Report Summary

  • 17

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    32% of other websites

  • 74

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 40% of websites

  • 83

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    55% of websites

  • 76

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    35% of websites

shop.i-connect.ie

Apple Premium Reseller | Apple iPhone Store Ireland | iConnect

Page Load Speed

16.8 sec in total

First Response

589 ms

Resources Loaded

15.6 sec

Page Rendered

616 ms

shop.i-connect.ie screenshot

About Website

Welcome to shop.i-connect.ie homepage info - get ready to check Shop IConnect best content for Ireland right away, or after learning these important things about shop.i-connect.ie

iConnect- Apple Premium Reseller, Shop iPhone 13, iPhone 12, iMac and Macbook, Apple Watch, iPad and accessories. Home Delivery and Click & Collect available.

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Key Findings

We analyzed Shop.i-connect.ie page load time and found that the first response time was 589 ms and then it took 16.2 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 95% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

shop.i-connect.ie performance score

17

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value4.1 s

21/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value45.8 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value31.9 s

0/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value38,320 ms

0/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.046

99/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value64.2 s

0/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

i-connect.ie

589 ms

5a3f2d457b1e6993830e84a9babe02e2.min.css

765 ms

custom.min.css

438 ms

mgs_brand.min.css

341 ms

css

139 ms

Our browser made a total of 221 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 0% of them (0 request) were addressed to the original Shop.i-connect.ie, 2% (5 requests) were made to Js.stripe.com and 1% (3 requests) were made to Connect.facebook.net. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (4.8 sec) relates to the external source I-connect.ie.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 788.6 kB (21%)

Content Size

3.8 MB

After Optimization

3.0 MB

In fact, the total size of Shop.i-connect.ie main page is 3.8 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. 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. Images take 3.2 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-84%

Potential reduce by 210.1 kB

  • Original 249.3 kB
  • After minification 249.0 kB
  • After compression 39.2 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 210.1 kB or 84% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-12%

Potential reduce by 403.5 kB

  • Original 3.2 MB
  • After minification 2.8 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. Obviously, Shop IConnect needs image optimization as it can save up to 403.5 kB or 12% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-2%

Potential reduce by 2.8 kB

  • Original 141.0 kB
  • After minification 140.9 kB
  • After compression 138.2 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

-92%

Potential reduce by 172.2 kB

  • Original 187.3 kB
  • After minification 15.2 kB
  • After compression 15.1 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. Shop.i-connect.ie needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 172.2 kB or 92% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 164 (76%)

Requests Now

216

After Optimization

52

The browser has sent 216 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Shop IConnect. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 123 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 4 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Accessibility Review

shop.i-connect.ie accessibility score

74

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

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

These items highlight common accessibility best practices.

Impact

Issue

High

[user-scalable="no"] is used in the <meta name="viewport"> element or the [maximum-scale] attribute is less than 5.

Best Practices

shop.i-connect.ie best practices score

83

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

Serves images with low resolution

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

SEO Factors

shop.i-connect.ie 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 Shop.i-connect.ie 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 Shop.i-connect.ie 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

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