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nicorhomeservices.com

Page Load Speed

1.7 sec in total

First Response

338 ms

Resources Loaded

1.1 sec

Page Rendered

276 ms

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Nicor Home Solutions provides the northern Illinois region with cost-effective home warranty plans. These service plans include repair and maintenance work for common household systems and appliances,...

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Key Findings

We analyzed Nicorhomeservices.com page load time and found that the first response time was 338 ms and then it took 1.4 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 25% of websites can load faster. This domain responded with an error, which can significantly jeopardize Nicorhomeservices.com rating and web reputation

Performance Metrics

nicorhomeservices.com performance score

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Network Requests Diagram

Nicor

338 ms

modernizr.js

51 ms

Default.css

81 ms

jquery-ui.custom.Default.css

92 ms

Default.css

79 ms

Our browser made a total of 44 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 0% of them (0 request) were addressed to the original Nicorhomeservices.com, 5% (2 requests) were made to Google-analytics.com and 2% (1 request) were made to Bat.bing.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (338 ms) relates to the external source Yourhomesolutions.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 986.0 kB (70%)

Content Size

1.4 MB

After Optimization

422.4 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Nicorhomeservices.com 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. 35% of websites need less resources to load. Javascripts take 840.0 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-78%

Potential reduce by 44.7 kB

  • Original 57.3 kB
  • After minification 41.3 kB
  • After compression 12.7 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 16.1 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 44.7 kB or 78% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-20%

Potential reduce by 43.1 kB

  • Original 210.7 kB
  • After minification 167.6 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, Nicorhomeservices needs image optimization as it can save up to 43.1 kB or 20% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-75%

Potential reduce by 633.6 kB

  • Original 840.0 kB
  • After minification 671.3 kB
  • After compression 206.4 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 633.6 kB or 75% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-88%

Potential reduce by 264.6 kB

  • Original 300.3 kB
  • After minification 223.3 kB
  • After compression 35.7 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. Nicorhomeservices.com needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 264.6 kB or 88% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 22 (56%)

Requests Now

39

After Optimization

17

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 39 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Nicorhomeservices. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 17 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 7 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

Nicor

Nicor

338 ms

modernizr.js

modernizr.js

51 ms

Default.css

Default.css

81 ms

jquery-ui.custom.Default.css

jquery-ui.custom.Default.css

92 ms

Default.css

Default.css

79 ms

Custom.css

Custom.css

82 ms

visitoridentificationextension.aspx

visitoridentificationextension.aspx

137 ms

normalize.min.css

normalize.min.css

82 ms

Nicor.css

Nicor.css

188 ms

WebResource.axd

WebResource.axd

107 ms

jquery.js

jquery.js

144 ms

jquery-ui.min.js

jquery-ui.min.js

124 ms

jquery-ui-i18n.js

jquery-ui-i18n.js

128 ms

json2.min.js

json2.min.js

116 ms

head.load.min.js

head.load.min.js

144 ms

sc.webform.js

sc.webform.js

168 ms

WebResource.axd

WebResource.axd

147 ms

jquery-1.11.1.min.js

jquery-1.11.1.min.js

207 ms

jquery.placeholder.min.js

jquery.placeholder.min.js

167 ms

Foundation.js

Foundation.js

230 ms

slick.js

slick.js

190 ms

PHScombined.min.js

PHScombined.min.js

206 ms

GlobalStyles.css

GlobalStyles.css

204 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

34 ms

bat.js

bat.js

109 ms

fbevents.js

fbevents.js

298 ms

collect

collect

16 ms

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Nicor-Home-Solutions-Bold-Logo-2016.png

103 ms

NIC_callout%20icon_homepg_OWS.png

NIC_callout%20icon_homepg_OWS.png

114 ms

NIC_callout%20icon_homepg_Gas%20and%20Electric.png

NIC_callout%20icon_homepg_Gas%20and%20Electric.png

129 ms

Nicor-Home-Solutions-Customer-Service.png

Nicor-Home-Solutions-Customer-Service.png

156 ms

facebook%20logo.png

facebook%20logo.png

131 ms

twitter.png

twitter.png

130 ms

Pivotal-Home-Solutions-Small-Logo.png

Pivotal-Home-Solutions-Small-Logo.png

140 ms

collect

collect

73 ms

404

404

242 ms

ga-audiences

ga-audiences

49 ms

200 ms

Couple-Using-Laptop-In-Kitchen.jpg

Couple-Using-Laptop-In-Kitchen.jpg

158 ms

Family-Standing-In-Laundry-Room.jpg

Family-Standing-In-Laundry-Room.jpg

157 ms

ajax-loader.gif

ajax-loader.gif

31 ms

prev-arrow.png

prev-arrow.png

33 ms

next-arrow.png

next-arrow.png

33 ms

ajax-loader.gif

ajax-loader.gif

32 ms

SEO Factors

nicorhomeservices.com SEO score

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Language and Encoding

  • Language Detected

    N/A

  • Language Claimed

    N/A

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Nicorhomeservices.com 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) and no language is claimed in <html> or <meta> tags either. Our system also found out that Nicorhomeservices.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

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