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Report Summary

  • 28

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    48% of other websites

  • 83

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 54% of websites

  • 67

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    24% of websites

  • 85

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    55% of websites

3m.co.uk

3M Science. Applied to Life. | 3M in the UK

Page Load Speed

1.5 sec in total

First Response

35 ms

Resources Loaded

1.1 sec

Page Rendered

375 ms

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About Website

Visit 3m.co.uk now to see the best up-to-date 3M content for United Kingdom and also check out these interesting facts you probably never knew about 3m.co.uk

3M combines science, technology, creativity and innovation to make a real impact, stimulating progress to inspire people and communities across the globe.

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Key Findings

We analyzed 3m.co.uk page load time and found that the first response time was 35 ms and then it took 1.4 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 30% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

3m.co.uk performance score

28

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.3 s

41/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value7.0 s

6/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value5.4 s

55/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value3,310 ms

2/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.003

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value14.1 s

9/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

3m.co.uk

35 ms

3m.co.uk

63 ms

www.3m.co.uk

56 ms

382 ms

utag.sync.js

75 ms

Our browser made a total of 53 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 94% of them (50 requests) were addressed to the original 3m.co.uk, 2% (1 request) were made to Tags.tiqcdn.com and 2% (1 request) were made to S.go-mpulse.net. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (382 ms) belongs to the original domain 3m.co.uk.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 411.1 kB (37%)

Content Size

1.1 MB

After Optimization

696.3 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of 3m.co.uk main page is 1.1 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. 70% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 530.8 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-89%

Potential reduce by 202.9 kB

  • Original 227.7 kB
  • After minification 188.8 kB
  • After compression 24.8 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 38.9 kB, which is 17% 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 202.9 kB or 89% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-5%

Potential reduce by 26.6 kB

  • Original 530.8 kB
  • After minification 504.2 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. 3M images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-66%

Potential reduce by 141.3 kB

  • Original 212.7 kB
  • After minification 210.9 kB
  • After compression 71.4 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 141.3 kB or 66% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-30%

Potential reduce by 40.3 kB

  • Original 136.2 kB
  • After minification 133.2 kB
  • After compression 95.9 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. 3m.co.uk needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 40.3 kB or 30% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 23 (64%)

Requests Now

36

After Optimization

13

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 36 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of 3M. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 6 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 19 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

3m.co.uk

3m.co.uk

35 ms

3m.co.uk

3m.co.uk

63 ms

www.3m.co.uk

www.3m.co.uk

56 ms

382 ms

utag.sync.js

utag.sync.js

75 ms

phoenix.css

phoenix.css

22 ms

unicorn-icons.css

unicorn-icons.css

73 ms

mammoth.css

mammoth.css

26 ms

mmmSettings.js

mmmSettings.js

23 ms

gsn.css

gsn.css

32 ms

MyAccountDropdown.css

MyAccountDropdown.css

31 ms

mdsHomepage.css

mdsHomepage.css

42 ms

rH-52-Hero.css

rH-52-Hero.css

31 ms

rH-50-CarouselHero.css

rH-50-CarouselHero.css

32 ms

video-transcript.css

video-transcript.css

39 ms

rG-50-4upTiles.css

rG-50-4upTiles.css

39 ms

rH-57-ParallaxHero.css

rH-57-ParallaxHero.css

38 ms

rH-58-HeroText.css

rH-58-HeroText.css

39 ms

rG-54-Stackable.css

rG-54-Stackable.css

46 ms

rG-57-Columns.css

rG-57-Columns.css

43 ms

rG-65-BrandBar.css

rG-65-BrandBar.css

42 ms

rG-58-BrandsLinks.css

rG-58-BrandsLinks.css

43 ms

rG-64-ShopBar.css

rG-64-ShopBar.css

44 ms

rU-53-SDS.css

rU-53-SDS.css

52 ms

CommerceConnectorScript-JS

CommerceConnectorScript-JS

353 ms

require_config.js

require_config.js

51 ms

typeAheadV1.js

typeAheadV1.js

54 ms

UWRYR-C88R8-XEZDS-AZ97P-LXP2F

UWRYR-C88R8-XEZDS-AZ97P-LXP2F

257 ms

industry-feature-image.png

industry-feature-image.png

239 ms

repeating_meshed_grid.png

repeating_meshed_grid.png

143 ms

Logo.svg

Logo.svg

22 ms

Logo_mobile.png

Logo_mobile.png

23 ms

Desktop_HeroBanner_size.png

Desktop_HeroBanner_size.png

137 ms

mobile-banner-home.png

mobile-banner-home.png

23 ms

rsz_1arinnes_artwork.jpg

rsz_1arinnes_artwork.jpg

135 ms

GradientBar.svg

GradientBar.svg

133 ms

rsz_destination_digital.jpg

rsz_destination_digital.jpg

136 ms

rsz_mattphoto_tm_15.jpg

rsz_mattphoto_tm_15.jpg

137 ms

OMG299521+-+COR_30_Smashing+Stereotypes_410x270_2022_v1-1.jpg

OMG299521+-+COR_30_Smashing+Stereotypes_410x270_2022_v1-1.jpg

138 ms

3MCircularWeb-Book.woff

3MCircularWeb-Book.woff

137 ms

3MCircularWeb-Book.woff

3MCircularWeb-Book.woff

139 ms

3MCircularWeb-Light.woff

3MCircularWeb-Light.woff

139 ms

3MCircularWeb-Light.woff

3MCircularWeb-Light.woff

142 ms

3MCircularWeb-Bold.woff

3MCircularWeb-Bold.woff

138 ms

3MCircularWeb-Bold.woff

3MCircularWeb-Bold.woff

142 ms

unicorn-print.css

unicorn-print.css

56 ms

3MThemeIconFont.woff

3MThemeIconFont.woff

53 ms

3MCircularWeb-BookItalic.woff

3MCircularWeb-BookItalic.woff

76 ms

3MCircularWeb-BookItalic.woff

3MCircularWeb-BookItalic.woff

116 ms

3MCircularWeb-LightItalic.woff

3MCircularWeb-LightItalic.woff

77 ms

3MCircularWeb-LightItalic.woff

3MCircularWeb-LightItalic.woff

76 ms

3MCircularWeb-BoldItalic.woff

3MCircularWeb-BoldItalic.woff

76 ms

3MCircularWeb-BoldItalic.woff

3MCircularWeb-BoldItalic.woff

117 ms

Accessibility Review

3m.co.uk accessibility score

83

Accessibility Issues

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

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.

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 IDs are not unique

Best Practices

3m.co.uk best practices score

67

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

User Experience

Impact

Issue

High

Displays images with incorrect aspect ratio

High

Serves images with low resolution

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

3m.co.uk SEO score

85

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

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 3m.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 3m.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

3m.co.uk

Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of 3M. 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: