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Report Summary

  • 32

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    52% of other websites

  • 88

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 68% of websites

  • 83

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    55% of websites

  • 93

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    83% of websites

directgap.co.uk

GAP Insurance | GAP Insurance Quote Save 75% | Direct Gap

Page Load Speed

5.1 sec in total

First Response

264 ms

Resources Loaded

2.9 sec

Page Rendered

2 sec

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About Website

Visit directgap.co.uk now to see the best up-to-date Direct GAP content for United Kingdom and also check out these interesting facts you probably never knew about directgap.co.uk

Direct Gap are the UK's number one Guaranteed Asset Protection (GAP) Insurance specialists. Cover your car and save up to 75% on specialist GAP Insurance.

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Key Findings

We analyzed Directgap.co.uk page load time and found that the first response time was 264 ms and then it took 4.9 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 70% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

directgap.co.uk performance score

32

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value4.7 s

12/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value4.8 s

31/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value7.7 s

25/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value1,050 ms

25/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.157

74/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value11.7 s

17/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

directgap.co.uk

264 ms

directgap.co.uk

343 ms

www.directgap.co.uk

822 ms

directgap.min.css

329 ms

head.dist.min.js

600 ms

Our browser made a total of 68 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 74% of them (50 requests) were addressed to the original Directgap.co.uk, 4% (3 requests) were made to Api.feefo.com and 3% (2 requests) were made to Googletagmanager.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1.2 sec) belongs to the original domain Directgap.co.uk.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 445.6 kB (13%)

Content Size

3.3 MB

After Optimization

2.9 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Directgap.co.uk main page is 3.3 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. 55% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 2.8 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-84%

Potential reduce by 79.2 kB

  • Original 94.9 kB
  • After minification 76.3 kB
  • After compression 15.7 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. This page needs HTML code to be minified as it can gain 18.6 kB, which is 20% 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 79.2 kB or 84% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-3%

Potential reduce by 94.7 kB

  • Original 2.8 MB
  • After minification 2.7 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. Direct GAP images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-53%

Potential reduce by 216.0 kB

  • Original 408.5 kB
  • After minification 408.5 kB
  • After compression 192.5 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 216.0 kB or 53% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-80%

Potential reduce by 55.7 kB

  • Original 69.1 kB
  • After minification 68.5 kB
  • After compression 13.5 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. Directgap.co.uk needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 55.7 kB or 80% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 18 (29%)

Requests Now

62

After Optimization

44

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 62 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Direct GAP. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 10 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

directgap.co.uk

directgap.co.uk

264 ms

directgap.co.uk

directgap.co.uk

343 ms

www.directgap.co.uk

www.directgap.co.uk

822 ms

directgap.min.css

directgap.min.css

329 ms

head.dist.min.js

head.dist.min.js

600 ms

ScriptResource.axd

ScriptResource.axd

447 ms

footer.dist.min.js

footer.dist.min.js

743 ms

gtm.js

gtm.js

82 ms

logo

logo

395 ms

45 ms

css

css

42 ms

logo

logo

570 ms

logo

logo

637 ms

ImageGen.ashx

ImageGen.ashx

112 ms

logo_AutoExpress.svg

logo_AutoExpress.svg

265 ms

Logo_Confused.com.svg

Logo_Confused.com.svg

267 ms

Logo_CarAdviser.png

Logo_CarAdviser.png

282 ms

logo_Leasing-com.svg

logo_Leasing-com.svg

283 ms

Logo_Moneyshake.svg

Logo_Moneyshake.svg

394 ms

i-finance-gap.svg

i-finance-gap.svg

417 ms

i-rti.svg

i-rti.svg

420 ms

i-vri.svg

i-vri.svg

421 ms

5-stars.svg

5-stars.svg

419 ms

Platinum_Trusted_Service_Award_2024_-_Full_colour_-_Landscape.svg

Platinum_Trusted_Service_Award_2024_-_Full_colour_-_Landscape.svg

456 ms

accident_observe.jpg

accident_observe.jpg

853 ms

city_avenue.jpg

city_avenue.jpg

787 ms

car-grey.jpg

car-grey.jpg

767 ms

car-red.jpg

car-red.jpg

879 ms

carshowroom.jpg

carshowroom.jpg

841 ms

5-star.svg

5-star.svg

612 ms

unlimited.svg

unlimited.svg

687 ms

transfer.svg

transfer.svg

774 ms

start-date.svg

start-date.svg

856 ms

named-drivers.svg

named-drivers.svg

865 ms

mileage.svg

mileage.svg

871 ms

policy-pencil.svg

policy-pencil.svg

925 ms

handshake.svg

handshake.svg

936 ms

credit-card.svg

credit-card.svg

937 ms

bigsavings.svg

bigsavings.svg

952 ms

i-scratch-and-dent.svg

i-scratch-and-dent.svg

956 ms

i-tyre-and-alloy.svg

i-tyre-and-alloy.svg

964 ms

city_avenue.jpg

city_avenue.jpg

1092 ms

european_apartment.jpg

european_apartment.jpg

1103 ms

ev_charging.jpg

ev_charging.jpg

1188 ms

country_touring.jpg

country_touring.jpg

1207 ms

highlands.jpg

highlands.jpg

1126 ms

67 ms

country_touring.jpg

country_touring.jpg

998 ms

js

js

77 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

158 ms

fbevents.js

fbevents.js

168 ms

script.js

script.js

204 ms

hotjar-4965678.js

hotjar-4965678.js

329 ms

smiling-driver.png

smiling-driver.png

922 ms

gap-car-sqare.png

gap-car-sqare.png

931 ms

car-dash.png

car-dash.png

951 ms

memSYaGs126MiZpBA-UvWbX2vVnXBbObj2OVZyOOSr4dVJWUgsjZ0B4gaVc.ttf

memSYaGs126MiZpBA-UvWbX2vVnXBbObj2OVZyOOSr4dVJWUgsjZ0B4gaVc.ttf

301 ms

insurance-docs.png

insurance-docs.png

962 ms

bat.js

bat.js

316 ms

footer-fscs-logo.jpg

footer-fscs-logo.jpg

1020 ms

footer-fca.png

footer-fca.png

1015 ms

drivers-c.jpg

drivers-c.jpg

906 ms

collect

collect

172 ms

facebook.png

facebook.png

887 ms

twitter.png

twitter.png

885 ms

log

log

394 ms

collect

collect

52 ms

ga-audiences

ga-audiences

64 ms

Accessibility Review

directgap.co.uk accessibility score

88

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-hidden="true"] elements contain focusable descendents

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

Form elements do not have associated labels

Best Practices

directgap.co.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

User Experience

Impact

Issue

High

Serves images with low resolution

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

SEO Factors

directgap.co.uk SEO score

93

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

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 Directgap.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 Directgap.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

directgap.co.uk

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