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Report Summary

  • 49

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    68% of other websites

  • 94

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 84% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    36% of websites

  • 99

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    93% of websites

forward.gr

Forward Shop. Your online shop for Windsurf, Kiteboard, Wing-Surf, SUP, Surf, Snowboard, Ski, Kayak and more.

Page Load Speed

8.1 sec in total

First Response

1.7 sec

Resources Loaded

6 sec

Page Rendered

379 ms

forward.gr screenshot

About Website

Visit forward.gr now to see the best up-to-date Forward content for Greece and also check out these interesting facts you probably never knew about forward.gr

Windsurf, Kiteboard, SUP, Surf, Snowboard, Ski, Kayak, Surfski . FORWARD : Your Ride, Our Mission since 1995. Shop now and find all the equipment you need! Certified Trusted Shop.

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Key Findings

We analyzed Forward.gr page load time and found that the first response time was 1.7 sec and then it took 6.3 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 80% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

forward.gr performance score

49

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value4.2 s

19/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value4.8 s

31/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value6.7 s

37/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value300 ms

79/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.196

63/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value11.0 s

21/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

www.forward.gr

1737 ms

styles.css

122 ms

widgets.css

217 ms

prototype.js

334 ms

ccard.js

220 ms

Our browser made a total of 57 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 96% of them (55 requests) were addressed to the original Forward.gr, 4% (2 requests) were made to Google-analytics.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1.7 sec) belongs to the original domain Forward.gr.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 425.2 kB (40%)

Content Size

1.1 MB

After Optimization

638.6 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Forward.gr main page is 1.1 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. 35% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 546.5 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-87%

Potential reduce by 63.7 kB

  • Original 73.3 kB
  • After minification 56.5 kB
  • After compression 9.5 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 16.8 kB, which is 23% 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 63.7 kB or 87% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-2%

Potential reduce by 11.5 kB

  • Original 546.5 kB
  • After minification 535.0 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. Forward images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-77%

Potential reduce by 269.2 kB

  • Original 348.8 kB
  • After minification 252.9 kB
  • After compression 79.6 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 269.2 kB or 77% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-85%

Potential reduce by 80.8 kB

  • Original 95.3 kB
  • After minification 74.8 kB
  • After compression 14.4 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. Forward.gr needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 80.8 kB or 85% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 20 (36%)

Requests Now

56

After Optimization

36

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 56 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Forward. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 15 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

www.forward.gr

www.forward.gr

1737 ms

styles.css

styles.css

122 ms

widgets.css

widgets.css

217 ms

prototype.js

prototype.js

334 ms

ccard.js

ccard.js

220 ms

validation.js

validation.js

221 ms

builder.js

builder.js

222 ms

effects.js

effects.js

230 ms

dragdrop.js

dragdrop.js

324 ms

controls.js

controls.js

330 ms

slider.js

slider.js

330 ms

js.js

js.js

330 ms

form.js

form.js

364 ms

menu.js

menu.js

432 ms

translate.js

translate.js

438 ms

cookies.js

cookies.js

438 ms

swfobject.js

swfobject.js

469 ms

bg.jpg

bg.jpg

437 ms

logo.gif

logo.gif

113 ms

contact.jpg

contact.jpg

112 ms

cart.png

cart.png

113 ms

newaddress.jpg

newaddress.jpg

230 ms

facebook.png

facebook.png

230 ms

athenswatersports.jpg

athenswatersports.jpg

445 ms

nsp.jpg

nsp.jpg

335 ms

closeout_ride.jpg

closeout_ride.jpg

438 ms

closeout_gaastra.jpg

closeout_gaastra.jpg

450 ms

i_asc_arrow.gif

i_asc_arrow.gif

344 ms

ride_1415_helix_new.jpg

ride_1415_helix_new.jpg

443 ms

ride_1516_lasso_orange.jpg

ride_1516_lasso_orange.jpg

452 ms

line_1314_traveling-circus_top.jpg

line_1314_traveling-circus_top.jpg

544 ms

fulltilt_1516_seth-morrison_award.jpg

fulltilt_1516_seth-morrison_award.jpg

546 ms

2016gw-pure-c3-h28.jpg

2016gw-pure-c3-h28.jpg

560 ms

2016t-3s-ltd-marketing-h28.jpg

2016t-3s-ltd-marketing-h28.jpg

554 ms

rdm340_75.jpg

rdm340_75.jpg

558 ms

jekyll2008_xenon2010_renegade.jpg

jekyll2008_xenon2010_renegade.jpg

561 ms

12.6.jpg

12.6.jpg

652 ms

ocean_pro.jpg

ocean_pro.jpg

653 ms

indo-board-endless-summer-edition.jpg

indo-board-endless-summer-edition.jpg

662 ms

1_seat-kayak.jpg

1_seat-kayak.jpg

666 ms

metaforika.jpg

metaforika.jpg

667 ms

eurobank.jpg

eurobank.jpg

667 ms

tel.jpg

tel.jpg

760 ms

logos.gif

logos.gif

764 ms

visa.png

visa.png

771 ms

1.gif

1.gif

774 ms

2.jpg

2.jpg

773 ms

3.gif

3.gif

777 ms

4.gif

4.gif

867 ms

infinity.jpg

infinity.jpg

869 ms

ga.js

ga.js

21 ms

bkg_nav1.gif

bkg_nav1.gif

880 ms

bkg_nav2.gif

bkg_nav2.gif

861 ms

btn_search.gif

btn_search.gif

864 ms

__utm.gif

__utm.gif

28 ms

bkg_pipe2.gif

bkg_pipe2.gif

789 ms

print.css

print.css

110 ms

Accessibility Review

forward.gr accessibility score

94

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

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

forward.gr 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

High

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

forward.gr SEO score

99

Search Engine Optimization Advices

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

    EL

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Forward.gr can be misinterpreted by Google and other search engines. Our service has detected that English is used on the page, and it does not match the claimed Greek language. Our system also found out that Forward.gr 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

forward.gr

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