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thespark.co.uk

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Page Load Speed

2.3 sec in total

First Response

242 ms

Resources Loaded

1.8 sec

Page Rendered

249 ms

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About Website

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=== The Spark has relaunched in Bristol as a sister publication to Bristol 24/7 This is the old Spark website. Please go to: www.bristol247.com New Spark contact: Email: annspark@bristol247.

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Key Findings

We analyzed Thespark.co.uk page load time and found that the first response time was 242 ms and then it took 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

thespark.co.uk performance score

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Network Requests Diagram

thespark.co.uk

242 ms

www.thespark.co.uk

411 ms

stylesheet_72ff6296b03bd515a13bb611158d3b1f.css

161 ms

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159 ms

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159 ms

Our browser made a total of 37 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that all of those requests were addressed to Thespark.co.uk and no external sources were called. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (751 ms) belongs to the original domain Thespark.co.uk.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 112.3 kB (61%)

Content Size

183.3 kB

After Optimization

71.0 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Thespark.co.uk main page is 183.3 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. 15% of websites need less resources to load. Javascripts take 82.9 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-76%

Potential reduce by 16.8 kB

  • Original 22.2 kB
  • After minification 21.6 kB
  • After compression 5.4 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 16.8 kB or 76% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-20%

Potential reduce by 8.4 kB

  • Original 41.0 kB
  • After minification 32.6 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. Obviously, Thespark needs image optimization as it can save up to 8.4 kB or 20% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-67%

Potential reduce by 55.7 kB

  • Original 82.9 kB
  • After minification 79.1 kB
  • After compression 27.2 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 55.7 kB or 67% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-84%

Potential reduce by 31.4 kB

  • Original 37.2 kB
  • After minification 28.2 kB
  • After compression 5.8 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. Thespark.co.uk needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 31.4 kB or 84% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 18 (53%)

Requests Now

34

After Optimization

16

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 34 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Thespark. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 4 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

thespark.co.uk

thespark.co.uk

242 ms

www.thespark.co.uk

www.thespark.co.uk

411 ms

stylesheet_72ff6296b03bd515a13bb611158d3b1f.css

stylesheet_72ff6296b03bd515a13bb611158d3b1f.css

161 ms

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stylesheet_ebca5ed35a9d6c001916174cf6f92bbe.css

159 ms

stylesheet_1e2aaf6ff96091bd471309ffb09524ec.css

stylesheet_1e2aaf6ff96091bd471309ffb09524ec.css

159 ms

index.php

index.php

254 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

316 ms

jquery.corner.js

jquery.corner.js

162 ms

jquery.fancybox-1.3.4.pack.js

jquery.fancybox-1.3.4.pack.js

313 ms

spark-website-background.gif

spark-website-background.gif

553 ms

header.gif

header.gif

157 ms

signPost.gif

signPost.gif

83 ms

home.gif

home.gif

83 ms

about.gif

about.gif

83 ms

thisIssue.gif

thisIssue.gif

82 ms

a-zListings.gif

a-zListings.gif

172 ms

events.gif

events.gif

162 ms

therapy-definitions.gif

therapy-definitions.gif

161 ms

archive.gif

archive.gif

159 ms

cartoons.gif

cartoons.gif

234 ms

reviews.gif

reviews.gif

242 ms

testers.gif

testers.gif

242 ms

competitions.gif

competitions.gif

241 ms

news.gif

news.gif

248 ms

datesDeadlines.gif

datesDeadlines.gif

309 ms

contact.gif

contact.gif

320 ms

web-profiles.gif

web-profiles.gif

319 ms

facebook.gif

facebook.gif

317 ms

t_logo-a.png

t_logo-a.png

325 ms

igeek_logo.png

igeek_logo.png

386 ms

theSpark.gif

theSpark.gif

414 ms

IG298.jpg

IG298.jpg

474 ms

IG227.jpg

IG227.jpg

395 ms

azDirectory1.gif

azDirectory1.gif

415 ms

eventsDiary.gif

eventsDiary.gif

751 ms

events-diary.gif

events-diary.gif

474 ms

family-events.gif

family-events.gif

486 ms

SEO Factors

thespark.co.uk SEO score

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Language and Encoding

  • Language Detected

    EN

  • Language Claimed

    N/A

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Thespark.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 Thespark.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

thespark.co.uk

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