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Report Summary

  • 65

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    79% of other websites

  • 46

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 19% of websites

  • 83

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    56% of websites

  • 92

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    75% of websites

hostelworld.co

Page Load Speed

3.1 sec in total

First Response

32 ms

Resources Loaded

2.7 sec

Page Rendered

395 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Hostelworld.co page load time and found that the first response time was 32 ms and then it took 3.1 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 55% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

hostelworld.co performance score

65

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value2.2 s

77/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value4.7 s

33/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value3.1 s

93/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value540 ms

55/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.029

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value4.3 s

85/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

hostelworld.co

32 ms

click-4094362-10771561

9 ms

J

12 ms

z-ORSNOz00NzOO0SVQPOOVNQUQN-QS0O

5 ms

www.hostelworld.com

479 ms

Our browser made a total of 68 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 1% of them (1 request) were addressed to the original Hostelworld.co, 24% (16 requests) were made to Icd.hwstatic.com and 18% (12 requests) were made to Ucd.hwstatic.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1.1 sec) relates to the external source Servedby.flashtalking.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 452.5 kB (44%)

Content Size

1.0 MB

After Optimization

582.8 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Hostelworld.co main page is 1.0 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. Javascripts take 417.6 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-77%

Potential reduce by 50.0 kB

  • Original 64.9 kB
  • After minification 55.5 kB
  • After compression 14.9 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 9.4 kB, which is 15% 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 50.0 kB or 77% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-5%

Potential reduce by 18.5 kB

  • Original 397.6 kB
  • After minification 379.2 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. Hostelworld images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-62%

Potential reduce by 260.3 kB

  • Original 417.6 kB
  • After minification 411.5 kB
  • After compression 157.3 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 260.3 kB or 62% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-80%

Potential reduce by 123.7 kB

  • Original 155.2 kB
  • After minification 155.1 kB
  • After compression 31.5 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. Hostelworld.co needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 123.7 kB or 80% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 28 (48%)

Requests Now

58

After Optimization

30

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 58 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Hostelworld. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 15 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

hostelworld.co

hostelworld.co

32 ms

click-4094362-10771561

click-4094362-10771561

9 ms

J

J

12 ms

z-ORSNOz00NzOO0SVQPOOVNQUQN-QS0O

z-ORSNOz00NzOO0SVQPOOVNQUQN-QS0O

5 ms

www.hostelworld.com

www.hostelworld.com

479 ms

global_deployed.css

global_deployed.css

18 ms

new-homepage-drupal_deployed.css

new-homepage-drupal_deployed.css

42 ms

jquery-1.10.2.min.js

jquery-1.10.2.min.js

17 ms

jquery-migrate-1.2.1.js

jquery-migrate-1.2.1.js

14 ms

js_visitor_settings.php

js_visitor_settings.php

7 ms

bg-tile.png

bg-tile.png

30 ms

header_1140.png

header_1140.png

30 ms

brand_header.png

brand_header.png

21 ms

hw_logo.svg

hw_logo.svg

21 ms

flag_sprites.png

flag_sprites.png

22 ms

tagline.svg

tagline.svg

27 ms

iconsprite.png

iconsprite.png

39 ms

spinner.gif

spinner.gif

23 ms

iconsprite.png

iconsprite.png

24 ms

hb_logo_small.png

hb_logo_small.png

24 ms

hiusa_logo_white.png

hiusa_logo_white.png

21 ms

stchristophers_logo_white.png

stchristophers_logo_white.png

24 ms

generator_logo_white.png

generator_logo_white.png

25 ms

v.gif

v.gif

23 ms

notosans-regular.woff

notosans-regular.woff

27 ms

notosans-bold.woff

notosans-bold.woff

27 ms

jstranslations-en.js

jstranslations-en.js

18 ms

global_deployed.js

global_deployed.js

20 ms

new-homepage-drupal_deployed.js

new-homepage-drupal_deployed.js

41 ms

s_code.js

s_code.js

26 ms

nl-loader-footer.gif

nl-loader-footer.gif

27 ms

flags-unicef-sn-nav.png

flags-unicef-sn-nav.png

27 ms

HW-sprites.png

HW-sprites.png

27 ms

landingpageimage_2876.png

landingpageimage_2876.png

141 ms

homepage_2817.jpg

homepage_2817.jpg

28 ms

homepage_2813.jpg

homepage_2813.jpg

27 ms

homepage_2820.jpg

homepage_2820.jpg

29 ms

homepage_2814.jpg

homepage_2814.jpg

142 ms

appstore_en.png

appstore_en.png

29 ms

playstore_en.png

playstore_en.png

28 ms

gtm.js

gtm.js

84 ms

overlay.png

overlay.png

15 ms

cover_desktop_generator.jpg

cover_desktop_generator.jpg

448 ms

fontawesome-webfont.woff

fontawesome-webfont.woff

33 ms

s85491092458833

s85491092458833

30 ms

conversion_async.js

conversion_async.js

35 ms

fbds.js

fbds.js

29 ms

ga.js

ga.js

28 ms

ck-.js

ck-.js

43 ms

108 ms

__utm.gif

__utm.gif

32 ms

46 ms

__utm.gif

__utm.gif

15 ms

collect

collect

70 ms

38 ms

ga-audiences

ga-audiences

16 ms

fbevents.js

fbevents.js

5 ms

p-qrE29Dg2KmhP0.gif

p-qrE29Dg2KmhP0.gif

7 ms

ld.js

ld.js

24 ms

21 ms

38 ms

58 ms

event

event

28 ms

1128 ms

pixel

pixel

17 ms

dis.aspx

dis.aspx

34 ms

Pug

Pug

21 ms

87 ms

Accessibility Review

hostelworld.co accessibility score

46

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

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

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

Form elements do not have associated labels

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

hostelworld.co best practices score

83

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

SEO Factors

hostelworld.co SEO score

92

Search Engine Optimization Advices

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

    N/A

  • Language Claimed

    EN

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Hostelworld.co can be misinterpreted by Google and other search engines. Unfortunately we cannot identify language used on the page (probably there is a mix of languages, too little text or something else), while the claimed language is English. Our system also found out that Hostelworld.co 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

hostelworld.co

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