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Report Summary

  • 3

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    20% of other websites

  • 90

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 74% of websites

  • 67

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    24% of websites

  • 76

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    35% of websites

decksdirect.com

Decking Materials | Shop Deck Materials & Accessories - DecksDirect

Page Load Speed

2.7 sec in total

First Response

77 ms

Resources Loaded

1.5 sec

Page Rendered

1.1 sec

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About Website

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Key Findings

We analyzed Decksdirect.com page load time and found that the first response time was 77 ms and then it took 2.6 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

decksdirect.com performance score

3

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value4.7 s

13/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value16.4 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value10.5 s

7/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value3,970 ms

1/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.98

2/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value21.3 s

1/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

www.decksdirect.com

77 ms

styles.css

50 ms

swiper.min.css

45 ms

ec.js

49 ms

ec4.js

44 ms

Our browser made a total of 107 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 64% of them (68 requests) were addressed to the original Decksdirect.com, 7% (8 requests) were made to Static.klaviyo.com and 4% (4 requests) were made to Static-tracking.klaviyo.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (946 ms) belongs to the original domain Decksdirect.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 806.4 kB (29%)

Content Size

2.8 MB

After Optimization

2.0 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Decksdirect.com main page is 2.8 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. 80% of websites need less resources to load and that’s why Accessify’s recommendations for optimization and resource minification can be helpful for this project. Images take 1.6 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-86%

Potential reduce by 562.8 kB

  • Original 657.9 kB
  • After minification 534.3 kB
  • After compression 95.1 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 123.6 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 562.8 kB or 86% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-2%

Potential reduce by 24.9 kB

  • Original 1.6 MB
  • After minification 1.6 MB

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. Decks Direct images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-34%

Potential reduce by 168.3 kB

  • Original 495.6 kB
  • After minification 495.6 kB
  • After compression 327.3 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 168.3 kB or 34% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-92%

Potential reduce by 50.5 kB

  • Original 55.1 kB
  • After minification 4.8 kB
  • After compression 4.6 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. Decksdirect.com needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 50.5 kB or 92% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 42 (40%)

Requests Now

106

After Optimization

64

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 106 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Decks Direct. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 36 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

www.decksdirect.com

www.decksdirect.com

77 ms

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styles.css

50 ms

swiper.min.css

swiper.min.css

45 ms

ec.js

ec.js

49 ms

ec4.js

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44 ms

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glider.min.js

45 ms

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85 ms

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439 ms

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440 ms

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892 ms

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742 ms

Trex_Rainescape_Logo_Horizontal.jpg

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840 ms

ZipUp-under-deck-drainage-system.png

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889 ms

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892 ms

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891 ms

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945 ms

PRO-icon.jpeg

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946 ms

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620 ms

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630 ms

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706 ms

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666 ms

Fortress-Framing-Secondary-Banner-Feb-2024-600x220.webp

Fortress-Framing-Secondary-Banner-Feb-2024-600x220.webp

790 ms

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js

244 ms

bat.js

bat.js

521 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

515 ms

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core.js

452 ms

fbevents.js

fbevents.js

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Composite-Decking-Category-Image_384x460.jpg

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708 ms

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banner.js

502 ms

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43860557.js

502 ms

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collectedforms.js

597 ms

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cs.js

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Deck-Lighting-Category-Image_384x460.jpg

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Deck-Balusters-Category-Image_384x460.jpg

Deck-Balusters-Category-Image_384x460.jpg

579 ms

Under-Deck-Drainage-Category-Image_384x460.jpg

Under-Deck-Drainage-Category-Image_384x460.jpg

573 ms

Quality-products.png

Quality-products.png

575 ms

Expert-Guidance.png

Expert-Guidance.png

573 ms

Fast-Shipping-truck.png

Fast-Shipping-truck.png

525 ms

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519 ms

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RPRS.png

RPRS.png

318 ms

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CF.png

322 ms

LISS.png

LISS.png

320 ms

dd_altcolor_stacked_logo.png

dd_altcolor_stacked_logo.png

320 ms

Pay_Pal_2x.png

Pay_Pal_2x.png

227 ms

Visa_2x.png

Visa_2x.png

228 ms

Discover_2x.png

Discover_2x.png

228 ms

American_Express_2x.png

American_Express_2x.png

226 ms

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collect

199 ms

Mastercard_2x.png

Mastercard_2x.png

132 ms

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Blue-Deck-Optimized.jpg

132 ms

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102 ms

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94 ms

64 ms

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67 ms

Accessibility Review

decksdirect.com accessibility score

90

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.

Navigation

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

Impact

Issue

High

Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order

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

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

Best Practices

decksdirect.com best practices score

67

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

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

High

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

decksdirect.com SEO score

76

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

Crawling and Indexing

To appear in search results, crawlers need access to your app.

Impact

Issue

High

Links are not crawlable

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 Decksdirect.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 Decksdirect.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

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