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Report Summary

  • 22

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    40% of other websites

  • 65

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 31% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    36% of websites

  • 85

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    56% of websites

ladders-direct.com

Ladders-Direct.com from the Clow Group Ltd., ladder manufacturer and supplier - Ladders-Direct.com

Page Load Speed

3.2 sec in total

First Response

506 ms

Resources Loaded

2.2 sec

Page Rendered

442 ms

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About Website

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Ladders-Direct.com from the Clow Group, we manufacture, sell and distribute Clow Ladders throughout the UK.

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Key Findings

We analyzed Ladders-direct.com page load time and found that the first response time was 506 ms and then it took 2.7 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 50% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

ladders-direct.com performance score

22

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.8 s

26/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value16.4 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value7.3 s

29/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value1,760 ms

10/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.13

82/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value13.3 s

11/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

www.ladders-direct.com

506 ms

v_62_b84402825d43d8389d64fe2338d5a410_all.css

348 ms

css

69 ms

v_62_37f911e61bc9bb1f0106ccb64394378a.js

679 ms

cbc6fd0bc1f25c855980deec87eee82d.png

523 ms

Our browser made a total of 26 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 85% of them (22 requests) were addressed to the original Ladders-direct.com, 8% (2 requests) were made to Fonts.gstatic.com and 4% (1 request) were made to Fonts.googleapis.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (960 ms) belongs to the original domain Ladders-direct.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 356.9 kB (19%)

Content Size

1.9 MB

After Optimization

1.5 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Ladders-direct.com main page is 1.9 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 1.5 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-77%

Potential reduce by 42.7 kB

  • Original 55.3 kB
  • After minification 55.3 kB
  • After compression 12.7 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 42.7 kB or 77% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-21%

Potential reduce by 313.5 kB

  • Original 1.5 MB
  • After minification 1.2 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, Ladders Direct needs image optimization as it can save up to 313.5 kB or 21% 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 779 B

  • Original 235.1 kB
  • After minification 235.1 kB
  • After compression 234.3 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

-0%

Potential reduce by 0 B

  • Original 118.1 kB
  • After minification 118.1 kB
  • After compression 118.1 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. Ladders-direct.com has all CSS files already compressed.

Requests Breakdown

We found no issues to fix!

Requests Now

22

After Optimization

22

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 22 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Ladders Direct. According to our analytics all requests are already optimized.

Network Requests Diagram

www.ladders-direct.com

www.ladders-direct.com

506 ms

v_62_b84402825d43d8389d64fe2338d5a410_all.css

v_62_b84402825d43d8389d64fe2338d5a410_all.css

348 ms

css

css

69 ms

v_62_37f911e61bc9bb1f0106ccb64394378a.js

v_62_37f911e61bc9bb1f0106ccb64394378a.js

679 ms

cbc6fd0bc1f25c855980deec87eee82d.png

cbc6fd0bc1f25c855980deec87eee82d.png

523 ms

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my-shop-logo-1661351313.jpg

265 ms

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5478ef27c2358c04d4136bcef33cb2a9346738cf_AMP-access-equipment_v1.png

960 ms

4adadd379daa3137e63ef218cc2e69678d39267a_waku-ladders_v1.jpg

4adadd379daa3137e63ef218cc2e69678d39267a_waku-ladders_v1.jpg

604 ms

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72b07d2253644487c382a3900d551131d40e99c4_clow-superglas-steps_v2.jpg

561 ms

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461 ms

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57d68bbd84dfc8cc0c0d7e0a853932abfa2dde03_ladders-directcom-secure-payment.png

493 ms

clow-en131-professional-aar-platform-steps.jpg

clow-en131-professional-aar-platform-steps.jpg

586 ms

clow-en131-professional-superglas-ar-platform-step.jpg

clow-en131-professional-superglas-ar-platform-step.jpg

608 ms

clow-glassfibre-folding-multi-function-trade-ladder.jpg

clow-glassfibre-folding-multi-function-trade-ladder.jpg

611 ms

clow-en131-professional-superglas-insulated-glassfibre-step-ladders.jpg

clow-en131-professional-superglas-insulated-glassfibre-step-ladders.jpg

950 ms

SecuredBy.png

SecuredBy.png

951 ms

ladders-direct-com_altlogo_v2-2_opt.png

ladders-direct-com_altlogo_v2-2_opt.png

954 ms

clow-group-square-logo_v3.png

clow-group-square-logo_v3.png

954 ms

footer-bg.png

footer-bg.png

545 ms

fontawesome-webfont.woff

fontawesome-webfont.woff

491 ms

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52 ms

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98 ms

gtm.js

gtm.js

213 ms

www.ladders-direct.com

www.ladders-direct.com

209 ms

bx_loader.gif

bx_loader.gif

125 ms

price-container-bg.png

price-container-bg.png

125 ms

Accessibility Review

ladders-direct.com accessibility score

65

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

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.

Navigation

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

Impact

Issue

High

Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order

Best practices

These items highlight common accessibility best practices.

Impact

Issue

High

[user-scalable="no"] is used in the <meta name="viewport"> element or the [maximum-scale] attribute is less than 5.

Best Practices

ladders-direct.com best practices score

75

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

Missing source maps for large first-party JavaScript

SEO Factors

ladders-direct.com 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

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 Ladders-direct.com 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 Ladders-direct.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

ladders-direct.com

Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of Ladders 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: