vhi.ie Website Information
Daily Unique Visits: 5,171
Daily Page Views: 20,684
Income Per Day: $58
Estimated Value: $31,320
This website is located in Ireland and is using following IP address 193.104.136.38. See the complete list of popular websites hosted in Ireland.
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The highest website vhi.ie position in Alexa rank database was 3285 and the lowest rank position was 944485. Current position of vhi.ie in Alexa rank database is 242676.
Desktop speed score of vhi.ie (58/100) is better than the results of 33.06% of other sites and shows that the page desktop performance can be improved.
Mobile usability score of vhi.ie (95/100) is better than the results of 39.69% of other sites and means that the page is mobile-friendly.
Mobile speed score of vhi.ie (44/100) is better than the results of 24.22% of other sites and shows that the landing page performance on mobile devices is poor and can be improved.
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Last tested: 2017-05-31
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vhi.ie Desktop Resource Breakdown
Total Resources | 91 |
Number of Hosts | 14 |
Static Resources | 31 |
JavaScript Resources | 41 |
CSS Resources | 5 |
vhi.ie mobile page speed rank
Last tested: 2017-05-31
vhi.ie Mobile Speed Test Quick Summary
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vhi.ie Mobile Resource Breakdown
Total Resources | 87 |
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vhi.ie mobile page usability
Last tested: 2017-05-31
vhi.ie Mobile Usability Test Quick Summary
priority - 4Size tap targets appropriately
Some of the links/buttons on your webpage may be too small for a user to easily tap on a touchscreen. Consider making these tap targets larger to provide a better user experience.
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<button id="btn-discover_more">Discover More</button>
is close to 1 other tap targets.The tap target
<a href="/members">For Members</a>
and 11 others are close to other tap targets.vhi.ie HTML validation
Errors
Bad value “cache-control” for attribute “http-equiv” on element “meta”.
"...IE=edge"> <meta http-equiv="cache-control" content="no-cache"> <meta..."
Bad value “pragma” for attribute “http-equiv” on element “meta”.
"...o-cache"> <meta http-equiv="pragma" content="no-cache"> <meta..."
An “img” element must have an “alt” attribute, except under certain conditions. For details, consult guidance on providing text alternatives for images.
"...btn"> <img src="/images/circled-x-icon.png"/> </..." Line: 688 Column: 4 - 138
"...unds"> <img src="/images/header/home/header-image-homepage-hero_image-m.jpg" width="100%" class="hidden-sm hidden-md hidden-lg img-dental-xs"> <i..." Line: 689 Column: 4 - 137
"...l-xs"> <img src="/images/header/home/header-image-homepage-hero_image-t.jpg" width="947" class="hidden-xs hidden-md hidden-lg img-dental-sm"> <i..." Line: 690 Column: 4 - 128
"...l-sm"> <img src="/images/header/home/header-image-homepage-hero_image-t.jpg" width="1236" class="hidden-xs hidden-sm img-dental-md"> </d..." Line: 1600 Column: 7 - 45
"... <p><img src="/images/footer/vhi-logo.png"></p> ..." Line: 2348 Column: 67 - 110
"...iHealth/"><img src="/images/footer/facebook-icon.png"></a> ..." Line: 2349 Column: 79 - 122
"...althcare"><img src="/images/footer/linkedin-icon.png"></a> <..." Line: 2421 Column: 9 - 44
"...> <img src="/images/footer/phone.png"> ..." Line: 2426 Column: 13 - 48
"... <img src="/images/footer/phone.png"> ..." Line: 2433 Column: 5 - 46
"...ner"> <img src="/images/footer/phone_small.png"> <..." Line: 2437 Column: 9 - 43
"... <img src="/images/footer/line.png"> ..."
The element “button” must not appear as a descendant of the “a” element.
"...tion"> <button id="navbar-myvhi-login-btn" type="button"></butt..." Line: 366 Column: 4 - 55
"...tion"> <button id="myvhi-dropdown-login-btn" type="button"></butt..." Line: 778 Column: 22 - 97
"... <button id="home-hero-panel-btn" type="button" class="btn btn-default find"> ..." Line: 968 Column: 3 - 30
"...n-cta"> <button id="discover-1-btn">Find O..." Line: 1175 Column: 13 - 45
"... <button id="product-panel-1-btn"> ..." Line: 1282 Column: 13 - 45
"... <button id="product-panel-2-btn"> ..." Line: 1389 Column: 13 - 45
"... <button id="product-panel-3-btn"> ..." Line: 1476 Column: 46 - 80
"...tion-cta"><button id="promotion-panel-1-btn">Find o..." Line: 1539 Column: 13 - 47
"... <button id="promotion-panel-2-btn">Find o..." Line: 1558 Column: 13 - 47
"... <button id="promotion-panel-3-btn">Switch..."
Bad value “100%” for attribute “width” on element “img”: Expected a digit but saw “%” instead.
"...unds"> <img src="/images/header/home/header-image-homepage-hero_image-m.jpg" width="100%" class="hidden-sm hidden-md hidden-lg img-dental-xs"> <i..."
Bad value “retrieve-a-quote2” for attribute “role” on element “form”.
"...> <form role="retrieve-a-quote2" id="retrieve-saved-quote-form" action="/products/retrievequote" method="GET"> ..."
Duplicate attribute “class”.
"...ss="i18n" class="i18n" data-i1..."
Attribute “vwc-res” not allowed on element “a” at this point.
"...List"> <a href="#" class="btn-5 submitBtn i18n" vwc-res="yes">Yes</a..." Line: 2876 Column: 4 - 57
"...es</a> <a href="#" class="btn-5 submitBtn i18n" vwc-res="no">No</a>..."
Attribute “vwc-res” not allowed on element “div” at this point.
"...ocks"> <div class="webChatFeedBackImg wcLove" vwc-res="5"></div>..." Line: 2888 Column: 4 - 55
"...</div> <div class="webChatFeedBackImg wcHappy" vwc-res="4"></div>..." Line: 2889 Column: 4 - 53
"...</div> <div class="webChatFeedBackImg wcMeh" vwc-res="3"></div>..." Line: 2890 Column: 4 - 53
"...</div> <div class="webChatFeedBackImg wcSad" vwc-res="2"></div>..." Line: 2891 Column: 4 - 54
"...</div> <div class="webChatFeedBackImg wcHate" vwc-res="1"></div>..."
The “aria-controls” attribute must point to an element in the same document.
"...header"> <button id="navbar-mobile-toggler-btn" class="navbar-toggler navbar-toggler-left navbar-toggle collapsed" type="button" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#bs-example-navbar-collapse-1" aria-controls="navbarCollapse" aria-expanded="false" aria-label="Toggle navigation"> ..."
Warnings
Consider avoiding viewport values that prevent users from resizing documents.
"...e-width"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, maximum-scale=1, user-scalable=no"> <!--[..."
The “navigation” role is unnecessary for element “nav”.
"... <nav id="top-nav-bar" role="navigation" class="navbar navbar-default navbar-fixed-top"> ..."
Section lacks heading. Consider using “h2”-“h6” elements to add identifying headings to all sections.
"...</header> <section id="hero-image-btns"> ..."
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