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Report Summary

  • 61

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    76% of other websites

  • 42

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 18% of websites

  • 50

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    18% of websites

  • 62

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    22% of websites

homevillage.ca

Canadian House & Home Guide, Canadian Home Renovations, Home Services Directory - HomeVillage.ca

Page Load Speed

24 sec in total

First Response

276 ms

Resources Loaded

23 sec

Page Rendered

796 ms

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About Website

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HomeVillage House & Home Guide and Home Services Directory offers home renovation tips, home repair guides, home decor articles, home services local directory and much more. HomeVillage.ca is Canada's...

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Key Findings

We analyzed Homevillage.ca page load time and found that the first response time was 276 ms and then it took 23.8 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is an excellent result, as only a small number of websites can load faster. Unfortunately, there was 1 request timeout, which can generally increase the web page load time, as the browser stays idle while waiting for website response.

Performance Metrics

homevillage.ca performance score

61

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value2.5 s

68/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value4.1 s

47/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value2.6 s

97/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value450 ms

62/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.238

52/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value6.3 s

61/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

www.homevillage.ca

276 ms

forum.css

89 ms

AC_RunActiveContent.js

184 ms

ga.js

150 ms

pagebg.gif

520 ms

Our browser made a total of 46 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 93% of them (43 requests) were addressed to the original Homevillage.ca, 4% (2 requests) were made to Google-analytics.com and 2% (1 request) were made to Dyn.neo.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (20.4 sec) relates to the external source Dyn.neo.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 232.5 kB (38%)

Content Size

616.2 kB

After Optimization

383.7 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Homevillage.ca main page is 616.2 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. 30% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 513.2 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-87%

Potential reduce by 54.3 kB

  • Original 62.2 kB
  • After minification 48.5 kB
  • After compression 7.9 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 13.8 kB, which is 22% 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 54.3 kB or 87% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-31%

Potential reduce by 158.3 kB

  • Original 513.2 kB
  • After minification 354.9 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, Home Village needs image optimization as it can save up to 158.3 kB or 31% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 34 B

  • Original 17.2 kB
  • After minification 17.2 kB
  • After compression 17.1 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. This website has mostly compressed JavaScripts.

CSS Optimization

-84%

Potential reduce by 19.8 kB

  • Original 23.6 kB
  • After minification 18.7 kB
  • After compression 3.8 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. Homevillage.ca needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 19.8 kB or 84% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 9 (20%)

Requests Now

44

After Optimization

35

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 44 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Home Village. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 4 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

www.homevillage.ca

www.homevillage.ca

276 ms

forum.css

forum.css

89 ms

AC_RunActiveContent.js

AC_RunActiveContent.js

184 ms

ga.js

ga.js

150 ms

pagebg.gif

pagebg.gif

520 ms

654 ms

__utm.gif

__utm.gif

108 ms

leftbg.gif

leftbg.gif

203 ms

topleft-bg.gif

topleft-bg.gif

204 ms

logo.png

logo.png

640 ms

tabred.gif

tabred.gif

211 ms

tabgray.gif

tabgray.gif

415 ms

searchbg.gif

searchbg.gif

414 ms

findit.png

findit.png

652 ms

tblleftbg.gif

tblleftbg.gif

531 ms

tblmidbg_m.gif

tblmidbg_m.gif

527 ms

stainless_steel_cookware_sets.jpg

stainless_steel_cookware_sets.jpg

526 ms

kitchen_lighting_ideas.jpg

kitchen_lighting_ideas.jpg

584 ms

vinyl_wood_flooring.jpg

vinyl_wood_flooring.jpg

584 ms

bay-window-curtains.jpg

bay-window-curtains.jpg

583 ms

home-improvement-hardware-guide.jpg

home-improvement-hardware-guide.jpg

642 ms

bedding-comforter-sets.jpg

bedding-comforter-sets.jpg

642 ms

lowes-home-improvement.jpg

lowes-home-improvement.jpg

642 ms

snow-blower-John%20Deere-review.jpg

snow-blower-John%20Deere-review.jpg

635 ms

tblrightbg.gif

tblrightbg.gif

793 ms

newsletter.gif

newsletter.gif

793 ms

johnny1.jpg

johnny1.jpg

873 ms

792 ms

shaun1.jpg

shaun1.jpg

1785 ms

vancouver_plumbers_logo.jpg

vancouver_plumbers_logo.jpg

874 ms

toronto_fireplaces_logo.jpg

toronto_fireplaces_logo.jpg

1118 ms

montreal_bedrooms_logo.jpg

montreal_bedrooms_logo.jpg

1625 ms

calgary_cabinets_logo.jpg

calgary_cabinets_logo.jpg

1020 ms

rightbg.gif

rightbg.gif

954 ms

topright-bg.gif

topright-bg.gif

975 ms

carousel-style.css

carousel-style.css

490 ms

carousel-framework.js

carousel-framework.js

826 ms

carousel-functions.js

carousel-functions.js

748 ms

loadingAnimation.gif

loadingAnimation.gif

20368 ms

image1.jpg

image1.jpg

383 ms

image2.jpg

image2.jpg

488 ms

image3.jpg

image3.jpg

504 ms

image4.jpg

image4.jpg

156 ms

image5.jpg

image5.jpg

158 ms

previous.png

previous.png

238 ms

next.png

next.png

239 ms

Accessibility Review

homevillage.ca accessibility score

42

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.

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

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

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

High

<input type="image"> elements do not have [alt] text

High

Form elements do not have associated labels

High

<object> elements do not have alternate text

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

Best Practices

homevillage.ca 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

homevillage.ca SEO score

62

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

High

Document uses plugins

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 Homevillage.ca 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 Homevillage.ca 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

homevillage.ca

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