ms

Adare-Manor-Logo-Alternative-Energy-Ireland-Commercial.png

Adare-Manor-Logo-Alternative-Energy-Ireland-Commercial.png

270 ms

Siemens-Logo-Alternative-Energy-Ireland-Commercial.png

Siemens-Logo-Alternative-Energy-Ireland-Commercial.png

301 ms

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Centra-Logo-Alternative-Energy-Ireland-Commercial.png

314 ms

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Woodies-Logo-Alternative-Energy-Ireland-Commercial.png

319 ms

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Chadwicks-Logo-Alternative-Energy-Ireland-Commercial.png

328 ms

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Heiton-Steel-Logo-Alternative-Energy-Ireland-Commercial.png

346 ms

IPUT-Logo-Alternative-Energy-Ireland-Commercial.png

IPUT-Logo-Alternative-Energy-Ireland-Commercial.png

385 ms

Solar-PV-house.jpg

Solar-PV-house.jpg

419 ms

Ventilation.jpg

Ventilation.jpg

447 ms

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Cost-e1614259638302.jpg

423 ms

Certa-DCC-Lockup.png

Certa-DCC-Lockup.png

439 ms

chat.js

chat.js

347 ms

inpage.js

inpage.js

647 ms

js

js

65 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

17 ms

print.css

print.css

29 ms

Accessibility Review

aei.ie accessibility score

80

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.

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

aei.ie 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

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

High

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

aei.ie SEO score

76

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

Links do not have descriptive text

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

Crawling and Indexing

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

Impact

Issue

High

Links are not crawlable

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 Aei.ie 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 Aei.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

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