Report Summary

  • 63

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    77% of other websites

  • 84

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 56% of websites

  • 83

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    55% of websites

  • 86

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    60% of websites

layer9.co.uk

Data Analytics, Virtual Event Platforms and Control System Solutions

Page Load Speed

821 ms in total

First Response

27 ms

Resources Loaded

360 ms

Page Rendered

434 ms

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About Website

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Key Findings

We analyzed Layer9.co.uk page load time and found that the first response time was 27 ms and then it took 794 ms to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 15% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

layer9.co.uk performance score

63

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value1.5 s

96/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value4.4 s

38/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value2.5 s

98/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value620 ms

48/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.042

99/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value7.5 s

47/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

layer9.co.uk

27 ms

layer9.co.uk

62 ms

jpeg+-+Cropped-576w.jpg

122 ms

123_Reg_logo%20_with_white%20reg.svg

66 ms

jquery-3.7.0.min.js

40 ms

Our browser made a total of 14 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 14% of them (2 requests) were addressed to the original Layer9.co.uk, 43% (6 requests) were made to Lirp.cdn-website.com and 21% (3 requests) were made to Static.cdn-website.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (238 ms) relates to the external source Lirp.cdn-website.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 81.6 kB (28%)

Content Size

288.2 kB

After Optimization

206.6 kB

In fact, the total size of Layer9.co.uk main page is 288.2 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. 50% of websites need less resources to load. HTML takes 131.7 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-62%

Potential reduce by 81.5 kB

  • Original 131.7 kB
  • After minification 128.2 kB
  • After compression 50.3 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. 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 81.5 kB or 62% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 0 B

  • Original 26.5 kB
  • After minification 26.5 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. Layer 9 images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 109 B

  • Original 130.0 kB
  • After minification 130.0 kB
  • After compression 129.9 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 3 (27%)

Requests Now

11

After Optimization

8

The browser has sent 11 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Layer 9. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 4 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Accessibility Review

layer9.co.uk accessibility score

84

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

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

layer9.co.uk best practices score

83

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

Serves images with low resolution

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

SEO Factors

layer9.co.uk SEO score

86

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 Layer9.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 Layer9.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

Open Graph data is detected on the main page of Layer 9. This is the best way to make the web page social media friendly. Here is how it looks like on Facebook: