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Report Summary

  • 3

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    20% of other websites

  • 91

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 77% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    36% of websites

  • 86

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    60% of websites

gcpro.com

Pro Audio, Video, Lighting & Installations | GC Pro

Page Load Speed

2.9 sec in total

First Response

67 ms

Resources Loaded

2.3 sec

Page Rendered

528 ms

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About Website

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The nation's largest lighting & audio design & installation service for professional recording studios, concert venues, schools, houses of worship & more.

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Key Findings

We analyzed Gcpro.com page load time and found that the first response time was 67 ms and then it took 2.8 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

gcpro.com performance score

3

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value5.1 s

9/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value9.5 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value18.1 s

0/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value15,820 ms

0/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.507

16/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value36.6 s

0/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

GC-Pro

67 ms

236 ms

4d737f53855feee2fc036222382f3adc7900164f4d5b

31 ms

xUZ8bh8rlJf4Qg.js

29 ms

entry.js

192 ms

Our browser made a total of 107 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 0% of them (0 request) were addressed to the original Gcpro.com, 9% (10 requests) were made to Service.force.com and 5% (5 requests) were made to Guitarcenter.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1000 ms) relates to the external source Static.guitarcenter.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 1.3 MB (50%)

Content Size

2.6 MB

After Optimization

1.3 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Gcpro.com main page is 2.6 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. Javascripts take 1.2 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-85%

Potential reduce by 541.5 kB

  • Original 639.8 kB
  • After minification 566.5 kB
  • After compression 98.3 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 73.4 kB, which is 11% 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 541.5 kB or 85% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 118 B

  • Original 638.3 kB
  • After minification 638.2 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. GC Pro images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-60%

Potential reduce by 735.4 kB

  • Original 1.2 MB
  • After minification 1.2 MB
  • After compression 495.6 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 735.4 kB or 60% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-7%

Potential reduce by 4.4 kB

  • Original 67.7 kB
  • After minification 67.7 kB
  • After compression 63.3 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. Gcpro.com has all CSS files already compressed.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 49 (47%)

Requests Now

105

After Optimization

56

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 105 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of GC Pro. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 26 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 5 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

GC-Pro

GC-Pro

67 ms

236 ms

4d737f53855feee2fc036222382f3adc7900164f4d5b

4d737f53855feee2fc036222382f3adc7900164f4d5b

31 ms

xUZ8bh8rlJf4Qg.js

xUZ8bh8rlJf4Qg.js

29 ms

entry.js

entry.js

192 ms

global.css

global.css

235 ms

launch-EN3c60ac29c9cd4b9f8bf48ba7d42398cb.min.js

launch-EN3c60ac29c9cd4b9f8bf48ba7d42398cb.min.js

151 ms

preload.js

preload.js

230 ms

jquery.1.10.2.js

jquery.1.10.2.js

260 ms

globalHeader.js

globalHeader.js

307 ms

leaflet.css

leaflet.css

180 ms

gc-global-responsive.css

gc-global-responsive.css

211 ms

gcProHeaderNumber.js

gcProHeaderNumber.js

212 ms

clarip_consent.js

clarip_consent.js

416 ms

api.js

api.js

203 ms

esw.min.js

esw.min.js

181 ms

clarip_consent.js

clarip_consent.js

188 ms

globalHeader-remained.js

globalHeader-remained.js

112 ms

global.js

global.js

113 ms

3rdPartyGlobalPostLoad.js

3rdPartyGlobalPostLoad.js

189 ms

i0HF2E

i0HF2E

49 ms

custom.js

custom.js

63 ms

close.svg

close.svg

34 ms

L84316000001001-00-85x85.jpg

L84316000001001-00-85x85.jpg

154 ms

gc-logo-white.svg

gc-logo-white.svg

91 ms

financing-card-black.svg

financing-card-black.svg

57 ms

gift-card-black.svg

gift-card-black.svg

35 ms

lessons-black.svg

lessons-black.svg

36 ms

repairs-black.svg

repairs-black.svg

57 ms

rentals-black.svg

rentals-black.svg

54 ms

gc-pro-black.svg

gc-pro-black.svg

89 ms

riffs-black.svg

riffs-black.svg

87 ms

evolution_of_the_strat_header.jpg

evolution_of_the_strat_header.jpg

113 ms

taylor-guitars-buying-guide.jpg

taylor-guitars-buying-guide.jpg

93 ms

ludwig-black-beauty.jpg

ludwig-black-beauty.jpg

134 ms

neumann_u67_header.jpg

neumann_u67_header.jpg

111 ms

newsletter-black.svg

newsletter-black.svg

110 ms

support-black.svg

support-black.svg

132 ms

account-red.svg

account-red.svg

113 ms

liveHelpIcon.jpg

liveHelpIcon.jpg

133 ms

cart-black.svg

cart-black.svg

130 ms

location-red-icon.svg

location-red-icon.svg

130 ms

my-store-black.svg

my-store-black.svg

134 ms

delivery-truck-black.svg

delivery-truck-black.svg

149 ms

Close-delivery.svg

Close-delivery.svg

150 ms

location-grey-icon.svg

location-grey-icon.svg

171 ms

gc-md-logo-tagline_gc-pro_03-16-21.png

gc-md-logo-tagline_gc-pro_03-16-21.png

151 ms

gc-md-hf_gc-pro_03-15-21-desktop.jpg

gc-md-hf_gc-pro_03-15-21-desktop.jpg

155 ms

gc-md-hf_gc-pro_03-15-21-mobile.jpg

gc-md-hf_gc-pro_03-15-21-mobile.jpg

151 ms

gc-md-hf_gc-pro_03-15-21-tablet.jpg

gc-md-hf_gc-pro_03-15-21-tablet.jpg

182 ms

recording.svg

recording.svg

163 ms

content-creation.svg

content-creation.svg

167 ms

house-of-worship.svg

house-of-worship.svg

168 ms

education.svg

education.svg

176 ms

M7GQN-CPWL2-GUJCT-NTTZT-Y7C22

M7GQN-CPWL2-GUJCT-NTTZT-Y7C22

81 ms

podcast-bundles.svg

podcast-bundles.svg

177 ms

vocal-chain-bundles.svg

vocal-chain-bundles.svg

174 ms

streaming-bundles.svg

streaming-bundles.svg

178 ms

analog-summing-bundles.svg

analog-summing-bundles.svg

186 ms

portable-pa-bundles.svg

portable-pa-bundles.svg

179 ms

gc-md-mg-gc-pro-contact1-05-05-22-v2.jpg

gc-md-mg-gc-pro-contact1-05-05-22-v2.jpg

711 ms

gc-md-mg-gc-pro-contact1h-05-05-22-v2.jpg

gc-md-mg-gc-pro-contact1h-05-05-22-v2.jpg

534 ms

gc-md-mg-gc-pro-contact2-05-05-22-v2.jpg

gc-md-mg-gc-pro-contact2-05-05-22-v2.jpg

338 ms

gc-md-mg-gc-pro-contact2h-05-05-22-v2.jpg

gc-md-mg-gc-pro-contact2h-05-05-22-v2.jpg

584 ms

gc-md-mg-gc-pro-contact3-05-05-22-v2.jpg

gc-md-mg-gc-pro-contact3-05-05-22-v2.jpg

305 ms

gc-md-mg-gc-pro-contact3h-05-05-22-v2.jpg

gc-md-mg-gc-pro-contact3h-05-05-22-v2.jpg

377 ms

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gc-md-mg-gc-pro-contact4-05-05-22-v2.jpg

622 ms

gc-md-mg-gc-pro-contact4h-05-05-22-v2.jpg

gc-md-mg-gc-pro-contact4h-05-05-22-v2.jpg

996 ms

tascam-mixcast-4-podcast-production-studio.jpg

tascam-mixcast-4-podcast-production-studio.jpg

401 ms

montserrat-regular-webfont.woff

montserrat-regular-webfont.woff

440 ms

montserrat-light-webfont.woff

montserrat-light-webfont.woff

439 ms

essential-microphones-recording-studio.jpg

essential-microphones-recording-studio.jpg

468 ms

acoustic-treatment-house-of-worship.jpg

acoustic-treatment-house-of-worship.jpg

486 ms

montserrat-bold-webfont.woff

montserrat-bold-webfont.woff

518 ms

config.json

config.json

39 ms

how-to-mic-choir.jpg

how-to-mic-choir.jpg

486 ms

audio-zone-house-of-worship.jpg

audio-zone-house-of-worship.jpg

724 ms

sennheiser-ew-d-evolution-wireless-digital-system.jpg

sennheiser-ew-d-evolution-wireless-digital-system.jpg

519 ms

house-of-worship-video-screen.jpg

house-of-worship-video-screen.jpg

520 ms

monitor-mixing-how.jpg

monitor-mixing-how.jpg

762 ms

roland-fantom-synthesizer.jpg

roland-fantom-synthesizer.jpg

750 ms

close.svg

close.svg

575 ms

US.gif

US.gif

596 ms

bbb-caru.png

bbb-caru.png

615 ms

sprite-gc-global.png

sprite-gc-global.png

630 ms

shopping-cart.svg

shopping-cart.svg

626 ms

arrow-down.svg

arrow-down.svg

631 ms

gc-md-sh-main-05-04-21.jpg

gc-md-sh-main-05-04-21.jpg

986 ms

get_consent_config.php

get_consent_config.php

137 ms

gc-md-sh_gc_pro_03-15-21-desktop.jpg

gc-md-sh_gc_pro_03-15-21-desktop.jpg

1000 ms

common.min.js

common.min.js

8 ms

esw.min.css

esw.min.css

5 ms

liveagent.esw.min.js

liveagent.esw.min.js

14 ms

montserrat-black-webfont.woff

montserrat-black-webfont.woff

643 ms

pageId33.json

pageId33.json

84 ms

282512249-0

282512249-0

52 ms

esw.html

esw.html

7 ms

eswFrame.min.js

eswFrame.min.js

3 ms

session.esw.min.js

session.esw.min.js

2 ms

broadcast.esw.min.js

broadcast.esw.min.js

2 ms

chasitor.esw.min.js

chasitor.esw.min.js

3 ms

filetransfer.esw.min.js

filetransfer.esw.min.js

2 ms

282512249-1

282512249-1

17 ms

liveHelpIcon.jpg

liveHelpIcon.jpg

747 ms

close-white.svg

close-white.svg

527 ms

282512249-2

282512249-2

9 ms

print.css

print.css

19 ms

Accessibility Review

gcpro.com accessibility score

91

Accessibility Issues

Navigation

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

Impact

Issue

High

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

ARIA

These are opportunities to improve the usage of ARIA in your application which may enhance the experience for users of assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Impact

Issue

High

ARIA IDs are not unique

Best Practices

gcpro.com best practices score

75

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

High

Requests the geolocation permission on page load

High

Includes front-end JavaScript libraries with known security vulnerabilities

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

SEO Factors

gcpro.com SEO score

86

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

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

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 Gcpro.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 Gcpro.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

gcpro.com

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