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Report Summary

  • 3

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    20% of other websites

  • 84

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 57% of websites

  • 0

    Best Practices

  • 92

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    75% of websites

gapcanada.ca

Shop Gap Canada for Casual Women’s, Men’s, Maternity, Baby & Kids Clothes

Page Load Speed

2.7 sec in total

First Response

42 ms

Resources Loaded

2 sec

Page Rendered

666 ms

gapcanada.ca screenshot

About Website

Click here to check amazing Gap Canada content for Canada. Otherwise, check out these important facts you probably never knew about gapcanada.ca

Shop casual women's, men's, maternity, kids' & baby clothes at Gap. Our style is clean and confident, comfortable and accessible, classic and modern. Find the perfect pair of jeans, t-s...

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Key Findings

We analyzed Gapcanada.ca page load time and found that the first response time was 42 ms and then it took 2.7 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

gapcanada.ca performance score

3

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.9 s

26/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value21.0 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value20.0 s

0/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value7,700 ms

0/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value1.406

0/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value31.0 s

0/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

www.gapcanada.ca

42 ms

globalOptimized.css

23 ms

universal_button_sprites.css

20 ms

brand_buttons_and_assets_sprites.css

52 ms

universal_bar_sprites.css

30 ms

Our browser made a total of 130 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 51% of them (66 requests) were addressed to the original Gapcanada.ca, 3% (4 requests) were made to Photorankstatics-a.akamaihd.net and 3% (4 requests) were made to Z2photorankmedia-a.akamaihd.net. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (419 ms) relates to the external source Servedby.flashtalking.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 713.6 kB (66%)

Content Size

1.1 MB

After Optimization

367.4 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Gapcanada.ca main page is 1.1 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. 85% 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. HTML takes 706.1 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-83%

Potential reduce by 587.0 kB

  • Original 706.1 kB
  • After minification 635.2 kB
  • After compression 119.0 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 587.0 kB or 83% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 337 B

  • Original 171.7 kB
  • After minification 171.4 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. Gap Canada images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-62%

Potential reduce by 125.6 kB

  • Original 202.3 kB
  • After minification 197.3 kB
  • After compression 76.6 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 125.6 kB or 62% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-68%

Potential reduce by 640 B

  • Original 947 B
  • After minification 859 B
  • After compression 307 B

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. Gapcanada.ca needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 640 B or 68% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 48 (38%)

Requests Now

128

After Optimization

80

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 128 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Gap Canada. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 29 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 11 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

www.gapcanada.ca

www.gapcanada.ca

42 ms

globalOptimized.css

globalOptimized.css

23 ms

universal_button_sprites.css

universal_button_sprites.css

20 ms

brand_buttons_and_assets_sprites.css

brand_buttons_and_assets_sprites.css

52 ms

universal_bar_sprites.css

universal_bar_sprites.css

30 ms

browse.css

browse.css

30 ms

gap_common-0bd62fb720.css

gap_common-0bd62fb720.css

35 ms

tealeafOptimized.js

tealeafOptimized.js

55 ms

globalEnhancedOptimized.js

globalEnhancedOptimized.js

60 ms

iPad2.js

iPad2.js

49 ms

pixelManagementService.js

pixelManagementService.js

58 ms

browseApplicationFunctionsOptimized.js

browseApplicationFunctionsOptimized.js

172 ms

browseApplicationManagersOptimized.js

browseApplicationManagersOptimized.js

178 ms

wcdLib.js

wcdLib.js

171 ms

cnov93.js

cnov93.js

170 ms

respMap.js

respMap.js

221 ms

build.min.js

build.min.js

392 ms

jquery.xdomainrequest.min.js

jquery.xdomainrequest.min.js

235 ms

slick.css

slick.css

235 ms

slick-theme.css

slick-theme.css

237 ms

slick.min.js

slick.min.js

235 ms

sCode-2016-2-15.js

sCode-2016-2-15.js

233 ms

vendor-7d75816705.js

vendor-7d75816705.js

235 ms

gap-2b72845018.js

gap-2b72845018.js

233 ms

3E0D88C420C64A340FBAA5124239D9B6

3E0D88C420C64A340FBAA5124239D9B6

267 ms

backgroundtile.gif

backgroundtile.gif

119 ms

sister-brands-1x.png

sister-brands-1x.png

77 ms

022916_Leap_Day_GB_EC.gif

022916_Leap_Day_GB_EC.gif

67 ms

022916_Leap_Day_DISR_EC.png

022916_Leap_Day_DISR_EC.png

65 ms

gap-edfs-eng_ca.png

gap-edfs-eng_ca.png

66 ms

012616_HP_US_logo.png

012616_HP_US_logo.png

77 ms

022316_HP_USmain1.jpg

022316_HP_USmain1.jpg

88 ms

022316_HP_US2_1.jpg

022316_HP_US2_1.jpg

78 ms

022316_HP_US2_2.jpg

022316_HP_US2_2.jpg

76 ms

clear.gif

clear.gif

77 ms

022316_HP_US3_1.jpg

022316_HP_US3_1.jpg

93 ms

022316_HP_US3_2.jpg

022316_HP_US3_2.jpg

88 ms

090815_mobile_HP_EmailSignup30_EC.gif

090815_mobile_HP_EmailSignup30_EC.gif

89 ms

100715_SMS_mobile_HP_EC_wbutton.gif

100715_SMS_mobile_HP_EC_wbutton.gif

88 ms

090115_ALL_HP_US_FSFR.gif

090115_ALL_HP_US_FSFR.gif

88 ms

Lightbox-PrevArrow-72.png

Lightbox-PrevArrow-72.png

94 ms

Lightbox-NextArrow-72.png

Lightbox-NextArrow-72.png

93 ms

GAP_olapic_ShoppablePopUp2orMore_desktop_icons.png

GAP_olapic_ShoppablePopUp2orMore_desktop_icons.png

95 ms

030316_OLA_shopthelook_header.png

030316_OLA_shopthelook_header.png

93 ms

olapicIcon.png

olapicIcon.png

105 ms

GapASAP_74x32_blk.png

GapASAP_74x32_blk.png

103 ms

fb.png

fb.png

104 ms

twitter.png

twitter.png

106 ms

pinterest.png

pinterest.png

104 ms

IG.png

IG.png

170 ms

tumblr.png

tumblr.png

171 ms

sdk.js

sdk.js

182 ms

icons.data.svg-ce153a443a.css

icons.data.svg-ce153a443a.css

145 ms

search

search

51 ms

json

json

48 ms

gp%3Abrowse%3AHome

gp%3Abrowse%3AHome

306 ms

tag

tag

38 ms

info.do

info.do

208 ms

loading.gif

loading.gif

219 ms

cn10477349.jpg

cn10477349.jpg

223 ms

cn10520226.jpg

cn10520226.jpg

218 ms

cn10513569.jpg

cn10513569.jpg

217 ms

cn10637465.jpg

cn10637465.jpg

218 ms

cn10697732.jpg

cn10697732.jpg

218 ms

cn10697760.jpg

cn10697760.jpg

220 ms

tag.js

tag.js

196 ms

activityi;src=2840523;type=cagap155;cat=cagap425;tran=;u=CAD;u2=home;u3=;u4=;u5=;u9=gp%3Abrowse%3AHome;u10=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gapcanada.ca%2F;ord=21839968394.4881

activityi;src=2840523;type=cagap155;cat=cagap425;tran=;u=CAD;u2=home;u3=;u4=;u5=;u9=gp%3Abrowse%3AHome;u10=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gapcanada.ca%2F;ord=21839968394.4881

238 ms

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b5ea4e7faa92f2abdb3b750265342135

224 ms

3E0D88C420C64A340FBAA5124239D9B6

3E0D88C420C64A340FBAA5124239D9B6

258 ms

021315_ALL_Email_SignUp_PopUp_EC.jpg

021315_ALL_Email_SignUp_PopUp_EC.jpg

88 ms

100715_ALL_Email_SignUp_PopUp_EC.jpg

100715_ALL_Email_SignUp_PopUp_EC.jpg

89 ms

tag

tag

73 ms

UCMController

UCMController

82 ms

dtmtag.js

dtmtag.js

56 ms

116 ms

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b5ea4e7faa92f2abdb3b750265342135

52 ms

s56159166088327

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43 ms

rules.js

rules.js

26 ms

xd_arbiter.php

xd_arbiter.php

238 ms

xd_arbiter.php

xd_arbiter.php

369 ms

ga.js

ga.js

53 ms

event.php

event.php

150 ms

activityi;src=1956281;type=gapco366;cat=gapco705;ord=1;prd=

activityi;src=1956281;type=gapco366;cat=gapco705;ord=1;prd=

132 ms

419 ms

gap_ca.js

gap_ca.js

44 ms

activityi;src=1956281;type=gapde0;cat=gapde0;ord=1;prd=

activityi;src=1956281;type=gapde0;cat=gapde0;ord=1;prd=

127 ms

fbevents.js

fbevents.js

66 ms

UCMController

UCMController

6 ms

build.min.css

build.min.css

80 ms

2158749597

2158749597

11 ms

__utm.gif

__utm.gif

49 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

68 ms

36 ms

media_position

media_position

37 ms

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3E0D88C420C64A340FBAA5124239D9B6

192 ms

s52971125829499

s52971125829499

36 ms

tag

tag

36 ms

tag

tag

132 ms

UCMController

UCMController

129 ms

GAP_olapic_HPwidget_desktop_HDR.png

GAP_olapic_HPwidget_desktop_HDR.png

146 ms

render.gif

render.gif

186 ms

mobile.jpg

mobile.jpg

194 ms

mobile.jpg

mobile.jpg

181 ms

mobile.jpg

mobile.jpg

191 ms

mobile.jpg

mobile.jpg

184 ms

mobile.jpg

mobile.jpg

160 ms

mobile.jpg

mobile.jpg

167 ms

mobile.jpg

mobile.jpg

170 ms

mobile.jpg

mobile.jpg

168 ms

mobile.jpg

mobile.jpg

168 ms

olapicIcon.png

olapicIcon.png

67 ms

GAP_olapic_HPwidget_desktop_UploadCTA.png

GAP_olapic_HPwidget_desktop_UploadCTA.png

113 ms

GAP_olapic_HPwidget_desktop_galleryCTA.png

GAP_olapic_HPwidget_desktop_galleryCTA.png

102 ms

GAP_olapic_HPwidget_desktop_icons.png

GAP_olapic_HPwidget_desktop_icons.png

100 ms

LFTarrow.png

LFTarrow.png

102 ms

RTarrow.png

RTarrow.png

112 ms

mobile.jpg

mobile.jpg

166 ms

viewer2v2.html

viewer2v2.html

103 ms

activityi;src=2840523;type=cagap155;cat=cagap425;tran=;u=CAD;u2=;u3=1000698;u4=;u5=;u9=;u10=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gapcanada.ca%2Fbrowse%2Finfo.do%3Fcid%3D1000698;ord=4718091983813.792

activityi;src=2840523;type=cagap155;cat=cagap425;tran=;u=CAD;u2=;u3=1000698;u4=;u5=;u9=;u10=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gapcanada.ca%2Fbrowse%2Finfo.do%3Fcid%3D1000698;ord=4718091983813.792

98 ms

js

js

190 ms

activityi;src=1956281;type=gapco366;cat=gapco705;ord=1;prd=

activityi;src=1956281;type=gapco366;cat=gapco705;ord=1;prd=

82 ms

190 ms

js

js

117 ms

activityi;src=1956281;type=gapde0;cat=gapde0;ord=1;prd=

activityi;src=1956281;type=gapde0;cat=gapde0;ord=1;prd=

78 ms

61 ms

UCMController

UCMController

44 ms

css

css

44 ms

i.js

i.js

101 ms

91 ms

button_quicklook_launcher_on.gif

button_quicklook_launcher_on.gif

56 ms

Accessibility Review

gapcanada.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.

Navigation

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

Impact

Issue

High

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

High

Some elements have a [tabindex] value greater than 0

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

SEO Factors

gapcanada.ca SEO score

92

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

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 Gapcanada.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 Gapcanada.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

gapcanada.ca

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