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Report Summary

  • 21

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    40% of other websites

  • 87

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 67% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    36% of websites

  • 85

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    56% of websites

golfempire.co.uk

Golf Empire - 2023 & 2024 Open Golf Competitions for amateur golfers

Page Load Speed

3.1 sec in total

First Response

629 ms

Resources Loaded

2.2 sec

Page Rendered

281 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Golfempire.co.uk page load time and found that the first response time was 629 ms and then it took 2.5 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 40% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

golfempire.co.uk performance score

21

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value4.3 s

18/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value6.2 s

11/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value9.9 s

10/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value2,030 ms

7/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.106

88/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value22.2 s

1/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

golfempire.co.uk

629 ms

jquery.min.js

28 ms

jquery.min.js

50 ms

main-ind-home.css

437 ms

ideal-image-slider.css

250 ms

Our browser made a total of 65 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 51% of them (33 requests) were addressed to the original Golfempire.co.uk, 8% (5 requests) were made to Adserver.adtech.de and 8% (5 requests) were made to Pagead2.googlesyndication.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1.4 sec) belongs to the original domain Golfempire.co.uk.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 150.3 kB (6%)

Content Size

2.6 MB

After Optimization

2.5 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Golfempire.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. 55% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 2.4 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-82%

Potential reduce by 33.9 kB

  • Original 41.5 kB
  • After minification 39.3 kB
  • After compression 7.6 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 33.9 kB or 82% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-2%

Potential reduce by 39.9 kB

  • Original 2.4 MB
  • After minification 2.4 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. Golf Empire images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-42%

Potential reduce by 56.4 kB

  • Original 134.1 kB
  • After minification 128.4 kB
  • After compression 77.7 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 56.4 kB or 42% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-77%

Potential reduce by 20.2 kB

  • Original 26.1 kB
  • After minification 20.6 kB
  • After compression 5.9 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. Golfempire.co.uk needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 20.2 kB or 77% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 20 (32%)

Requests Now

62

After Optimization

42

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 62 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Golf Empire. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 21 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

golfempire.co.uk

golfempire.co.uk

629 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

28 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

50 ms

main-ind-home.css

main-ind-home.css

437 ms

ideal-image-slider.css

ideal-image-slider.css

250 ms

ideal-image-slider-theme.css

ideal-image-slider-theme.css

342 ms

cookieconsent.latest.min.js

cookieconsent.latest.min.js

47 ms

brand

brand

29 ms

brand

brand

74 ms

ideal-image-slider.js

ideal-image-slider.js

358 ms

iis-bullet-nav.js

iis-bullet-nav.js

232 ms

iis-captions.js

iis-captions.js

227 ms

lb

lb

18 ms

icon-twitter.jpg

icon-twitter.jpg

117 ms

icon-facebook.jpg

icon-facebook.jpg

99 ms

logo-golf-empire-250-90.jpg

logo-golf-empire-250-90.jpg

207 ms

Autumn-Winter-190.jpg

Autumn-Winter-190.jpg

244 ms

tours-eagt-190.jpg

tours-eagt-190.jpg

206 ms

feature-southport-coast-links-championship-190.jpg

feature-southport-coast-links-championship-190.jpg

222 ms

info-golf-club-course-reviews-190.jpg

info-golf-club-course-reviews-190.jpg

308 ms

info-twitter-190.jpg

info-twitter-190.jpg

308 ms

mp-abu-dhabi-matchplay-683.jpg

mp-abu-dhabi-matchplay-683.jpg

1213 ms

mp-titleist-footjoy-683.jpg

mp-titleist-footjoy-683.jpg

407 ms

feature-links-golf-cup-ayrshire-683.jpg

feature-links-golf-cup-ayrshire-683.jpg

774 ms

mp-league-to-dubai-683.jpg

mp-league-to-dubai-683.jpg

707 ms

tours-golf-pairs-tour-683.jpg

tours-golf-pairs-tour-683.jpg

562 ms

feature-scottish-golf-whisky-galore-683.jpg

feature-scottish-golf-whisky-galore-683.jpg

686 ms

Golf-Club-Turnberry-683.jpg

Golf-Club-Turnberry-683.jpg

655 ms

Golf-Club-Woodhall-Spa-683.jpg

Golf-Club-Woodhall-Spa-683.jpg

823 ms

england-golf-300.jpg

england-golf-300.jpg

818 ms

mp-abu-dhabi-matchplay-300.jpg

mp-abu-dhabi-matchplay-300.jpg

1235 ms

mp-titleist-footjoy-300.jpg

mp-titleist-footjoy-300.jpg

1398 ms

mp-league-to-dubai-300.jpg

mp-league-to-dubai-300.jpg

873 ms

feature-links-golf-cup-ayrshire-300.jpg

feature-links-golf-cup-ayrshire-300.jpg

916 ms

Golf-Club-Turnberry-190.jpg

Golf-Club-Turnberry-190.jpg

919 ms

Golf-Club-Woodhall-Spa-190.jpg

Golf-Club-Woodhall-Spa-190.jpg

987 ms

Golf-Club-Notts-190.jpg

Golf-Club-Notts-190.jpg

1021 ms

Golf-Club-Huddersfield-190.jpg

Golf-Club-Huddersfield-190.jpg

1022 ms

Golf-Club-Royal-North-Devon-190.jpg

Golf-Club-Royal-North-Devon-190.jpg

1273 ms

google_custom_search_watermark.gif

google_custom_search_watermark.gif

38 ms

ADTECH;cfp=1;rndc=1456780609;loc=100;target=_blank;key=key1+key2+key3+key4;grp=426;misc=1456780610391

ADTECH;cfp=1;rndc=1456780609;loc=100;target=_blank;key=key1+key2+key3+key4;grp=426;misc=1456780610391

94 ms

adsbygoogle.js

adsbygoogle.js

6 ms

extFile1.js

extFile1.js

206 ms

AdId=12887058;BnId=9;ct=718247521;st=5143;adcid=1;itime=780610540;reqtype=5;;key=key1%2Bkey2%2Bkey3%2Bkey4;

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91 ms

ca-pub-0216645778819189.js

ca-pub-0216645778819189.js

53 ms

zrt_lookup.html

zrt_lookup.html

55 ms

show_ads_impl.js

show_ads_impl.js

55 ms

ADTECH;loc=100;target=_blank;key=key1+key2+key3+key4;grp=426;misc=1456780610912

ADTECH;loc=100;target=_blank;key=key1+key2+key3+key4;grp=426;misc=1456780610912

99 ms

ads

ads

227 ms

osd.js

osd.js

6 ms

extFile1.js

extFile1.js

112 ms

AdId=12887058;BnId=10;ct=718594690;st=4545;adcid=1;itime=780610013;reqtype=5;;key=key1%2Bkey2%2Bkey3%2Bkey4;

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94 ms

ads

ads

194 ms

ADTECH;loc=100;target=_blank;key=key1+key2+key3+key4;grp=426;misc=1456780611144

ADTECH;loc=100;target=_blank;key=key1+key2+key3+key4;grp=426;misc=1456780611144

100 ms

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45 ms

abg.js

abg.js

45 ms

m_js_controller.js

m_js_controller.js

52 ms

googlelogo_color_112x36dp.png

googlelogo_color_112x36dp.png

81 ms

sml01.jpg

sml01.jpg

233 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

44 ms

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22 ms

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x_button_blue2.png

21 ms

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collect

24 ms

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18 ms

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17 ms

Accessibility Review

golfempire.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.

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

golfempire.co.uk 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

User Experience

Impact

Issue

High

Displays images with incorrect aspect ratio

High

Serves images with low resolution

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

golfempire.co.uk SEO score

85

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

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

    N/A

  • Encoding

    WINDOWS-1252

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Golfempire.co.uk can be misinterpreted by Google and other search engines. Our service has detected that English is used on the page, and neither this language nor any other was claimed in <html> or <meta> tags. Our system also found out that Golfempire.co.uk main page’s claimed encoding is windows-1252. Changing it to UTF-8 can be a good choice, as this format is commonly used for encoding all over the web and thus their visitors won’t have any troubles with symbol transcription or reading.

Social Sharing Optimization

golfempire.co.uk

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