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Report Summary

  • 20

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    37% of other websites

  • 62

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 28% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    36% of websites

  • 81

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    43% of websites

blindsgalore.ca

Canada Blinds | Canada Window Treatments | Canada Window Coverings - Blindsgalore

Page Load Speed

6.1 sec in total

First Response

259 ms

Resources Loaded

4.5 sec

Page Rendered

1.3 sec

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About Website

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Key Findings

We analyzed Blindsgalore.ca page load time and found that the first response time was 259 ms and then it took 5.8 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

blindsgalore.ca performance score

20

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value2.2 s

77/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value6.9 s

7/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value3.7 s

85/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value6,290 ms

0/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.798

5/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value12.1 s

16/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

blindsgalore.ca

259 ms

www.blindsgalore.ca

575 ms

call.svg

672 ms

blue-seal-96-50-bbb-31003365.png

716 ms

jquery-1.11.0.min.js

439 ms

Our browser made a total of 65 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 3% of them (2 requests) were addressed to the original Blindsgalore.ca, 80% (52 requests) were made to S.blindsgalore.com and 5% (3 requests) were made to Googletagmanager.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (3.3 sec) relates to the external source S.blindsgalore.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 256.9 kB (28%)

Content Size

912.2 kB

After Optimization

655.3 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript

In fact, the total size of Blindsgalore.ca main page is 912.2 kB. This result falls beyond the top 1M of websites and identifies a large and not optimized web page that may take ages to load. 55% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 539.8 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-82%

Potential reduce by 157.9 kB

  • Original 191.8 kB
  • After minification 178.7 kB
  • After compression 33.9 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 157.9 kB or 82% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-1%

Potential reduce by 4.0 kB

  • Original 539.8 kB
  • After minification 535.7 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. Blindsgalore images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-53%

Potential reduce by 94.9 kB

  • Original 180.6 kB
  • After minification 180.6 kB
  • After compression 85.6 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 94.9 kB or 53% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 18 (30%)

Requests Now

61

After Optimization

43

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript

The browser has sent 61 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Blindsgalore. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 10 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

blindsgalore.ca

blindsgalore.ca

259 ms

www.blindsgalore.ca

www.blindsgalore.ca

575 ms

call.svg

call.svg

672 ms

blue-seal-96-50-bbb-31003365.png

blue-seal-96-50-bbb-31003365.png

716 ms

jquery-1.11.0.min.js

jquery-1.11.0.min.js

439 ms

bootstrap.min.js

bootstrap.min.js

419 ms

bootstrapValidator-0.5.1.min.js

bootstrapValidator-0.5.1.min.js

579 ms

store-core.min.js

store-core.min.js

420 ms

js

js

550 ms

caflag.jpg

caflag.jpg

803 ms

order-status.svg

order-status.svg

541 ms

measure.svg

measure.svg

514 ms

account.svg

account.svg

556 ms

cart-empty.svg

cart-empty.svg

559 ms

logoca.jpg

logoca.jpg

798 ms

menu.svg

menu.svg

655 ms

logoca.jpg

logoca.jpg

920 ms

call.svg

call.svg

628 ms

cart-empty.svg

cart-empty.svg

676 ms

BDay22_CA_h.jpg

BDay22_CA_h.jpg

974 ms

HealthCAGutter.jpg

HealthCAGutter.jpg

1467 ms

guarantee_gutter.jpg

guarantee_gutter.jpg

1335 ms

15-free-samples.png

15-free-samples.png

1100 ms

free-shipping.png

free-shipping.png

1764 ms

DesignAdvice.png

DesignAdvice.png

1587 ms

get-it-started.png

get-it-started.png

1622 ms

measure-it.png

measure-it.png

1906 ms

install-it.png

install-it.png

2085 ms

cellular-shades.jpg

cellular-shades.jpg

2045 ms

wood-blinds.jpg

wood-blinds.jpg

1842 ms

sheers.jpg

sheers.jpg

2692 ms

woven-wood.jpg

woven-wood.jpg

2229 ms

roller-shades.jpg

roller-shades.jpg

2180 ms

solar-shades.jpg

solar-shades.jpg

2892 ms

faux-wood-blinds.jpg

faux-wood-blinds.jpg

2171 ms

vertical-blinds.jpg

vertical-blinds.jpg

2250 ms

behomeblogonhomepage.png

behomeblogonhomepage.png

2902 ms

story-video.jpg

story-video.jpg

3228 ms

youtube_findalook-sm.jpg

youtube_findalook-sm.jpg

3261 ms

box.png

box.png

2265 ms

FuturaBook.woff

FuturaBook.woff

2183 ms

glyphicons-halflings-regular.woff

glyphicons-halflings-regular.woff

2264 ms

cell.png

cell.png

2191 ms

logo.png

logo.png

2182 ms

guarentee.png

guarentee.png

2176 ms

pintrest.svg

pintrest.svg

2186 ms

houzz.svg

houzz.svg

2337 ms

facebook.svg

facebook.svg

2107 ms

twitter.svg

twitter.svg

2101 ms

insta.svg

insta.svg

2108 ms

blog.svg

blog.svg

2078 ms

bizrate.png

bizrate.png

2131 ms

js

js

83 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

183 ms

verisign.png

verisign.png

2245 ms

canada.jpg

canada.jpg

2273 ms

usa.jpg

usa.jpg

2005 ms

collect

collect

18 ms

overlay.png

overlay.png

1939 ms

collect

collect

39 ms

ga-audiences

ga-audiences

41 ms

track.js

track.js

248 ms

gtm.js

gtm.js

43 ms

optimize.js

optimize.js

100 ms

getcookie.php

getcookie.php

114 ms

Accessibility Review

blindsgalore.ca accessibility score

62

Accessibility Issues

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

Buttons do not have an accessible name

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

High

Links do not have a discernible name

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

[id] attributes on active, focusable elements are not unique

High

Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order

Best practices

These items highlight common accessibility best practices.

Impact

Issue

High

[user-scalable="no"] is used in the <meta name="viewport"> element or the [maximum-scale] attribute is less than 5.

Best Practices

blindsgalore.ca 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

User Experience

Impact

Issue

High

Serves images with low resolution

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

SEO Factors

blindsgalore.ca SEO score

81

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 Blindsgalore.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 Blindsgalore.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

blindsgalore.ca

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