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Report Summary

  • 20

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    37% of other websites

  • 87

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 66% of websites

  • 67

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    24% of websites

  • 82

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    44% of websites

fireplaceshop.co.uk

Victorian Fireplaces – Cast Iron, Wood & Electric Fireplaces, Fire Surrounds & Stoves

Page Load Speed

8 sec in total

First Response

2.3 sec

Resources Loaded

5.4 sec

Page Rendered

288 ms

fireplaceshop.co.uk screenshot

About Website

Welcome to fireplaceshop.co.uk homepage info - get ready to check Fireplaces Hop best content right away, or after learning these important things about fireplaceshop.co.uk

Victorian Fireplace Shop ranges of cast iron fireplaces, period, modern, stone & marble design of fireplaces. The finest stoves, fire surrounds and fireplace accessories online

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Key Findings

We analyzed Fireplaceshop.co.uk page load time and found that the first response time was 2.3 sec and then it took 5.7 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 75% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

fireplaceshop.co.uk performance score

20

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value5.7 s

5/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value6.6 s

8/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value8.7 s

16/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value4,010 ms

1/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.09

92/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value10.8 s

22/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

www.victorianfireplaces.com

2267 ms

jquery.min.js

76 ms

adc75de7afe1832991230f01e62b1e12.css

451 ms

ad23da3c4301ca584c796bcf0b1db1ba.js

730 ms

jquery.fancybox-1.3.4.js

340 ms

Our browser made a total of 72 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 0% of them (0 request) were addressed to the original Fireplaceshop.co.uk, 1% (1 request) were made to Ajax.googleapis.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (2.3 sec) relates to the external source Victorianfireplaces.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 599.3 kB (35%)

Content Size

1.7 MB

After Optimization

1.1 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Fireplaceshop.co.uk main page is 1.7 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. 25% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 1.1 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-85%

Potential reduce by 38.9 kB

  • Original 45.8 kB
  • After minification 36.4 kB
  • After compression 6.8 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. This page needs HTML code to be minified as it can gain 9.4 kB, which is 20% 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 38.9 kB or 85% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-7%

Potential reduce by 76.7 kB

  • Original 1.1 MB
  • After minification 982.6 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. Fireplaces Hop images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-76%

Potential reduce by 371.2 kB

  • Original 486.6 kB
  • After minification 348.3 kB
  • After compression 115.3 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 371.2 kB or 76% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-84%

Potential reduce by 112.5 kB

  • Original 133.6 kB
  • After minification 105.8 kB
  • After compression 21.1 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. Fireplaceshop.co.uk needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 112.5 kB or 84% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 5 (7%)

Requests Now

71

After Optimization

66

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 71 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Fireplaces Hop. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 6 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

www.victorianfireplaces.com

www.victorianfireplaces.com

2267 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

76 ms

adc75de7afe1832991230f01e62b1e12.css

adc75de7afe1832991230f01e62b1e12.css

451 ms

ad23da3c4301ca584c796bcf0b1db1ba.js

ad23da3c4301ca584c796bcf0b1db1ba.js

730 ms

jquery.fancybox-1.3.4.js

jquery.fancybox-1.3.4.js

340 ms

jquery.easing-1.3.pack.js

jquery.easing-1.3.pack.js

174 ms

web12.js

web12.js

175 ms

jquery.fancybox-1.3.4.css

jquery.fancybox-1.3.4.css

325 ms

jquery.sexyslider.min.js

jquery.sexyslider.min.js

258 ms

logo.png

logo.png

167 ms

search-glass.gif

search-glass.gif

166 ms

limestone.jpg

limestone.jpg

172 ms

wood.jpg

wood.jpg

171 ms

castiron.jpg

castiron.jpg

174 ms

marble.jpg

marble.jpg

172 ms

magiflame.jpg

magiflame.jpg

334 ms

bedroom.jpg

bedroom.jpg

334 ms

exclusive.jpg

exclusive.jpg

339 ms

flatwall.jpg

flatwall.jpg

341 ms

woodburn.jpg

woodburn.jpg

340 ms

multifuel.jpg

multifuel.jpg

342 ms

defra.jpg

defra.jpg

497 ms

budget.jpg

budget.jpg

501 ms

liner.jpg

liner.jpg

503 ms

woodsurr.jpg

woodsurr.jpg

508 ms

limesurr.jpg

limesurr.jpg

505 ms

castironsurr.jpg

castironsurr.jpg

511 ms

marblesurr.jpg

marblesurr.jpg

663 ms

castarched.jpg

castarched.jpg

665 ms

casttiled.jpg

casttiled.jpg

673 ms

castlarge.jpg

castlarge.jpg

678 ms

castfascia.jpg

castfascia.jpg

679 ms

stonefascia.jpg

stonefascia.jpg

680 ms

firebasket.jpg

firebasket.jpg

835 ms

hearth.jpg

hearth.jpg

836 ms

hearthtiles.jpg

hearthtiles.jpg

842 ms

care.jpg

care.jpg

851 ms

coal.jpg

coal.jpg

848 ms

companion.jpg

companion.jpg

850 ms

guard.jpg

guard.jpg

1003 ms

log.jpg

log.jpg

1006 ms

summer2.jpg

summer2.jpg

1354 ms

summer1.jpg

summer1.jpg

1354 ms

summer5.jpg

summer5.jpg

1275 ms

summer3.jpg

summer3.jpg

1349 ms

summer4.jpg

summer4.jpg

1361 ms

castiron.jpg

castiron.jpg

1023 ms

wooden.jpg

wooden.jpg

1190 ms

limestone.jpg

limestone.jpg

1290 ms

magiflame.jpg

magiflame.jpg

1360 ms

bedroom.jpg

bedroom.jpg

1362 ms

electric.jpg

electric.jpg

1202 ms

exclusive.jpg

exclusive.jpg

1206 ms

marble.jpg

marble.jpg

1289 ms

hot-offers.jpg

hot-offers.jpg

1350 ms

buying-guides.jpg

buying-guides.jpg

1355 ms

testimonials.jpg

testimonials.jpg

1361 ms

brochures.jpg

brochures.jpg

1209 ms

sagepay.png

sagepay.png

1209 ms

bkg_btn.png

bkg_btn.png

1295 ms

menu-bg.png

menu-bg.png

1355 ms

free-delivery.png

free-delivery.png

1351 ms

price-small.png

price-small.png

1364 ms

rea-del.png

rea-del.png

1211 ms

rea-gua.png

rea-gua.png

1217 ms

rea-hid.png

rea-hid.png

1295 ms

rea-pri.png

rea-pri.png

1349 ms

rea-exp.png

rea-exp.png

1351 ms

footli.png

footli.png

1361 ms

control-over.png

control-over.png

1208 ms

control.png

control.png

1211 ms

da2b16e0ce668ff6a0da257518e1d550.css

da2b16e0ce668ff6a0da257518e1d550.css

172 ms

Accessibility Review

fireplaceshop.co.uk accessibility score

87

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.

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

High

Links do not have a discernible name

Best Practices

fireplaceshop.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

Serves images with low resolution

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

SEO Factors

fireplaceshop.co.uk SEO score

82

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

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 doesn't use 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 Fireplaceshop.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 Fireplaceshop.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

fireplaceshop.co.uk

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