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Report Summary

  • 20

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    37% of other websites

  • 73

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 38% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    35% of websites

  • 91

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    70% of websites

visitthecotswolds.org.uk

Visitthecotswolds | Visit the Cotswolds Stroud District

Page Load Speed

3.5 sec in total

First Response

492 ms

Resources Loaded

2.8 sec

Page Rendered

230 ms

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About Website

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Key Findings

We analyzed Visitthecotswolds.org.uk page load time and found that the first response time was 492 ms and then it took 3 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 55% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

visitthecotswolds.org.uk performance score

20

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value2.7 s

61/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value34.9 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value29.1 s

0/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value31,490 ms

0/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.082

94/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value42.5 s

0/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

www.visitthecotswolds.org.uk

492 ms

bootstrap.min.css

368 ms

tourismlayout.css

349 ms

responsive.css

270 ms

prettyPhoto.css

268 ms

Our browser made a total of 56 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 41% of them (23 requests) were addressed to the original Visitthecotswolds.org.uk, 20% (11 requests) were made to Platform.twitter.com and 5% (3 requests) were made to Maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (863 ms) belongs to the original domain Visitthecotswolds.org.uk.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 98.2 kB (10%)

Content Size

949.1 kB

After Optimization

850.9 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Visitthecotswolds.org.uk main page is 949.1 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. 55% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 785.8 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-80%

Potential reduce by 30.2 kB

  • Original 38.0 kB
  • After minification 31.8 kB
  • After compression 7.8 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 6.3 kB, which is 16% 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 30.2 kB or 80% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-4%

Potential reduce by 31.3 kB

  • Original 785.8 kB
  • After minification 754.6 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. Visit The Cotswolds images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-34%

Potential reduce by 32.5 kB

  • Original 95.5 kB
  • After minification 95.5 kB
  • After compression 63.1 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 32.5 kB or 34% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-14%

Potential reduce by 4.2 kB

  • Original 29.7 kB
  • After minification 29.7 kB
  • After compression 25.5 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. Visitthecotswolds.org.uk needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 4.2 kB or 14% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 25 (50%)

Requests Now

50

After Optimization

25

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 50 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Visit The Cotswolds. 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 9 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

www.visitthecotswolds.org.uk

www.visitthecotswolds.org.uk

492 ms

bootstrap.min.css

bootstrap.min.css

368 ms

tourismlayout.css

tourismlayout.css

349 ms

responsive.css

responsive.css

270 ms

prettyPhoto.css

prettyPhoto.css

268 ms

forms.css

forms.css

272 ms

Tourismtextstyles.css

Tourismtextstyles.css

283 ms

css

css

106 ms

css

css

120 ms

font-awesome.min.css

font-awesome.min.css

72 ms

widgets.js

widgets.js

149 ms

stroud_cotswold_logo2.png

stroud_cotswold_logo2.png

626 ms

go-outside-maps.jpg

go-outside-maps.jpg

625 ms

covid-discover-signs-plain.png

covid-discover-signs-plain.png

863 ms

1058887-family-credit-forestry-commission.jpg

1058887-family-credit-forestry-commission.jpg

660 ms

garden.jpg

garden.jpg

628 ms

maisie-acp-nick-turner-edited.jpg

maisie-acp-nick-turner-edited.jpg

625 ms

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bear.png

855 ms

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nt_160716_0257.jpg

621 ms

nt_160717_0643.jpg

nt_160717_0643.jpg

652 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

48 ms

jquery.validate.min.js

jquery.validate.min.js

36 ms

jquery.validate.unobtrusive.min.js

jquery.validate.unobtrusive.min.js

36 ms

bootstrap.min.js

bootstrap.min.js

56 ms

vb2.jpg

vb2.jpg

584 ms

ve2.jpg

ve2.jpg

584 ms

SDCboxlogoBmono.png

SDCboxlogoBmono.png

783 ms

discover-banner-for-website-plain.png

discover-banner-for-website-plain.png

454 ms

view.png

view.png

443 ms

summer-cycling.jpg

summer-cycling.jpg

531 ms

nt_160529_0344.jpg

nt_160529_0344.jpg

690 ms

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S6uyw4BMUTPHjx4wWw.ttf

157 ms

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S6u9w4BMUTPHh7USSwiPHA.ttf

196 ms

S6u9w4BMUTPHh6UVSwiPHA.ttf

S6u9w4BMUTPHh6UVSwiPHA.ttf

290 ms

fontawesome-webfont.woff

fontawesome-webfont.woff

76 ms

sdk.js

sdk.js

23 ms

siteanalyze_455358.js

siteanalyze_455358.js

63 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

356 ms

widget_iframe.7dae38096d06923d683a2a807172322a.html

widget_iframe.7dae38096d06923d683a2a807172322a.html

288 ms

sdk.js

sdk.js

420 ms

siteanalyze_455358.js

siteanalyze_455358.js

808 ms

settings

settings

293 ms

collect

collect

146 ms

130 ms

horizon_timeline.a7991bb824d62c8d5038ddd875db8389.js

horizon_timeline.a7991bb824d62c8d5038ddd875db8389.js

29 ms

embeds

embeds

32 ms

DiscoverStroud

DiscoverStroud

639 ms

image.aspx

image.aspx

25 ms

polyfills-57d3feabe8bfd4ee389c.js

polyfills-57d3feabe8bfd4ee389c.js

26 ms

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69 ms

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146 ms

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152 ms

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151 ms

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151 ms

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151 ms

_ssgManifest.js

_ssgManifest.js

145 ms

Accessibility Review

visitthecotswolds.org.uk accessibility score

73

Accessibility Issues

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

Buttons do not have an accessible name

High

Links do not have a discernible name

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

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

visitthecotswolds.org.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

High

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

visitthecotswolds.org.uk SEO score

91

Search Engine Optimization Advices

Crawling and Indexing

To appear in search results, crawlers need access to your app.

Impact

Issue

High

robots.txt is not valid

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 Visitthecotswolds.org.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 Visitthecotswolds.org.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

visitthecotswolds.org.uk

Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of Visit The Cotswolds. 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: