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Report Summary

  • 18

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    34% of other websites

  • 92

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 79% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    35% of websites

  • 92

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    74% of websites

buildex.co.uk

Bradfords Building Supplies | Builders Merchant | Building Supplies

Page Load Speed

3.2 sec in total

First Response

192 ms

Resources Loaded

2.4 sec

Page Rendered

643 ms

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About Website

Welcome to buildex.co.uk homepage info - get ready to check Buildex best content right away, or after learning these important things about buildex.co.uk

Builders merchant supplying Landscaping, Timber, Kitchens and Bathrooms, Tool hire and general building products available for delivery or collection.

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Key Findings

We analyzed Buildex.co.uk page load time and found that the first response time was 192 ms and then it took 3 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 55% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

buildex.co.uk performance score

18

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value4.3 s

17/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value8.2 s

2/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value11.0 s

6/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value9,200 ms

0/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.002

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value34.0 s

0/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

buildex.co.uk

192 ms

www.bradfords.co.uk

948 ms

calendar.min.css

73 ms

proto.min.css

86 ms

styles-m.min.css

101 ms

Our browser made a total of 142 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 1% of them (1 request) were addressed to the original Buildex.co.uk, 92% (130 requests) were made to Static.bradfords.co.uk and 2% (3 requests) were made to Widget.trustpilot.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (948 ms) relates to the external source Bradfords.co.uk.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 604.2 kB (46%)

Content Size

1.3 MB

After Optimization

700.7 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Buildex.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. 65% of websites need less resources to load. HTML takes 686.4 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-88%

Potential reduce by 600.7 kB

  • Original 686.4 kB
  • After minification 685.3 kB
  • After compression 85.7 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 600.7 kB or 88% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 0 B

  • Original 222.2 kB
  • After minification 222.2 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. Buildex images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-1%

Potential reduce by 3.0 kB

  • Original 218.2 kB
  • After minification 218.0 kB
  • After compression 215.2 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 498 B

  • Original 178.2 kB
  • After minification 178.2 kB
  • After compression 177.7 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. Buildex.co.uk has all CSS files already compressed.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 115 (87%)

Requests Now

132

After Optimization

17

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 132 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Buildex. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 105 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 12 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

buildex.co.uk

buildex.co.uk

192 ms

www.bradfords.co.uk

www.bradfords.co.uk

948 ms

calendar.min.css

calendar.min.css

73 ms

proto.min.css

proto.min.css

86 ms

styles-m.min.css

styles-m.min.css

101 ms

amslick.min.css

amslick.min.css

100 ms

swiper.min.css

swiper.min.css

98 ms

jquery.fancybox.min.css

jquery.fancybox.min.css

183 ms

brippo.min.css

brippo.min.css

99 ms

wallets.min.css

wallets.min.css

146 ms

trustpilot.min.css

trustpilot.min.css

181 ms

styles-l.min.css

styles-l.min.css

168 ms

homepage.min.css

homepage.min.css

147 ms

prommt.min.css

prommt.min.css

290 ms

logo.png

logo.png

143 ms

RobotoSlab-Regular.ttf

RobotoSlab-Regular.ttf

177 ms

RobotoSlab-SemiBold.ttf

RobotoSlab-SemiBold.ttf

124 ms

iconFont.woff

iconFont.woff

146 ms

index.html

index.html

156 ms

require.min.js

require.min.js

98 ms

requirejs-min-resolver.min.js

requirejs-min-resolver.min.js

97 ms

mixins.min.js

mixins.min.js

96 ms

requirejs-config.min.js

requirejs-config.min.js

99 ms

tp.widget.bootstrap.min.js

tp.widget.bootstrap.min.js

100 ms

prommt.min.js

prommt.min.js

145 ms

snippet.js

snippet.js

145 ms

7382.js

7382.js

401 ms

v84a3a4012de94ce1a686ba8c167c359c1696973893317

v84a3a4012de94ce1a686ba8c167c359c1696973893317

186 ms

Red_House_Deals_-_New_Products_Homepage_Graphic.jpg

Red_House_Deals_-_New_Products_Homepage_Graphic.jpg

145 ms

Living_Outdoors_Digital_Brochure_2024_2.jpg

Living_Outdoors_Digital_Brochure_2024_2.jpg

141 ms

Red_House_Deals_Flyer_Mar-Apr_2024_-_Website_Graphics_2.jpg

Red_House_Deals_Flyer_Mar-Apr_2024_-_Website_Graphics_2.jpg

201 ms

Red_House_Deals_Flyer_Mar-Apr_2024_-_Website_Graphics_4.jpg

Red_House_Deals_Flyer_Mar-Apr_2024_-_Website_Graphics_4.jpg

200 ms

social-icons.png

social-icons.png

143 ms

payment-icons-amex.png

payment-icons-amex.png

141 ms

opensans-600.woff

opensans-600.woff

215 ms

opensans-700.woff

opensans-700.woff

213 ms

opensans-400.woff

opensans-400.woff

190 ms

opensans-300.woff

opensans-300.woff

190 ms

main.js

main.js

52 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

73 ms

common.min.js

common.min.js

106 ms

dataPost.min.js

dataPost.min.js

106 ms

bootstrap.min.js

bootstrap.min.js

107 ms

app.min.js

app.min.js

129 ms

form-key-provider.min.js

form-key-provider.min.js

127 ms

messages.min.js

messages.min.js

124 ms

mage-translation-dictionary.min.js

mage-translation-dictionary.min.js

124 ms

theme.min.js

theme.min.js

123 ms

listener-patch.min.js

listener-patch.min.js

124 ms

j.php

j.php

34 ms

tp.min.js

tp.min.js

63 ms

jquery-mixin.min.js

jquery-mixin.min.js

68 ms

domReady.min.js

domReady.min.js

37 ms

template.min.js

template.min.js

38 ms

confirm.min.js

confirm.min.js

36 ms

widget.min.js

widget.min.js

39 ms

main.min.js

main.min.js

38 ms

bootstrap.min.js

bootstrap.min.js

37 ms

mage.min.js

mage.min.js

22 ms

translate.min.js

translate.min.js

28 ms

text.min.js

text.min.js

24 ms

smart-keyboard-handler.min.js

smart-keyboard-handler.min.js

28 ms

wrapper.min.js

wrapper.min.js

23 ms

types.min.js

types.min.js

22 ms

layout.min.js

layout.min.js

25 ms

underscore.min.js

underscore.min.js

28 ms

modal.min.js

modal.min.js

34 ms

knockout.min.js

knockout.min.js

33 ms

knockout-es5.min.js

knockout-es5.min.js

33 ms

engine.min.js

engine.min.js

30 ms

bootstrap.min.js

bootstrap.min.js

52 ms

observable_array.min.js

observable_array.min.js

51 ms

bound-nodes.min.js

bound-nodes.min.js

54 ms

scripts.min.js

scripts.min.js

51 ms

version.min.js

version.min.js

51 ms

main.min.js

main.min.js

45 ms

registry.min.js

registry.min.js

41 ms

console-logger.min.js

console-logger.min.js

28 ms

jquery.lazy.min.js

jquery.lazy.min.js

49 ms

key-codes.min.js

key-codes.min.js

35 ms

core.min.js

core.min.js

36 ms

z-index.min.js

z-index.min.js

35 ms

observable_source.min.js

observable_source.min.js

26 ms

renderer.min.js

renderer.min.js

24 ms

knockout-repeat.min.js

knockout-repeat.min.js

45 ms

knockout-fast-foreach.min.js

knockout-fast-foreach.min.js

46 ms

events.min.js

events.min.js

42 ms

local.min.js

local.min.js

37 ms

resizable.min.js

resizable.min.js

40 ms

i18n.min.js

i18n.min.js

38 ms

scope.min.js

scope.min.js

56 ms

range.min.js

range.min.js

68 ms

mage-init.min.js

mage-init.min.js

69 ms

keyboard.min.js

keyboard.min.js

71 ms

optgroup.min.js

optgroup.min.js

77 ms

after-render.min.js

after-render.min.js

81 ms

fadeVisible.min.js

fadeVisible.min.js

81 ms

collapsible.min.js

collapsible.min.js

84 ms

bind-html.min.js

bind-html.min.js

85 ms

tooltip.min.js

tooltip.min.js

89 ms

arrays.min.js

arrays.min.js

92 ms

compare.min.js

compare.min.js

89 ms

misc.min.js

misc.min.js

93 ms

objects.min.js

objects.min.js

98 ms

strings.min.js

strings.min.js

100 ms

template.min.js

template.min.js

99 ms

logger.min.js

logger.min.js

101 ms

entry-factory.min.js

entry-factory.min.js

103 ms

console-output-handler.min.js

console-output-handler.min.js

102 ms

formatter.min.js

formatter.min.js

126 ms

message-pool.min.js

message-pool.min.js

108 ms

levels-pool.min.js

levels-pool.min.js

108 ms

logger-utils.min.js

logger-utils.min.js

120 ms

class.min.js

class.min.js

112 ms

data.min.js

data.min.js

107 ms

disable-selection.min.js

disable-selection.min.js

110 ms

focusable.min.js

focusable.min.js

110 ms

form.min.js

form.min.js

114 ms

ie.min.js

ie.min.js

114 ms

keycode.min.js

keycode.min.js

115 ms

labels.min.js

labels.min.js

109 ms

jquery-patch.min.js

jquery-patch.min.js

108 ms

plugin.min.js

plugin.min.js

94 ms

safe-active-element.min.js

safe-active-element.min.js

96 ms

safe-blur.min.js

safe-blur.min.js

88 ms

scroll-parent.min.js

scroll-parent.min.js

89 ms

tabbable.min.js

tabbable.min.js

91 ms

unique-id.min.js

unique-id.min.js

88 ms

loader.min.js

loader.min.js

88 ms

async.min.js

async.min.js

85 ms

js-translation.json

js-translation.json

179 ms

modal-popup.html

modal-popup.html

193 ms

modal-slide.html

modal-slide.html

179 ms

modal-custom.html

modal-custom.html

182 ms

entry.min.js

entry.min.js

60 ms

moment.min.js

moment.min.js

55 ms

dom-observer.min.js

dom-observer.min.js

35 ms

bindings.min.js

bindings.min.js

48 ms

trustpilot-optimised.png

trustpilot-optimised.png

18 ms

share.png

share.png

37 ms

tooltip.html

tooltip.html

107 ms

print.min.css

print.min.css

17 ms

Accessibility Review

buildex.co.uk accessibility score

92

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.

Navigation

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

Impact

Issue

High

Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order

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

Links do not have a discernible name

Tables and lists

These are opportunities to improve the experience of reading tabular or list data using assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Impact

Issue

High

Lists do not contain only <li> elements and script supporting elements (<script> and <template>).

High

List items (<li>) are not contained within <ul> or <ol> parent elements.

Best Practices

buildex.co.uk best practices score

75

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

Browser errors were logged to the console

High

Page has valid source maps

High

Issues were logged in the Issues panel in Chrome Devtools

SEO Factors

buildex.co.uk SEO score

92

Search Engine Optimization Advices

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 Buildex.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 Buildex.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

buildex.co.uk

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