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Report Summary

  • 28

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    48% of other websites

  • 71

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 37% of websites

  • 83

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    56% of websites

  • 86

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    60% of websites

gdcauto.ca

Auto Credit Deals Dealer Services Auto Leads (formerly GDC Auto)

Page Load Speed

2.3 sec in total

First Response

160 ms

Resources Loaded

1.7 sec

Page Rendered

466 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Gdcauto.ca page load time and found that the first response time was 160 ms and then it took 2.1 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 40% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

gdcauto.ca performance score

28

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.2 s

45/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value7.4 s

4/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value5.6 s

54/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value5,790 ms

0/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.037

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value11.7 s

17/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

gdcauto.ca

160 ms

www.gdcauto.ca

176 ms

www.gdcauto.ca

356 ms

styles.min.css

79 ms

css

52 ms

Our browser made a total of 42 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 57% of them (24 requests) were addressed to the original Gdcauto.ca, 10% (4 requests) were made to Cdn.ywxi.net and 7% (3 requests) were made to Fonts.gstatic.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (544 ms) belongs to the original domain Gdcauto.ca.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 193.6 kB (30%)

Content Size

639.3 kB

After Optimization

445.7 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Gdcauto.ca main page is 639.3 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. 30% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 345.0 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-75%

Potential reduce by 17.3 kB

  • Original 23.0 kB
  • After minification 17.6 kB
  • After compression 5.7 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 5.4 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 17.3 kB or 75% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 1.7 kB

  • Original 345.0 kB
  • After minification 343.3 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. GDC Auto images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-51%

Potential reduce by 85.3 kB

  • Original 166.3 kB
  • After minification 164.3 kB
  • After compression 81.0 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 85.3 kB or 51% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-85%

Potential reduce by 89.2 kB

  • Original 104.9 kB
  • After minification 104.4 kB
  • After compression 15.7 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. Gdcauto.ca needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 89.2 kB or 85% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 9 (26%)

Requests Now

34

After Optimization

25

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 34 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of GDC Auto. 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

gdcauto.ca

gdcauto.ca

160 ms

www.gdcauto.ca

www.gdcauto.ca

176 ms

www.gdcauto.ca

www.gdcauto.ca

356 ms

styles.min.css

styles.min.css

79 ms

css

css

52 ms

font-awesome.min.css

font-awesome.min.css

31 ms

conversion.js

conversion.js

42 ms

jquery.js

jquery.js

238 ms

fastclick.js

fastclick.js

292 ms

jquery.validate.min.js

jquery.validate.min.js

313 ms

jquery.waypoints.min.js

jquery.waypoints.min.js

292 ms

author.js

author.js

292 ms

ga.js

ga.js

45 ms

fbds.js

fbds.js

144 ms

1.js

1.js

143 ms

98 ms

site-logo.png

site-logo.png

277 ms

blue-bg.jpg

blue-bg.jpg

415 ms

canadadrive-logo.png

canadadrive-logo.png

262 ms

kijiji-logo.jpg

kijiji-logo.jpg

264 ms

wheels-logo.png

wheels-logo.png

275 ms

autotrader-logo.jpg

autotrader-logo.jpg

279 ms

white-bg.jpg

white-bg.jpg

544 ms

clock.png

clock.png

337 ms

target.png

target.png

357 ms

magnifier.png

magnifier.png

358 ms

cart.png

cart.png

360 ms

bluestrip-bg.jpg

bluestrip-bg.jpg

478 ms

man-and-dollar.png

man-and-dollar.png

440 ms

circle-icons.png

circle-icons.png

442 ms

coin.png

coin.png

444 ms

__utm.gif

__utm.gif

37 ms

93 ms

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d-6IYplOFocCacKzxwXSOD8E0i7KZn-EPnyo3HZu7kw.woff

69 ms

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2UX7WLTfW3W8TclTUvlFyQ.woff

92 ms

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Hgo13k-tfSpn0qi1SFdUfT8E0i7KZn-EPnyo3HZu7kw.woff

96 ms

fontawesome-webfont.woff

fontawesome-webfont.woff

38 ms

120 ms

host.js

host.js

365 ms

tm-float-bg-right-bottom.png

tm-float-bg-right-bottom.png

22 ms

float2-right.png

float2-right.png

334 ms

21 ms

Accessibility Review

gdcauto.ca accessibility score

71

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.

Internationalization and localization

These are opportunities to improve the interpretation of your content by users in different locales.

Impact

Issue

High

<html> element does not have a [lang] attribute

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

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

gdcauto.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

SEO Factors

gdcauto.ca SEO score

86

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

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 Gdcauto.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 Gdcauto.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

gdcauto.ca

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