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Report Summary

  • 4

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    20% of other websites

  • 100

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 97% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    35% of websites

  • 91

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    70% of websites

firstplc.net

First Bus | Bus Tickets, Timetables & Journey Planning | First Bus

Page Load Speed

3.5 sec in total

First Response

216 ms

Resources Loaded

2.9 sec

Page Rendered

398 ms

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About Website

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Key Findings

We analyzed Firstplc.net page load time and found that the first response time was 216 ms and then it took 3.3 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

firstplc.net performance score

4

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value5.5 s

6/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value15.1 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value11.2 s

5/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value3,940 ms

1/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.458

19/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value22.1 s

1/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

firstplc.net

216 ms

firstplc.net

286 ms

www.firstbus.co.uk

770 ms

js

107 ms

OtAutoBlock.js

62 ms

Our browser made a total of 105 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 2% of them (2 requests) were addressed to the original Firstplc.net, 90% (95 requests) were made to Firstbus.co.uk and 3% (3 requests) were made to Cookie-cdn.cookiepro.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (810 ms) relates to the external source Firstbus.co.uk.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 384.6 kB (13%)

Content Size

2.9 MB

After Optimization

2.5 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Firstplc.net main page is 2.9 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 2.1 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-86%

Potential reduce by 66.6 kB

  • Original 77.5 kB
  • After minification 64.1 kB
  • After compression 10.8 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 13.4 kB, which is 17% 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 66.6 kB or 86% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-15%

Potential reduce by 304.6 kB

  • Original 2.1 MB
  • After minification 1.8 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 Plc needs image optimization as it can save up to 304.6 kB or 15% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 1.6 kB

  • Original 611.0 kB
  • After minification 610.9 kB
  • After compression 609.4 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. This website has mostly compressed JavaScripts.

CSS Optimization

-9%

Potential reduce by 11.8 kB

  • Original 138.2 kB
  • After minification 136.8 kB
  • After compression 126.4 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. Firstplc.net has all CSS files already compressed.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 90 (88%)

Requests Now

102

After Optimization

12

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 102 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of First Plc. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 58 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 34 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

firstplc.net

firstplc.net

216 ms

firstplc.net

firstplc.net

286 ms

www.firstbus.co.uk

www.firstbus.co.uk

770 ms

js

js

107 ms

OtAutoBlock.js

OtAutoBlock.js

62 ms

otSDKStub.js

otSDKStub.js

73 ms

gtm.js

gtm.js

104 ms

styles.css

styles.css

76 ms

fb-survey.css

fb-survey.css

149 ms

core.css

core.css

210 ms

controlgroup.css

controlgroup.css

210 ms

checkboxradio.css

checkboxradio.css

213 ms

resizable.css

resizable.css

217 ms

button.css

button.css

217 ms

dialog.css

dialog.css

219 ms

ajax-progress.module.css

ajax-progress.module.css

281 ms

align.module.css

align.module.css

283 ms

autocomplete-loading.module.css

autocomplete-loading.module.css

285 ms

fieldgroup.module.css

fieldgroup.module.css

286 ms

container-inline.module.css

container-inline.module.css

291 ms

clearfix.module.css

clearfix.module.css

291 ms

details.module.css

details.module.css

351 ms

hidden.module.css

hidden.module.css

357 ms

item-list.module.css

item-list.module.css

354 ms

js.module.css

js.module.css

357 ms

nowrap.module.css

nowrap.module.css

364 ms

position-container.module.css

position-container.module.css

360 ms

progress.module.css

progress.module.css

426 ms

reset-appearance.module.css

reset-appearance.module.css

424 ms

resize.module.css

resize.module.css

428 ms

sticky-header.module.css

sticky-header.module.css

427 ms

system-status-counter.css

system-status-counter.css

432 ms

system-status-report-counters.css

system-status-report-counters.css

433 ms

system-status-report-general-info.css

system-status-report-general-info.css

494 ms

tabledrag.module.css

tabledrag.module.css

496 ms

tablesort.module.css

tablesort.module.css

497 ms

tree-child.module.css

tree-child.module.css

498 ms

ckeditor5.dialog.fix.css

ckeditor5.dialog.fix.css

501 ms

theme.css

theme.css

504 ms

tiny-slider.css

tiny-slider.css

39 ms

first-bus.min.css

first-bus.min.css

810 ms

js

js

68 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

643 ms

once.min.js

once.min.js

568 ms

tiny-slider.js

tiny-slider.js

44 ms

drupalSettingsLoader.js

drupalSettingsLoader.js

566 ms

drupal.js

drupal.js

509 ms

a4f3477f-1c20-480b-9081-04ab8b14bca6.json

a4f3477f-1c20-480b-9081-04ab8b14bca6.json

32 ms

drupal.init.js

drupal.init.js

438 ms

version-min.js

version-min.js

451 ms

data-min.js

data-min.js

448 ms

disable-selection-min.js

disable-selection-min.js

443 ms

form-min.js

form-min.js

444 ms

jquery-patch-min.js

jquery-patch-min.js

522 ms

scroll-parent-min.js

scroll-parent-min.js

511 ms

unique-id-min.js

unique-id-min.js

457 ms

focusable-min.js

focusable-min.js

451 ms

ie-min.js

ie-min.js

454 ms

keycode-min.js

keycode-min.js

516 ms

plugin-min.js

plugin-min.js

523 ms

safe-active-element-min.js

safe-active-element-min.js

518 ms

safe-blur-min.js

safe-blur-min.js

459 ms

widget-min.js

widget-min.js

458 ms

labels-min.js

labels-min.js

587 ms

controlgroup-min.js

controlgroup-min.js

588 ms

form-reset-mixin-min.js

form-reset-mixin-min.js

586 ms

mouse-min.js

mouse-min.js

586 ms

checkboxradio-min.js

checkboxradio-min.js

523 ms

draggable-min.js

draggable-min.js

528 ms

resizable-min.js

resizable-min.js

535 ms

button-min.js

button-min.js

536 ms

dialog-min.js

dialog-min.js

535 ms

index.umd.min.js

index.umd.min.js

531 ms

tua-bsl.umd.min.js

tua-bsl.umd.min.js

474 ms

progress.js

progress.js

472 ms

loadjs.min.js

loadjs.min.js

519 ms

debounce.js

debounce.js

525 ms

announce.js

announce.js

528 ms

message.js

message.js

522 ms

ajax.js

ajax.js

465 ms

fb-throbber.js

fb-throbber.js

461 ms

displace.js

displace.js

514 ms

jquery.tabbable.shim.js

jquery.tabbable.shim.js

519 ms

position.js

position.js

454 ms

dialog.js

dialog.js

455 ms

dialog.position.js

dialog.position.js

458 ms

dialog.jquery-ui.js

dialog.jquery-ui.js

460 ms

ckeditor5.dialog.fix.js

ckeditor5.dialog.fix.js

510 ms

dialog.ajax.js

dialog.ajax.js

445 ms

first-bus.js

first-bus.js

535 ms

ga4-events.js

ga4-events.js

447 ms

runtime.js

runtime.js

454 ms

polyfills.js

polyfills.js

452 ms

main.js

main.js

735 ms

fb-survey.js

fb-survey.js

437 ms

logo.svg

logo.svg

354 ms

Landing%20Page%20Catch%20the%20Summer%20-%20Homepage%20(1).png

Landing%20Page%20Catch%20the%20Summer%20-%20Homepage%20(1).png

571 ms

Landing%20Page%20Catch%20the%20Summer%20Mobile%20-%20Homepage%20(1).png

Landing%20Page%20Catch%20the%20Summer%20Mobile%20-%20Homepage%20(1).png

572 ms

how-to.jpg

how-to.jpg

581 ms

our-people.jpg

our-people.jpg

656 ms

ev-charging.jpg

ev-charging.jpg

463 ms

recruitment-apr24.jpg

recruitment-apr24.jpg

607 ms

%C2%A32%20fare%20-%20promo%20image.png

%C2%A32%20fare%20-%20promo%20image.png

599 ms

apple.svg

apple.svg

594 ms

google.svg

google.svg

637 ms

Accessibility Review

firstplc.net accessibility score

100

Accessibility Issues

Best Practices

firstplc.net best practices score

75

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

High

Missing source maps for large first-party JavaScript

High

Issues were logged in the Issues panel in Chrome Devtools

SEO Factors

firstplc.net SEO score

91

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 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 Firstplc.net 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 Firstplc.net 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

firstplc.net

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