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Report Summary

  • 9

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    23% of other websites

  • 63

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 28% of websites

  • 67

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    24% of websites

  • 79

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    40% of websites

northerngecko.net

Northern Gecko – Northern Gecko Inc

Page Load Speed

2.9 sec in total

First Response

136 ms

Resources Loaded

1.8 sec

Page Rendered

935 ms

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About Website

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Canada's Premiere Gecko and Reptile Supply Store – Shop Canada's largest supply of reptile products online! Northern Gecko offers industry leading products for Reptiles, Amphibians, Fish, Bird...

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Key Findings

We analyzed Northerngecko.net page load time and found that the first response time was 136 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

northerngecko.net performance score

9

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.0 s

50/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value10.0 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value9.2 s

13/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value4,020 ms

1/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.509

16/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value23.7 s

1/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

www.northerngecko.net

136 ms

css2

48 ms

bootstrap.min.css

41 ms

all.min.css

48 ms

animate.min.css

56 ms

Our browser made a total of 65 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 72% of them (47 requests) were addressed to the original Northerngecko.net, 8% (5 requests) were made to Cdnjs.cloudflare.com and 6% (4 requests) were made to Fonts.gstatic.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1.5 sec) relates to the external source Polyfill-fastly.net.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 440.2 kB (18%)

Content Size

2.5 MB

After Optimization

2.0 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Northerngecko.net main page is 2.5 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 1.6 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-85%

Potential reduce by 356.8 kB

  • Original 417.9 kB
  • After minification 334.2 kB
  • After compression 61.2 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. This page needs HTML code to be minified as it can gain 83.7 kB, which is 20% 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 356.8 kB or 85% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-2%

Potential reduce by 32.4 kB

  • Original 1.6 MB
  • After minification 1.5 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. Northern Gecko images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-11%

Potential reduce by 48.4 kB

  • Original 427.2 kB
  • After minification 427.1 kB
  • After compression 378.8 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. It is highly recommended that all JavaScript files should be compressed and minified as it can save up to 48.4 kB or 11% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-5%

Potential reduce by 2.6 kB

  • Original 56.4 kB
  • After minification 56.4 kB
  • After compression 53.8 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. Northerngecko.net has all CSS files already compressed.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 31 (57%)

Requests Now

54

After Optimization

23

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 54 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Northern Gecko. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 21 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 12 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

www.northerngecko.net

www.northerngecko.net

136 ms

css2

css2

48 ms

bootstrap.min.css

bootstrap.min.css

41 ms

all.min.css

all.min.css

48 ms

animate.min.css

animate.min.css

56 ms

base.css

base.css

36 ms

global.js

global.js

48 ms

theme.js

theme.js

65 ms

custom_new.js

custom_new.js

68 ms

lazysizes.js

lazysizes.js

62 ms

preloads.js

preloads.js

69 ms

load_feature-f4e7948c1c9e4f45ef404dbb8b5dbcaa265bad73ea228bf111efe71177b448d9.js

load_feature-f4e7948c1c9e4f45ef404dbb8b5dbcaa265bad73ea228bf111efe71177b448d9.js

63 ms

storefront-80e528be853eac23af2454534897ca9536b1d3d04aa043b042f34879a3c111c8.js

storefront-80e528be853eac23af2454534897ca9536b1d3d04aa043b042f34879a3c111c8.js

72 ms

scripts.js

scripts.js

74 ms

boost-pfs-instant-search.css

boost-pfs-instant-search.css

81 ms

boost-pfs-custom.css

boost-pfs-custom.css

85 ms

inbox-chat-loader.js

inbox-chat-loader.js

60 ms

shopify-perf-kit-1.0.0.min.js

shopify-perf-kit-1.0.0.min.js

96 ms

component-slideshow.css

component-slideshow.css

119 ms

component-slider.css

component-slider.css

106 ms

291 ms

bootstrap.bundle.min.js

bootstrap.bundle.min.js

30 ms

boost-pfs-core-instant-search.js

boost-pfs-core-instant-search.js

106 ms

boost-pfs-instant-search.js

boost-pfs-instant-search.js

95 ms

boost-pfs-init.js

boost-pfs-init.js

101 ms

polyfill.min.js

polyfill.min.js

1528 ms

loader.js

loader.js

34 ms

fbae02497b4465d1a3e3034f7d2cab4d.js

fbae02497b4465d1a3e3034f7d2cab4d.js

125 ms

trekkie.storefront.c1258b47cccb7bc2aeeaeb253b8999e078bd2f6b.min.js

trekkie.storefront.c1258b47cccb7bc2aeeaeb253b8999e078bd2f6b.min.js

36 ms

shop_events_listener-61fa9e0a912c675e178777d2b27f6cbd482f8912a6b0aa31fa3515985a8cd626.js

shop_events_listener-61fa9e0a912c675e178777d2b27f6cbd482f8912a6b0aa31fa3515985a8cd626.js

35 ms

shopify-boomerang-1.0.0.min.js

shopify-boomerang-1.0.0.min.js

37 ms

NG-Logo_300x300.png

NG-Logo_300x300.png

54 ms

search_icon_header.png

search_icon_header.png

63 ms

cart_icon.png

cart_icon.png

83 ms

user_icon.png

user_icon.png

88 ms

user_icon_blue.png

user_icon_blue.png

76 ms

image_3.png

image_3.png

91 ms

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logo_85aa70a4-bd33-42e2-8015-d206a219d61e_160x160@2x.png

80 ms

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newcal-basic_1_160x160@2x.png

84 ms

ZM-Logo_Liz_1_160x160@2x.png

ZM-Logo_Liz_1_160x160@2x.png

114 ms

pngwing.com_160x160@2x.png

pngwing.com_160x160@2x.png

102 ms

logo3_160x160@2x.png

logo3_160x160@2x.png

110 ms

REPTIZOO-LOGO_160x160@2x.jpg

REPTIZOO-LOGO_160x160@2x.jpg

127 ms

index31_1024x.png

index31_1024x.png

144 ms

loader-image.jpg

loader-image.jpg

140 ms

theme.css

theme.css

28 ms

custom.css

custom.css

33 ms

banner_back.png

banner_back.png

122 ms

FREE-SHIPPING_back-2_1.png

FREE-SHIPPING_back-2_1.png

39 ms

newcal-banner.png

newcal-banner.png

119 ms

image_2_back.png

image_2_back.png

71 ms

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poppins_n7.59016f931f3f39434d2e458fba083eb7db7a07d9.woff

91 ms

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43 ms

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93 ms

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90 ms

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92 ms

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89 ms

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92 ms

fa-solid-900.woff

fa-solid-900.woff

21 ms

fa-regular-400.woff

fa-regular-400.woff

43 ms

off_img.png

off_img.png

43 ms

NG-Logo_360x.png

NG-Logo_360x.png

131 ms

custom_new.css

custom_new.css

65 ms

fa-brands-400.woff

fa-brands-400.woff

61 ms

currency-flags.png

currency-flags.png

52 ms

Accessibility Review

northerngecko.net accessibility score

63

Accessibility Issues

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-*] attributes do not match their roles

High

ARIA input fields do not have accessible names

High

Elements with an ARIA [role] that require children to contain a specific [role] are missing some or all of those required children.

High

ARIA toggle fields do not have accessible names

High

[aria-*] attributes do not have valid values

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.

Tables and lists

These are opportunities to improve the experience of reading tabular or list data using assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Impact

Issue

High

<dl>'s do not contain only properly-ordered <dt> and <dd> groups, <script>, <template> or <div> elements.

High

Definition list items are not wrapped in <dl> elements

High

Lists do not contain only <li> elements and script supporting elements (<script> and <template>).

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

<frame> or <iframe> elements do not have a title

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

northerngecko.net 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

High

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

northerngecko.net SEO score

79

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

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 Northerngecko.net 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 Northerngecko.net 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

northerngecko.net

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