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Report Summary

  • 25

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    44% 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

  • 83

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    46% of websites

hydrogarden.com

HydroGarden is the UK's leading manufacturer and distributor of hydroponic equipment and services

Page Load Speed

3.6 sec in total

First Response

247 ms

Resources Loaded

2.7 sec

Page Rendered

619 ms

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About Website

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HydroGarden is the UK's leading manufacturer and distributor of hydroponic equipment and services. We are a wholesaler and distribute the biggest names in hydroponics such as; LUMii, CANNA, VitaLi...

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Key Findings

We analyzed Hydrogarden.com page load time and found that the first response time was 247 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

hydrogarden.com performance score

25

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value4.9 s

11/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value6.0 s

13/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value16.6 s

0/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value500 ms

58/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.444

21/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value24.6 s

0/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

hydrogarden.com

247 ms

www.hydrogarden.com

430 ms

195 ms

gtm.js

62 ms

store

161 ms

Our browser made a total of 73 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 95% of them (69 requests) were addressed to the original Hydrogarden.com, 3% (2 requests) were made to Googletagmanager.com and 3% (2 requests) were made to Google-analytics.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1.4 sec) belongs to the original domain Hydrogarden.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 1.0 MB (14%)

Content Size

7.4 MB

After Optimization

6.4 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript

In fact, the total size of Hydrogarden.com main page is 7.4 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. 70% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 7.3 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-91%

Potential reduce by 100.1 kB

  • Original 110.4 kB
  • After minification 80.3 kB
  • After compression 10.3 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 30.1 kB, which is 27% 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 100.1 kB or 91% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-12%

Potential reduce by 902.6 kB

  • Original 7.3 MB
  • After minification 6.4 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, Hydro Garden needs image optimization as it can save up to 902.6 kB or 12% 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 50 B

  • Original 21.0 kB
  • After minification 21.0 kB
  • After compression 20.9 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.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 10 (15%)

Requests Now

66

After Optimization

56

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 66 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Hydro Garden. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 5 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

hydrogarden.com

hydrogarden.com

247 ms

www.hydrogarden.com

www.hydrogarden.com

430 ms

195 ms

gtm.js

gtm.js

62 ms

store

store

161 ms

theme.css

theme.css

316 ms

2057.gif

2057.gif

407 ms

3082.gif

3082.gif

401 ms

1036.gif

1036.gif

400 ms

Logo2.jpg

Logo2.jpg

406 ms

progress-indicator.gif

progress-indicator.gif

406 ms

libs

libs

689 ms

shop

shop

618 ms

XLED%20Web%20Banner.png

XLED%20Web%20Banner.png

1220 ms

MountainAir_Generic_Banner.jpg

MountainAir_Generic_Banner.jpg

1082 ms

PRO7_Range_WebBanner.jpg

PRO7_Range_WebBanner.jpg

997 ms

ESSENTIALSLAB_pHMinus30_WebBanner.jpg

ESSENTIALSLAB_pHMinus30_WebBanner.jpg

1010 ms

08-350-088_1.jpg

08-350-088_1.jpg

1068 ms

05-270-110_1.jpg

05-270-110_1.jpg

937 ms

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03-155-130_9.jpg

995 ms

03-155-410_1.jpg

03-155-410_1.jpg

1074 ms

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1150 ms

02-055-360_1.jpg

02-055-360_1.jpg

1238 ms

07-320-325_1.jpg

07-320-325_1.jpg

1298 ms

08-355-930_1.jpg

08-355-930_1.jpg

1152 ms

BioBizz%20brand%20page%20logo.png

BioBizz%20brand%20page%20logo.png

1157 ms

Canna%20brand%20page%20logo.png

Canna%20brand%20page%20logo.png

1229 ms

GuardnAid%20brand%20page%20logo.png

GuardnAid%20brand%20page%20logo.png

1230 ms

LightHouse%20brand%20page%20logo.png

LightHouse%20brand%20page%20logo.png

1234 ms

LUMii%20brand%20page%20logo.png

LUMii%20brand%20page%20logo.png

1295 ms

MountainAir%20brand%20page%20logo.png

MountainAir%20brand%20page%20logo.png

1305 ms

new_Odour_Neutraliser_Logo.png

new_Odour_Neutraliser_Logo.png

1307 ms

PLANT%21T%20brand%20page%20logo.png

PLANT%21T%20brand%20page%20logo.png

1310 ms

PowerPlant_logo_2020.jpg

PowerPlant_logo_2020.jpg

1312 ms

RAM%20brand%20page%20logo.png

RAM%20brand%20page%20logo.png

1373 ms

ROOT%21T%20brand%20page%20logo.png

ROOT%21T%20brand%20page%20logo.png

1384 ms

Superthrive%20brand%20page%20logo.png

Superthrive%20brand%20page%20logo.png

1383 ms

vitalink.jpg

vitalink.jpg

1385 ms

PRO7%20brand%20page%20logo.png

PRO7%20brand%20page%20logo.png

1386 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

21 ms

collect

collect

18 ms

js

js

50 ms

arrow-down-grey.png

arrow-down-grey.png

1073 ms

login-red.png

login-red.png

1135 ms

FB_Grey.jpg

FB_Grey.jpg

1129 ms

OpenSans-Regular.woff

OpenSans-Regular.woff

1088 ms

OpenSans-Bold.woff

OpenSans-Bold.woff

1074 ms

PathwayGothicOne.woff

PathwayGothicOne.woff

1084 ms

OpenSans-Italic.woff

OpenSans-Italic.woff

1084 ms

Twitter_Grey.jpg

Twitter_Grey.jpg

1137 ms

Instagram_Grey.jpg

Instagram_Grey.jpg

931 ms

LinkedIn_Grey.jpg

LinkedIn_Grey.jpg

698 ms

YouTube_Grey.jpg

YouTube_Grey.jpg

586 ms

search.png

search.png

553 ms

btn-bg-right-bottom.png

btn-bg-right-bottom.png

552 ms

btn-arrow-right.png

btn-arrow-right.png

601 ms

basket.png

basket.png

553 ms

navigator-hover-default.png

navigator-hover-default.png

554 ms

previous-button-updates.png

previous-button-updates.png

552 ms

next-button-updated.png

next-button-updated.png

483 ms

navigator-default.png

navigator-default.png

477 ms

SELLINGTOOLS.jpg

SELLINGTOOLS.jpg

84 ms

PROPAGATION.jpg

PROPAGATION.jpg

79 ms

KITS.jpg

KITS.jpg

87 ms

POTS.jpg

POTS.jpg

87 ms

IRRIGATION.jpg

IRRIGATION.jpg

85 ms

MEDIA.jpg

MEDIA.jpg

90 ms

NU-AD.jpg

NU-AD.jpg

161 ms

NU-CONTROL.jpg

NU-CONTROL.jpg

156 ms

ODOUR.jpg

ODOUR.jpg

164 ms

LIGHTING.jpg

LIGHTING.jpg

169 ms

AIR.jpg

AIR.jpg

168 ms

PEST.jpg

PEST.jpg

166 ms

Accessibility Review

hydrogarden.com accessibility score

80

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

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

High

Links do not have a discernible 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.

Best Practices

hydrogarden.com 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

Missing source maps for large first-party JavaScript

SEO Factors

hydrogarden.com SEO score

83

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

High

Tap targets are not sized appropriately

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 Hydrogarden.com 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 Hydrogarden.com 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

hydrogarden.com

Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of Hydro Garden. 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: