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Report Summary

  • 67

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    80% of other websites

  • 74

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 41% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    36% of websites

  • 86

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    60% of websites

blog.thorntons.co.uk

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Page Load Speed

3.3 sec in total

First Response

352 ms

Resources Loaded

2.2 sec

Page Rendered

786 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Blog.thorntons.co.uk page load time and found that the first response time was 352 ms and then it took 3 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

blog.thorntons.co.uk performance score

67

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value2.2 s

79/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value3.1 s

76/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value6.2 s

44/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value510 ms

57/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.035

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value8.7 s

36/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

blog.thorntons.co.uk

352 ms

blog.thorntons.co.uk

356 ms

style.css

66 ms

style.css

82 ms

modernizr.custom.js

78 ms

Our browser made a total of 55 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 18% of them (10 requests) were addressed to the original Blog.thorntons.co.uk, 27% (15 requests) were made to Thorntons-assets.block8.net and 22% (12 requests) were made to Thorntons-uploads.block8.net. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (960 ms) relates to the external source Thorntons-uploads.block8.net.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 446.0 kB (35%)

Content Size

1.3 MB

After Optimization

826.4 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Blog.thorntons.co.uk main page is 1.3 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. 50% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 708.0 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-78%

Potential reduce by 29.5 kB

  • Original 38.0 kB
  • After minification 32.8 kB
  • After compression 8.5 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 5.3 kB, which is 14% 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 29.5 kB or 78% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-6%

Potential reduce by 44.3 kB

  • Original 708.0 kB
  • After minification 663.7 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. Blog Thorntons images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-62%

Potential reduce by 192.1 kB

  • Original 312.0 kB
  • After minification 311.4 kB
  • After compression 119.8 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 192.1 kB or 62% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-84%

Potential reduce by 180.1 kB

  • Original 214.4 kB
  • After minification 189.4 kB
  • After compression 34.3 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. Blog.thorntons.co.uk needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 180.1 kB or 84% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 21 (46%)

Requests Now

46

After Optimization

25

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 46 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Blog Thorntons. 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 8 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

blog.thorntons.co.uk

blog.thorntons.co.uk

352 ms

blog.thorntons.co.uk

blog.thorntons.co.uk

356 ms

style.css

style.css

66 ms

style.css

style.css

82 ms

modernizr.custom.js

modernizr.custom.js

78 ms

public.css

public.css

162 ms

jetpack.css

jetpack.css

230 ms

jquery.js

jquery.js

460 ms

jquery-migrate.min.js

jquery-migrate.min.js

242 ms

public-min.js

public-min.js

323 ms

devicepx-jetpack.js

devicepx-jetpack.js

42 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

44 ms

bootstrap.min.js

bootstrap.min.js

53 ms

respond.min.js

respond.min.js

53 ms

blog.js

blog.js

74 ms

wp-emoji-release.min.js

wp-emoji-release.min.js

218 ms

easter-factory-tour-wide.jpg

easter-factory-tour-wide.jpg

648 ms

continental-discover-more.jpg

continental-discover-more.jpg

960 ms

Easter-crafts-and-recipes-7-570x285.jpg

Easter-crafts-and-recipes-7-570x285.jpg

666 ms

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magmarvEgg-285x355.jpg

667 ms

easter-eggs-personalised-285x355.jpg

easter-eggs-personalised-285x355.jpg

669 ms

mothers-day-breakfast-overhead-285x355.jpg

mothers-day-breakfast-overhead-285x355.jpg

670 ms

Interactive-factory-final-300x300.jpg

Interactive-factory-final-300x300.jpg

678 ms

easter-eggs-flavours-285x355.jpg

easter-eggs-flavours-285x355.jpg

671 ms

mothers-day-breakfast-285x355.jpg

mothers-day-breakfast-285x355.jpg

900 ms

continental-and-champs-285x355.jpg

continental-and-champs-285x355.jpg

688 ms

valentines-day-header-285x285.jpg

valentines-day-header-285x285.jpg

863 ms

the-ultimate-guide-to-Easter-eggs-570x380.jpg

the-ultimate-guide-to-Easter-eggs-570x380.jpg

673 ms

sdk.js

sdk.js

197 ms

logo.png

logo.png

207 ms

search.png

search.png

158 ms

header-bg.png

header-bg.png

205 ms

flower.png

flower.png

208 ms

sub-bg.png

sub-bg.png

203 ms

proxima_nova_condensed_light-webfont.woff

proxima_nova_condensed_light-webfont.woff

411 ms

widgets.js

widgets.js

303 ms

footer-swoosh.png

footer-swoosh.png

161 ms

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proxima_nova_condensed_semibold-webfont.woff

346 ms

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393 ms

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382 ms

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391 ms

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fontawesome-webfont.woff

511 ms

spufont.woff

spufont.woff

208 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

149 ms

112 ms

xd_arbiter.php

xd_arbiter.php

92 ms

collect

collect

22 ms

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29 ms

syndication

syndication

121 ms

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238 ms

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31 ms

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77 ms

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qEOgKPrG_normal.jpeg

181 ms

syndication_bundle_v1_64fcb3dd2f6da5b5f976d91a319ef73e329c1a5d.css

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64 ms

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106 ms

Accessibility Review

blog.thorntons.co.uk accessibility score

74

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-*] attributes do not match their roles

High

button, link, and menuitem elements do not have accessible names.

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

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

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>).

High

List items (<li>) are not contained within <ul> or <ol> parent elements.

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

blog.thorntons.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

blog.thorntons.co.uk SEO score

86

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

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

    N/A

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Blog.thorntons.co.uk 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 Blog.thorntons.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

blog.thorntons.co.uk

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