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Report Summary

  • 26

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    45% of other websites

  • 83

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 54% of websites

  • 67

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    24% of websites

  • 84

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    52% of websites

esbs.co.uk

Earl Shilton Building Society in Leicester | Mortgages and Savings | esbs

Page Load Speed

4.7 sec in total

First Response

196 ms

Resources Loaded

4.2 sec

Page Rendered

284 ms

esbs.co.uk screenshot

About Website

Click here to check amazing Esbs content. Otherwise, check out these important facts you probably never knew about esbs.co.uk

Esbs offer a range of mortgages to suit everyone, from people looking to remortgage, to those looking at self builds, or to borrow in later life.

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Key Findings

We analyzed Esbs.co.uk page load time and found that the first response time was 196 ms and then it took 4.5 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

esbs.co.uk performance score

26

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value5.0 s

9/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value11.9 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value6.4 s

40/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value420 ms

66/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value1.4

0/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value11.9 s

16/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

esbs.co.uk

196 ms

www.esbs.co.uk

420 ms

style.min.css

84 ms

styles.css

165 ms

epoll-core.css

242 ms

Our browser made a total of 79 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 54% of them (43 requests) were addressed to the original Esbs.co.uk, 30% (24 requests) were made to Cdn.esbs.co.uk and 4% (3 requests) were made to Fonts.googleapis.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (2.1 sec) relates to the external source Cdn.esbs.co.uk.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 164.9 kB (5%)

Content Size

3.5 MB

After Optimization

3.3 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Esbs.co.uk main page is 3.5 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. 50% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 3.2 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-78%

Potential reduce by 60.4 kB

  • Original 77.2 kB
  • After minification 77.2 kB
  • After compression 16.8 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 60.4 kB or 78% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-2%

Potential reduce by 76.9 kB

  • Original 3.2 MB
  • After minification 3.1 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. Esbs images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-11%

Potential reduce by 22.1 kB

  • Original 194.9 kB
  • After minification 194.2 kB
  • After compression 172.8 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 22.1 kB or 11% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-10%

Potential reduce by 5.5 kB

  • Original 55.7 kB
  • After minification 55.7 kB
  • After compression 50.3 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. Esbs.co.uk has all CSS files already compressed.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 48 (62%)

Requests Now

77

After Optimization

29

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 77 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Esbs. 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 12 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

esbs.co.uk

esbs.co.uk

196 ms

www.esbs.co.uk

www.esbs.co.uk

420 ms

style.min.css

style.min.css

84 ms

styles.css

styles.css

165 ms

epoll-core.css

epoll-core.css

242 ms

it_epoll_frontendv3.css

it_epoll_frontendv3.css

242 ms

it_epoll_opinion_fontendv3.css

it_epoll_opinion_fontendv3.css

244 ms

style.css

style.css

338 ms

generic-no-float.min.css

generic-no-float.min.css

245 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

254 ms

jquery-migrate.min.js

jquery-migrate.min.js

345 ms

jquery.validate.min.js

jquery.validate.min.js

345 ms

it_epoll_common.js

it_epoll_common.js

345 ms

it_epoll_opinion_voting.js

it_epoll_opinion_voting.js

346 ms

it_epoll_poll_voting.js

it_epoll_poll_voting.js

346 ms

responsive.css

responsive.css

419 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

31 ms

modernizr-custom.js

modernizr-custom.js

426 ms

jquery.flexslider.js

jquery.flexslider.js

426 ms

uc.js

uc.js

44 ms

plausible.js

plausible.js

25 ms

jquery.fancybox.pack.js

jquery.fancybox.pack.js

426 ms

jquery.fancybox.js

jquery.fancybox.js

429 ms

css

css

38 ms

hooks.min.js

hooks.min.js

427 ms

i18n.min.js

i18n.min.js

498 ms

index.js

index.js

505 ms

index.js

index.js

506 ms

ssba.js

ssba.js

506 ms

navigation.js

navigation.js

507 ms

strength.js

strength.js

509 ms

skip-link-focus-fix.js

skip-link-focus-fix.js

578 ms

conversion.js

conversion.js

45 ms

css

css

16 ms

eicon.css

eicon.css

347 ms

css

css

19 ms

gtm.js

gtm.js

223 ms

03footer-logo-lockup_esbs.png

03footer-logo-lockup_esbs.png

581 ms

fscs-new.png

fscs-new.png

1033 ms

homepage-banner-001b.jpg

homepage-banner-001b.jpg

565 ms

16_09_24_and_01_Oct_24_Rate_Change_Notice_Web_Banner-pdf.jpg

16_09_24_and_01_Oct_24_Rate_Change_Notice_Web_Banner-pdf.jpg

580 ms

Awards-Banner-Aug-2024-what-Mortgage-pdf.jpg

Awards-Banner-Aug-2024-what-Mortgage-pdf.jpg

581 ms

family-together-2.jpg

family-together-2.jpg

576 ms

boy-piggybank-1.jpg

boy-piggybank-1.jpg

573 ms

action-homeless.jpg

action-homeless.jpg

1322 ms

house-icon.png

house-icon.png

950 ms

family-together.jpg

family-together.jpg

636 ms

savings-icon.png

savings-icon.png

953 ms

Savings-ServiceBox-Homepage2.jpg

Savings-ServiceBox-Homepage2.jpg

945 ms

CrossIconwithVotingAGM.png

CrossIconwithVotingAGM.png

1063 ms

Voting-Service-Box-2024.jpg

Voting-Service-Box-2024.jpg

1399 ms

1logo-06-footer-logo-lockup_cyber-essentials-logo-main.png

1logo-06-footer-logo-lockup_cyber-essentials-logo-main.png

1339 ms

2logo-002Fair-Tax-logo.png

2logo-002Fair-Tax-logo.png

1728 ms

3logo-02footer-logo-lockup_commodo-secure.png

3logo-02footer-logo-lockup_commodo-secure.png

1438 ms

4logo-0005footer-logo-lockup_esbs-1.png

4logo-0005footer-logo-lockup_esbs-1.png

1455 ms

v3-esbs-what-mortgage-winner-logo.png

v3-esbs-what-mortgage-winner-logo.png

1687 ms

v1-esbs-what-mortgage-highly-commended-logo.png

v1-esbs-what-mortgage-highly-commended-logo.png

1774 ms

7logo-0PFA_2023_24_Winners_Logo_Best_Self-Build_Mortgage_Lender-4-1.png

7logo-0PFA_2023_24_Winners_Logo_Best_Self-Build_Mortgage_Lender-4-1.png

1763 ms

8logo-01-logo-footer-01.png

8logo-01-logo-footer-01.png

1796 ms

9logo-02-logo-footer-02.png

9logo-02-logo-footer-02.png

1832 ms

10logo-006-logo-footer-4-1.png

10logo-006-logo-footer-4-1.png

2073 ms

cs-icon-new.png

cs-icon-new.png

164 ms

phone.png

phone.png

164 ms

paper-airplan.png

paper-airplan.png

164 ms

search.png

search.png

163 ms

house-nav.png

house-nav.png

163 ms

padlock.gif

padlock.gif

163 ms

arrow-right.png

arrow-right.png

236 ms

x.png

x.png

237 ms

linkedin.png

linkedin.png

236 ms

facebook-icon.png

facebook-icon.png

235 ms

instagram.png

instagram.png

236 ms

poll-month.png

poll-month.png

237 ms

microphone-icon.png

microphone-icon.png

314 ms

96 ms

font

font

27 ms

font

font

33 ms

arrow-up-icon.png

arrow-up-icon.png

160 ms

32 ms

Accessibility Review

esbs.co.uk accessibility score

83

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

Buttons do not have an accessible name

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

High

Links do not have a discernible name

Best Practices

esbs.co.uk best practices score

67

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

High

Serves images with low resolution

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

SEO Factors

esbs.co.uk SEO score

84

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

Content Best Practices

Format your HTML in a way that enables crawlers to better understand your app’s content.

Impact

Issue

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

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 Esbs.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 Esbs.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

esbs.co.uk

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