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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

  • 67

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    24% of websites

  • 90

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    68% of websites

fact.co.uk

FACT | FACT Liverpool

Page Load Speed

3.4 sec in total

First Response

169 ms

Resources Loaded

2.8 sec

Page Rendered

369 ms

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About Website

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

FACT Liverpool is the UK's leading organisation for the support and exhibition of art, film and new media. Home to galleries, a cinema, café and bar.

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Key Findings

We analyzed Fact.co.uk page load time and found that the first response time was 169 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 60% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

fact.co.uk performance score

32

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value5.7 s

5/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value15.0 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value11.2 s

5/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value650 ms

46/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.039

99/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value10.7 s

22/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

fact.co.uk

169 ms

www.fact.co.uk

423 ms

analytics.js

22 ms

foundation.css

320 ms

custom.css

328 ms

Our browser made a total of 70 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 96% of them (67 requests) were addressed to the original Fact.co.uk, 3% (2 requests) were made to Google-analytics.com and 1% (1 request) were made to Stats.g.doubleclick.net. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1.4 sec) belongs to the original domain Fact.co.uk.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 915.6 kB (38%)

Content Size

2.4 MB

After Optimization

1.5 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Fact.co.uk main page is 2.4 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. 45% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 1.4 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-82%

Potential reduce by 33.0 kB

  • Original 40.3 kB
  • After minification 29.8 kB
  • After compression 7.3 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. This page needs HTML code to be minified as it can gain 10.5 kB, which is 26% 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 33.0 kB or 82% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-5%

Potential reduce by 66.6 kB

  • Original 1.4 MB
  • After minification 1.3 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. FACT images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-78%

Potential reduce by 631.3 kB

  • Original 807.7 kB
  • After minification 573.3 kB
  • After compression 176.4 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 631.3 kB or 78% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-88%

Potential reduce by 184.7 kB

  • Original 210.8 kB
  • After minification 144.8 kB
  • After compression 26.1 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. Fact.co.uk needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 184.7 kB or 88% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 23 (35%)

Requests Now

66

After Optimization

43

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 66 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of FACT. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 18 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 7 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

fact.co.uk

fact.co.uk

169 ms

www.fact.co.uk

www.fact.co.uk

423 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

22 ms

foundation.css

foundation.css

320 ms

custom.css

custom.css

328 ms

neubaugroteskrund-55-webfont.css

neubaugroteskrund-55-webfont.css

164 ms

normalize.css

normalize.css

166 ms

prettyPhoto.css

prettyPhoto.css

252 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

311 ms

jquery.cycle2.js

jquery.cycle2.js

402 ms

modernizr-latest.js

modernizr-latest.js

368 ms

jquery-ui.js

jquery-ui.js

671 ms

jquery.prettyPhoto.js

jquery.prettyPhoto.js

393 ms

jquery-migrate-1.0.0.js

jquery-migrate-1.0.0.js

397 ms

jquery.tooltip.pack.js

jquery.tooltip.pack.js

425 ms

CookieOptIn.js

CookieOptIn.js

450 ms

socialite-2.0.js

socialite-2.0.js

473 ms

foundation.min.js

foundation.min.js

477 ms

overthrow-polyfil-min.js

overthrow-polyfil-min.js

480 ms

site.js

site.js

482 ms

twitter.js

twitter.js

532 ms

native.history.js

native.history.js

554 ms

cmpFeed.js

cmpFeed.js

556 ms

follow-ex.js

follow-ex.js

561 ms

2014RoadmapMods.css

2014RoadmapMods.css

560 ms

collect

collect

13 ms

collect

collect

61 ms

jquery.cycle2.carousel.js

jquery.cycle2.carousel.js

545 ms

mobile-nav.png

mobile-nav.png

161 ms

fact-logo-white.gif

fact-logo-white.gif

160 ms

search-icon-nav.png

search-icon-nav.png

161 ms

search-icon.png

search-icon.png

162 ms

dsc_6067_HomepageCarousel.jpg

dsc_6067_HomepageCarousel.jpg

245 ms

dsc_6067_HomepageCarouselMobile.jpg

dsc_6067_HomepageCarouselMobile.jpg

172 ms

img227_HomepageCarousel.jpg

img227_HomepageCarousel.jpg

332 ms

img227_HomepageCarouselMobile.jpg

img227_HomepageCarouselMobile.jpg

247 ms

psycho-1_HomepageCarousel.jpg

psycho-1_HomepageCarousel.jpg

330 ms

psycho-1_HomepageCarouselMobile.jpg

psycho-1_HomepageCarouselMobile.jpg

172 ms

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cmk19092015-ignite-live093_HomepageCarousel.jpg

413 ms

cmk19092015-ignite-live093_HomepageCarouselMobile.jpg

cmk19092015-ignite-live093_HomepageCarouselMobile.jpg

336 ms

deadpool-1.jpg

deadpool-1.jpg

334 ms

fact-img-sym.png

fact-img-sym.png

328 ms

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416 ms

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520 ms

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408 ms

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446 ms

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456 ms

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507 ms

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512 ms

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500 ms

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525 ms

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539 ms

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659 ms

justgiving-logo.png

justgiving-logo.png

585 ms

star-wars-the-force-awakens-millennium-falcon-imax-1940x1356.jpg

star-wars-the-force-awakens-millennium-falcon-imax-1940x1356.jpg

799 ms

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twitter-bird.gif

568 ms

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575 ms

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606 ms

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635 ms

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646 ms

ropewalks_partner-1-.gif

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654 ms

itsliverpool_partner-1-.gif

itsliverpool_partner-1-.gif

675 ms

fb_social_icon.gif

fb_social_icon.gif

707 ms

tw_social_icon.gif

tw_social_icon.gif

713 ms

Twitter.aspx

Twitter.aspx

1389 ms

pi_social_icon.gif

pi_social_icon.gif

612 ms

vim_social_icon.gif

vim_social_icon.gif

635 ms

sigma-logo.png

sigma-logo.png

661 ms

loading.gif

loading.gif

661 ms

2014RoadmapPrint.css

2014RoadmapPrint.css

82 ms

Accessibility Review

fact.co.uk accessibility score

88

Accessibility Issues

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.

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 IDs are not unique

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

fact.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

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

High

Missing source maps for large first-party JavaScript

SEO Factors

fact.co.uk SEO score

90

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

    EN

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Fact.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 Fact.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

fact.co.uk

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