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Report Summary

  • 41

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    60% of other websites

  • 74

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 40% of websites

  • 92

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    80% of websites

  • 97

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    91% of websites

epcnow.co.uk

EPCNOW - the North West's leading provider of commercial EPCs

Page Load Speed

12.4 sec in total

First Response

2.3 sec

Resources Loaded

9.4 sec

Page Rendered

580 ms

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About Website

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Key Findings

We analyzed Epcnow.co.uk page load time and found that the first response time was 2.3 sec and then it took 10 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 90% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

epcnow.co.uk performance score

41

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value4.6 s

13/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value47.9 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value26.3 s

0/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value260 ms

83/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value29.2 s

0/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

www.epcnow.co.uk

2345 ms

font-awesome.min.css

272 ms

wplcstyle.css

183 ms

css

25 ms

style.css

192 ms

Our browser made a total of 58 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 90% of them (52 requests) were addressed to the original Epcnow.co.uk, 9% (5 requests) were made to Fonts.gstatic.com and 2% (1 request) were made to Fonts.googleapis.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (2.3 sec) belongs to the original domain Epcnow.co.uk.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 532.1 kB (56%)

Content Size

950.0 kB

After Optimization

418.0 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Epcnow.co.uk main page is 950.0 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. 45% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 457.4 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-81%

Potential reduce by 36.1 kB

  • Original 44.6 kB
  • After minification 42.1 kB
  • After compression 8.5 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 36.1 kB or 81% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-35%

Potential reduce by 158.8 kB

  • Original 457.4 kB
  • After minification 298.6 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, EPCNOW needs image optimization as it can save up to 158.8 kB or 35% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-70%

Potential reduce by 185.4 kB

  • Original 264.1 kB
  • After minification 253.6 kB
  • After compression 78.7 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 185.4 kB or 70% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-83%

Potential reduce by 151.7 kB

  • Original 183.8 kB
  • After minification 165.7 kB
  • After compression 32.1 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. Epcnow.co.uk needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 151.7 kB or 83% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 28 (54%)

Requests Now

52

After Optimization

24

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 52 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of EPCNOW. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 19 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 11 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

www.epcnow.co.uk

www.epcnow.co.uk

2345 ms

font-awesome.min.css

font-awesome.min.css

272 ms

wplcstyle.css

wplcstyle.css

183 ms

css

css

25 ms

style.css

style.css

192 ms

content-sidebar.css

content-sidebar.css

196 ms

jquery.bxslider.css

jquery.bxslider.css

200 ms

bootstrap.min.css

bootstrap.min.css

454 ms

main.css

main.css

362 ms

nivo-lightbox.css

nivo-lightbox.css

305 ms

default.css

default.css

318 ms

jquery.js

jquery.js

545 ms

jquery-migrate.min.js

jquery-migrate.min.js

371 ms

bootstrap.min.js

bootstrap.min.js

407 ms

nivo-lightbox.min.js

nivo-lightbox.min.js

418 ms

bxslider.min.js

bxslider.min.js

463 ms

stellar.js

stellar.js

469 ms

masonry.min.js

masonry.min.js

508 ms

hoverIntent.min.js

hoverIntent.min.js

514 ms

custom.js

custom.js

560 ms

navigation.js

navigation.js

487 ms

skip-link-focus-fix.js

skip-link-focus-fix.js

495 ms

comment-reply.min.js

comment-reply.min.js

535 ms

jquery.ui.core.min.js

jquery.ui.core.min.js

546 ms

jquery.ui.widget.min.js

jquery.ui.widget.min.js

570 ms

jquery.ui.mouse.min.js

jquery.ui.mouse.min.js

581 ms

jquery.ui.draggable.min.js

jquery.ui.draggable.min.js

596 ms

jquery-cookie.js

jquery-cookie.js

603 ms

fscf-scripts.js

fscf-scripts.js

638 ms

wplc_u.js

wplc_u.js

646 ms

font-awesome.min.css

font-awesome.min.css

428 ms

topbar.png

topbar.png

161 ms

facebook.png

facebook.png

181 ms

twitter.png

twitter.png

187 ms

google.png

google.png

191 ms

rss.png

rss.png

188 ms

pinterest.png

pinterest.png

260 ms

instagram.png

instagram.png

294 ms

linkedin.png

linkedin.png

322 ms

youtube.png

youtube.png

299 ms

pattern.jpg

pattern.jpg

379 ms

NEWIMAGE-300x166.jpg

NEWIMAGE-300x166.jpg

609 ms

NEWLOGO2-300x190.jpg

NEWLOGO2-300x190.jpg

670 ms

CIBSE-LCC-Colour-300x49.jpg

CIBSE-LCC-Colour-300x49.jpg

661 ms

Low-Carbon-trust-300x182.jpg

Low-Carbon-trust-300x182.jpg

625 ms

energy_saving_trust_logo-300x126.jpg

energy_saving_trust_logo-300x126.jpg

658 ms

securimage_show.php

securimage_show.php

1148 ms

refresh.png

refresh.png

751 ms

EPC-survey-4-pages.jpg

EPC-survey-4-pages.jpg

1072 ms

nthumb.png

nthumb.png

761 ms

ajax.php

ajax.php

977 ms

9k-RPmcnxYEPm8CNFsH2gg.woff

9k-RPmcnxYEPm8CNFsH2gg.woff

5 ms

KT3KS9Aol4WfR6Vas8kNcg.woff

KT3KS9Aol4WfR6Vas8kNcg.woff

14 ms

boeCNmOCCh-EWFLSfVffDg.woff

boeCNmOCCh-EWFLSfVffDg.woff

14 ms

wkfQbvfT_02e2IWO3yYueQ.woff

wkfQbvfT_02e2IWO3yYueQ.woff

13 ms

fontawesome-webfont.woff

fontawesome-webfont.woff

898 ms

fontawesome-webfont.woff

fontawesome-webfont.woff

922 ms

FG9R9aX-RIX_AvJI8USOWg.woff

FG9R9aX-RIX_AvJI8USOWg.woff

13 ms

Accessibility Review

epcnow.co.uk accessibility score

74

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

Links do not have a discernible name

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

epcnow.co.uk best practices score

92

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

SEO Factors

epcnow.co.uk SEO score

97

Search Engine Optimization Advices

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 Epcnow.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 Epcnow.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

epcnow.co.uk

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