Report Summary

  • 12

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    25% of other websites

  • 77

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 44% of websites

  • 83

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    55% of websites

  • 83

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    46% of websites

comparesupermarket.uk

Compare Market, Compare Supermarket, Compare Prices

Page Load Speed

5.4 sec in total

First Response

257 ms

Resources Loaded

4.4 sec

Page Rendered

806 ms

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About Website

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Key Findings

We analyzed Comparesupermarket.uk page load time and found that the first response time was 257 ms and then it took 5.2 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 75% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

comparesupermarket.uk performance score

12

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value11.6 s

0/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value20.2 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value18.3 s

0/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value970 ms

28/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.432

22/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value24.0 s

1/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

comparesupermarket.uk

257 ms

www.comparesupermarket.uk

616 ms

ivory-search.min.css

87 ms

main.css

179 ms

dashicons.min.css

420 ms

Our browser made a total of 55 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 82% of them (45 requests) were addressed to the original Comparesupermarket.uk, 5% (3 requests) were made to Googleads.g.doubleclick.net and 4% (2 requests) were made to Pagead2.googlesyndication.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1.1 sec) belongs to the original domain Comparesupermarket.uk.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 1.5 MB (70%)

Content Size

2.1 MB

After Optimization

647.3 kB

In fact, the total size of Comparesupermarket.uk main page is 2.1 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. 60% of websites need less resources to load. CSS take 1.0 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-88%

Potential reduce by 240.0 kB

  • Original 273.3 kB
  • After minification 253.1 kB
  • After compression 33.3 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 240.0 kB or 88% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-19%

Potential reduce by 26.6 kB

  • Original 138.7 kB
  • After minification 112.1 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, Compare Supermarket needs image optimization as it can save up to 26.6 kB or 19% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-54%

Potential reduce by 376.5 kB

  • Original 703.4 kB
  • After minification 655.6 kB
  • After compression 327.0 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 376.5 kB or 54% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-83%

Potential reduce by 856.6 kB

  • Original 1.0 MB
  • After minification 988.1 kB
  • After compression 175.0 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. Comparesupermarket.uk needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 856.6 kB or 83% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 37 (80%)

Requests Now

46

After Optimization

9

The browser has sent 46 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Compare Supermarket. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 27 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 12 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Accessibility Review

comparesupermarket.uk accessibility score

77

Accessibility Issues

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-*] attributes do not match their roles

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

Best Practices

comparesupermarket.uk best practices score

83

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

SEO Factors

comparesupermarket.uk SEO score

83

Search Engine Optimization Advices

Crawling and Indexing

To appear in search results, crawlers need access to your app.

Impact

Issue

High

robots.txt is not valid

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 Comparesupermarket.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 Comparesupermarket.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 Compare Supermarket. This is the best way to make the web page social media friendly. Here is how it looks like on Facebook: