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Report Summary

  • 21

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    39% of other websites

  • 83

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 54% of websites

  • 67

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    24% of websites

  • 82

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    44% of websites

fixfirm.com

Fixings, Fasteners, Safety and Construction Supplies | Fixfirm

Page Load Speed

2.7 sec in total

First Response

253 ms

Resources Loaded

2.1 sec

Page Rendered

314 ms

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About Website

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Key Findings

We analyzed Fixfirm.com page load time and found that the first response time was 253 ms and then it took 2.4 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

fixfirm.com performance score

21

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value4.7 s

13/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value6.6 s

8/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value9.1 s

13/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value2,390 ms

5/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.071

96/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value20.0 s

2/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

fixfirm.com

253 ms

www.fixfirm.com

447 ms

css

77 ms

bootstrap.min.css

385 ms

font-awesome.min.css

237 ms

Our browser made a total of 62 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 87% of them (54 requests) were addressed to the original Fixfirm.com, 3% (2 requests) were made to Fonts.googleapis.com and 3% (2 requests) were made to Google-analytics.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (927 ms) belongs to the original domain Fixfirm.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 706.6 kB (30%)

Content Size

2.4 MB

After Optimization

1.7 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Fixfirm.com main page is 2.4 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. 50% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 1.6 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-77%

Potential reduce by 24.0 kB

  • Original 31.3 kB
  • After minification 24.3 kB
  • After compression 7.3 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 7.0 kB, which is 22% 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 24.0 kB or 77% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-8%

Potential reduce by 125.2 kB

  • Original 1.6 MB
  • After minification 1.5 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. Fixfirm images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-72%

Potential reduce by 356.5 kB

  • Original 497.0 kB
  • After minification 438.8 kB
  • After compression 140.5 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 356.5 kB or 72% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-83%

Potential reduce by 200.9 kB

  • Original 243.3 kB
  • After minification 221.0 kB
  • After compression 42.4 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. Fixfirm.com needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 200.9 kB or 83% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 32 (53%)

Requests Now

60

After Optimization

28

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 60 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Fixfirm. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 21 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 13 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

fixfirm.com

fixfirm.com

253 ms

www.fixfirm.com

www.fixfirm.com

447 ms

css

css

77 ms

bootstrap.min.css

bootstrap.min.css

385 ms

font-awesome.min.css

font-awesome.min.css

237 ms

validationEngine.jquery.css

validationEngine.jquery.css

165 ms

bootstrap-theme.css

bootstrap-theme.css

242 ms

fixfirm.css

fixfirm.css

244 ms

offcanvas.css

offcanvas.css

168 ms

sections-frmwrk-styles.css

sections-frmwrk-styles.css

320 ms

alertify.css

alertify.css

248 ms

alertify.default.css

alertify.default.css

313 ms

jquery.fancybox.css

jquery.fancybox.css

320 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

80 ms

jquery-ui-1.10.3.custom.min.js

jquery-ui-1.10.3.custom.min.js

650 ms

jquery-ui-1.10.3.custom.min.css

jquery-ui-1.10.3.custom.min.css

406 ms

headroom.min.js

headroom.min.js

404 ms

jQuery.headroom.min.js

jQuery.headroom.min.js

403 ms

template.js

template.js

404 ms

bootstrap.min.js

bootstrap.min.js

404 ms

jquery.fitvids.min.js

jquery.fitvids.min.js

416 ms

jquery.waitforimages.js

jquery.waitforimages.js

417 ms

jquery.isotope.min.js

jquery.isotope.min.js

417 ms

stellar.js

stellar.js

503 ms

jquery.validationEngine-en.js

jquery.validationEngine-en.js

477 ms

jquery.validationEngine.js

jquery.validationEngine.js

647 ms

jquery.fancybox.pack.js

jquery.fancybox.pack.js

495 ms

alertify.min.js

alertify.min.js

498 ms

countdown.js

countdown.js

563 ms

lib.js

lib.js

579 ms

init.js

init.js

583 ms

css

css

24 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

76 ms

Fixfirm-headerbg.jpg

Fixfirm-headerbg.jpg

560 ms

Fixfirm-logo.png

Fixfirm-logo.png

301 ms

Fixfirm-logo-mobile.png

Fixfirm-logo-mobile.png

353 ms

ProcureLogo.png

ProcureLogo.png

354 ms

FixfirmBanner-4.png

FixfirmBanner-4.png

715 ms

Homepage-ViewProducts.jpg

Homepage-ViewProducts.jpg

716 ms

Homepage-SpecialOffers.jpg

Homepage-SpecialOffers.jpg

464 ms

Construction.jpg

Construction.jpg

478 ms

Electrical-Mechanical.jpg

Electrical-Mechanical.jpg

561 ms

Engineering.jpg

Engineering.jpg

544 ms

Modular-Building.jpg

Modular-Building.jpg

712 ms

Civil-Engineering.jpg

Civil-Engineering.jpg

714 ms

Utilities.jpg

Utilities.jpg

731 ms

Maintenance.jpg

Maintenance.jpg

798 ms

House-Building.jpg

House-Building.jpg

794 ms

Testimonials.jpg

Testimonials.jpg

843 ms

TechnicalSupport.jpg

TechnicalSupport.jpg

859 ms

Fixfirm-footerbg.jpg

Fixfirm-footerbg.jpg

784 ms

paypal.png

paypal.png

762 ms

mastercard.png

mastercard.png

818 ms

visa.png

visa.png

845 ms

fontawesome-webfont.woff

fontawesome-webfont.woff

927 ms

collect

collect

18 ms

cart_drop_down

cart_drop_down

528 ms

update.min.js

update.min.js

13 ms

ui-bg_inset-soft_25_000000_1x100.png

ui-bg_inset-soft_25_000000_1x100.png

507 ms

widget_v2.134.js

widget_v2.134.js

14 ms

shopping-cart-icon.png

shopping-cart-icon.png

82 ms

nr-892.min.js

nr-892.min.js

42 ms

Accessibility Review

fixfirm.com accessibility score

83

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

Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order

Best Practices

fixfirm.com 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

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

fixfirm.com 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 Fixfirm.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 Fixfirm.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

fixfirm.com

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