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Report Summary

  • 38

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    57% of other websites

  • 82

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 52% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    35% of websites

  • 80

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    42% of websites

softplastics.co.uk

Lure Factors| Lureflex soft plastic | Jig heads | Fishing Lures

Page Load Speed

3.8 sec in total

First Response

303 ms

Resources Loaded

3.2 sec

Page Rendered

303 ms

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About Website

Welcome to softplastics.co.uk homepage info - get ready to check Soft Plastic S best content right away, or after learning these important things about softplastics.co.uk

Lure Factors are a specialist supplier of soft plastic lure making materials... based in the UK! If you have ever wanted to design and make your own soft plastic fishing lures but have been unable to ...

Visit softplastics.co.uk

Key Findings

We analyzed Softplastics.co.uk page load time and found that the first response time was 303 ms and then it took 3.5 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

softplastics.co.uk performance score

38

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value4.3 s

18/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value7.8 s

3/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value6.7 s

36/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value240 ms

85/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.585

11/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value7.5 s

47/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

softplastics.co.uk

303 ms

lurefactors.co.uk

307 ms

lurefactors.co.uk

745 ms

reset.css

133 ms

all.css

56 ms

Our browser made a total of 58 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 2% of them (1 request) were addressed to the original Softplastics.co.uk, 86% (50 requests) were made to Lurefactors.co.uk and 7% (4 requests) were made to Use.fontawesome.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (957 ms) relates to the external source Lurefactors.co.uk.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 139.9 kB (13%)

Content Size

1.1 MB

After Optimization

965.7 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Softplastics.co.uk main page is 1.1 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. 40% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 818.2 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-85%

Potential reduce by 79.2 kB

  • Original 92.9 kB
  • After minification 89.8 kB
  • After compression 13.7 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 79.2 kB or 85% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-3%

Potential reduce by 27.8 kB

  • Original 818.2 kB
  • After minification 790.3 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. Soft Plastic S images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-17%

Potential reduce by 25.0 kB

  • Original 148.4 kB
  • After minification 148.2 kB
  • After compression 123.4 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 25.0 kB or 17% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-17%

Potential reduce by 7.8 kB

  • Original 46.1 kB
  • After minification 46.1 kB
  • After compression 38.2 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. Softplastics.co.uk needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 7.8 kB or 17% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 28 (54%)

Requests Now

52

After Optimization

24

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 52 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Soft Plastic S. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 18 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 12 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

softplastics.co.uk

softplastics.co.uk

303 ms

lurefactors.co.uk

lurefactors.co.uk

307 ms

lurefactors.co.uk

lurefactors.co.uk

745 ms

reset.css

reset.css

133 ms

all.css

all.css

56 ms

jquery-ui-1.11.4.css

jquery-ui-1.11.4.css

280 ms

jquery-1.11.3.min.js

jquery-1.11.3.min.js

564 ms

jquery-ui-1.11.4.min.js

jquery-ui-1.11.4.min.js

709 ms

jquery.fancybox-1.3.4.css

jquery.fancybox-1.3.4.css

377 ms

colorbox.css

colorbox.css

379 ms

jquery.bxGallery.1.1.min.js

jquery.bxGallery.1.1.min.js

381 ms

jquery.fancybox-1.3.4.patch.js

jquery.fancybox-1.3.4.patch.js

423 ms

layout.less.css

layout.less.css

509 ms

stylesheet.css

stylesheet.css

508 ms

superfish.css

superfish.css

510 ms

superfish-rtl.css

superfish-rtl.css

549 ms

jquery.bxslider.css

jquery.bxslider.css

636 ms

style_main.less.css

style_main.less.css

667 ms

hoverIntent.js

hoverIntent.js

637 ms

superclick.js

superclick.js

679 ms

superfish.js

superfish.js

688 ms

supersubs.js

supersubs.js

768 ms

supersubs_rtl.js

supersubs_rtl.js

766 ms

jquery.fitvids.js

jquery.fitvids.js

793 ms

jquery.bxslider.min.js

jquery.bxslider.min.js

828 ms

equalheight.js

equalheight.js

817 ms

ligri.js

ligri.js

835 ms

modernizr.js

modernizr.js

896 ms

script_top_custom.js

script_top_custom.js

919 ms

js

js

94 ms

cookieconsent.min.js

cookieconsent.min.js

41 ms

script_bottom_custom.js

script_bottom_custom.js

957 ms

head1_2.jpg

head1_2.jpg

504 ms

store_logo.png

store_logo.png

182 ms

ui-bg_highlight-soft_30_477493_1x100.png

ui-bg_highlight-soft_30_477493_1x100.png

141 ms

fishing1_2.jpg

fishing1_2.jpg

356 ms

new%20shop.jpg

new%20shop.jpg

460 ms

store%20222.jpg

store%20222.jpg

293 ms

ned%20jigheads%201286.jpg

ned%20jigheads%201286.jpg

608 ms

head1_1.jpg

head1_1.jpg

496 ms

300x300_Viewtube%20parts.jpg

300x300_Viewtube%20parts.jpg

466 ms

300x300_V_Tail_Micro_Fry_639.jpg

300x300_V_Tail_Micro_Fry_639.jpg

505 ms

300x300_Tadpole_231.jpg

300x300_Tadpole_231.jpg

600 ms

150x150_485375564.jpg

150x150_485375564.jpg

600 ms

150x150_012_silicone_skirt_945.jpg

150x150_012_silicone_skirt_945.jpg

643 ms

poweredByWorldPay.gif

poweredByWorldPay.gif

638 ms

VISA.gif

VISA.gif

637 ms

mastercard_transparent.png

mastercard_transparent.png

730 ms

maestro_transparent.png

maestro_transparent.png

731 ms

JCB.gif

JCB.gif

735 ms

paypal.png

paypal.png

772 ms

fa-solid-900.woff

fa-solid-900.woff

106 ms

fa-regular-400.woff

fa-regular-400.woff

106 ms

ui-bg_highlight-soft_30_f3f6f8_1x100.png

ui-bg_highlight-soft_30_f3f6f8_1x100.png

740 ms

ui-icons_477493_256x240.png

ui-icons_477493_256x240.png

749 ms

bx_loader.gif

bx_loader.gif

723 ms

fa-brands-400.woff

fa-brands-400.woff

17 ms

dark-top.css

dark-top.css

11 ms

Accessibility Review

softplastics.co.uk accessibility score

82

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

Links do not have a discernible name

Tables and lists

These are opportunities to improve the experience of reading tabular or list data using assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Impact

Issue

High

Lists do not contain only <li> elements and script supporting elements (<script> and <template>).

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

softplastics.co.uk 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

SEO Factors

softplastics.co.uk SEO score

80

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

High

Tap targets are not sized appropriately

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 Softplastics.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 Softplastics.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

softplastics.co.uk

Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of Soft Plastic S. 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: