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Report Summary

  • 33

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    53% of other websites

  • 97

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 91% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    35% of websites

  • 91

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    70% of websites

switchbacklongboards.com

Switchback Longboards - Canada's Best Online Longboard Skateboard Shop

Page Load Speed

5.8 sec in total

First Response

1.9 sec

Resources Loaded

3.7 sec

Page Rendered

181 ms

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About Website

Click here to check amazing Switchback Longboards content for Canada. Otherwise, check out these important facts you probably never knew about switchbacklongboards.com

Switchback Longboards is a Canadian Online retailer for Longboards, Skateboards, Trucks, Wheels, Bearings, Safety Gear and Accessories. We are a grassroots-based shop holding and sponsoring local even...

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Key Findings

We analyzed Switchbacklongboards.com page load time and found that the first response time was 1.9 sec and then it took 3.9 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 65% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

switchbacklongboards.com performance score

33

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.5 s

34/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value6.5 s

9/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value4.2 s

77/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value1,660 ms

11/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.105

88/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value8.7 s

36/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

www.switchbacklongboards.com

1896 ms

nav.css

129 ms

styles.css

142 ms

widgets.css

67 ms

giftvoucher.css

62 ms

Our browser made a total of 116 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 82% of them (95 requests) were addressed to the original Switchbacklongboards.com, 3% (4 requests) were made to Translate.googleapis.com and 3% (3 requests) were made to Youtube.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1.9 sec) belongs to the original domain Switchbacklongboards.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 1.2 MB (41%)

Content Size

2.9 MB

After Optimization

1.7 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Switchbacklongboards.com main page is 2.9 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

-87%

Potential reduce by 55.3 kB

  • Original 63.7 kB
  • After minification 38.2 kB
  • After compression 8.4 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 25.4 kB, which is 40% 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 55.3 kB or 87% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-18%

Potential reduce by 298.4 kB

  • Original 1.6 MB
  • After minification 1.3 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, Switchback Longboards needs image optimization as it can save up to 298.4 kB or 18% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-66%

Potential reduce by 537.6 kB

  • Original 817.4 kB
  • After minification 692.6 kB
  • After compression 279.7 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 537.6 kB or 66% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-82%

Potential reduce by 286.9 kB

  • Original 348.1 kB
  • After minification 324.4 kB
  • After compression 61.2 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. Switchbacklongboards.com needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 286.9 kB or 82% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 55 (50%)

Requests Now

111

After Optimization

56

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 111 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Switchback Longboards. 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 9 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

www.switchbacklongboards.com

www.switchbacklongboards.com

1896 ms

nav.css

nav.css

129 ms

styles.css

styles.css

142 ms

widgets.css

widgets.css

67 ms

giftvoucher.css

giftvoucher.css

62 ms

bannerpro.css

bannerpro.css

63 ms

easycatalogimg.css

easycatalogimg.css

64 ms

prototype.js

prototype.js

155 ms

ccard.js

ccard.js

89 ms

validation.js

validation.js

148 ms

builder.js

builder.js

90 ms

effects.js

effects.js

147 ms

dragdrop.js

dragdrop.js

148 ms

controls.js

controls.js

147 ms

slider.js

slider.js

181 ms

js.js

js.js

181 ms

form.js

form.js

182 ms

menu.js

menu.js

182 ms

translate.js

translate.js

182 ms

cookies.js

cookies.js

182 ms

giftvoucher.js

giftvoucher.js

192 ms

bannerpro.js

bannerpro.js

224 ms

banner_effects.js

banner_effects.js

236 ms

element.js

element.js

38 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

6 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

15 ms

asphalt_background.jpg

asphalt_background.jpg

43 ms

header-overlay.png

header-overlay.png

30 ms

sb-logo.png

sb-logo.png

34 ms

new_shipping.png

new_shipping.png

34 ms

fr-flag.gif

fr-flag.gif

37 ms

bear.jpg

bear.jpg

41 ms

abec-11.jpg

abec-11.jpg

34 ms

bennett.jpg

bennett.jpg

59 ms

cult.jpg

cult.jpg

93 ms

earthwing.jpg

earthwing.jpg

94 ms

crail.jpg

crail.jpg

95 ms

venom.jpg

venom.jpg

93 ms

tracker.jpg

tracker.jpg

92 ms

Slice.jpg

Slice.jpg

93 ms

skates.jpg

skates.jpg

130 ms

seismic.jpg

seismic.jpg

127 ms

revenge.jpg

revenge.jpg

129 ms

retro.jpg

retro.jpg

128 ms

rayne.jpg

rayne.jpg

126 ms

randal.jpg

randal.jpg

127 ms

pink.jpg

pink.jpg

175 ms

paris-trucks.jpg

paris-trucks.jpg

174 ms

original.jpg

original.jpg

177 ms

orangutang.jpg

orangutang.jpg

176 ms

madrid.jpg

madrid.jpg

174 ms

loaded.jpg

loaded.jpg

174 ms

landyachtz.jpg

landyachtz.jpg

206 ms

kebbek.jpg

kebbek.jpg

207 ms

independent.jpg

independent.jpg

210 ms

gull-wing.jpg

gull-wing.jpg

211 ms

BOMBSQUAD.jpg

BOMBSQUAD.jpg

212 ms

tn_metro_wheels.jpg

tn_metro_wheels.jpg

205 ms

tn_paris_trucks.jpg

tn_paris_trucks.jpg

242 ms

tn_Sabre_Trucks.jpg

tn_Sabre_Trucks.jpg

234 ms

tn_Eastside_longboards_skateboards.jpg

tn_Eastside_longboards_skateboards.jpg

236 ms

translateelement.css

translateelement.css

52 ms

main.js

main.js

85 ms

tn_Hawgs_wheels.jpg

tn_Hawgs_wheels.jpg

230 ms

collect

collect

6 ms

collect

collect

83 ms

tn_omen_longboards_skateboards.jpg

tn_omen_longboards_skateboards.jpg

217 ms

tn_surf-rodz_trucks.jpg

tn_surf-rodz_trucks.jpg

213 ms

tn_rotule_longboards_skateboards.gif

tn_rotule_longboards_skateboards.gif

448 ms

tn_Fireball_wheels.jpg

tn_Fireball_wheels.jpg

445 ms

tn_LongBoard_Larry_longboards_skateboards.jpg

tn_LongBoard_Larry_longboards_skateboards.jpg

443 ms

tn_gopro.jpg

tn_gopro.jpg

440 ms

Comet_20%25_Off_Banner.jpg

Comet_20%25_Off_Banner.jpg

438 ms

Bombora-SwitchbackBannerv2.2.jpg

Bombora-SwitchbackBannerv2.2.jpg

512 ms

JENSEN_BLOG_1.jpg

JENSEN_BLOG_1.jpg

478 ms

Switchback_Longboards_Newsletter_Giveaway.jpg

Switchback_Longboards_Newsletter_Giveaway.jpg

480 ms

5_dollar_shirts.png

5_dollar_shirts.png

474 ms

20_dollar_hoodies.png

20_dollar_hoodies.png

473 ms

fatant_2.jpg

fatant_2.jpg

472 ms

element_main.js

element_main.js

39 ms

switchbacklogo.png

switchbacklogo.png

76 ms

footer-facebook.png

footer-facebook.png

109 ms

footer-instagram.png

footer-instagram.png

436 ms

footer-twiiter.png

footer-twiiter.png

354 ms

footer-youtube.png

footer-youtube.png

436 ms

payment-op.png

payment-op.png

434 ms

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uVLYbk4KUQ0

95 ms

friday-design.png

friday-design.png

106 ms

translate_24dp.png

translate_24dp.png

28 ms

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48 ms

googlelogo_color_42x16dp.png

googlelogo_color_42x16dp.png

26 ms

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eLTC3vIl3YA

68 ms

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61 ms

top_links_divider.gif

top_links_divider.gif

391 ms

facebook.png

facebook.png

392 ms

twitter.png

twitter.png

391 ms

youtube.png

youtube.png

392 ms

instagram.png

instagram.png

391 ms

cartIcon.png

cartIcon.png

393 ms

sidebar_button.gif

sidebar_button.gif

394 ms

pause.png

pause.png

364 ms

next-prev-btn.png

next-prev-btn.png

364 ms

main_block_corner_left_top.gif

main_block_corner_left_top.gif

364 ms

main_block_corner_right_top.gif

main_block_corner_right_top.gif

360 ms

main_block_corner_left_bot.gif

main_block_corner_left_bot.gif

360 ms

main_block_corner_right_bot.gif

main_block_corner_right_bot.gif

357 ms

www-embed-player-vflfNyN_r.css

www-embed-player-vflfNyN_r.css

24 ms

www-embed-player.js

www-embed-player.js

42 ms

base.js

base.js

258 ms

footer_top_bg.jpg

footer_top_bg.jpg

339 ms

footer_divider.gif

footer_divider.gif

338 ms

Tqng9ngJVK4Gqvh3e602hP-HqlN49KFEUSDtmrOPmWo.js

Tqng9ngJVK4Gqvh3e602hP-HqlN49KFEUSDtmrOPmWo.js

44 ms

ad_status.js

ad_status.js

46 ms

print.css

print.css

64 ms

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65 ms

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65 ms

Accessibility Review

switchbacklongboards.com accessibility score

97

Accessibility Issues

Navigation

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

Impact

Issue

High

Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order

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

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

Best Practices

switchbacklongboards.com best practices score

75

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

Browser errors were logged to the console

High

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

switchbacklongboards.com SEO score

91

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

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 Switchbacklongboards.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 Switchbacklongboards.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

switchbacklongboards.com

Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of Switchback Longboards. 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: