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hotelrates.com

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Page Load Speed

2.5 sec in total

First Response

163 ms

Resources Loaded

2.1 sec

Page Rendered

232 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Hotelrates.com page load time and found that the first response time was 163 ms and then it took 2.3 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 45% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

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Network Requests Diagram

hotelrates.com

163 ms

calendar.css

71 ms

calendarv2.css

102 ms

hoteldefault.css

65 ms

style.css

84 ms

Our browser made a total of 37 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 30% of them (11 requests) were addressed to the original Hotelrates.com, 68% (25 requests) were made to Images.wctravel.com and 3% (1 request) were made to Travelagency.net. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1.8 sec) relates to the external source Images.wctravel.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 291.8 kB (77%)

Content Size

380.7 kB

After Optimization

88.9 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Hotelrates.com main page is 380.7 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. Javascripts take 219.4 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-86%

Potential reduce by 72.9 kB

  • Original 85.1 kB
  • After minification 76.0 kB
  • After compression 12.2 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 9.1 kB, which is 11% 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 72.9 kB or 86% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-7%

Potential reduce by 4.0 kB

  • Original 53.4 kB
  • After minification 49.4 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. Hotel Rates images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-89%

Potential reduce by 196.2 kB

  • Original 219.4 kB
  • After minification 103.0 kB
  • After compression 23.1 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. It is highly recommended that all JavaScript files should be compressed and minified as it can save up to 196.2 kB or 89% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-82%

Potential reduce by 18.7 kB

  • Original 22.9 kB
  • After minification 17.6 kB
  • After compression 4.2 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. Hotelrates.com needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 18.7 kB or 82% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 20 (56%)

Requests Now

36

After Optimization

16

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 36 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Hotel Rates. 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 CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

hotelrates.com

hotelrates.com

163 ms

calendar.css

calendar.css

71 ms

calendarv2.css

calendarv2.css

102 ms

hoteldefault.css

hoteldefault.css

65 ms

style.css

style.css

84 ms

px1.gif

px1.gif

41 ms

bg_left.gif

bg_left.gif

40 ms

bot01.jpg

bot01.jpg

43 ms

hotelsrch-min.js

hotelsrch-min.js

31 ms

calendarv2.js

calendarv2.js

54 ms

calendar.js

calendar.js

51 ms

bg.gif

bg.gif

47 ms

null.gif

null.gif

221 ms

line_separator.gif

line_separator.gif

23 ms

tbl_main_leftM.gif

tbl_main_leftM.gif

64 ms

white.gif

white.gif

63 ms

tbl_main_rightM_in.gif

tbl_main_rightM_in.gif

23 ms

tbl_main_rightM_out.gif

tbl_main_rightM_out.gif

1311 ms

tbl_main_bt_left.gif

tbl_main_bt_left.gif

62 ms

tbl_main_btM.gif

tbl_main_btM.gif

361 ms

tbl_main_bt_right_in.gif

tbl_main_bt_right_in.gif

67 ms

tbl_main_bt_right_out.gif

tbl_main_bt_right_out.gif

75 ms

promo_jsf_vegas.jpg

promo_jsf_vegas.jpg

118 ms

deals_los-angeles_103.jpg

deals_los-angeles_103.jpg

153 ms

hotels_boston_69.jpg

hotels_boston_69.jpg

829 ms

promo_jsf_chicago.jpg

promo_jsf_chicago.jpg

208 ms

promo_jsf_nyc.jpg

promo_jsf_nyc.jpg

1805 ms

deals_san-diego_103.jpg

deals_san-diego_103.jpg

280 ms

promo_jsf_orlando.jpg

promo_jsf_orlando.jpg

293 ms

promo_jsf_sf.jpg

promo_jsf_sf.jpg

1802 ms

promo_jsf_dc.jpg

promo_jsf_dc.jpg

359 ms

fon_top.gif

fon_top.gif

21 ms

hotelrates.jpg

hotelrates.jpg

59 ms

fon02.gif

fon02.gif

22 ms

fon_top.jpg

fon_top.jpg

21 ms

fon_left.jpg

fon_left.jpg

38 ms

bg_right.gif

bg_right.gif

38 ms

SEO Factors

hotelrates.com SEO score

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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 Hotelrates.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 Hotelrates.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

hotelrates.com

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