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Report Summary

  • 67

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    79% of other websites

  • 74

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 40% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    35% of websites

  • 69

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    28% of websites

renewablesguide.co.uk

Renewables Guide - Find Renewable Energy Installers - MCS Accredited & Approved

Page Load Speed

2.4 sec in total

First Response

175 ms

Resources Loaded

1.9 sec

Page Rendered

349 ms

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About Website

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

Renewables Guide lists only MCS accredited installers of wind turbines, solar pv, solar thermal, air source and ground source heat pumps

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Key Findings

We analyzed Renewablesguide.co.uk page load time and found that the first response time was 175 ms and then it took 2.2 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 45% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

renewablesguide.co.uk performance score

67

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value2.9 s

52/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value6.2 s

11/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value3.8 s

84/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value120 ms

97/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.035

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value5.9 s

65/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

renewablesguide.co.uk

175 ms

www.renewablesguide.co.uk

313 ms

screen16.css

94 ms

renewables-screen6.css

204 ms

paul-renew.css

220 ms

Our browser made a total of 70 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 64% of them (45 requests) were addressed to the original Renewablesguide.co.uk, 11% (8 requests) were made to Apis.google.com and 4% (3 requests) were made to Platform.twitter.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (698 ms) belongs to the original domain Renewablesguide.co.uk.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 56.7 kB (14%)

Content Size

416.9 kB

After Optimization

360.2 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript

In fact, the total size of Renewablesguide.co.uk main page is 416.9 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. 45% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 308.4 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-78%

Potential reduce by 36.7 kB

  • Original 47.1 kB
  • After minification 38.0 kB
  • After compression 10.4 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 9.2 kB, which is 19% 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 36.7 kB or 78% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 1.5 kB

  • Original 308.4 kB
  • After minification 306.9 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. Renewables Guide images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-30%

Potential reduce by 18.4 kB

  • Original 61.4 kB
  • After minification 57.4 kB
  • After compression 42.9 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. It is highly recommended that all JavaScript files should be compressed and minified as it can save up to 18.4 kB or 30% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 34 (57%)

Requests Now

60

After Optimization

26

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 60 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Renewables Guide. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 15 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 4 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

renewablesguide.co.uk

renewablesguide.co.uk

175 ms

www.renewablesguide.co.uk

www.renewablesguide.co.uk

313 ms

screen16.css

screen16.css

94 ms

renewables-screen6.css

renewables-screen6.css

204 ms

paul-renew.css

paul-renew.css

220 ms

home.css

home.css

189 ms

validation.js

validation.js

171 ms

general.js

general.js

174 ms

blog.css

blog.css

223 ms

ios.css

ios.css

110 ms

background_repeat.jpg

background_repeat.jpg

169 ms

main_background.jpg

main_background.jpg

512 ms

wind_icon.jpg

wind_icon.jpg

164 ms

wind_home_image.jpg

wind_home_image.jpg

161 ms

wind_button_bg.png

wind_button_bg.png

167 ms

solar_icon.jpg

solar_icon.jpg

121 ms

solar_home_image.jpg

solar_home_image.jpg

290 ms

solar_button_bg.png

solar_button_bg.png

247 ms

heat_pump_icon.jpg

heat_pump_icon.jpg

259 ms

heat_pump_home_image.jpg

heat_pump_home_image.jpg

341 ms

pump_button_bg.png

pump_button_bg.png

268 ms

renewable_energy_icon.jpg

renewable_energy_icon.jpg

322 ms

reviews_icon.jpg

reviews_icon.jpg

334 ms

rating-45.png

rating-45.png

360 ms

rating-5.png

rating-5.png

378 ms

news_icon.jpg

news_icon.jpg

417 ms

Viessmann-Vitocal-200-s-150x150.jpg

Viessmann-Vitocal-200-s-150x150.jpg

419 ms

solarthermal-150x150.jpg

solarthermal-150x150.jpg

420 ms

solarpvuk-150x150.jpg

solarpvuk-150x150.jpg

444 ms

city_icon.jpg

city_icon.jpg

470 ms

calc_icon.jpg

calc_icon.jpg

529 ms

wind_calc_button.jpg

wind_calc_button.jpg

518 ms

solar_calc_button.jpg

solar_calc_button.jpg

532 ms

logo_background.jpg

logo_background.jpg

546 ms

information_icon.jpg

information_icon.jpg

555 ms

renewables_guide_logo.jpg

renewables_guide_logo.jpg

603 ms

calculator_icon.jpg

calculator_icon.jpg

618 ms

uk_Map.jpg

uk_Map.jpg

624 ms

find_local_installers_button.jpg

find_local_installers_button.jpg

615 ms

request_3_quotes_button.jpg

request_3_quotes_button.jpg

631 ms

wind_energy_calculator_button.jpg

wind_energy_calculator_button.jpg

635 ms

solar_energy_calculator_button.jpg

solar_energy_calculator_button.jpg

684 ms

map_placemarker_small.jpg

map_placemarker_small.jpg

698 ms

nevis-webfont.woff

nevis-webfont.woff

694 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

46 ms

bat.js

bat.js

166 ms

widgets.js

widgets.js

4 ms

plusone.js

plusone.js

111 ms

button.0308b81ff1714e446f674b5b9793f2cd.js

button.0308b81ff1714e446f674b5b9793f2cd.js

33 ms

collect

collect

5 ms

collect

collect

96 ms

tweet_button.b9740740e0bcf9b0657c5b11bd4388da.en.html

tweet_button.b9740740e0bcf9b0657c5b11bd4388da.en.html

24 ms

cb=gapi.loaded_0

cb=gapi.loaded_0

26 ms

cb=gapi.loaded_1

cb=gapi.loaded_1

43 ms

fastbutton

fastbutton

90 ms

postmessageRelay

postmessageRelay

52 ms

like.php

like.php

265 ms

cb=gapi.loaded_0

cb=gapi.loaded_0

24 ms

cb=gapi.loaded_1

cb=gapi.loaded_1

24 ms

W5F8_SL0XFawnjxHGsZjJA.ttf

W5F8_SL0XFawnjxHGsZjJA.ttf

52 ms

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3193398744-postmessagerelay.js

42 ms

rpc:shindig_random.js

rpc:shindig_random.js

33 ms

jot

jot

79 ms

cb=gapi.loaded_0

cb=gapi.loaded_0

5 ms

Viessmann-Vitocal-200-s-150x150.jpg

Viessmann-Vitocal-200-s-150x150.jpg

158 ms

solarthermal-150x150.jpg

solarthermal-150x150.jpg

167 ms

solarpvuk-150x150.jpg

solarpvuk-150x150.jpg

166 ms

qeKvIRsJabD.js

qeKvIRsJabD.js

481 ms

LVx-xkvaJ0b.png

LVx-xkvaJ0b.png

545 ms

print8.css

print8.css

94 ms

Accessibility Review

renewablesguide.co.uk accessibility score

74

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.

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

<frame> or <iframe> elements do not have a title

High

Form elements do not have associated labels

Best Practices

renewablesguide.co.uk best practices score

75

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

Displays images with incorrect aspect ratio

High

Serves images with low resolution

SEO Factors

renewablesguide.co.uk SEO score

69

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

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 Renewablesguide.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 Renewablesguide.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

renewablesguide.co.uk

Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of Renewables Guide. 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: