Report Summary

  • 5

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    21% of other websites

  • 76

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 43% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    36% of websites

  • 78

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    40% of websites

sofology.co.uk

Fabric & Leather Sofas | Corner & Recliner Sofas | Sofa Beds

Page Load Speed

10.1 sec in total

First Response

589 ms

Resources Loaded

7.8 sec

Page Rendered

1.7 sec

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Key Findings

We analyzed Sofology.co.uk page load time and found that the first response time was 589 ms and then it took 9.5 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 85% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

sofology.co.uk performance score

5

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value4.5 s

15/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value40.7 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value18.4 s

0/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value7,230 ms

0/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.399

25/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value46.6 s

0/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

www.sofology.co.uk

589 ms

css

120 ms

font-awesome.min.css

101 ms

font-awesome.min.css

115 ms

slick.css

119 ms

Our browser made a total of 131 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 53% of them (69 requests) were addressed to the original Sofology.co.uk, 8% (10 requests) were made to Widget.trustpilot.com and 4% (5 requests) were made to 5994045.fls.doubleclick.net. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (4 sec) belongs to the original domain Sofology.co.uk.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 1.0 MB (25%)

Content Size

4.1 MB

After Optimization

3.0 MB

In fact, the total size of Sofology.co.uk main page is 4.1 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. 85% of websites need less resources to load and that’s why Accessify’s recommendations for optimization and resource minification can be helpful for this project. Images take 2.4 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-82%

Potential reduce by 139.5 kB

  • Original 169.4 kB
  • After minification 151.4 kB
  • After compression 29.9 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. This page needs HTML code to be minified as it can gain 18.1 kB, which is 11% 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 139.5 kB or 82% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-4%

Potential reduce by 105.0 kB

  • Original 2.4 MB
  • After minification 2.3 MB

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. Sofology images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-67%

Potential reduce by 627.6 kB

  • Original 935.3 kB
  • After minification 930.1 kB
  • After compression 307.7 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 627.6 kB or 67% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-31%

Potential reduce by 168.2 kB

  • Original 547.5 kB
  • After minification 545.8 kB
  • After compression 379.3 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. Sofology.co.uk needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 168.2 kB or 31% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 42 (37%)

Requests Now

115

After Optimization

73

The browser has sent 115 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Sofology. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 28 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 8 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Accessibility Review

sofology.co.uk accessibility score

76

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 input fields do not have accessible names

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

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

sofology.co.uk 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

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

High

Missing source maps for large first-party JavaScript

SEO Factors

sofology.co.uk SEO score

78

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

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

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

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 Sofology.co.uk 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 Sofology.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.

Social Sharing Optimization

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