Report Summary

  • 46

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    65% of other websites

  • 80

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 50% of websites

  • 83

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    56% of websites

  • 75

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    32% of websites

ashfords.co.uk

UK Law Firm | Ashfords

Page Load Speed

3.2 sec in total

First Response

435 ms

Resources Loaded

2.6 sec

Page Rendered

170 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Ashfords.co.uk page load time and found that the first response time was 435 ms and then it took 2.8 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 50% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

ashfords.co.uk performance score

46

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value4.3 s

18/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value7.7 s

3/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value6.5 s

39/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value360 ms

72/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.116

85/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value7.3 s

50/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

ashfords.co.uk

435 ms

www.ashfords.co.uk

766 ms

reset.css

174 ms

base.css

428 ms

fullsize.css

278 ms

Our browser made a total of 66 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 62% of them (41 requests) were addressed to the original Ashfords.co.uk, 6% (4 requests) were made to Google-analytics.com and 3% (2 requests) were made to Cm.g.doubleclick.net. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (766 ms) belongs to the original domain Ashfords.co.uk.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 417.7 kB (31%)

Content Size

1.3 MB

After Optimization

921.8 kB

In fact, the total size of Ashfords.co.uk main page is 1.3 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. 30% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 902.3 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-76%

Potential reduce by 16.6 kB

  • Original 21.8 kB
  • After minification 19.2 kB
  • After compression 5.2 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 2.6 kB, which is 12% 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 16.6 kB or 76% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-11%

Potential reduce by 103.7 kB

  • Original 902.3 kB
  • After minification 798.6 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, Ashfords needs image optimization as it can save up to 103.7 kB or 11% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-68%

Potential reduce by 210.5 kB

  • Original 309.2 kB
  • After minification 308.4 kB
  • After compression 98.7 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 210.5 kB or 68% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-82%

Potential reduce by 86.8 kB

  • Original 106.1 kB
  • After minification 83.1 kB
  • After compression 19.3 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. Ashfords.co.uk needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 86.8 kB or 82% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 34 (55%)

Requests Now

62

After Optimization

28

The browser has sent 62 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Ashfords. 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 13 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Accessibility Review

ashfords.co.uk accessibility score

80

Accessibility Issues

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.

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

<frame> or <iframe> elements do not have a title

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

High

Links do not have a discernible name

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

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

ashfords.co.uk best practices score

83

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

SEO Factors

ashfords.co.uk SEO score

75

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 Ashfords.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 Ashfords.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 data is detected on the main page of Ashfords. This is the best way to make the web page social media friendly. Here is how it looks like on Facebook: