Report Summary

  • 14

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    26% of other websites

  • 81

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 52% of websites

  • 67

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    24% of websites

  • 84

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    53% of websites

rebatesme.com

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Page Load Speed

63 sec in total

First Response

1.1 sec

Resources Loaded

61.3 sec

Page Rendered

642 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Rebatesme.com page load time and found that the first response time was 1.1 sec and then it took 61.9 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 95% of websites can load faster. Unfortunately, there were 20 request timeouts, which can generally increase the web page load time, as the browser stays idle while waiting for website response.

Performance Metrics

rebatesme.com performance score

14

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value7.5 s

1/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value10.5 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value12.8 s

2/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value7,040 ms

0/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.107

88/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value22.0 s

1/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

rebatesme.com

1084 ms

www.rebatesme.com

4487 ms

style_v2.0.11.css

2796 ms

style_en_v2.0.11.css

2376 ms

jquery.js

1535 ms

Our browser made a total of 173 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 3% of them (6 requests) were addressed to the original Rebatesme.com, 91% (158 requests) were made to Pics.rebatesme.com and 1% (2 requests) were made to Hm.baidu.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (20.5 sec) relates to the external source Pics.rebatesme.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 644.8 kB (60%)

Content Size

1.1 MB

After Optimization

432.6 kB

In fact, the total size of Rebatesme.com main page is 1.1 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. Images take 513.7 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-92%

Potential reduce by 286.6 kB

  • Original 310.4 kB
  • After minification 188.4 kB
  • After compression 23.8 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 122.0 kB, which is 39% 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 286.6 kB or 92% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-33%

Potential reduce by 167.8 kB

  • Original 513.7 kB
  • After minification 345.9 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, Rebates Me needs image optimization as it can save up to 167.8 kB or 33% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-68%

Potential reduce by 103.1 kB

  • Original 151.0 kB
  • After minification 140.3 kB
  • After compression 47.9 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 103.1 kB or 68% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-85%

Potential reduce by 87.3 kB

  • Original 102.3 kB
  • After minification 80.0 kB
  • After compression 15.0 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. Rebatesme.com needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 87.3 kB or 85% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 22 (28%)

Requests Now

80

After Optimization

58

The browser has sent 80 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Rebates Me. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 9 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Accessibility Review

rebatesme.com accessibility score

81

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

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

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

rebatesme.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

Displays images with incorrect aspect ratio

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

SEO Factors

rebatesme.com SEO score

84

Search Engine Optimization Advices

Crawling and Indexing

To appear in search results, crawlers need access to your app.

Impact

Issue

High

Links are not crawlable

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

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

High

Tap targets are not sized appropriately

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 Rebatesme.com 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 Rebatesme.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

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