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Report Summary

  • 39

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    58% of other websites

  • 84

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 56% of websites

  • 67

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    24% of websites

  • 82

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    44% of websites

chequesnow.ca

Order Cheques Online - 25-50% More Cheques | Print and Cheques Now Inc.

Page Load Speed

2.7 sec in total

First Response

169 ms

Resources Loaded

2.2 sec

Page Rendered

327 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Chequesnow.ca page load time and found that the first response time was 169 ms and then it took 2.5 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 50% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

chequesnow.ca performance score

39

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value2.4 s

70/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value4.4 s

40/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value6.9 s

33/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value1,640 ms

12/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.056

98/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value20.8 s

2/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

chequesnow.ca

169 ms

chequesnow.ca

529 ms

gtm.js

88 ms

cheques-logo-new.png

105 ms

switcher.png

641 ms

Our browser made a total of 38 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 50% of them (19 requests) were addressed to the original Chequesnow.ca, 13% (5 requests) were made to Youtube.com and 11% (4 requests) were made to Use.fontawesome.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (941 ms) belongs to the original domain Chequesnow.ca.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 236.5 kB (30%)

Content Size

789.7 kB

After Optimization

553.2 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Chequesnow.ca main page is 789.7 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. 50% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 341.9 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-81%

Potential reduce by 175.4 kB

  • Original 215.9 kB
  • After minification 212.8 kB
  • After compression 40.5 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. HTML code on this page is well minified. It is highly recommended that content of this web page should be compressed using GZIP, as it can save up to 175.4 kB or 81% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-17%

Potential reduce by 58.4 kB

  • Original 341.9 kB
  • After minification 283.6 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, Cheques Now needs image optimization as it can save up to 58.4 kB or 17% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-2%

Potential reduce by 2.6 kB

  • Original 165.3 kB
  • After minification 165.3 kB
  • After compression 162.8 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

-0%

Potential reduce by 62 B

  • Original 66.5 kB
  • After minification 66.5 kB
  • After compression 66.4 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. Chequesnow.ca has all CSS files already compressed.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 13 (42%)

Requests Now

31

After Optimization

18

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 31 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Cheques Now. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 11 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 4 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

chequesnow.ca

chequesnow.ca

169 ms

chequesnow.ca

chequesnow.ca

529 ms

gtm.js

gtm.js

88 ms

cheques-logo-new.png

cheques-logo-new.png

105 ms

switcher.png

switcher.png

641 ms

arrow_down.png

arrow_down.png

848 ms

home-banner-1280x776-1.jpg

home-banner-1280x776-1.jpg

603 ms

X0UONL8_kX4

X0UONL8_kX4

169 ms

float.js

float.js

531 ms

swap.js

swap.js

119 ms

lazyload.min.js

lazyload.min.js

532 ms

81e69a017d7489303f71a55474e63ece.js

81e69a017d7489303f71a55474e63ece.js

941 ms

fontawesome-webfont.woff

fontawesome-webfont.woff

89 ms

www-player.css

www-player.css

12 ms

www-embed-player.js

www-embed-player.js

40 ms

base.js

base.js

70 ms

ad_status.js

ad_status.js

220 ms

1AiCzlAXOvKBjKQ6-ZkwShm4tpQuZWMhqjO5xqGcWBk.js

1AiCzlAXOvKBjKQ6-ZkwShm4tpQuZWMhqjO5xqGcWBk.js

129 ms

embed.js

embed.js

42 ms

KFOmCnqEu92Fr1Mu4mxP.ttf

KFOmCnqEu92Fr1Mu4mxP.ttf

140 ms

KFOlCnqEu92Fr1MmEU9fBBc9.ttf

KFOlCnqEu92Fr1MmEU9fBBc9.ttf

142 ms

en-ca.png

en-ca.png

138 ms

TrustedLogos-color-NPA.png

TrustedLogos-color-NPA.png

148 ms

manual-cheques-two-per-page1-350x198.png

manual-cheques-two-per-page1-350x198.png

138 ms

LaserCheque-new.jpg

LaserCheque-new.jpg

139 ms

PersonalCheque-new.jpg

PersonalCheque-new.jpg

225 ms

subway-logo-new-350x74.png

subway-logo-new-350x74.png

228 ms

OCC-logo_large.png

OCC-logo_large.png

229 ms

Visa-Logo.png

Visa-Logo.png

229 ms

Mastercard-Logo.png

Mastercard-Logo.png

230 ms

Interac.png

Interac.png

229 ms

Create

Create

90 ms

id

id

93 ms

GenerateIT

GenerateIT

17 ms

widget

widget

377 ms

d51c621172.css

d51c621172.css

88 ms

font-awesome-css.min.css

font-awesome-css.min.css

17 ms

d51c621172.css

d51c621172.css

19 ms

Accessibility Review

chequesnow.ca accessibility score

84

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

<frame> or <iframe> elements do not have a title

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

High

Links do not have a discernible name

Navigation

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

Impact

Issue

High

Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order

Best Practices

chequesnow.ca 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

Serves images with low resolution

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

High

Missing source maps for large first-party JavaScript

SEO Factors

chequesnow.ca SEO score

82

Search Engine Optimization Advices

Content Best Practices

Format your HTML in a way that enables crawlers to better understand your app’s content.

Impact

Issue

High

Links do not have descriptive text

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

    EN

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Chequesnow.ca 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 Chequesnow.ca 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

chequesnow.ca

Open Graph data is detected on the main page of Cheques Now. This is the best way to make the web page social media friendly. Here is how it looks like on Facebook: