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Report Summary

  • 45

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    64% of other websites

  • 75

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 41% of websites

  • 83

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    55% of websites

  • 84

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    52% of websites

knivesplus.com

KNIVES PLUS ®

Page Load Speed

1.5 sec in total

First Response

65 ms

Resources Loaded

1.1 sec

Page Rendered

365 ms

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About Website

Welcome to knivesplus.com homepage info - get ready to check KNIVES PLUS best content for United States right away, or after learning these important things about knivesplus.com

We have been in the mail order business for over 29 years. We carry thousands of new production knives, representing most major knife or knife accessory manufacturers. A wide variety of cutlery (milit...

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Key Findings

We analyzed Knivesplus.com page load time and found that the first response time was 65 ms and then it took 1.4 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 30% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

knivesplus.com performance score

45

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value2.5 s

66/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value10.0 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value4.8 s

66/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value230 ms

87/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.654

8/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value8.1 s

42/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

knivesplus.com

65 ms

www.knivesplus.com

181 ms

d96ca9f856e088af89e8ca68bfe5bb14.js

115 ms

bb.css

49 ms

jquery.js

115 ms

Our browser made a total of 66 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 71% of them (47 requests) were addressed to the original Knivesplus.com, 6% (4 requests) were made to Google-analytics.com and 5% (3 requests) were made to Fonts.gstatic.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (469 ms) belongs to the original domain Knivesplus.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 188.0 kB (8%)

Content Size

2.2 MB

After Optimization

2.1 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Knivesplus.com main page is 2.2 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. 55% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 1.9 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-81%

Potential reduce by 88.7 kB

  • Original 109.3 kB
  • After minification 106.3 kB
  • After compression 20.6 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 88.7 kB or 81% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-5%

Potential reduce by 93.8 kB

  • Original 1.9 MB
  • After minification 1.9 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. KNIVES PLUS images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-3%

Potential reduce by 4.6 kB

  • Original 155.4 kB
  • After minification 155.4 kB
  • After compression 150.8 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

-3%

Potential reduce by 921 B

  • Original 30.5 kB
  • After minification 30.5 kB
  • After compression 29.6 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. Knivesplus.com has all CSS files already compressed.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 17 (31%)

Requests Now

55

After Optimization

38

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 55 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of KNIVES PLUS. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 13 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 6 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

knivesplus.com

knivesplus.com

65 ms

www.knivesplus.com

www.knivesplus.com

181 ms

d96ca9f856e088af89e8ca68bfe5bb14.js

d96ca9f856e088af89e8ca68bfe5bb14.js

115 ms

bb.css

bb.css

49 ms

jquery.js

jquery.js

115 ms

css2

css2

38 ms

css

css

55 ms

jquery-ui.min.css

jquery-ui.min.css

55 ms

cookieconsent.min.css

cookieconsent.min.css

55 ms

cookieconsent.min.js

cookieconsent.min.js

68 ms

bb-bxslider.js

bb-bxslider.js

66 ms

bb-modernizr.js

bb-modernizr.js

65 ms

jquery-1.10.2.min.js

jquery-1.10.2.min.js

312 ms

jquery.mobile.custom.min.js

jquery.mobile.custom.min.js

291 ms

gtm.js

gtm.js

278 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

40 ms

js

js

220 ms

seal.min.js

seal.min.js

396 ms

benchmade-logo.png

benchmade-logo.png

293 ms

coldsteel-logo.png

coldsteel-logo.png

293 ms

columbia-river-knife-and-tool-sm.png

columbia-river-knife-and-tool-sm.png

317 ms

buck-knives-logo.png

buck-knives-logo.png

317 ms

case-knives-logo-sm.png

case-knives-logo-sm.png

318 ms

boker-knives.png

boker-knives.png

411 ms

knivesplus-logo.png

knivesplus-logo.png

277 ms

search.png

search.png

261 ms

new-bugout.jpg

new-bugout.jpg

410 ms

Boss-Collection.jpg

Boss-Collection.jpg

410 ms

Sliverax--3-.png

Sliverax--3-.png

469 ms

Siren--2-.png

Siren--2-.png

425 ms

New-Hardware-Banner.jpg

New-Hardware-Banner.jpg

316 ms

youtubeicon.png

youtubeicon.png

290 ms

Strop-Block-2.jpg

Strop-Block-2.jpg

316 ms

star-gray.png

star-gray.png

409 ms

star.png

star.png

407 ms

KE-1812BLKMAG-MAIN.jpg

KE-1812BLKMAG-MAIN.jpg

411 ms

BM-15536-MAIN.jpg

BM-15536-MAIN.jpg

410 ms

KP-535-AWT-CUSTOM4-MAIN-NEW-1.jpg

KP-535-AWT-CUSTOM4-MAIN-NEW-1.jpg

411 ms

KP-PARA3-AWT-CUSTOM1-MAIN-NEW.jpg

KP-PARA3-AWT-CUSTOM1-MAIN-NEW.jpg

411 ms

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KP-PARA3-AWT-CUSTOM3-MAIN-2.jpg

422 ms

KP-PARA3-TITANIUM-KPI.jpg

KP-PARA3-TITANIUM-KPI.jpg

423 ms

PM2-TITANIUM-new.jpg

PM2-TITANIUM-new.jpg

422 ms

Yojimbo-Titanium.jpg

Yojimbo-Titanium.jpg

423 ms

KP-C81-AWT-SKINNY-OPEN.jpg

KP-C81-AWT-SKINNY-OPEN.jpg

439 ms

KP-C81-AWT-11-MAIN.jpg

KP-C81-AWT-11-MAIN.jpg

437 ms

KP-SKINNY-OPEN.jpg

KP-SKINNY-OPEN.jpg

434 ms

transparent-social.png

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437 ms

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TK3_WkUHHAIjg75cFRf3bXL8LICs1y9ogUE.ttf

270 ms

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TK3_WkUHHAIjg75cFRf3bXL8LICs1_FvgUE.ttf

277 ms

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278 ms

d96ca9f856e088af89e8ca68bfe5bb14.css

d96ca9f856e088af89e8ca68bfe5bb14.css

220 ms

bx_loader.gif

bx_loader.gif

243 ms

gjs.aspx

gjs.aspx

229 ms

collect

collect

55 ms

collect

collect

51 ms

bb-prevnext.png

bb-prevnext.png

206 ms

spyderco-logo-sm.png

spyderco-logo-sm.png

203 ms

kershaw-sm.png

kershaw-sm.png

175 ms

benchmade-logo.png

benchmade-logo.png

174 ms

coldsteel-logo.png

coldsteel-logo.png

173 ms

js

js

44 ms

buck-knives-logo.png

buck-knives-logo.png

168 ms

columbia-river-knife-and-tool-sm.png

columbia-river-knife-and-tool-sm.png

168 ms

case-knives-logo-sm.png

case-knives-logo-sm.png

168 ms

boker-knives.png

boker-knives.png

75 ms

29 ms

Accessibility Review

knivesplus.com accessibility score

75

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

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.

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

Internationalization and localization

These are opportunities to improve the interpretation of your content by users in different locales.

Impact

Issue

High

<html> element does not have a [lang] attribute

Best Practices

knivesplus.com best practices score

83

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

SEO Factors

knivesplus.com SEO score

84

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

High

Tap targets are not sized appropriately

Language and Encoding

  • Language Detected

    EN

  • Language Claimed

    EN

  • Encoding

    ISO-8859-1

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Knivesplus.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 Knivesplus.com main page’s claimed encoding is iso-8859-1. Changing it to UTF-8 can be a good choice, as this format is commonly used for encoding all over the web and thus their visitors won’t have any troubles with symbol transcription or reading.

Social Sharing Optimization

knivesplus.com

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