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Report Summary

  • 20

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    37% of other websites

  • 72

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 37% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    35% of websites

  • 83

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    46% of websites

northstarcustomapparel.com

North Star Custom Apparel | Promotional Products & Apparel: Home

Page Load Speed

2.8 sec in total

First Response

395 ms

Resources Loaded

2 sec

Page Rendered

372 ms

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About Website

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Key Findings

We analyzed Northstarcustomapparel.com page load time and found that the first response time was 395 ms and then it took 2.4 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

northstarcustomapparel.com performance score

20

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value5.2 s

8/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value14.1 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value10.3 s

8/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value1,840 ms

9/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.047

99/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value17.5 s

4/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

www.northstarcustomapparel.com

395 ms

js

71 ms

bootstrap.min.css

96 ms

flexslider.css

132 ms

font-awesome.min.css

190 ms

Our browser made a total of 101 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 84% of them (85 requests) were addressed to the original Northstarcustomapparel.com, 5% (5 requests) were made to Youtube.com and 2% (2 requests) were made to Googletagmanager.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (803 ms) belongs to the original domain Northstarcustomapparel.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 443.0 kB (14%)

Content Size

3.1 MB

After Optimization

2.6 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Northstarcustomapparel.com main page is 3.1 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. Only a small number of websites need less resources to load. Images take 2.5 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-85%

Potential reduce by 66.2 kB

  • Original 78.3 kB
  • After minification 71.7 kB
  • After compression 12.1 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 66.2 kB or 85% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-12%

Potential reduce by 302.4 kB

  • Original 2.5 MB
  • After minification 2.2 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, North Star Custom Apparel needs image optimization as it can save up to 302.4 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

-14%

Potential reduce by 45.1 kB

  • Original 332.9 kB
  • After minification 332.7 kB
  • After compression 287.8 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 45.1 kB or 14% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-20%

Potential reduce by 29.3 kB

  • Original 149.2 kB
  • After minification 149.2 kB
  • After compression 119.9 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. Northstarcustomapparel.com needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 29.3 kB or 20% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 34 (36%)

Requests Now

95

After Optimization

61

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 95 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of North Star Custom Apparel. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 25 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.northstarcustomapparel.com

www.northstarcustomapparel.com

395 ms

js

js

71 ms

bootstrap.min.css

bootstrap.min.css

96 ms

flexslider.css

flexslider.css

132 ms

font-awesome.min.css

font-awesome.min.css

190 ms

slick.css

slick.css

192 ms

lightbox.css

lightbox.css

183 ms

vex.css

vex.css

188 ms

vex-theme-default.css

vex-theme-default.css

190 ms

StyleSheet

StyleSheet

260 ms

Utils.js

Utils.js

224 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

238 ms

migrate-3.1.0.js

migrate-3.1.0.js

224 ms

bootstrap.min.js

bootstrap.min.js

226 ms

slick.min.js

slick.min.js

226 ms

hoverIntent.min.js

hoverIntent.min.js

232 ms

superfish.min.js

superfish.min.js

233 ms

jquery.validate.min.js

jquery.validate.min.js

240 ms

jquery.flexslider-min.js

jquery.flexslider-min.js

240 ms

lightbox.js

lightbox.js

270 ms

ie10-viewport-bug-workaround.js

ie10-viewport-bug-workaround.js

270 ms

iframeResizer.min.js

iframeResizer.min.js

272 ms

IFrameUtils.js

IFrameUtils.js

275 ms

vex.combined.js

vex.combined.js

279 ms

custom.js

custom.js

333 ms

highslide-full.packed.js

highslide-full.packed.js

335 ms

highslide.config.js

highslide.config.js

334 ms

highslide.css

highslide.css

333 ms

js

js

74 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

23 ms

collect

collect

47 ms

Pic

Pic

179 ms

Pic

Pic

410 ms

Pic

Pic

259 ms

QPic

QPic

259 ms

WEBlogPic

WEBlogPic

296 ms

WEBlogPic

WEBlogPic

263 ms

TestPic

TestPic

802 ms

quotes.png

quotes.png

260 ms

Facebook.png

Facebook.png

406 ms

LinkedIn.png

LinkedIn.png

405 ms

Instagram.png

Instagram.png

406 ms

Pic

Pic

803 ms

mc.png

mc.png

647 ms

visa.png

visa.png

643 ms

amex.png

amex.png

642 ms

discover.png

discover.png

642 ms

diners.png

diners.png

642 ms

glyphicons-halflings-regular.woff

glyphicons-halflings-regular.woff

609 ms

adminkeys.png

adminkeys.png

608 ms

css

css

32 ms

ZtAm-5zva6M

ZtAm-5zva6M

150 ms

close.png

close.png

532 ms

loading.gif

loading.gif

683 ms

prev.png

prev.png

683 ms

next.png

next.png

684 ms

Pic

Pic

688 ms

QPic

QPic

684 ms

QPic

QPic

684 ms

QPic

QPic

685 ms

QPic

QPic

684 ms

QPic

QPic

685 ms

QPic

QPic

686 ms

QPic

QPic

686 ms

QPic

QPic

687 ms

QPic

QPic

654 ms

QPic

QPic

656 ms

QPic

QPic

656 ms

font

font

28 ms

fontawesome-webfont.woff

fontawesome-webfont.woff

653 ms

QPic

QPic

634 ms

QPic

QPic

555 ms

QPic

QPic

554 ms

QPic

QPic

553 ms

www-player.css

www-player.css

32 ms

www-embed-player.js

www-embed-player.js

142 ms

base.js

base.js

184 ms

QPic

QPic

547 ms

QPic

QPic

493 ms

QPic

QPic

411 ms

QPic

QPic

410 ms

QPic

QPic

410 ms

QPic

QPic

402 ms

ad_status.js

ad_status.js

221 ms

QPic

QPic

200 ms

QPic

QPic

200 ms

QPic

QPic

198 ms

QPic

QPic

198 ms

Pic

Pic

528 ms

Pic

Pic

574 ms

ajax-loader.gif

ajax-loader.gif

210 ms

slick.woff

slick.woff

183 ms

RnAEGhf-XX_BTbKPyrocfzPG9wxH_4lxfCPxVnxswRc.js

RnAEGhf-XX_BTbKPyrocfzPG9wxH_4lxfCPxVnxswRc.js

174 ms

embed.js

embed.js

76 ms

id

id

51 ms

Create

Create

112 ms

GenerateIT

GenerateIT

15 ms

custom.png

custom.png

53 ms

zoomout.cur

zoomout.cur

52 ms

loader.white.gif

loader.white.gif

37 ms

flexslider-icon.woff

flexslider-icon.woff

36 ms

Accessibility Review

northstarcustomapparel.com accessibility score

72

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-hidden="true"] elements contain focusable descendents

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 IDs are not unique

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

northstarcustomapparel.com best practices score

75

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

Displays images with incorrect aspect ratio

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

High

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

northstarcustomapparel.com SEO score

83

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

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 Northstarcustomapparel.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 Northstarcustomapparel.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

northstarcustomapparel.com

Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of North Star Custom Apparel. 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: