Ads were disabled on the Safe in the Seat homepage between two GTmetrix test runs. The before test (11:53 AM) includes all ad scripts and placements. The after test (12:02 PM) reflects the page without ads. Both tests ran on the same infrastructure within minutes of each other.
Key Improvements
GTmetrix Grade
C (79)
A (94)
+15 points
Performance
71%
92%
+21 points
Structure
92%
97%
+5 points
Blocking Time
1,023ms
228ms
-78%
Interactive
3.3s
1.5s
-53%
Page Weight
3.2 MB
2.0 MB
-37%
Timing Breakdown
Full Comparison
| Metric |
With Ads |
Without Ads |
Change |
| GTmetrix Grade |
C (79) |
A (94) |
+15 pts |
| Performance Score |
71% |
92% |
+21 pts |
| Structure Score |
92% |
97% |
+5 pts |
| First Contentful Paint |
625ms |
576ms |
-8% |
| Largest Contentful Paint |
625ms |
576ms |
-8% |
| Total Blocking Time |
1,023ms |
228ms |
-78% |
| Cumulative Layout Shift |
0.013 |
0.013 |
No change |
| Time to Interactive |
3.3s |
1.5s |
-53% |
| Speed Index |
628ms |
578ms |
-8% |
| Time to First Byte |
105ms |
69ms |
-34% |
| Fully Loaded |
5.1s |
2.1s |
-60% |
| Page Size |
3.2 MB |
2.0 MB |
-37% |
| HTTP Requests |
234 |
149 |
-36% |
Bottom Line
Removing ads moved the homepage from a C to an A, cut Total Blocking Time by 78%, made the page interactive 53% faster, and shed 1.2 MB of page weight—dropping from 234 requests to 149. The page now fully loads in 2.1 seconds instead of 5.1.