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Report Summary

  • 26

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    46% of other websites

  • 92

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 80% of websites

  • 83

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    56% of websites

  • 84

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    53% of websites

simplehuman.ca

simplehuman | tools for efficient living

Page Load Speed

1.5 sec in total

First Response

64 ms

Resources Loaded

1.1 sec

Page Rendered

309 ms

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About Website

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We design tools that make people more efficient at home. Through innovation and technology, we find ways to streamline daily life. Truly built to last, our products are the opposite of fast fashion an...

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Key Findings

We analyzed Simplehuman.ca page load time and found that the first response time was 64 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 25% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

simplehuman.ca performance score

26

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.2 s

44/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value18.0 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value8.6 s

17/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value1,400 ms

16/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value21.6 s

1/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

simplehuman.ca

64 ms

298 ms

styles.css

143 ms

widgets.css

75 ms

cctype.css

71 ms

Our browser made a total of 58 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 2% of them (1 request) were addressed to the original Simplehuman.ca, 38% (22 requests) were made to Simplehuman.com and 31% (18 requests) were made to Dojbfbukd6hul.cloudfront.net. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (535 ms) relates to the external source T.trackedlink.net.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 938.9 kB (58%)

Content Size

1.6 MB

After Optimization

677.8 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Simplehuman.ca 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. 45% of websites need less resources to load. Javascripts take 665.6 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-80%

Potential reduce by 34.8 kB

  • Original 43.6 kB
  • After minification 37.3 kB
  • After compression 8.8 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 6.3 kB, which is 14% 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 34.8 kB or 80% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-3%

Potential reduce by 11.4 kB

  • Original 449.9 kB
  • After minification 438.5 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. Simplehuman images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-75%

Potential reduce by 497.5 kB

  • Original 665.6 kB
  • After minification 534.2 kB
  • After compression 168.1 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 497.5 kB or 75% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-86%

Potential reduce by 395.2 kB

  • Original 457.6 kB
  • After minification 375.2 kB
  • After compression 62.4 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. Simplehuman.ca needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 395.2 kB or 86% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 25 (45%)

Requests Now

55

After Optimization

30

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 55 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Simplehuman. 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 8 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

simplehuman.ca

simplehuman.ca

64 ms

298 ms

styles.css

styles.css

143 ms

widgets.css

widgets.css

75 ms

cctype.css

cctype.css

71 ms

styles-sdg.css

styles-sdg.css

172 ms

product-features.css

product-features.css

70 ms

mage-account.css

mage-account.css

71 ms

ee-cms.css

ee-cms.css

125 ms

combined.js

combined.js

278 ms

jquery.combined.js

jquery.combined.js

205 ms

scripts.js

scripts.js

127 ms

stripe.js

stripe.js

157 ms

cctype.js

cctype.js

157 ms

catalogevent.js

catalogevent.js

202 ms

66 ms

_dmpt.js

_dmpt.js

535 ms

_dmpt.js

_dmpt.js

173 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

19 ms

bg-modal-wrapper-615.png

bg-modal-wrapper-615.png

50 ms

quarter-panel-custom-fit-liners.jpg

quarter-panel-custom-fit-liners.jpg

183 ms

4x_logo.png

4x_logo.png

56 ms

ST3008-homepage-v2.jpg

ST3008-homepage-v2.jpg

54 ms

ST3008-homepage-slide-buttons-learn-more.png

ST3008-homepage-slide-buttons-learn-more.png

47 ms

ST3008-homepage-slide-buttons-watch-the-film.png

ST3008-homepage-slide-buttons-watch-the-film.png

45 ms

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homepage_CW2025-dual-compartment-rect-can-v4.jpg

60 ms

bg-hover-home-tout.png

bg-hover-home-tout.png

47 ms

flag-icon_us_20140220.png

flag-icon_us_20140220.png

48 ms

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flag-icon_uk_20140220.png

48 ms

flag-icon_ca_20140220.png

flag-icon_ca_20140220.png

47 ms

flag-icon_fr_20140220.png

flag-icon_fr_20140220.png

57 ms

flag-icon_de.png

flag-icon_de.png

53 ms

flag-icon_eu-20141216.png

flag-icon_eu-20141216.png

54 ms

tout-round-step-can-2x.jpg

tout-round-step-can-2x.jpg

138 ms

tout-sensor-pump-2x.jpg

tout-sensor-pump-2x.jpg

154 ms

tout-dishrack-2x.jpg

tout-dishrack-2x.jpg

151 ms

tout-free-shipping-green-2x.jpg

tout-free-shipping-green-2x.jpg

128 ms

atrk.js

atrk.js

60 ms

menu_icon_20140221.png

menu_icon_20140221.png

44 ms

search_icon_20140220.png

search_icon_20140220.png

44 ms

dinregular-webfont.woff

dinregular-webfont.woff

79 ms

collect

collect

24 ms

shade-tout.png

shade-tout.png

64 ms

bg-footer-shadow.png

bg-footer-shadow.png

65 ms

ico-arrow-up.png

ico-arrow-up.png

61 ms

bg-nav-stretch-new.png

bg-nav-stretch-new.png

13 ms

sprite-nav-20151031.png

sprite-nav-20151031.png

15 ms

btn-general-hover-h12.png

btn-general-hover-h12.png

16 ms

bg-warrent.png

bg-warrent.png

15 ms

dinlight-webfont.woff

dinlight-webfont.woff

84 ms

dinmedium-webfont.woff

dinmedium-webfont.woff

74 ms

collect

collect

85 ms

atrk.gif

atrk.gif

73 ms

test.png

test.png

332 ms

print.css

print.css

37 ms

channel.html

channel.html

102 ms

widget_v2.137.js

widget_v2.137.js

15 ms

nr-100.js

nr-100.js

20 ms

Accessibility Review

simplehuman.ca accessibility score

92

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

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.

Best Practices

simplehuman.ca 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

High

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

simplehuman.ca 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

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Simplehuman.ca 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 Simplehuman.ca 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

simplehuman.ca

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