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Report Summary

  • 85

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    88% of other websites

  • 34

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 18% of websites

  • 85

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    80% of websites

  • 86

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    60% of websites

canwax.com

Welcome to Canwax Inc. - Candle & Soap Making Supplies

Page Load Speed

1.3 sec in total

First Response

236 ms

Resources Loaded

850 ms

Page Rendered

203 ms

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About Website

Click here to check amazing Canwax content for Canada. Otherwise, check out these important facts you probably never knew about canwax.com

Canada's Premier Candle & Soap Making Supply Company. In business for over 16 years! Great prices & selection. Located in Huntsville Ontario Canada

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Key Findings

We analyzed Canwax.com page load time and found that the first response time was 236 ms and then it took 1.1 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 20% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

canwax.com performance score

85

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.1 s

46/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value3.2 s

73/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value3.1 s

93/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value70 ms

100/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.026

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value5.0 s

77/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

canwax.com

236 ms

utilities.js

106 ms

jquery.min.js

216 ms

jquery.quicksearch.js

71 ms

quicksearch.css

73 ms

Our browser made a total of 31 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 97% of them (30 requests) were addressed to the original Canwax.com, 3% (1 request) were made to Fonts.googleapis.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (248 ms) belongs to the original domain Canwax.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 149.4 kB (28%)

Content Size

528.7 kB

After Optimization

379.3 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Canwax.com main page is 528.7 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. Images take 334.7 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-73%

Potential reduce by 10.2 kB

  • Original 14.1 kB
  • After minification 11.5 kB
  • After compression 3.9 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 2.6 kB, which is 19% 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 10.2 kB or 73% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-4%

Potential reduce by 12.6 kB

  • Original 334.7 kB
  • After minification 322.1 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. Canwax images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-67%

Potential reduce by 92.5 kB

  • Original 137.4 kB
  • After minification 135.4 kB
  • After compression 44.9 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 92.5 kB or 67% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-80%

Potential reduce by 34.1 kB

  • Original 42.4 kB
  • After minification 35.1 kB
  • After compression 8.3 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. Canwax.com needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 34.1 kB or 80% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 6 (21%)

Requests Now

29

After Optimization

23

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 29 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Canwax. 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 JavaScripts and from 4 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

canwax.com

canwax.com

236 ms

utilities.js

utilities.js

106 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

216 ms

jquery.quicksearch.js

jquery.quicksearch.js

71 ms

quicksearch.css

quicksearch.css

73 ms

css

css

24 ms

default_modified.css

default_modified.css

140 ms

jquery.nivo.slider.pack.js

jquery.nivo.slider.pack.js

77 ms

nivo.css

nivo.css

77 ms

bgswirls.jpg

bgswirls.jpg

162 ms

logo2014.png

logo2014.png

39 ms

1384475762_Facebook.png

1384475762_Facebook.png

40 ms

1384475881_Twitter.png

1384475881_Twitter.png

41 ms

1384475812_Pinterest.png

1384475812_Pinterest.png

37 ms

icn_cart-icon.png

icn_cart-icon.png

36 ms

zoom_white_small.png

zoom_white_small.png

71 ms

loading.gif

loading.gif

72 ms

Carousel-MARCH16-2.gif

Carousel-MARCH16-2.gif

174 ms

creative.gif

creative.gif

248 ms

essential%20oils_medium.jpg

essential%20oils_medium.jpg

144 ms

whats_new_medium.jpg

whats_new_medium.jpg

139 ms

resources_medium.jpg

resources_medium.jpg

141 ms

hot_to_make2_medium.jpg

hot_to_make2_medium.jpg

210 ms

specials_medium.jpg

specials_medium.jpg

177 ms

icn_cc-visa.gif

icn_cc-visa.gif

181 ms

icn_cc-mastercard.gif

icn_cc-mastercard.gif

197 ms

icn_cc-paypal.gif

icn_cc-paypal.gif

209 ms

count.asp

count.asp

210 ms

spacer.gif

spacer.gif

38 ms

arrows.png

arrows.png

38 ms

bullets.png

bullets.png

37 ms

Accessibility Review

canwax.com accessibility score

34

Accessibility Issues

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

Buttons do not have an accessible name

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

High

Form elements do not have associated labels

High

Links do not have a discernible name

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.

Internationalization and localization

These are opportunities to improve the interpretation of your content by users in different locales.

Impact

Issue

High

<html> element does not have a [lang] attribute

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

canwax.com best practices score

85

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

User Experience

Impact

Issue

High

Serves images with low resolution

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

SEO Factors

canwax.com SEO score

86

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

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 Canwax.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 Canwax.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

canwax.com

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