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Report Summary

  • 31

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    51% of other websites

  • 80

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 50% of websites

  • 77

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    56% of websites

  • 93

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    84% of websites

homebrewing.org

Adventures in Homebrewing - Homebrewing Winemaking & Beverage Supplies

Page Load Speed

2.2 sec in total

First Response

454 ms

Resources Loaded

1.5 sec

Page Rendered

220 ms

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About Website

Click here to check amazing Homebrewing content for United States. Otherwise, check out these important facts you probably never knew about homebrewing.org

Offering the widest selection of homebrew ingredients, kegs, kegging equipment, commercial beverage equipment, and winemaking supplies on the internet. Most orders over $99 ship free!

Visit homebrewing.org

Key Findings

We analyzed Homebrewing.org page load time and found that the first response time was 454 ms and then it took 1.7 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 35% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

homebrewing.org performance score

31

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.1 s

47/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value11.9 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value5.5 s

55/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value1,370 ms

17/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value14.9 s

8/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

www.homebrewing.org

454 ms

modernizr.min.js

111 ms

utilities.js

144 ms

css

66 ms

layout.css

187 ms

Our browser made a total of 62 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 76% of them (47 requests) were addressed to the original Homebrewing.org, 5% (3 requests) were made to Static.olark.com and 3% (2 requests) were made to Googleadservices.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (454 ms) belongs to the original domain Homebrewing.org.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 615.6 kB (44%)

Content Size

1.4 MB

After Optimization

780.7 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Homebrewing.org main page is 1.4 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. 45% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 749.0 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-83%

Potential reduce by 65.6 kB

  • Original 79.4 kB
  • After minification 57.1 kB
  • After compression 13.9 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 22.4 kB, which is 28% 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 65.6 kB or 83% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-16%

Potential reduce by 117.4 kB

  • Original 749.0 kB
  • After minification 631.6 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. Obviously, Homebrewing needs image optimization as it can save up to 117.4 kB or 16% 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 155.4 kB

  • Original 253.7 kB
  • After minification 241.9 kB
  • After compression 98.3 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 155.4 kB or 61% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-88%

Potential reduce by 277.2 kB

  • Original 314.0 kB
  • After minification 226.9 kB
  • After compression 36.8 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. Homebrewing.org needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 277.2 kB or 88% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 21 (39%)

Requests Now

54

After Optimization

33

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 54 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Homebrewing. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 12 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 6 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

www.homebrewing.org

www.homebrewing.org

454 ms

modernizr.min.js

modernizr.min.js

111 ms

utilities.js

utilities.js

144 ms

css

css

66 ms

layout.css

layout.css

187 ms

responsive.css

responsive.css

127 ms

default_modified.css

default_modified.css

167 ms

fontello.css

fontello.css

125 ms

flexslider.css

flexslider.css

72 ms

jquery.flexslider-min.js

jquery.flexslider-min.js

84 ms

jquery.hoverIntent.js

jquery.hoverIntent.js

88 ms

functions.js

functions.js

101 ms

conversion.js

conversion.js

48 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

83 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

30 ms

Security_Banner_150x100_4a.gif

Security_Banner_150x100_4a.gif

110 ms

gplus-32.png

gplus-32.png

89 ms

header-shadow.png

header-shadow.png

87 ms

homebrewing-logo-black-hops.png

homebrewing-logo-black-hops.png

107 ms

fb-logo-24x24.png

fb-logo-24x24.png

86 ms

free-shipping-recipes-mar16.jpg

free-shipping-recipes-mar16.jpg

175 ms

agave-mar16.jpg

agave-mar16.jpg

173 ms

hop-rhizomes-mar16.jpg

hop-rhizomes-mar16.jpg

173 ms

new-5-gallon-kegs-jan16.jpg

new-5-gallon-kegs-jan16.jpg

213 ms

set-of-4-pin-lock-kegs-feb16.jpg

set-of-4-pin-lock-kegs-feb16.jpg

242 ms

free-shipping-wine-kits-nov15.jpg

free-shipping-wine-kits-nov15.jpg

264 ms

5-gallon-new-keg-aih_thumbnail.jpg

5-gallon-new-keg-aih_thumbnail.jpg

204 ms

star5.png

star5.png

204 ms

25-gallon-keg-smooth-aih_thumbnail.jpg

25-gallon-keg-smooth-aih_thumbnail.jpg

205 ms

15_13usedkeggleaih1weld_thumbnail.jpg

15_13usedkeggleaih1weld_thumbnail.jpg

240 ms

cereal_killer_grain_mill_full_thumbnail.jpg

cereal_killer_grain_mill_full_thumbnail.jpg

240 ms

freeShip.gif

freeShip.gif

240 ms

perlick_630ss_faucet-1_thumbnail.jpg

perlick_630ss_faucet-1_thumbnail.jpg

245 ms

14_inch_propane_burner_220000_btu_angle_thumbnail.jpg

14_inch_propane_burner_220000_btu_angle_thumbnail.jpg

273 ms

5gallonbrewpote12215_thumbnail.jpg

5gallonbrewpote12215_thumbnail.jpg

274 ms

star4.png

star4.png

270 ms

25_foot_wort_chiller_3-8_inch_economy_copper_tubing_full_thumbnail.jpg

25_foot_wort_chiller_3-8_inch_economy_copper_tubing_full_thumbnail.jpg

269 ms

visa.jpg

visa.jpg

293 ms

master-card.jpg

master-card.jpg

296 ms

amex.jpg

amex.jpg

299 ms

discover.jpg

discover.jpg

301 ms

paypal.jpg

paypal.jpg

312 ms

global-shipping.jpg

global-shipping.jpg

305 ms

facebook-brewing.png

facebook-brewing.png

331 ms

twitter-brewing.png

twitter-brewing.png

334 ms

you-tube-brewing.png

you-tube-brewing.png

333 ms

collect

collect

32 ms

title-bg.png

title-bg.png

272 ms

fontello.woff

fontello.woff

278 ms

hop-cone-sale-white-text.png

hop-cone-sale-white-text.png

275 ms

collect

collect

78 ms

35 ms

count.asp

count.asp

260 ms

loader0.js

loader0.js

87 ms

flexslider-icon.woff

flexslider-icon.woff

208 ms

41 ms

ga-audiences

ga-audiences

34 ms

31 ms

9258-966-10-4394.js

9258-966-10-4394.js

28 ms

c

c

120 ms

spacer.gif

spacer.gif

46 ms

application2.js

application2.js

147 ms

Accessibility Review

homebrewing.org accessibility score

80

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

[aria-hidden="true"] elements contain focusable descendents

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

[id] attributes on active, focusable elements are not unique

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

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

homebrewing.org best practices score

77

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

Browser errors were logged to the console

High

Page has valid source maps

High

Issues were logged in the Issues panel in Chrome Devtools

SEO Factors

homebrewing.org SEO score

93

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

    N/A

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Homebrewing.org 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 Homebrewing.org 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

homebrewing.org

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