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Report Summary

  • 42

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    61% of other websites

  • 75

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 41% of websites

  • 67

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    24% of websites

  • 85

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    55% of websites

hawkstonebuilders.co.uk

Hawkstone Builders Insurance Repairs and Extensions, Stevenage, Hitchin and Hertfordshire

Page Load Speed

2.2 sec in total

First Response

206 ms

Resources Loaded

1.7 sec

Page Rendered

247 ms

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About Website

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Key Findings

We analyzed Hawkstonebuilders.co.uk page load time and found that the first response time was 206 ms and then it took 1.9 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

hawkstonebuilders.co.uk performance score

42

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value4.1 s

21/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value8.7 s

1/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value6.6 s

38/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value130 ms

96/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.321

36/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value11.0 s

21/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

hawkstonebuilders.co.uk

206 ms

www.hawkstonebuilders.co.uk

193 ms

www.hawkstonebuilders.co.uk

557 ms

bootstrap.min.css

274 ms

bootstrap.responsive.min.css

364 ms

Our browser made a total of 37 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 73% of them (27 requests) were addressed to the original Hawkstonebuilders.co.uk, 11% (4 requests) were made to Fonts.gstatic.com and 5% (2 requests) were made to Google-analytics.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (557 ms) belongs to the original domain Hawkstonebuilders.co.uk.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 244.5 kB (30%)

Content Size

819.3 kB

After Optimization

574.8 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Hawkstonebuilders.co.uk main page is 819.3 kB. This result falls beyond the top 1M of websites and identifies a large and not optimized web page that may take ages to load. 35% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 501.7 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-82%

Potential reduce by 19.3 kB

  • Original 23.6 kB
  • After minification 15.7 kB
  • After compression 4.4 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 7.9 kB, which is 34% 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 19.3 kB or 82% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-11%

Potential reduce by 57.4 kB

  • Original 501.7 kB
  • After minification 444.3 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. Obviously, Hawkstone Builders needs image optimization as it can save up to 57.4 kB or 11% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-29%

Potential reduce by 41.4 kB

  • Original 140.9 kB
  • After minification 136.3 kB
  • After compression 99.5 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 41.4 kB or 29% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-83%

Potential reduce by 126.4 kB

  • Original 153.0 kB
  • After minification 147.7 kB
  • After compression 26.6 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. Hawkstonebuilders.co.uk needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 126.4 kB or 83% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 15 (50%)

Requests Now

30

After Optimization

15

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 30 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Hawkstone Builders. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 11 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 6 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

hawkstonebuilders.co.uk

hawkstonebuilders.co.uk

206 ms

www.hawkstonebuilders.co.uk

www.hawkstonebuilders.co.uk

193 ms

www.hawkstonebuilders.co.uk

www.hawkstonebuilders.co.uk

557 ms

bootstrap.min.css

bootstrap.min.css

274 ms

bootstrap.responsive.min.css

bootstrap.responsive.min.css

364 ms

bootstrap.font-awesome.css

bootstrap.font-awesome.css

365 ms

main.css

main.css

365 ms

css

css

41 ms

jquery.cookiebar.css

jquery.cookiebar.css

278 ms

modernizr-respond.js

modernizr-respond.js

369 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

28 ms

bootstrap.min.js

bootstrap.min.js

367 ms

buttons.js

buttons.js

28 ms

main.js

main.js

367 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

458 ms

jquery.cookiebar.js

jquery.cookiebar.js

456 ms

index.js

index.js

456 ms

banner.js

banner.js

457 ms

social-facebook.png

social-facebook.png

98 ms

social-google.png

social-google.png

96 ms

specialist-insurance-builders-hertfordshire.png

specialist-insurance-builders-hertfordshire.png

248 ms

specialist-builders-hertfordshire.jpg

specialist-builders-hertfordshire.jpg

335 ms

banner-mobile.jpg

banner-mobile.jpg

163 ms

banner-mobile.jpg

banner-mobile.jpg

247 ms

quality-extensions-and-garages-hertfordshire.jpg

quality-extensions-and-garages-hertfordshire.jpg

280 ms

lasting-driveways-and-pavings.jpg

lasting-driveways-and-pavings.jpg

279 ms

loft-conversions-and-porches-hertfordshire.jpg

loft-conversions-and-porches-hertfordshire.jpg

255 ms

specialist-refurbishment-and-renovations-hertfordshire.jpg

specialist-refurbishment-and-renovations-hertfordshire.jpg

339 ms

index-bg.jpg

index-bg.jpg

341 ms

logos.png

logos.png

348 ms

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54 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

41 ms

collect

collect

13 ms

js

js

62 ms

Accessibility Review

hawkstonebuilders.co.uk accessibility score

75

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.

Internationalization and localization

These are opportunities to improve the interpretation of your content by users in different locales.

Impact

Issue

High

<html> element does not have a [lang] attribute

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

hawkstonebuilders.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

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

SEO Factors

hawkstonebuilders.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

    N/A

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Hawkstonebuilders.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 Hawkstonebuilders.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

hawkstonebuilders.co.uk

Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of Hawkstone Builders. 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: