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Report Summary

  • 17

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    32% of other websites

  • 80

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 49% of websites

  • 83

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    55% of websites

  • 85

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    55% of websites

grass-direct.co.uk

UKs Largest Artificial Grass Supplier | Grass Direct

Page Load Speed

4.9 sec in total

First Response

370 ms

Resources Loaded

4.2 sec

Page Rendered

306 ms

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About Website

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

Grass Direct supplies a range of high-quality artificial grass & turf. Easy to install and delivered across the UK. Free samples are available.

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Key Findings

We analyzed Grass-direct.co.uk page load time and found that the first response time was 370 ms and then it took 4.5 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 70% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

grass-direct.co.uk performance score

17

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value4.3 s

18/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value26.6 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value20.3 s

0/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value36,080 ms

0/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.005

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value74.0 s

0/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

grass-direct.co.uk

370 ms

www.grass-direct.co.uk

1532 ms

amshopby.css

199 ms

grassjs.js

858 ms

css

24 ms

Our browser made a total of 61 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 61% of them (37 requests) were addressed to the original Grass-direct.co.uk, 7% (4 requests) were made to Secure.livechatinc.com and 5% (3 requests) were made to Cdn.livechatinc.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1.5 sec) belongs to the original domain Grass-direct.co.uk.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 548.0 kB (31%)

Content Size

1.8 MB

After Optimization

1.2 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript

In fact, the total size of Grass-direct.co.uk main page is 1.8 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. 60% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 1.0 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-83%

Potential reduce by 37.3 kB

  • Original 45.1 kB
  • After minification 33.5 kB
  • After compression 7.9 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 11.7 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 37.3 kB or 83% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-1%

Potential reduce by 15.0 kB

  • Original 1.0 MB
  • After minification 989.1 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. Grass Direct images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-69%

Potential reduce by 495.8 kB

  • Original 715.5 kB
  • After minification 715.5 kB
  • After compression 219.7 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 495.8 kB or 69% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 15 (28%)

Requests Now

53

After Optimization

38

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 53 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Grass Direct. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 12 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 5 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

grass-direct.co.uk

grass-direct.co.uk

370 ms

www.grass-direct.co.uk

www.grass-direct.co.uk

1532 ms

amshopby.css

amshopby.css

199 ms

grassjs.js

grassjs.js

858 ms

css

css

24 ms

jquery.fancybox-thumbs.css

jquery.fancybox-thumbs.css

543 ms

widget.js

widget.js

230 ms

21 ms

GD-NewLogo-G.png

GD-NewLogo-G.png

224 ms

gd-mobilelogo.png

gd-mobilelogo.png

223 ms

UKL_old.png

UKL_old.png

224 ms

hp-ban-01.jpg

hp-ban-01.jpg

831 ms

hp-ban-02.jpg

hp-ban-02.jpg

837 ms

hp-ban-03.jpg

hp-ban-03.jpg

962 ms

gd-hp-budget.png

gd-hp-budget.png

516 ms

gd-hp-essential.png

gd-hp-essential.png

292 ms

gd-hp-premier.png

gd-hp-premier.png

515 ms

gd-hp-elite.png

gd-hp-elite.png

394 ms

gd-hp-clearance.png

gd-hp-clearance.png

517 ms

lisbon_-_1.jpg

lisbon_-_1.jpg

891 ms

seville-grass-2_1.jpg

seville-grass-2_1.jpg

908 ms

rio2_6_1.jpg

rio2_6_1.jpg

647 ms

naples-grass-1.jpg

naples-grass-1.jpg

786 ms

natural-artificial-grass-1_2.jpg

natural-artificial-grass-1_2.jpg

911 ms

gd-hp-flower.png

gd-hp-flower.png

954 ms

facebook.png

facebook.png

964 ms

card_icons.png

card_icons.png

1018 ms

footer_icon2.png

footer_icon2.png

1036 ms

GD-NewLogo.png

GD-NewLogo.png

1038 ms

gtm.js

gtm.js

55 ms

h-grass.png

h-grass.png

1069 ms

icon_sprite.png

icon_sprite.png

1074 ms

27 ms

h-phoneicon.png

h-phoneicon.png

1064 ms

h-grassb.png

h-grassb.png

1116 ms

nav-budget-b.png

nav-budget-b.png

1123 ms

nav-essential-b.png

nav-essential-b.png

1126 ms

nav-premier-b.png

nav-premier-b.png

1167 ms

nav-elite-b.png

nav-elite-b.png

1173 ms

nav-supreme-b.png

nav-supreme-b.png

1179 ms

tracking.js

tracking.js

169 ms

ajax-loader.gif

ajax-loader.gif

1057 ms

slick.woff

slick.woff

1072 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

44 ms

js

js

41 ms

script_data.js

script_data.js

88 ms

widget.css

widget.css

167 ms

ec.js

ec.js

16 ms

gtmp_compiled_9-hatpZX8VY.js

gtmp_compiled_9-hatpZX8VY.js

12 ms

collect

collect

30 ms

collect

collect

85 ms

localization.en.0.3632191afe35222a6b78c04d457adc0d_52de9157ab02c376c98284ae9f413e38.js

localization.en.0.3632191afe35222a6b78c04d457adc0d_52de9157ab02c376c98284ae9f413e38.js

54 ms

ping

ping

85 ms

open_chat.cgi

open_chat.cgi

82 ms

9k-RPmcnxYEPm8CNFsH2gg.woff

9k-RPmcnxYEPm8CNFsH2gg.woff

34 ms

livechat-circle_e24970c490.ttf

livechat-circle_e24970c490.ttf

28 ms

ga-audiences

ga-audiences

60 ms

css

css

17 ms

embedded.20160318100705.js

embedded.20160318100705.js

103 ms

wkfQbvfT_02e2IWO3yYueQ.woff

wkfQbvfT_02e2IWO3yYueQ.woff

42 ms

KT3KS9Aol4WfR6Vas8kNcg.woff

KT3KS9Aol4WfR6Vas8kNcg.woff

56 ms

Accessibility Review

grass-direct.co.uk accessibility score

80

Accessibility Issues

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-hidden="true"] elements contain focusable descendents

High

[role]s do not have all required [aria-*] attributes

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.

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

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

High

Links do not have a discernible name

Best Practices

grass-direct.co.uk best practices score

83

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

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

grass-direct.co.uk SEO score

85

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

Content Best Practices

Format your HTML in a way that enables crawlers to better understand your app’s content.

Impact

Issue

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

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

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 Grass-direct.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 Grass-direct.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

grass-direct.co.uk

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