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Report Summary

  • 33

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    53% of other websites

  • 69

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 34% of websites

  • 50

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    19% of websites

  • 84

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    52% of websites

centaurforge.com

Blacksmith & Farrier Supplies | Buy Forge Supplies, Equipment & Tools for Sale at Centaur Forge

Page Load Speed

2.3 sec in total

First Response

188 ms

Resources Loaded

1.9 sec

Page Rendered

238 ms

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About Website

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Key Findings

We analyzed Centaurforge.com page load time and found that the first response time was 188 ms and then it took 2.2 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 45% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

centaurforge.com performance score

33

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value5.3 s

7/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value5.9 s

14/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value7.5 s

26/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value650 ms

46/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.155

74/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value13.4 s

11/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

centaurforge.com

188 ms

www.centaurforge.com

152 ms

www.centaurforge.com

772 ms

jquery.min.js

75 ms

moment-js.js

343 ms

Our browser made a total of 50 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 48% of them (24 requests) were addressed to the original Centaurforge.com, 8% (4 requests) were made to Maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com and 8% (4 requests) were made to Use.fontawesome.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (772 ms) belongs to the original domain Centaurforge.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 272.5 kB (20%)

Content Size

1.3 MB

After Optimization

1.1 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Centaurforge.com main page is 1.3 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. 60% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 1.0 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-88%

Potential reduce by 153.6 kB

  • Original 175.0 kB
  • After minification 142.6 kB
  • After compression 21.3 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 32.4 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 153.6 kB or 88% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-11%

Potential reduce by 110.8 kB

  • Original 1.0 MB
  • After minification 904.3 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, Centaur Forge needs image optimization as it can save up to 110.8 kB or 11% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 194 B

  • Original 112.4 kB
  • After minification 112.4 kB
  • After compression 112.2 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. This website has mostly compressed JavaScripts.

CSS Optimization

-26%

Potential reduce by 7.9 kB

  • Original 30.1 kB
  • After minification 28.9 kB
  • After compression 22.2 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. Centaurforge.com needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 7.9 kB or 26% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 25 (63%)

Requests Now

40

After Optimization

15

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 40 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Centaur Forge. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 13 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 14 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

centaurforge.com

centaurforge.com

188 ms

www.centaurforge.com

www.centaurforge.com

152 ms

www.centaurforge.com

www.centaurforge.com

772 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

75 ms

moment-js.js

moment-js.js

343 ms

ecommerce-events.js

ecommerce-events.js

282 ms

bootstrap.min.js

bootstrap.min.js

91 ms

bootstrap-datepicker.min.js

bootstrap-datepicker.min.js

93 ms

bootstrap.min.css

bootstrap.min.css

94 ms

bootstrap-theme.min.css

bootstrap-theme.min.css

106 ms

bootstrap-datepicker.min.css

bootstrap-datepicker.min.css

115 ms

topnav.css

topnav.css

277 ms

storestyle.css

storestyle.css

277 ms

footernav.css

footernav.css

278 ms

design.css

design.css

327 ms

sidenav.css

sidenav.css

380 ms

spacing.css

spacing.css

381 ms

all.css

all.css

91 ms

css

css

90 ms

css2

css2

107 ms

element.js

element.js

98 ms

slick.min.js

slick.min.js

132 ms

slick.css

slick.css

133 ms

slick-theme.css

slick-theme.css

160 ms

gtm.js

gtm.js

116 ms

CentaurForge-logo.png

CentaurForge-logo.png

117 ms

HamburgerMenu.png

HamburgerMenu.png

115 ms

menu_close.png

menu_close.png

116 ms

icon_find.gif

icon_find.gif

114 ms

05132024b_banner.jpg

05132024b_banner.jpg

540 ms

05132024c_banner.jpg

05132024c_banner.jpg

449 ms

TS8Front_215.jpg

TS8Front_215.jpg

307 ms

TS8Hind_215c.jpg

TS8Hind_215c.jpg

200 ms

fa-solid-900.woff

fa-solid-900.woff

42 ms

fa-regular-400.woff

fa-regular-400.woff

43 ms

fa-brands-400.woff

fa-brands-400.woff

82 ms

ga.js

ga.js

90 ms

glyphicons-halflings-regular.woff

glyphicons-halflings-regular.woff

84 ms

js

js

122 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

117 ms

destination

destination

257 ms

bat.js

bat.js

256 ms

__utm.gif

__utm.gif

210 ms

ajax-loader.gif

ajax-loader.gif

145 ms

slick.woff

slick.woff

142 ms

collect

collect

97 ms

collect

collect

104 ms

collect

collect

15 ms

ga-audiences

ga-audiences

99 ms

ga-audiences

ga-audiences

101 ms

Accessibility Review

centaurforge.com accessibility score

69

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

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.

Navigation

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

Impact

Issue

High

[id] attributes on active, focusable elements are not unique

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

centaurforge.com best practices score

50

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

High

Serves images with low resolution

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

SEO Factors

centaurforge.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

    ISO-8859-1

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Centaurforge.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 Centaurforge.com main page’s claimed encoding is iso-8859-1. Changing it to UTF-8 can be a good choice, as this format is commonly used for encoding all over the web and thus their visitors won’t have any troubles with symbol transcription or reading.

Social Sharing Optimization

centaurforge.com

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