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Report Summary

  • 50

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    68% of other websites

  • 79

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 47% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    35% of websites

  • 92

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    74% of websites

helidirect.com

HeliDirect - Your #1 Sources for R/C Helicopters, FPV, Jets and More.

Page Load Speed

3 sec in total

First Response

434 ms

Resources Loaded

1.7 sec

Page Rendered

874 ms

helidirect.com screenshot

About Website

Visit helidirect.com now to see the best up-to-date Heli Direct content for United States and also check out these interesting facts you probably never knew about helidirect.com

HeliDirect has a huge selection of RC helicopters, helicopter toys and remote control helicopter. Get ultra fast shipping times direct to your door.

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Key Findings

We analyzed Helidirect.com page load time and found that the first response time was 434 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

helidirect.com performance score

50

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value1.8 s

90/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value1.8 s

99/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value10.3 s

8/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value5,100 ms

0/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value22.1 s

1/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

www.helidirect.com

434 ms

js

105 ms

storefront.min.js

203 ms

pr.js

221 ms

bold-custom.css

73 ms

Our browser made a total of 68 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 40% of them (27 requests) were addressed to the original Helidirect.com, 12% (8 requests) were made to Static.klaviyo.com and 10% (7 requests) were made to Static.boldcommerce.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (434 ms) belongs to the original domain Helidirect.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 247.2 kB (23%)

Content Size

1.1 MB

After Optimization

833.7 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Helidirect.com 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. 75% 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. Javascripts take 576.2 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-77%

Potential reduce by 242.3 kB

  • Original 314.9 kB
  • After minification 306.9 kB
  • After compression 72.6 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 242.3 kB or 77% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 48 B

  • Original 99.3 kB
  • After minification 99.2 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. Heli Direct images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 950 B

  • Original 576.2 kB
  • After minification 576.2 kB
  • After compression 575.3 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. This website has mostly compressed JavaScripts.

CSS Optimization

-4%

Potential reduce by 3.9 kB

  • Original 90.4 kB
  • After minification 89.5 kB
  • After compression 86.5 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. Helidirect.com has all CSS files already compressed.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 57 (88%)

Requests Now

65

After Optimization

8

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 65 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Heli 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 48 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.helidirect.com

www.helidirect.com

434 ms

js

js

105 ms

storefront.min.js

storefront.min.js

203 ms

pr.js

pr.js

221 ms

bold-custom.css

bold-custom.css

73 ms

jquery-3.4.1.min.js

jquery-3.4.1.min.js

58 ms

vendor.js

vendor.js

58 ms

bold-options.css

bold-options.css

71 ms

leex.js

leex.js

195 ms

loader.js

loader.js

206 ms

sdk.min.js

sdk.min.js

196 ms

klaviyo.js

klaviyo.js

182 ms

bootstrap.min.js

bootstrap.min.js

194 ms

simple-bundles-v2.min.js

simple-bundles-v2.min.js

211 ms

simple-bundles-v2.css

simple-bundles-v2.css

273 ms

smile-loader.js

smile-loader.js

330 ms

track-session.js

track-session.js

330 ms

HeliDirect_Logo_text_1_500x@2x.png

HeliDirect_Logo_text_1_500x@2x.png

88 ms

lazysizes.min.js

lazysizes.min.js

157 ms

theme_footer_js.js

theme_footer_js.js

156 ms

theme.ajax-cart.min.js

theme.ajax-cart.min.js

160 ms

theme.get-shipping.min.js

theme.get-shipping.min.js

159 ms

bootstrap.bundle.min.js

bootstrap.bundle.min.js

160 ms

theme.min.js

theme.min.js

188 ms

custom.min.js

custom.min.js

248 ms

hd_logo_1_667fbfb8-1fb5-47fd-9004-c5c628dbf955_300x@2x.png

hd_logo_1_667fbfb8-1fb5-47fd-9004-c5c628dbf955_300x@2x.png

184 ms

flits-wishlist.js

flits-wishlist.js

251 ms

flits-refer-friend.js

flits-refer-friend.js

246 ms

sb-car.js

sb-car.js

186 ms

ellipsis.js

ellipsis.js

182 ms

ellipsis-vital-forms.js

ellipsis-vital-forms.js

184 ms

options.js

options.js

141 ms

polyfills.js

polyfills.js

79 ms

style-speed.css

style-speed.css

59 ms

leex.css

leex.css

69 ms

style.min.css

style.min.css

56 ms

vendors~intl-gcl-polyfill.js

vendors~intl-gcl-polyfill.js

28 ms

theme.min.css

theme.min.css

152 ms

gtm.js

gtm.js

198 ms

fender_analytics.113876fdc67592e7cbfd.js

fender_analytics.113876fdc67592e7cbfd.js

306 ms

static.047f24ade89e4aff54a9.js

static.047f24ade89e4aff54a9.js

306 ms

runtime.575e76507d014c43b1b9.js

runtime.575e76507d014c43b1b9.js

125 ms

sharedUtils.ef3296608bc2583174d6.js

sharedUtils.ef3296608bc2583174d6.js

176 ms

vendors~signup_forms~post_identification_sync~web_personalization~reviews~atlas.b0930143925bb765e2d3.js

vendors~signup_forms~post_identification_sync~web_personalization~reviews~atlas.b0930143925bb765e2d3.js

176 ms

vendors~signup_forms~onsite-triggering.733ed8744f200f7d4d54.js

vendors~signup_forms~onsite-triggering.733ed8744f200f7d4d54.js

176 ms

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176 ms

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default~signup_forms~onsite-triggering.968e4cc173bff13b788f.js

176 ms

signup_forms.ea381fabab056fd7e65a.js

signup_forms.ea381fabab056fd7e65a.js

176 ms

vendors~intl-nf-polyfill~intl-pr-polyfill.js

vendors~intl-nf-polyfill~intl-pr-polyfill.js

165 ms

intl-pr-polyfill.js

intl-pr-polyfill.js

293 ms

trekkie.storefront.dd626a6a6fbdab104f8779acc4331c330134c832.min.js

trekkie.storefront.dd626a6a6fbdab104f8779acc4331c330134c832.min.js

240 ms

shop_events_listener-61fa9e0a912c675e178777d2b27f6cbd482f8912a6b0aa31fa3515985a8cd626.js

shop_events_listener-61fa9e0a912c675e178777d2b27f6cbd482f8912a6b0aa31fa3515985a8cd626.js

239 ms

shopify-boomerang-1.0.0.min.js

shopify-boomerang-1.0.0.min.js

238 ms

TORQ-453x210_9b6d96d8-7e0d-4da3-b481-088080c60ec5.jpg

TORQ-453x210_9b6d96d8-7e0d-4da3-b481-088080c60ec5.jpg

237 ms

Furitek-FX118-Katana-453x210-HD_page.jpg

Furitek-FX118-Katana-453x210-HD_page.jpg

198 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

134 ms

kiti-var.css

kiti-var.css

51 ms

destination

destination

62 ms

intl-nf-polyfill.js

intl-nf-polyfill.js

55 ms

searchbycar.css

searchbycar.css

269 ms

call

call

365 ms

searchbycar.css

searchbycar.css

266 ms

call

call

361 ms

custom.css

custom.css

85 ms

105 ms

intl-pr-en-polyfill.js

intl-pr-en-polyfill.js

61 ms

enabled

enabled

67 ms

32 ms

Accessibility Review

helidirect.com accessibility score

79

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

Form elements do not have associated labels

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.

Best Practices

helidirect.com best practices score

75

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

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

High

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

helidirect.com SEO score

92

Search Engine Optimization Advices

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 Helidirect.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 Helidirect.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

helidirect.com

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