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Report Summary

  • 55

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    72% of other websites

  • 81

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 51% of websites

  • 92

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    80% of websites

  • 80

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    42% of websites

bowkertransport.co.uk

Bowker Transport | Warehousing, Distribution & Transport

Page Load Speed

8.7 sec in total

First Response

186 ms

Resources Loaded

7.7 sec

Page Rendered

855 ms

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About Website

Click here to check amazing Bowker Transport content. Otherwise, check out these important facts you probably never knew about bowkertransport.co.uk

Since 1919, Bowker Transport has provided world-class warehousing, transport and distribution solutions to the UK and Internationally.

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Key Findings

We analyzed Bowkertransport.co.uk page load time and found that the first response time was 186 ms and then it took 8.5 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

bowkertransport.co.uk performance score

55

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.6 s

33/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value9.0 s

1/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value5.8 s

50/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value180 ms

91/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.057

98/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value8.0 s

43/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

bowkertransport.co.uk

186 ms

www.bowkertransport.co.uk

571 ms

wiv.js

6904 ms

gtm.js

101 ms

bootstrap.min.css

49 ms

Our browser made a total of 52 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 54% of them (28 requests) were addressed to the original Bowkertransport.co.uk, 13% (7 requests) were made to Use.typekit.net and 8% (4 requests) were made to Cdn.jsdelivr.net. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (6.9 sec) relates to the external source Iptrack.io.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 249.9 kB (14%)

Content Size

1.8 MB

After Optimization

1.5 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Bowkertransport.co.uk main page is 1.8 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. 40% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 1.6 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-87%

Potential reduce by 54.7 kB

  • Original 63.2 kB
  • After minification 40.5 kB
  • After compression 8.5 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 22.6 kB, which is 36% 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 54.7 kB or 87% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-12%

Potential reduce by 194.6 kB

  • Original 1.6 MB
  • After minification 1.4 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. Obviously, Bowker Transport needs image optimization as it can save up to 194.6 kB or 12% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 524 B

  • Original 112.7 kB
  • After minification 112.7 kB
  • After compression 112.2 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. This website has mostly compressed JavaScripts.

CSS Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 32 B

  • Original 12.9 kB
  • After minification 12.8 kB
  • After compression 12.8 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. Bowkertransport.co.uk has all CSS files already compressed.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 14 (35%)

Requests Now

40

After Optimization

26

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 40 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Bowker Transport. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 9 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 7 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

bowkertransport.co.uk

bowkertransport.co.uk

186 ms

www.bowkertransport.co.uk

www.bowkertransport.co.uk

571 ms

wiv.js

wiv.js

6904 ms

gtm.js

gtm.js

101 ms

bootstrap.min.css

bootstrap.min.css

49 ms

main.css

main.css

89 ms

modernizr.min.js

modernizr.min.js

65 ms

d61b872587.js

d61b872587.js

79 ms

cookieconsent.min.css

cookieconsent.min.css

76 ms

cookieconsent.min.js

cookieconsent.min.js

79 ms

266971.js

266971.js

68 ms

bootstrap.bundle.min.js

bootstrap.bundle.min.js

55 ms

swiper-bundle.min.js

swiper-bundle.min.js

81 ms

app.js

app.js

364 ms

bootstrap-icons.css

bootstrap-icons.css

7 ms

jjr0jas.css

jjr0jas.css

76 ms

helvetica-neue-9

helvetica-neue-9

42 ms

p.css

p.css

24 ms

logo-white.svg

logo-white.svg

196 ms

CGE23117-0753.jpg

CGE23117-0753.jpg

305 ms

bowker-trailor-line-up.jpg

bowker-trailor-line-up.jpg

540 ms

Potter_Selby_New_349.jpg

Potter_Selby_New_349.jpg

656 ms

on-the-road-2.jpg

on-the-road-2.jpg

457 ms

bowker-transport-trailors.jpg

bowker-transport-trailors.jpg

566 ms

dc-map.svg

dc-map.svg

473 ms

General-location.png

General-location.png

391 ms

warehouse-operative.jpg

warehouse-operative.jpg

482 ms

bowker-ripon-distribution-centre.jpg

bowker-ripon-distribution-centre.jpg

545 ms

bowker-droitwich-distribution-centre.jpg

bowker-droitwich-distribution-centre.jpg

564 ms

mapmarker-yellow.svg

mapmarker-yellow.svg

565 ms

bowker-warehousing.jpg

bowker-warehousing.jpg

626 ms

bowker-knowsley-distribution-centre.jpg

bowker-knowsley-distribution-centre.jpg

631 ms

bowker-selby-distribution-centre.jpg

bowker-selby-distribution-centre.jpg

653 ms

bowker-pair-trailors.jpg

bowker-pair-trailors.jpg

652 ms

mapmarker-darkblue.svg

mapmarker-darkblue.svg

658 ms

bowker-mot-testing-facility.jpg

bowker-mot-testing-facility.jpg

714 ms

bowker-doncaster-distribution-centre.jpg

bowker-doncaster-distribution-centre.jpg

719 ms

bowker-knowsley-warehouse-operative.JPG

bowker-knowsley-warehouse-operative.JPG

739 ms

sepia-9-Leyland.jpg

sepia-9-Leyland.jpg

742 ms

21.jpg

21.jpg

747 ms

CGE23117-0991.jpg

CGE23117-0991.jpg

751 ms

Picture3.png

Picture3.png

975 ms

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45 ms

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48 ms

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65 ms

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45 ms

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4 ms

bootstrap-icons.woff

bootstrap-icons.woff

19 ms

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47 ms

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47 ms

HelveticaNeueBold.woff

HelveticaNeueBold.woff

14 ms

Helvetica95Black.woff

Helvetica95Black.woff

45 ms

Accessibility Review

bowkertransport.co.uk accessibility score

81

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

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

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

bowkertransport.co.uk best practices score

92

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

bowkertransport.co.uk SEO score

80

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 Bowkertransport.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 Bowkertransport.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

bowkertransport.co.uk

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