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Report Summary

  • 17

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    32% of other websites

  • 86

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 61% of websites

  • 67

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    24% of websites

  • 79

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    40% of websites

maptown.com

Map Town is a retailer of local, regional, national, continental and world maps for hiking, travel, leisure and work. We sell topographic maps, travel...

Page Load Speed

2.6 sec in total

First Response

351 ms

Resources Loaded

1.9 sec

Page Rendered

340 ms

maptown.com screenshot

About Website

Visit maptown.com now to see the best up-to-date Map Town content for Canada and also check out these interesting facts you probably never knew about maptown.com

Map Town is Canada's largest map store. Map Town has maps and travel guides for every country in the world. Map Town is a retailer for the Etopo Digital Maps. Map Town has a bricks and mortar location...

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Key Findings

We analyzed Maptown.com page load time and found that the first response time was 351 ms and then it took 2.2 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 45% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

maptown.com performance score

17

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value8.2 s

0/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value16.1 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value10.8 s

6/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value1,420 ms

15/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.159

73/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value16.5 s

5/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

Default.asp

351 ms

jquery-ui.css

65 ms

default.css

100 ms

26220200915205629.css

74 ms

jquery-3.7.1.min.js

62 ms

Our browser made a total of 81 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 54% of them (44 requests) were addressed to the original Maptown.com, 12% (10 requests) were made to D21ivvgspl06jm.cloudfront.net and 11% (9 requests) were made to Cdn4.volusion.store. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (722 ms) relates to the external source Cdn4.volusion.store.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 571.6 kB (32%)

Content Size

1.8 MB

After Optimization

1.2 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Maptown.com main page is 1.8 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. 70% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 873.7 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-82%

Potential reduce by 218.6 kB

  • Original 267.2 kB
  • After minification 251.1 kB
  • After compression 48.6 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 218.6 kB or 82% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-1%

Potential reduce by 5.1 kB

  • Original 873.7 kB
  • After minification 868.6 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. Map Town images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-9%

Potential reduce by 19.4 kB

  • Original 216.2 kB
  • After minification 216.2 kB
  • After compression 196.8 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

-81%

Potential reduce by 328.4 kB

  • Original 406.4 kB
  • After minification 406.0 kB
  • After compression 78.0 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. Maptown.com needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 328.4 kB or 81% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 41 (53%)

Requests Now

78

After Optimization

37

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 78 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Map Town. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 23 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 15 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

Default.asp

Default.asp

351 ms

jquery-ui.css

jquery-ui.css

65 ms

default.css

default.css

100 ms

26220200915205629.css

26220200915205629.css

74 ms

jquery-3.7.1.min.js

jquery-3.7.1.min.js

62 ms

jquery-migrate-merged.js

jquery-migrate-merged.js

126 ms

jquery-ui.min.js

jquery-ui.min.js

100 ms

volusion.js

volusion.js

164 ms

content.css

content.css

172 ms

paypal-rest-default-buttons.js

paypal-rest-default-buttons.js

120 ms

soft_add.js

soft_add.js

164 ms

soft_add_mult.js

soft_add_mult.js

164 ms

soft_add.css

soft_add.css

181 ms

javascripts.js

javascripts.js

186 ms

js

js

104 ms

optimize.js

optimize.js

98 ms

f2c8c7e93216e073_complete.js

f2c8c7e93216e073_complete.js

60 ms

js

js

461 ms

template.css

template.css

206 ms

theme-icons-base.css

theme-icons-base.css

60 ms

design-toolkit.min.js

design-toolkit.min.js

207 ms

js

js

159 ms

vnav.css

vnav.css

228 ms

vnav.js

vnav.js

211 ms

owl.carousel.css

owl.carousel.css

239 ms

volusion-owl.css

volusion-owl.css

226 ms

owl.carousel.js

owl.carousel.js

204 ms

homepage.css

homepage.css

266 ms

template.min.js

template.min.js

440 ms

class-name-watcher.js

class-name-watcher.js

281 ms

paypal-push-cart.js

paypal-push-cart.js

266 ms

push-cart.js

push-cart.js

294 ms

css

css

46 ms

css

css

62 ms

fontello.css

fontello.css

160 ms

ionicons.min.css

ionicons.min.css

170 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

105 ms

rite-in-the-rain.jpg

rite-in-the-rain.jpg

367 ms

202101-1.png

202101-1.png

514 ms

puzzles.jpg

puzzles.jpg

218 ms

vintage-metal-signs.jpg

vintage-metal-signs.jpg

218 ms

promo1.jpg

promo1.jpg

509 ms

promo2.jpg

promo2.jpg

509 ms

promo3.jpg

promo3.jpg

217 ms

promo4.jpg

promo4.jpg

513 ms

promo5.jpg

promo5.jpg

512 ms

promo6.jpg

promo6.jpg

512 ms

promo7.jpg

promo7.jpg

659 ms

202009-1.jpg

202009-1.jpg

512 ms

202002-1.png

202002-1.png

628 ms

240228-1.png

240228-1.png

629 ms

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370640-1.png

640 ms

202008-1.png

202008-1.png

628 ms

037454-1.jpg

037454-1.jpg

628 ms

590128-1.jpg

590128-1.jpg

627 ms

590127-1.jpg

590127-1.jpg

722 ms

OZpEg_xvsDZQL_LKIF7q4jP3w2j_.ttf

OZpEg_xvsDZQL_LKIF7q4jP3w2j_.ttf

357 ms

js

js

144 ms

header_bg.png

header_bg.png

481 ms

js

js

501 ms

TK3_WkUHHAIjg75cFRf3bXL8LICs1_FvsUZiYA.ttf

TK3_WkUHHAIjg75cFRf3bXL8LICs1_FvsUZiYA.ttf

454 ms

facebook-light.svg

facebook-light.svg

369 ms

main_graphic.jpg

main_graphic.jpg

487 ms

link_arrow_end.jpg

link_arrow_end.jpg

467 ms

transparent_light.png

transparent_light.png

475 ms

transparent_dark.png

transparent_dark.png

473 ms

promo_right_angle_quote.png

promo_right_angle_quote.png

472 ms

featured_title_mountains.png

featured_title_mountains.png

486 ms

twitter-light.svg

twitter-light.svg

401 ms

instagram-light.svg

instagram-light.svg

403 ms

rss-light.svg

rss-light.svg

403 ms

paypal-dark.svg

paypal-dark.svg

461 ms

visa-dark.svg

visa-dark.svg

463 ms

discover-dark.svg

discover-dark.svg

464 ms

mastercard-dark.svg

mastercard-dark.svg

459 ms

amex-dark.svg

amex-dark.svg

461 ms

collect

collect

385 ms

collect

collect

391 ms

ConfigurationSettingProvider.ashx

ConfigurationSettingProvider.ashx

262 ms

svgdefs.svg

svgdefs.svg

275 ms

1609445384281.gif

1609445384281.gif

272 ms

Accessibility Review

maptown.com accessibility score

86

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.

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

High

Links do not have a discernible name

Best Practices

maptown.com best practices score

67

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

User Experience

Impact

Issue

High

Serves images with low resolution

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

SEO Factors

maptown.com SEO score

79

Search Engine Optimization Advices

Crawling and Indexing

To appear in search results, crawlers need access to your app.

Impact

Issue

High

Links are not crawlable

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

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 Maptown.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 Maptown.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

maptown.com

Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of Map Town. 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: