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Report Summary

  • 19

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    36% of other websites

  • 81

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 51% of websites

  • 67

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    24% of websites

  • 81

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    43% of websites

carsite.co.uk

CarSite - Find Used Cars for Sale, Car Reviews & News, Car Finance Options

Page Load Speed

3.1 sec in total

First Response

141 ms

Resources Loaded

2.7 sec

Page Rendered

283 ms

carsite.co.uk screenshot

About Website

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Key Findings

We analyzed Carsite.co.uk page load time and found that the first response time was 141 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

carsite.co.uk performance score

19

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value5.0 s

9/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value14.4 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value9.9 s

10/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value2,200 ms

6/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.002

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value16.4 s

5/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

carsite.co.uk

141 ms

carsite.co.uk

358 ms

www.carsite.co.uk

416 ms

css

39 ms

bootstrap.css

337 ms

Our browser made a total of 90 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 50% of them (45 requests) were addressed to the original Carsite.co.uk, 26% (23 requests) were made to S3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com and 4% (4 requests) were made to Fonts.gstatic.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (958 ms) belongs to the original domain Carsite.co.uk.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 247.1 kB (15%)

Content Size

1.6 MB

After Optimization

1.4 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Carsite.co.uk main page is 1.6 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. 55% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 962.6 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-80%

Potential reduce by 57.0 kB

  • Original 71.5 kB
  • After minification 64.3 kB
  • After compression 14.5 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. 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 57.0 kB or 80% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-2%

Potential reduce by 22.4 kB

  • Original 962.6 kB
  • After minification 940.3 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. Cars Ite images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-26%

Potential reduce by 144.7 kB

  • Original 549.6 kB
  • After minification 549.5 kB
  • After compression 404.9 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 144.7 kB or 26% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-35%

Potential reduce by 23.0 kB

  • Original 66.0 kB
  • After minification 66.0 kB
  • After compression 43.0 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. Carsite.co.uk needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 23.0 kB or 35% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 23 (31%)

Requests Now

74

After Optimization

51

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 74 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Cars Ite. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 21 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 4 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

carsite.co.uk

carsite.co.uk

141 ms

carsite.co.uk

carsite.co.uk

358 ms

www.carsite.co.uk

www.carsite.co.uk

416 ms

css

css

39 ms

bootstrap.css

bootstrap.css

337 ms

carsite7.css

carsite7.css

376 ms

jquery-1.9.1.min.js

jquery-1.9.1.min.js

366 ms

jquery.placeholder-min.js

jquery.placeholder-min.js

222 ms

bootstrap.min.js

bootstrap.min.js

235 ms

carsite-base8-min.js

carsite-base8-min.js

275 ms

tracksegment.js

tracksegment.js

304 ms

chat-selector2-vcf.js

chat-selector2-vcf.js

319 ms

ads-init.js

ads-init.js

413 ms

optimize.js

optimize.js

59 ms

js

js

68 ms

prebid.js

prebid.js

748 ms

ads-load.js

ads-load.js

412 ms

lt.min.js

lt.min.js

18 ms

16332.js

16332.js

162 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

79 ms

gpt.js

gpt.js

153 ms

js

js

70 ms

collect

collect

30 ms

collect

collect

12 ms

ga-audiences

ga-audiences

129 ms

pubads_impl.js

pubads_impl.js

27 ms

apstag.js

apstag.js

39 ms

js

js

52 ms

logo4.png

logo4.png

420 ms

carsite7.css

carsite7.css

204 ms

menu-icon.png

menu-icon.png

160 ms

home-icon.png

home-icon.png

161 ms

orangearrow.png

orangearrow.png

161 ms

hmpg-section-1.png

hmpg-section-1.png

189 ms

greenarrow.png

greenarrow.png

158 ms

hmpg-section-3.png

hmpg-section-3.png

255 ms

london.png

london.png

275 ms

eastanglia.png

eastanglia.png

252 ms

southeast.png

southeast.png

276 ms

southwest.png

southwest.png

276 ms

northwest.png

northwest.png

285 ms

scotland.png

scotland.png

482 ms

wales.png

wales.png

337 ms

midlands.png

midlands.png

373 ms

eastmidlands.png

eastmidlands.png

378 ms

northeast.png

northeast.png

496 ms

yorkshire.png

yorkshire.png

399 ms

nireland.png

nireland.png

496 ms

smallfamily.jpg

smallfamily.jpg

589 ms

smallmpv.jpg

smallmpv.jpg

477 ms

largeexec.jpg

largeexec.jpg

481 ms

largefamily.jpg

largefamily.jpg

557 ms

sportscars.jpg

sportscars.jpg

562 ms

medexec.jpg

medexec.jpg

604 ms

large4x4.jpg

large4x4.jpg

579 ms

any.jpg

any.jpg

609 ms

green-twitter.png

green-twitter.png

393 ms

green-fb.png

green-fb.png

396 ms

19015_1_w.jpg

19015_1_w.jpg

408 ms

19016_1_w.jpg

19016_1_w.jpg

476 ms

19014_1_w.jpg

19014_1_w.jpg

476 ms

19013_1_m.jpg

19013_1_m.jpg

477 ms

19011_1_m.jpg

19011_1_m.jpg

478 ms

19006_2_m.jpg

19006_2_m.jpg

479 ms

19010_1_m.jpg

19010_1_m.jpg

520 ms

19012_1_m.jpg

19012_1_m.jpg

549 ms

19007_1_m.jpg

19007_1_m.jpg

548 ms

icon-petrol.png

icon-petrol.png

556 ms

icon-diesel.png

icon-diesel.png

557 ms

icon-mileage.png

icon-mileage.png

560 ms

icon-auto.png

icon-auto.png

600 ms

icon-manual.png

icon-manual.png

646 ms

icon-new.png

icon-new.png

634 ms

icon-2000.png

icon-2000.png

656 ms

icon-5000.png

icon-5000.png

637 ms

twitter-icon.png

twitter-icon.png

640 ms

facebook-icon.png

facebook-icon.png

678 ms

email-icon.png

email-icon.png

716 ms

apstag.js

apstag.js

126 ms

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134 ms

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148 ms

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158 ms

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memSYaGs126MiZpBA-UvWbX2vVnXBbObj2OVZyOOSr4dVJWUgsg-1x4gaVQ.woff

159 ms

homeimage.jpg

homeimage.jpg

836 ms

ddl-arrow.png

ddl-arrow.png

613 ms

getmakeswithadverts

getmakeswithadverts

803 ms

homeimage-940.jpg

homeimage-940.jpg

958 ms

96 ms

driftrock.js

driftrock.js

314 ms

29 ms

Accessibility Review

carsite.co.uk accessibility score

81

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

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

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

carsite.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

Serves images with low resolution

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

High

Missing source maps for large first-party JavaScript

SEO Factors

carsite.co.uk SEO score

81

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

Content Best Practices

Format your HTML in a way that enables crawlers to better understand your app’s content.

Impact

Issue

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

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 Carsite.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 Carsite.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

carsite.co.uk

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