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Report Summary

  • 40

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    59% of other websites

  • 89

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 71% of websites

  • 83

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    55% of websites

  • 91

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    70% of websites

firstdatabank.co.uk

Home of Medication Decision Support | FDB (First Databank)

Page Load Speed

3.5 sec in total

First Response

46 ms

Resources Loaded

2.7 sec

Page Rendered

761 ms

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About Website

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

FDB is the home of medication decision support. A leading provider of drug databases and clinical decision support tools for UK healthcare organisations.

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Key Findings

We analyzed Firstdatabank.co.uk page load time and found that the first response time was 46 ms and then it took 3.4 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

firstdatabank.co.uk performance score

40

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.4 s

37/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value5.2 s

23/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value5.6 s

53/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value1,010 ms

27/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.001

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value10.8 s

22/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

firstdatabank.co.uk

46 ms

www.fdbhealth.co.uk

821 ms

gtm.js

84 ms

37 ms

main.min.css

42 ms

Our browser made a total of 57 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 2% of them (1 request) were addressed to the original Firstdatabank.co.uk, 54% (31 requests) were made to Fdbhealth.co.uk and 16% (9 requests) were made to Use.typekit.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1.3 sec) relates to the external source Fdbhealth.co.uk.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 781.3 kB (30%)

Content Size

2.6 MB

After Optimization

1.8 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Firstdatabank.co.uk main page is 2.6 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. 65% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 1.9 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-87%

Potential reduce by 116.6 kB

  • Original 134.8 kB
  • After minification 96.4 kB
  • After compression 18.1 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 38.4 kB, which is 28% 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 116.6 kB or 87% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-28%

Potential reduce by 528.0 kB

  • Original 1.9 MB
  • After minification 1.4 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. Obviously, First Databank needs image optimization as it can save up to 528.0 kB or 28% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-13%

Potential reduce by 52.1 kB

  • Original 391.2 kB
  • After minification 391.2 kB
  • After compression 339.1 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 52.1 kB or 13% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-57%

Potential reduce by 84.6 kB

  • Original 149.2 kB
  • After minification 139.1 kB
  • After compression 64.6 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. Firstdatabank.co.uk needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 84.6 kB or 57% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 16 (35%)

Requests Now

46

After Optimization

30

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 46 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of First Databank. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 17 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

firstdatabank.co.uk

firstdatabank.co.uk

46 ms

www.fdbhealth.co.uk

www.fdbhealth.co.uk

821 ms

gtm.js

gtm.js

84 ms

37 ms

main.min.css

main.min.css

42 ms

sfp8mim.js

sfp8mim.js

73 ms

VisitorIdentification.js

VisitorIdentification.js

55 ms

jquery-3.3.1.min.js

jquery-3.3.1.min.js

117 ms

jquery.validate.min.js

jquery.validate.min.js

171 ms

jquery.validate.unobtrusive.min.js

jquery.validate.unobtrusive.min.js

125 ms

jquery.unobtrusive-ajax.min.js

jquery.unobtrusive-ajax.min.js

170 ms

form.validate.js

form.validate.js

115 ms

form.tracking.js

form.tracking.js

126 ms

main.min.js

main.min.js

199 ms

app.js

app.js

1118 ms

js

js

81 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

202 ms

destination

destination

237 ms

fdb_logo.ashx

fdb_logo.ashx

201 ms

globe.svg

globe.svg

165 ms

simon_h-200x200.ashx

simon_h-200x200.ashx

415 ms

search.gif

search.gif

164 ms

menu-toggle.svg

menu-toggle.svg

163 ms

fdb_homepage-image-3_2878x1426.ashx

fdb_homepage-image-3_2878x1426.ashx

636 ms

who-we-are---trusted-partner-svg.ashx

who-we-are---trusted-partner-svg.ashx

545 ms

who-we-are---informaticists-svg.ashx

who-we-are---informaticists-svg.ashx

423 ms

who-we-are---integration-svg.ashx

who-we-are---integration-svg.ashx

1067 ms

fbd_little_girl.ashx

fbd_little_girl.ashx

645 ms

news-icon-green.ashx

news-icon-green.ashx

1212 ms

press_release.ashx

press_release.ashx

703 ms

download.ashx

download.ashx

743 ms

down-arrow.svg

down-arrow.svg

691 ms

icon_question.ashx

icon_question.ashx

1282 ms

call.ashx

call.ashx

803 ms

icon_computer.ashx

icon_computer.ashx

840 ms

Logo_Alt.png

Logo_Alt.png

834 ms

cookie-lock.png

cookie-lock.png

869 ms

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d

138 ms

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179 ms

d

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175 ms

d

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178 ms

collect

collect

57 ms

collect

collect

33 ms

quotemarks.svg

quotemarks.svg

82 ms

st.js

st.js

79 ms

elqCfg.min.js

elqCfg.min.js

64 ms

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d

61 ms

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60 ms

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59 ms

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60 ms

p.gif

p.gif

68 ms

w_jrUuQe81zCL-yryjoo.json

w_jrUuQe81zCL-yryjoo.json

164 ms

svrGP

svrGP

242 ms

new_embed-2552d8d62d9c60f59b3b11a5d083d1ebd090c72de809fc7c76fb339825302241.css

new_embed-2552d8d62d9c60f59b3b11a5d083d1ebd090c72de809fc7c76fb339825302241.css

2 ms

en-us.js

en-us.js

18 ms

svrGP

svrGP

50 ms

cc.js

cc.js

176 ms

Accessibility Review

firstdatabank.co.uk accessibility score

89

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

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

Best Practices

firstdatabank.co.uk best practices score

83

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

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

High

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

firstdatabank.co.uk SEO score

91

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 Firstdatabank.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 Firstdatabank.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

firstdatabank.co.uk

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