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Report Summary

  • 10

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    23% of other websites

  • 73

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 39% of websites

  • 83

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    56% of websites

  • 93

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    84% of websites

paddling.net

Kayaking, Kayak Fishing, SUP, Canoeing | Paddling.com

Page Load Speed

2.4 sec in total

First Response

236 ms

Resources Loaded

1.2 sec

Page Rendered

977 ms

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About Website

Click here to check amazing Paddling content for United States. Otherwise, check out these important facts you probably never knew about paddling.net

Find information on kayaking, kayak fishing, stand up paddling (SUP), and canoeing. Research gear, skills, trips, & connect with the paddling community.

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Key Findings

We analyzed Paddling.net page load time and found that the first response time was 236 ms and then it took 2.2 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

paddling.net performance score

10

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.5 s

34/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value19.1 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value13.1 s

2/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value5,720 ms

0/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.274

44/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value20.5 s

2/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

paddling.net

236 ms

homepage2D.css

120 ms

newSite.css

121 ms

horz.css

118 ms

stdHeader13.css

120 ms

Our browser made a total of 94 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 89% of them (84 requests) were addressed to the original Paddling.net, 3% (3 requests) were made to Google.com and 2% (2 requests) were made to Google-analytics.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (536 ms) belongs to the original domain Paddling.net.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 204.7 kB (33%)

Content Size

611.4 kB

After Optimization

406.8 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Paddling.net main page is 611.4 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. 40% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 321.5 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-79%

Potential reduce by 36.1 kB

  • Original 45.6 kB
  • After minification 44.2 kB
  • After compression 9.6 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 36.1 kB or 79% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-3%

Potential reduce by 8.6 kB

  • Original 321.5 kB
  • After minification 313.0 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. Paddling images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-64%

Potential reduce by 141.8 kB

  • Original 221.5 kB
  • After minification 221.5 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 141.8 kB or 64% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-80%

Potential reduce by 18.2 kB

  • Original 22.8 kB
  • After minification 15.7 kB
  • After compression 4.6 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. Paddling.net needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 18.2 kB or 80% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 24 (27%)

Requests Now

90

After Optimization

66

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 90 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Paddling. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 5 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 6 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

paddling.net

paddling.net

236 ms

homepage2D.css

homepage2D.css

120 ms

newSite.css

newSite.css

121 ms

horz.css

horz.css

118 ms

stdHeader13.css

stdHeader13.css

120 ms

js-image-slider.css

js-image-slider.css

119 ms

js-image-slider.js

js-image-slider.js

151 ms

generic.css

generic.css

185 ms

brand

brand

16 ms

brand

brand

96 ms

gpt.js

gpt.js

121 ms

google_custom_search_watermark.gif

google_custom_search_watermark.gif

118 ms

perks16.jpg

perks16.jpg

313 ms

new_bkgd3sm.jpg

new_bkgd3sm.jpg

249 ms

myProfile2.gif

myProfile2.gif

264 ms

searchBtn.gif

searchBtn.gif

249 ms

banner_bg.gif

banner_bg.gif

264 ms

logo_b3.gif

logo_b3.gif

262 ms

bg3.gif

bg3.gif

262 ms

arrowMM.gif

arrowMM.gif

269 ms

kayaksMM.jpg

kayaksMM.jpg

272 ms

canoesMM.jpg

canoesMM.jpg

271 ms

gearMM.jpg

gearMM.jpg

273 ms

supMM.jpg

supMM.jpg

290 ms

supPicMM.jpg

supPicMM.jpg

292 ms

kTripMM.jpg

kTripMM.jpg

295 ms

cTripMM.jpg

cTripMM.jpg

306 ms

schMM.jpg

schMM.jpg

296 ms

launchMM.gif

launchMM.gif

304 ms

tandemVid1009.jpg

tandemVid1009.jpg

294 ms

BWCA-map.jpg

BWCA-map.jpg

302 ms

navPhoto.html

navPhoto.html

327 ms

mm_perks16.jpg

mm_perks16.jpg

319 ms

mm_shirts14b.jpg

mm_shirts14b.jpg

317 ms

mm_contest76.jpg

mm_contest76.jpg

317 ms

header-bg.gif

header-bg.gif

316 ms

3kayaks.jpg

3kayaks.jpg

317 ms

3canoes.jpg

3canoes.jpg

322 ms

3gear.jpg

3gear.jpg

321 ms

loading.gif

loading.gif

320 ms

536 ms

530 ms

gearS.gif

gearS.gif

530 ms

storeF.gif

storeF.gif

530 ms

links.gif

links.gif

529 ms

seLogo.gif

seLogo.gif

529 ms

bbHP3.gif

bbHP3.gif

532 ms

suspenzHP.gif

suspenzHP.gif

529 ms

canoeBobsled.jpg

canoeBobsled.jpg

244 ms

slideLM.gif

slideLM.gif

243 ms

sm_perks16.jpg

sm_perks16.jpg

240 ms

sm_canoeBobsled.jpg

sm_canoeBobsled.jpg

239 ms

slideLMsm.gif

slideLMsm.gif

239 ms

kayak073010.gif

kayak073010.gif

266 ms

canoe093014.gif

canoe093014.gif

266 ms

0113rack.jpg

0113rack.jpg

266 ms

0426shirt.jpg

0426shirt.jpg

266 ms

KayakFishDemo.jpg

KayakFishDemo.jpg

261 ms

KayakHeadShot.jpg

KayakHeadShot.jpg

264 ms

0212trip2.jpg

0212trip2.jpg

287 ms

tandemVid1009.jpg

tandemVid1009.jpg

273 ms

Review0211.jpg

Review0211.jpg

285 ms

0210trip2.jpg

0210trip2.jpg

285 ms

social_nav.png

social_nav.png

291 ms

Wahoo125.jpg

Wahoo125.jpg

291 ms

0215news2.jpg

0215news2.jpg

293 ms

0211news3.jpg

0211news3.jpg

293 ms

sm_0214news3.jpg

sm_0214news3.jpg

296 ms

SeaBass0209.jpg

SeaBass0209.jpg

296 ms

kayakshed.jpg

kayakshed.jpg

513 ms

conf_hp250.jpg

conf_hp250.jpg

311 ms

kayak-trips.gif

kayak-trips.gif

296 ms

canoe-trips.gif

canoe-trips.gif

295 ms

special-trips.gif

special-trips.gif

295 ms

paddle-dealers.gif

paddle-dealers.gif

301 ms

paddle-schools.gif

paddle-schools.gif

296 ms

TandemIs.jpg

TandemIs.jpg

293 ms

pixel.gif

pixel.gif

292 ms

seattle.jpg

seattle.jpg

291 ms

ally611.jpg

ally611.jpg

309 ms

footer_bg.gif

footer_bg.gif

307 ms

fb-icon.gif

fb-icon.gif

305 ms

tw-icon.gif

tw-icon.gif

304 ms

gp-icon.gif

gp-icon.gif

301 ms

nl-icon.gif

nl-icon.gif

328 ms

rss-icon.gif

rss-icon.gif

368 ms

yss.gif

yss.gif

369 ms

winButton76.jpg

winButton76.jpg

368 ms

pubads_impl_79.js

pubads_impl_79.js

21 ms

container.html

container.html

51 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

24 ms

collect

collect

24 ms

collect

collect

51 ms

ga-audiences

ga-audiences

20 ms

Accessibility Review

paddling.net accessibility score

73

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

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

Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order

Best Practices

paddling.net best practices score

83

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

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

paddling.net SEO score

93

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

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

Language and Encoding

  • Language Detected

    EN

  • Language Claimed

    N/A

  • Encoding

    N/A

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Paddling.net can be misinterpreted by Google and other search engines. Our service has detected that English is used on the page, and neither this language nor any other was claimed in <html> or <meta> tags. Our system also found out that Paddling.net main page’s claimed encoding is . Changing it to UTF-8 can be a good choice, as this format is commonly used for encoding all over the web and thus their visitors won’t have any troubles with symbol transcription or reading.

Social Sharing Optimization

paddling.net

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