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Report Summary

  • 69

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    80% of other websites

  • 83

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 54% of websites

  • 58

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    20% of websites

  • 79

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    40% of websites

torches.co.uk

LED Torches, Head Torches & other Portable Lighting

Page Load Speed

1.9 sec in total

First Response

194 ms

Resources Loaded

1.6 sec

Page Rendered

115 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Torches.co.uk page load time and found that the first response time was 194 ms and then it took 1.8 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 35% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

torches.co.uk performance score

69

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.3 s

42/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value6.0 s

13/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value3.6 s

87/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value120 ms

97/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.001

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value4.3 s

84/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

torches.co.uk

194 ms

www.torches.co.uk

291 ms

styles.css

96 ms

widgets.css

185 ms

sagePaySuite.css

183 ms

Our browser made a total of 27 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 85% of them (23 requests) were addressed to the original Torches.co.uk, 11% (3 requests) were made to Google-analytics.com and 4% (1 request) were made to Googletagmanager.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (535 ms) belongs to the original domain Torches.co.uk.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 44.0 kB (8%)

Content Size

535.1 kB

After Optimization

491.2 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Torches.co.uk main page is 535.1 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. 25% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 350.3 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-78%

Potential reduce by 14.1 kB

  • Original 18.0 kB
  • After minification 16.1 kB
  • After compression 3.9 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 1.9 kB, which is 11% 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 14.1 kB or 78% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-1%

Potential reduce by 5.2 kB

  • Original 350.3 kB
  • After minification 345.1 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. Torches images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-14%

Potential reduce by 21.8 kB

  • Original 156.5 kB
  • After minification 156.5 kB
  • After compression 134.7 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 21.8 kB or 14% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-27%

Potential reduce by 2.8 kB

  • Original 10.4 kB
  • After minification 10.3 kB
  • After compression 7.5 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. Torches.co.uk needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 2.8 kB or 27% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 6 (24%)

Requests Now

25

After Optimization

19

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 25 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Torches. 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 from 4 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

torches.co.uk

torches.co.uk

194 ms

www.torches.co.uk

www.torches.co.uk

291 ms

styles.css

styles.css

96 ms

widgets.css

widgets.css

185 ms

sagePaySuite.css

sagePaySuite.css

183 ms

babc39d3e2fd6ea64c6c7956eed8b386.js

babc39d3e2fd6ea64c6c7956eed8b386.js

483 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

19 ms

bg-body-torches.png

bg-body-torches.png

94 ms

transparent.gif

transparent.gif

95 ms

col-banner-brands.png

col-banner-brands.png

273 ms

torch-category-torches.png

torch-category-torches.png

95 ms

torch-category-headtorches.png

torch-category-headtorches.png

273 ms

torch-category-lanterns.png

torch-category-lanterns.png

274 ms

torch-category-keyring.png

torch-category-keyring.png

275 ms

torch-category-other.png

torch-category-other.png

277 ms

torch-category-batteries.png

torch-category-batteries.png

186 ms

trafficbaton-red-logo.jpg

trafficbaton-red-logo.jpg

278 ms

10watt-cree-high-power-led-torch-1.jpg

10watt-cree-high-power-led-torch-1.jpg

364 ms

payment-logos.png

payment-logos.png

365 ms

linkid.js

linkid.js

7 ms

bg-top-torches.png

bg-top-torches.png

535 ms

bg-topnaviblock-torches.png

bg-topnaviblock-torches.png

353 ms

collect

collect

19 ms

bg-search.png

bg-search.png

331 ms

js

js

59 ms

background-middlecol.gif

background-middlecol.gif

313 ms

print.css

print.css

93 ms

Accessibility Review

torches.co.uk accessibility score

83

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

Form elements do not have associated labels

Best Practices

torches.co.uk best practices score

58

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

Displays images with incorrect aspect ratio

High

Serves images with low resolution

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Missing source maps for large first-party JavaScript

SEO Factors

torches.co.uk SEO score

79

Search Engine Optimization Advices

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 Torches.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 Torches.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

torches.co.uk

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