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Report Summary

  • 18

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    34% of other websites

  • 77

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 44% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    35% of websites

  • 65

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    25% of websites

decoratingdirect.co.uk

Homepage

Page Load Speed

4.6 sec in total

First Response

788 ms

Resources Loaded

3.2 sec

Page Rendered

679 ms

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About Website

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hundreds of decorating products available for secure online ordering and delivery to your door, including coloured paints, wallpaper, tools, stencils, sundries

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Key Findings

We analyzed Decoratingdirect.co.uk page load time and found that the first response time was 788 ms and then it took 3.9 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 65% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

decoratingdirect.co.uk performance score

18

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value4.8 s

11/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value14.0 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value10.3 s

8/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value610 ms

49/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.979

2/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value13.3 s

12/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

decoratingdirect.co.uk

788 ms

shadowbox.css

555 ms

decordirect.original.css

663 ms

mootools.js

755 ms

shadowbox-platypus-packed.js

669 ms

Our browser made a total of 60 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 77% of them (46 requests) were addressed to the original Decoratingdirect.co.uk, 3% (2 requests) were made to Cdnjs.cloudflare.com and 3% (2 requests) were made to Google-analytics.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1.4 sec) belongs to the original domain Decoratingdirect.co.uk.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 446.4 kB (27%)

Content Size

1.7 MB

After Optimization

1.2 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Decoratingdirect.co.uk main page is 1.7 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. 50% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 1.2 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-84%

Potential reduce by 52.7 kB

  • Original 63.1 kB
  • After minification 55.2 kB
  • After compression 10.3 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. This page needs HTML code to be minified as it can gain 7.8 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 52.7 kB or 84% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-7%

Potential reduce by 78.9 kB

  • Original 1.2 MB
  • After minification 1.1 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. Decoratingdirect images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-67%

Potential reduce by 163.1 kB

  • Original 244.2 kB
  • After minification 244.2 kB
  • After compression 81.1 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 163.1 kB or 67% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-87%

Potential reduce by 151.6 kB

  • Original 173.7 kB
  • After minification 160.1 kB
  • After compression 22.0 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. Decoratingdirect.co.uk needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 151.6 kB or 87% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 17 (29%)

Requests Now

58

After Optimization

41

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 58 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Decoratingdirect. 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 6 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

decoratingdirect.co.uk

decoratingdirect.co.uk

788 ms

shadowbox.css

shadowbox.css

555 ms

decordirect.original.css

decordirect.original.css

663 ms

mootools.js

mootools.js

755 ms

shadowbox-platypus-packed.js

shadowbox-platypus-packed.js

669 ms

css

css

68 ms

base.css

base.css

680 ms

v2.min.css

v2.min.css

864 ms

swiper.min.css

swiper.min.css

77 ms

78 ms

jquery-1.12.4.min.js

jquery-1.12.4.min.js

61 ms

swiper.min.js

swiper.min.js

63 ms

sliders.min.js

sliders.min.js

617 ms

ui.min.js

ui.min.js

664 ms

raven.min.js

raven.min.js

58 ms

bundle.tracing.min.js

bundle.tracing.min.js

56 ms

ui2.min.js

ui2.min.js

964 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

186 ms

gtm.js

gtm.js

213 ms

reviews.png

reviews.png

225 ms

delivery.svg

delivery.svg

224 ms

banner_fossa_solora_trust_its_finish_v4.jpg

banner_fossa_solora_trust_its_finish_v4.jpg

603 ms

banner_9_blue_bucket.jpg

banner_9_blue_bucket.jpg

402 ms

banner_8_microsilk_mini_v2.jpg

banner_8_microsilk_mini_v2.jpg

495 ms

banner_fosbide_hd_scraper.jpg

banner_fosbide_hd_scraper.jpg

493 ms

paints_top.jpg

paints_top.jpg

402 ms

tools_top.jpg

tools_top.jpg

556 ms

sundries_top.jpg

sundries_top.jpg

548 ms

wallpaper_and_relief.jpg

wallpaper_and_relief.jpg

545 ms

plant_and_equipment2.jpg

plant_and_equipment2.jpg

642 ms

protection2.jpg

protection2.jpg

647 ms

decorative_effects2.jpg

decorative_effects2.jpg

694 ms

literature2.jpg

literature2.jpg

715 ms

2024_fossa_block_and_bond_25_advert.jpg

2024_fossa_block_and_bond_25_advert.jpg

839 ms

2023_primeout_front.jpg

2023_primeout_front.jpg

934 ms

2023_truemask_green_front.jpg

2023_truemask_green_front.jpg

888 ms

2023_truemask_blue_front.jpg

2023_truemask_blue_front.jpg

879 ms

2023_truemask_yellow_front.jpg

2023_truemask_yellow_front.jpg

929 ms

paints-and-coatings.png

paints-and-coatings.png

864 ms

decorating-tools.png

decorating-tools.png

981 ms

decorating-sundries.png

decorating-sundries.png

996 ms

plant-and-equipment.png

plant-and-equipment.png

1012 ms

protection-and-workwear.png

protection-and-workwear.png

1030 ms

decorative-effects.png

decorative-effects.png

1065 ms

wallpaper-relief-decoration.png

wallpaper-relief-decoration.png

1076 ms

trust_pilot.png

trust_pilot.png

398 ms

google_reviews.png

google_reviews.png

397 ms

business_cards.png

business_cards.png

397 ms

OpenSans-Bold.ttf

OpenSans-Bold.ttf

1438 ms

OpenSans-SemiBold.ttf

OpenSans-SemiBold.ttf

1185 ms

memSYaGs126MiZpBA-UvWbX2vVnXBbObj2OVZyOOSr4dVJWUgsjZ0B4gaVc.ttf

memSYaGs126MiZpBA-UvWbX2vVnXBbObj2OVZyOOSr4dVJWUgsjZ0B4gaVc.ttf

106 ms

dd_logo.jpg

dd_logo.jpg

1132 ms

search.png

search.png

1052 ms

contact.svg

contact.svg

1053 ms

help.svg

help.svg

1066 ms

basket.svg

basket.svg

1151 ms

collect

collect

40 ms

collect

collect

59 ms

js

js

43 ms

ga-audiences

ga-audiences

131 ms

Accessibility Review

decoratingdirect.co.uk accessibility score

77

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

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

High

Form elements do not have associated labels

High

Links do not have a discernible name

Best Practices

decoratingdirect.co.uk best practices score

75

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

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

High

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

decoratingdirect.co.uk SEO score

65

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 Decoratingdirect.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 Decoratingdirect.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

decoratingdirect.co.uk

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