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Report Summary

  • 11

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    24% of other websites

  • 90

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 74% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    35% of websites

  • 77

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    36% of websites

ernest-wilson.co.uk

Ernest Wilson | Buy & Sell Businesses in the UK | Established since 1956

Page Load Speed

5.2 sec in total

First Response

475 ms

Resources Loaded

4.4 sec

Page Rendered

284 ms

ernest-wilson.co.uk screenshot

About Website

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Ernest Wilson is the leading agent for businesses for sale in the UK, based in Leeds, Yorkshire | Helping 1000s of people buy & sell businesses since 1956

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Key Findings

We analyzed Ernest-wilson.co.uk page load time and found that the first response time was 475 ms and then it took 4.7 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

ernest-wilson.co.uk performance score

11

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value7.5 s

1/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value9.2 s

1/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value11.6 s

5/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value10,480 ms

0/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.189

65/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value24.6 s

0/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

ernest-wilson.co.uk

475 ms

www.ernest-wilson.co.uk

786 ms

js

78 ms

gtm.js

194 ms

jquery-1.7.1.min.js

243 ms

Our browser made a total of 78 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 81% of them (63 requests) were addressed to the original Ernest-wilson.co.uk, 5% (4 requests) were made to Fonts.gstatic.com and 3% (2 requests) were made to Googletagmanager.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (2.4 sec) belongs to the original domain Ernest-wilson.co.uk.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 679.5 kB (44%)

Content Size

1.5 MB

After Optimization

852.5 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Ernest-wilson.co.uk main page is 1.5 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. Javascripts take 719.2 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-75%

Potential reduce by 51.4 kB

  • Original 68.1 kB
  • After minification 62.9 kB
  • After compression 16.7 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. 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 51.4 kB or 75% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-8%

Potential reduce by 53.1 kB

  • Original 631.2 kB
  • After minification 578.2 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. Ernest Wilson images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-67%

Potential reduce by 478.8 kB

  • Original 719.2 kB
  • After minification 664.1 kB
  • After compression 240.4 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 478.8 kB or 67% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-85%

Potential reduce by 96.3 kB

  • Original 113.4 kB
  • After minification 81.2 kB
  • After compression 17.1 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. Ernest-wilson.co.uk needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 96.3 kB or 85% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 41 (57%)

Requests Now

72

After Optimization

31

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 72 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Ernest Wilson. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 24 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 8 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

ernest-wilson.co.uk

ernest-wilson.co.uk

475 ms

www.ernest-wilson.co.uk

www.ernest-wilson.co.uk

786 ms

js

js

78 ms

gtm.js

gtm.js

194 ms

jquery-1.7.1.min.js

jquery-1.7.1.min.js

243 ms

jquery-ui-1.12.1.min.js

jquery-ui-1.12.1.min.js

474 ms

Ernest.min.js

Ernest.min.js

430 ms

Members.min.js

Members.min.js

411 ms

Pagination.min.js

Pagination.min.js

346 ms

jquery-ui.css

jquery-ui.css

421 ms

jsRender.min.js

jsRender.min.js

335 ms

json2.min.js

json2.min.js

414 ms

jquery.extensions.min.js

jquery.extensions.min.js

427 ms

Templates.min.js

Templates.min.js

494 ms

Common.min.js

Common.min.js

498 ms

Validations.min.js

Validations.min.js

501 ms

jquery.bgiframe.min.js

jquery.bgiframe.min.js

525 ms

jquery.multiSelect.js

jquery.multiSelect.js

525 ms

jquery.multiSelect.css

jquery.multiSelect.css

565 ms

style-sheet.css

style-sheet.css

673 ms

js

js

105 ms

Articles.min.js

Articles.min.js

577 ms

jquery.bxslider.css

jquery.bxslider.css

603 ms

jquery-rbox.css

jquery-rbox.css

614 ms

jquery-rbox.js

jquery-rbox.js

615 ms

jquery.bxslider.min.js

jquery.bxslider.min.js

667 ms

css2

css2

33 ms

Articles.js

Articles.js

589 ms

Common.js

Common.js

688 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

22 ms

insight.min.js

insight.min.js

38 ms

collect

collect

15 ms

insight_tag_errors.gif

insight_tag_errors.gif

138 ms

collect

collect

11 ms

font-awesome.min.css

font-awesome.min.css

30 ms

Arrow%20Right%20Red.svg

Arrow%20Right%20Red.svg

116 ms

trending-sectors.png

trending-sectors.png

337 ms

who-we-are.jpg

who-we-are.jpg

341 ms

background%20crown%2002.svg

background%20crown%2002.svg

117 ms

buy%20a%20business%20card.svg

buy%20a%20business%20card.svg

118 ms

buy%20a%20business%20card%20hover.svg

buy%20a%20business%20card%20hover.svg

142 ms

sell%20a%20business%20card.svg

sell%20a%20business%20card.svg

205 ms

sell%20a%20business%20card%20hover.svg

sell%20a%20business%20card%20hover.svg

206 ms

finance%20a%20sale%20card.svg

finance%20a%20sale%20card.svg

205 ms

finance%20a%20sale%20card%20hover.svg

finance%20a%20sale%20card%20hover.svg

227 ms

Ernest-Wilson-Logo-full.png

Ernest-Wilson-Logo-full.png

298 ms

Mail%20White.svg

Mail%20White.svg

293 ms

Facebook%20White.svg%20alt=

Facebook%20White.svg%20alt=

291 ms

Youtube%20White.svg

Youtube%20White.svg

315 ms

Linkedin%20White.svg

Linkedin%20White.svg

380 ms

Twitter%20White.svg

Twitter%20White.svg

381 ms

Instagram%20White.svg

Instagram%20White.svg

384 ms

Envelope%20White.svg

Envelope%20White.svg

402 ms

Mobile%20White.svg

Mobile%20White.svg

421 ms

Map%20Marker%20White.svg

Map%20Marker%20White.svg

426 ms

tpos-logo.png

tpos-logo.png

467 ms

_Header.tmpl.htm

_Header.tmpl.htm

448 ms

hero-banner-01.webp

hero-banner-01.webp

421 ms

4iCv6KVjbNBYlgoCxCvTtA.woff

4iCv6KVjbNBYlgoCxCvTtA.woff

28 ms

4iCv6KVjbNBYlgoCjC3TtA.woff

4iCv6KVjbNBYlgoCjC3TtA.woff

52 ms

4iCs6KVjbNBYlgo6ew.woff

4iCs6KVjbNBYlgo6ew.woff

73 ms

4iCv6KVjbNBYlgoC1CzTtA.woff

4iCv6KVjbNBYlgoC1CzTtA.woff

56 ms

Arrow%20Right%20White.svg

Arrow%20Right%20White.svg

423 ms

banner-background-01.jpg

banner-background-01.jpg

2412 ms

_Outer_QuickSearchTop.tmpl.htm

_Outer_QuickSearchTop.tmpl.htm

440 ms

_Outer_HomeFeaturedBusiness.tmpl.htm

_Outer_HomeFeaturedBusiness.tmpl.htm

767 ms

_Outer_Section-Testimonials.tmpl.htm

_Outer_Section-Testimonials.tmpl.htm

769 ms

_Outer_Section-ValuationForm.tmpl.htm

_Outer_Section-ValuationForm.tmpl.htm

1606 ms

fbevents.js

fbevents.js

16 ms

Close.svg

Close.svg

1979 ms

Search.svg

Search.svg

1980 ms

Menu%20White.svg

Menu%20White.svg

1981 ms

Red%20Dropdown.svg

Red%20Dropdown.svg

1982 ms

arrow%20right%20red.svg

arrow%20right%20red.svg

1642 ms

Check%20Red.svg

Check%20Red.svg

1641 ms

_pagingControlLayout.tmpl.htm

_pagingControlLayout.tmpl.htm

830 ms

_Section-Testimonials.tmpl.htm

_Section-Testimonials.tmpl.htm

809 ms

fine-uploader-new.css

fine-uploader-new.css

801 ms

Accessibility Review

ernest-wilson.co.uk accessibility score

90

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

Links do not have a discernible name

Best Practices

ernest-wilson.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

User Experience

Impact

Issue

High

Displays images with incorrect aspect ratio

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

SEO Factors

ernest-wilson.co.uk SEO score

77

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

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 Ernest-wilson.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 Ernest-wilson.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

ernest-wilson.co.uk

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