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Report Summary

  • 81

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    86% of other websites

  • 90

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 74% of websites

  • 67

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    24% of websites

  • 75

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    32% of websites

hostgecko.com

Canadian Shared Web Hosting Services, Reseller Hosting, and Dedicated Servers by HostGecko

Page Load Speed

1.1 sec in total

First Response

167 ms

Resources Loaded

715 ms

Page Rendered

190 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Hostgecko.com page load time and found that the first response time was 167 ms and then it took 905 ms to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 20% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

hostgecko.com performance score

81

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value1.9 s

87/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value4.3 s

42/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value2.1 s

99/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value80 ms

99/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.129

82/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value3.1 s

95/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

hostgecko.com

167 ms

font.css

67 ms

style.css

73 ms

home.css

75 ms

jquery-1.4.2.min.js

181 ms

Our browser made a total of 45 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that all of those requests were addressed to Hostgecko.com and no external sources were called. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (311 ms) belongs to the original domain Hostgecko.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 122.2 kB (27%)

Content Size

447.7 kB

After Optimization

325.5 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Hostgecko.com main page is 447.7 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. 25% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 336.2 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-81%

Potential reduce by 12.3 kB

  • Original 15.2 kB
  • After minification 10.1 kB
  • After compression 2.9 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 5.1 kB, which is 34% 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 12.3 kB or 81% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-13%

Potential reduce by 42.8 kB

  • Original 336.2 kB
  • After minification 293.5 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, Host Gecko needs image optimization as it can save up to 42.8 kB or 13% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-65%

Potential reduce by 48.6 kB

  • Original 74.3 kB
  • After minification 74.2 kB
  • After compression 25.7 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 48.6 kB or 65% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-84%

Potential reduce by 18.5 kB

  • Original 22.0 kB
  • After minification 17.4 kB
  • After compression 3.4 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. Hostgecko.com needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 18.5 kB or 84% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 7 (18%)

Requests Now

39

After Optimization

32

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 39 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Host Gecko. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

hostgecko.com

hostgecko.com

167 ms

font.css

font.css

67 ms

style.css

style.css

73 ms

home.css

home.css

75 ms

jquery-1.4.2.min.js

jquery-1.4.2.min.js

181 ms

jquery.pngFix.pack.js

jquery.pngFix.pack.js

74 ms

javascript.php

javascript.php

76 ms

body_bg.gif

body_bg.gif

40 ms

header_top_bg.png

header_top_bg.png

39 ms

header_bg.png

header_bg.png

110 ms

header_vline.gif

header_vline.gif

42 ms

livechat.png

livechat.png

43 ms

left_shadow.png

left_shadow.png

43 ms

nav_bg.png

nav_bg.png

74 ms

home_banner_bg.png

home_banner_bg.png

184 ms

home_banner_title.png

home_banner_title.png

112 ms

list_style.png

list_style.png

80 ms

home_view_plan_button_normal.png

home_view_plan_button_normal.png

81 ms

service_header_bg.png

service_header_bg.png

110 ms

line_2pixel_bg.gif

line_2pixel_bg.gif

116 ms

service_body_bg.png

service_body_bg.png

117 ms

reseller_image.png

reseller_image.png

145 ms

resellar_button_normal.png

resellar_button_normal.png

148 ms

vpshost_image.png

vpshost_image.png

150 ms

vps_button_normal.png

vps_button_normal.png

153 ms

dedicated_image.png

dedicated_image.png

188 ms

dedicate_button_nomral.png

dedicate_button_nomral.png

182 ms

h_list_1.png

h_list_1.png

184 ms

h_list_2.png

h_list_2.png

187 ms

h_list_3.png

h_list_3.png

189 ms

service_item_img.png

service_item_img.png

217 ms

awards_content_bg.gif

awards_content_bg.gif

219 ms

awards_left_bg.gif

awards_left_bg.gif

220 ms

awards_right_bg.gif

awards_right_bg.gif

222 ms

bottom_banner_image.png

bottom_banner_image.png

260 ms

view_awards_button_nomral.png

view_awards_button_nomral.png

225 ms

page_end_bg.png

page_end_bg.png

253 ms

footer_bg.png

footer_bg.png

254 ms

twiiter.png

twiiter.png

256 ms

InitateChat.gif

InitateChat.gif

257 ms

myriadpro-boldcond-webfont.woff

myriadpro-boldcond-webfont.woff

311 ms

myriadpro-cond-webfont.woff

myriadpro-cond-webfont.woff

290 ms

myriadpro-bold-webfont.woff

myriadpro-bold-webfont.woff

292 ms

myriadpro-regular-webfont.woff

myriadpro-regular-webfont.woff

296 ms

myriadpro-boldcondit-webfont.woff

myriadpro-boldcondit-webfont.woff

276 ms

Accessibility Review

hostgecko.com accessibility score

90

Accessibility Issues

Navigation

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

Impact

Issue

High

Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order

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

Links do not have a discernible name

Best Practices

hostgecko.com best practices score

67

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

User Experience

Impact

Issue

High

Serves images with low resolution

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

SEO Factors

hostgecko.com SEO score

75

Search Engine Optimization Advices

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 Hostgecko.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 Hostgecko.com 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

hostgecko.com

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