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Report Summary

  • 46

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    65% of other websites

  • 90

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 74% of websites

  • 58

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    20% of websites

  • 89

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    66% of websites

shieldsports.com

Shield Mfg. Inc. - complete line of sports equipment - indoor and outdoor hockey equipment and accessories; gym and physical education accessories; an...

Page Load Speed

6.1 sec in total

First Response

699 ms

Resources Loaded

5.2 sec

Page Rendered

187 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Shieldsports.com page load time and found that the first response time was 699 ms and then it took 5.4 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 75% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

shieldsports.com performance score

46

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value5.3 s

7/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value12.5 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value13.5 s

2/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value110 ms

98/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.071

96/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value11.9 s

16/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

shieldsports.com

699 ms

CsosBlog.css

34 ms

CsosCalendar.css

38 ms

jquery.bxslider.css

40 ms

simpleProduct.css

39 ms

Our browser made a total of 73 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 85% of them (62 requests) were addressed to the original Shieldsports.com, 5% (4 requests) were made to Fonts.googleapis.com and 4% (3 requests) were made to Cp-commerce.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (2.5 sec) relates to the external source Cp-commerce.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 568.8 kB (35%)

Content Size

1.6 MB

After Optimization

1.0 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Shieldsports.com main page is 1.6 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. 50% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 999.0 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-85%

Potential reduce by 42.8 kB

  • Original 50.1 kB
  • After minification 38.3 kB
  • After compression 7.3 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 11.9 kB, which is 24% 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 42.8 kB or 85% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-6%

Potential reduce by 63.8 kB

  • Original 999.0 kB
  • After minification 935.2 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. Shield Sports images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-80%

Potential reduce by 295.6 kB

  • Original 370.3 kB
  • After minification 243.3 kB
  • After compression 74.7 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 295.6 kB or 80% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-85%

Potential reduce by 166.6 kB

  • Original 196.7 kB
  • After minification 155.8 kB
  • After compression 30.1 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. Shieldsports.com needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 166.6 kB or 85% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 42 (64%)

Requests Now

66

After Optimization

24

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 66 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Shield Sports. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 26 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 18 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

shieldsports.com

shieldsports.com

699 ms

CsosBlog.css

CsosBlog.css

34 ms

CsosCalendar.css

CsosCalendar.css

38 ms

jquery.bxslider.css

jquery.bxslider.css

40 ms

simpleProduct.css

simpleProduct.css

39 ms

nestedColumns.css

nestedColumns.css

40 ms

colorbox.css

colorbox.css

50 ms

cssFix.css

cssFix.css

55 ms

search.css

search.css

56 ms

ip_content.css

ip_content.css

75 ms

bootstrap.css

bootstrap.css

131 ms

bootstrap-responsive.css

bootstrap-responsive.css

76 ms

supersized.core.css

supersized.core.css

66 ms

style.css

style.css

92 ms

theme.css

theme.css

75 ms

Twitter_logo_white_30_2.png

Twitter_logo_white_30_2.png

82 ms

youtube_logo_30_2.png

youtube_logo_30_2.png

110 ms

webstoreButton_header2_2.png

webstoreButton_header2_2.png

185 ms

shield_sports.png

shield_sports.png

132 ms

slide1_1.jpg

slide1_1.jpg

119 ms

slide3_1.jpg

slide3_1.jpg

135 ms

rainbow_pyramids_slide_1.jpg

rainbow_pyramids_slide_1.jpg

152 ms

mouth_guards_slide_1.jpg

mouth_guards_slide_1.jpg

171 ms

ball_slam_action_slide_1.jpg

ball_slam_action_slide_1.jpg

181 ms

goalie_sticks_slide.jpg

goalie_sticks_slide.jpg

174 ms

saucer_slam_action_slide_1.jpg

saucer_slam_action_slide_1.jpg

173 ms

60_piece_storage_bin_slide_1.jpg

60_piece_storage_bin_slide_1.jpg

190 ms

targetzone_slide_1.jpg

targetzone_slide_1.jpg

207 ms

warrantyInfo_icon_2.jpg

warrantyInfo_icon_2.jpg

190 ms

SHIELD_HEXPUCK_822_PAIR_1_3.jpg

SHIELD_HEXPUCK_822_PAIR_1_3.jpg

193 ms

Deluxe_Bin_STACK_LIDS_SIDE_VERT_DSC06820_1.jpg

Deluxe_Bin_STACK_LIDS_SIDE_VERT_DSC06820_1.jpg

195 ms

jquery.js

jquery.js

213 ms

console.log.js

console.log.js

191 ms

functions.js

functions.js

191 ms

jquery.tools.form.js

jquery.tools.form.js

196 ms

color.js

color.js

196 ms

file.js

file.js

209 ms

richtext.js

richtext.js

209 ms

repositoryFile.js

repositoryFile.js

208 ms

url.js

url.js

214 ms

form.js

form.js

212 ms

validator.js

validator.js

225 ms

widgets.js

widgets.js

214 ms

ipCore.js

ipCore.js

210 ms

CsosBlog.js

CsosBlog.js

207 ms

CsosCalendar.js

CsosCalendar.js

204 ms

slider.js

slider.js

195 ms

jquery.bxslider.js

jquery.bxslider.js

204 ms

simpleProduct.js

simpleProduct.js

206 ms

jquery.colorbox-min.js

jquery.colorbox-min.js

201 ms

css

css

32 ms

css

css

49 ms

css

css

50 ms

css

css

50 ms

colorboxInit.js

colorboxInit.js

189 ms

TinyMceConfigUpdate.js

TinyMceConfigUpdate.js

178 ms

search.js

search.js

156 ms

jquery.easing.1.3.js

jquery.easing.1.3.js

163 ms

jquery.ui.totop.js

jquery.ui.totop.js

167 ms

jquery.caroufredsel.js

jquery.caroufredsel.js

170 ms

catalogCover_2.jpg

catalogCover_2.jpg

135 ms

init.js

init.js

2246 ms

magnific-popup.css

magnific-popup.css

2478 ms

jquery.magnific-popup.min.js

jquery.magnific-popup.min.js

2089 ms

bx_loader.gif

bx_loader.gif

22 ms

sdk.js

sdk.js

25 ms

controls.png

controls.png

25 ms

overlay.png

overlay.png

26 ms

totop.gif

totop.gif

24 ms

nav-icon.png

nav-icon.png

25 ms

KFOmCnqEu92Fr1Me5g.woff

KFOmCnqEu92Fr1Me5g.woff

11 ms

KFOlCnqEu92Fr1MmSU5vAA.woff

KFOlCnqEu92Fr1MmSU5vAA.woff

23 ms

KFOlCnqEu92Fr1MmWUlvAA.woff

KFOlCnqEu92Fr1MmWUlvAA.woff

26 ms

Accessibility Review

shieldsports.com accessibility score

90

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.

Navigation

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

Impact

Issue

High

Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order

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

Links do not have a discernible name

Best Practices

shieldsports.com best practices score

58

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

Displays images with incorrect aspect ratio

High

Serves images with low resolution

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

SEO Factors

shieldsports.com SEO score

89

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

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 Shieldsports.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 Shieldsports.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

shieldsports.com

Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of Shield Sports. 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: