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Click here to check amazing Light content. Otherwise, check out these important facts you probably never knew about light.co.uk
DesignCurial is unique in its ability to draw on the superlative editorial resources of industry-leading sister titles Blueprint and FX, in addition to generating its own unique content.
Visit light.co.ukWe analyzed Light.co.uk page load time and found that the first response time was 10 ms and then it took 3.7 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 60% of websites can load faster.
light.co.uk performance score
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Value35.9 s
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Value73.7 s
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Our browser made a total of 74 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 1% of them (1 request) were addressed to the original Light.co.uk, 70% (52 requests) were made to Designcurial.com and 5% (4 requests) were made to Tpc.googlesyndication.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1.7 sec) relates to the external source Designcurial.com.
Page size can be reduced by 642.4 kB (12%)
5.4 MB
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In fact, the total size of Light.co.uk main page is 5.4 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. 65% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 4.6 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.
Potential reduce by 32.1 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 8.0 kB, which is 19% 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 32.1 kB or 79% of the original size.
Potential reduce by 46.3 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. Light images are well optimized though.
Potential reduce by 381.7 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 381.7 kB or 75% of the original size.
Potential reduce by 182.3 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. Light.co.uk needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 182.3 kB or 87% of the original size.
Number of requests can be reduced by 23 (33%)
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The browser has sent 69 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Light. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 13 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 7 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.
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light.co.uk accessibility score
Internationalization and localization
These are opportunities to improve the interpretation of your content by users in different locales.
Impact
Issue
<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
Image elements do not have [alt] attributes
Form elements do not have associated labels
Links do not have a discernible name
light.co.uk best practices score
Trust and Safety
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Issue
Does not use HTTPS
Includes front-end JavaScript libraries with known security vulnerabilities
Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks
User Experience
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Issue
Displays images with incorrect aspect ratio
Serves images with low resolution
General
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Detected JavaScript libraries
Browser errors were logged to the console
Page has valid source maps
light.co.uk SEO score
Content Best Practices
Format your HTML in a way that enables crawlers to better understand your app’s content.
Impact
Issue
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
Document uses legible font sizes
Tap targets are not sized appropriately
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N/A
UTF-8
Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Light.co.uk 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 Light.co.uk 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.
light.co.uk
Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of Light. 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: