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Report Summary

  • 15

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    27% of other websites

  • 93

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 82% of websites

  • 58

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    19% of websites

  • 91

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    71% of websites

directmetals.com

Direct Metals Company | Specialty Metal & Fiberglass Products

Page Load Speed

3.3 sec in total

First Response

83 ms

Resources Loaded

3 sec

Page Rendered

212 ms

directmetals.com screenshot

About Website

Visit directmetals.com now to see the best up-to-date Direct Metals content for United States and also check out these interesting facts you probably never knew about directmetals.com

Direct Metals has one of the largest metal inventories of wire mesh, perforated metal, bar grating, expanded metal, and fiberglass grating in the nation.

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Key Findings

We analyzed Directmetals.com page load time and found that the first response time was 83 ms and then it took 3.2 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

directmetals.com performance score

15

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value7.9 s

0/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value20.1 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value17.7 s

0/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value12,960 ms

0/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.063

97/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value27.4 s

0/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

83 ms

360 ms

directmetals.css

163 ms

nav.css

166 ms

slick.css

231 ms

Our browser made a total of 91 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 98% of them (89 requests) were addressed to the original Directmetals.com, 2% (2 requests) were made to Google-analytics.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1 sec) belongs to the original domain Directmetals.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 83.2 kB (23%)

Content Size

368.2 kB

After Optimization

285.0 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Directmetals.com main page is 368.2 kB. This result falls beyond the top 1M of websites and identifies a large and not optimized web page that may take ages to load. 35% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 262.2 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-86%

Potential reduce by 50.7 kB

  • Original 59.0 kB
  • After minification 55.7 kB
  • After compression 8.3 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 50.7 kB or 86% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-3%

Potential reduce by 7.8 kB

  • Original 262.2 kB
  • After minification 254.4 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. Direct Metals images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-40%

Potential reduce by 12.8 kB

  • Original 32.4 kB
  • After minification 28.5 kB
  • After compression 19.6 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 12.8 kB or 40% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-82%

Potential reduce by 11.9 kB

  • Original 14.6 kB
  • After minification 8.8 kB
  • After compression 2.7 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. Directmetals.com needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 11.9 kB or 82% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 12 (13%)

Requests Now

89

After Optimization

77

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 89 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Direct Metals. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 5 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

83 ms

360 ms

directmetals.css

directmetals.css

163 ms

nav.css

nav.css

166 ms

slick.css

slick.css

231 ms

slick-theme.css

slick-theme.css

1027 ms

SpryCollapsiblePanel.js

SpryCollapsiblePanel.js

314 ms

SpryCollapsiblePanel.css

SpryCollapsiblePanel.css

243 ms

ga.js

ga.js

6 ms

slogan.png

slogan.png

85 ms

__utm.gif

__utm.gif

23 ms

logo.png

logo.png

86 ms

slide-wp.jpg

slide-wp.jpg

165 ms

slide-pm.jpg

slide-pm.jpg

243 ms

slide-bg.jpg

slide-bg.jpg

167 ms

slide-sg.jpg

slide-sg.jpg

165 ms

slide-em.jpg

slide-em.jpg

162 ms

slide-fg.jpg

slide-fg.jpg

405 ms

slide-am.jpg

slide-am.jpg

325 ms

slide-hp.jpg

slide-hp.jpg

247 ms

arrow-blue.png

arrow-blue.png

246 ms

spacer.gif

spacer.gif

248 ms

h-wp-welded.png

h-wp-welded.png

323 ms

h-wp-woven.png

h-wp-woven.png

329 ms

h-wp-pvc.png

h-wp-pvc.png

329 ms

h-wp-cage.png

h-wp-cage.png

331 ms

h-wp-hardwarecloth.png

h-wp-hardwarecloth.png

404 ms

h-wp-hexnetting.png

h-wp-hexnetting.png

405 ms

h-wp-fabricated.png

h-wp-fabricated.png

410 ms

h-wp-screen.png

h-wp-screen.png

409 ms

h-wp-border.png

h-wp-border.png

411 ms

h-wp-meshcont.png

h-wp-meshcont.png

483 ms

h-am-wiremesh.png

h-am-wiremesh.png

484 ms

h-wp-uedging.png

h-wp-uedging.png

486 ms

h-pm-round.png

h-pm-round.png

488 ms

h-pm-square.png

h-pm-square.png

491 ms

h-pm-slotted.png

h-pm-slotted.png

493 ms

h-pm-decorative.png

h-pm-decorative.png

564 ms

h-am-perfmetal.png

h-am-perfmetal.png

565 ms

h-pm-hex.png

h-pm-hex.png

567 ms

h-bg-aluminum.png

h-bg-aluminum.png

569 ms

h-bg-carbon.png

h-bg-carbon.png

572 ms

h-bg-stainless.png

h-bg-stainless.png

574 ms

h-bg-titeweld.png

h-bg-titeweld.png

644 ms

h-am-bargrating.png

h-am-bargrating.png

645 ms

h-bg-stairtread.png

h-bg-stairtread.png

649 ms

h-bg-anchoring.png

h-bg-anchoring.png

577 ms

h-sg-gripstrut.png

h-sg-gripstrut.png

574 ms

h-sg-traction.png

h-sg-traction.png

504 ms

h-sg-gratelock.png

h-sg-gratelock.png

571 ms

h-sg-safety.png

h-sg-safety.png

571 ms

h-em-flattened.png

h-em-flattened.png

573 ms

h-em-regular.png

h-em-regular.png

499 ms

h-am-expmetal.png

h-am-expmetal.png

499 ms

h-em-fabricated.png

h-em-fabricated.png

499 ms

h-em-uedging.png

h-em-uedging.png

566 ms

h-pm-hex.jpg

h-pm-hex.jpg

492 ms

h-em-square.png

h-em-square.png

494 ms

h-em-micro.jpg

h-em-micro.jpg

492 ms

h-em-ribbon.jpg

h-em-ribbon.jpg

497 ms

h-fg-molded.png

h-fg-molded.png

496 ms

h-fg-pultruded.png

h-fg-pultruded.png

493 ms

h-fg-highload.png

h-fg-highload.png

491 ms

h-fg-anchoring.png

h-fg-anchoring.png

494 ms

h-fg-covered.png

h-fg-covered.png

493 ms

h-fg-bullet.png

h-fg-bullet.png

497 ms

h-fg-grating.png

h-fg-grating.png

497 ms

h-fg-stair.png

h-fg-stair.png

493 ms

h-fg-handrails.png

h-fg-handrails.png

492 ms

h-fg-plates.png

h-fg-plates.png

493 ms

h-fg-shapes.png

h-fg-shapes.png

494 ms

h-kk-1.png

h-kk-1.png

497 ms

h-kk-2.png

h-kk-2.png

497 ms

h-kk-3.png

h-kk-3.png

492 ms

h-kk-4.png

h-kk-4.png

490 ms

blue-square.png

blue-square.png

490 ms

request-catalog.gif

request-catalog.gif

495 ms

MetalCenterLogo.jpg

MetalCenterLogo.jpg

496 ms

ANABLogo.jpg

ANABLogo.jpg

496 ms

PJR-UKAS-logo.jpg

PJR-UKAS-logo.jpg

492 ms

about-direct-metals.gif

about-direct-metals.gif

491 ms

navigation.gif

navigation.gif

488 ms

contact.gif

contact.gif

495 ms

cup-icon.gif

cup-icon.gif

496 ms

phone-icon.gif

phone-icon.gif

496 ms

envelope-icon.gif

envelope-icon.gif

492 ms

icon-facebook.jpg

icon-facebook.jpg

491 ms

icon-twitter.jpg

icon-twitter.jpg

488 ms

icon-google+.jpg

icon-google+.jpg

495 ms

icon-linkedin.jpg

icon-linkedin.jpg

496 ms

icon-instagram.jpg

icon-instagram.jpg

496 ms

Accessibility Review

directmetals.com accessibility score

93

Accessibility Issues

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

directmetals.com best practices score

58

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

Page has valid source maps

High

Issues were logged in the Issues panel in Chrome Devtools

SEO Factors

directmetals.com SEO score

91

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

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

    N/A

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Directmetals.com can be misinterpreted by Google and other search engines. Our service has detected that English is used on the page, and neither this language nor any other was claimed in <html> or <meta> tags. Our system also found out that Directmetals.com 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

directmetals.com

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