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Report Summary

  • 64

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    77% of other websites

  • 92

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 78% of websites

  • 67

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    24% of websites

  • 62

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    23% of websites

vtl.co.uk

IT Training Courses & Software Development in Nottingham and Manchester | VTL UK

Page Load Speed

10.9 sec in total

First Response

261 ms

Resources Loaded

10.4 sec

Page Rendered

251 ms

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About Website

Visit vtl.co.uk now to see the best up-to-date VTL content and also check out these interesting facts you probably never knew about vtl.co.uk

VTL are a leading provider of IT training and software development in the North West and East Midlands. Call today on 01270 765500.

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Key Findings

We analyzed Vtl.co.uk page load time and found that the first response time was 261 ms and then it took 10.6 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 90% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

vtl.co.uk performance score

64

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.1 s

47/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value3.2 s

73/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value14.0 s

1/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value480 ms

60/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.017

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value5.1 s

75/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

vtl.co.uk

261 ms

vtl.co.uk

5306 ms

reset.css

234 ms

grid.css

332 ms

style.css

369 ms

Our browser made a total of 74 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 92% of them (68 requests) were addressed to the original Vtl.co.uk, 3% (2 requests) were made to Cdnjs.cloudflare.com and 3% (2 requests) were made to Stats.g.doubleclick.net. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (5.3 sec) belongs to the original domain Vtl.co.uk.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 204.6 kB (18%)

Content Size

1.2 MB

After Optimization

957.4 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Vtl.co.uk main page is 1.2 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. 35% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 951.5 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-80%

Potential reduce by 29.8 kB

  • Original 37.4 kB
  • After minification 34.6 kB
  • After compression 7.6 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 29.8 kB or 80% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-14%

Potential reduce by 129.9 kB

  • Original 951.5 kB
  • After minification 821.6 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. Obviously, VTL needs image optimization as it can save up to 129.9 kB or 14% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-25%

Potential reduce by 39.3 kB

  • Original 155.3 kB
  • After minification 150.0 kB
  • After compression 116.0 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 39.3 kB or 25% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-32%

Potential reduce by 5.6 kB

  • Original 17.7 kB
  • After minification 17.4 kB
  • After compression 12.1 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. Vtl.co.uk needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 5.6 kB or 32% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 48 (70%)

Requests Now

69

After Optimization

21

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 69 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of VTL. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 32 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 5 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

vtl.co.uk

vtl.co.uk

261 ms

vtl.co.uk

vtl.co.uk

5306 ms

reset.css

reset.css

234 ms

grid.css

grid.css

332 ms

style.css

style.css

369 ms

prettyPhoto.css

prettyPhoto.css

368 ms

jquery-1.3.2.min.js

jquery-1.3.2.min.js

543 ms

script.js

script.js

2667 ms

cufon-yui.js

cufon-yui.js

438 ms

Myriad_Pro_400.font.js

Myriad_Pro_400.font.js

433 ms

Myriad_Pro_600.font.js

Myriad_Pro_600.font.js

466 ms

Myriad_Pro_700.font.js

Myriad_Pro_700.font.js

472 ms

Myriad_Pro_Cond_400.font.js

Myriad_Pro_Cond_400.font.js

551 ms

Myriad_Pro_Cond_700.font.js

Myriad_Pro_Cond_700.font.js

563 ms

cufon-replace.js

cufon-replace.js

562 ms

flashobject.js

flashobject.js

570 ms

jquery.faded.js

jquery.faded.js

641 ms

imagepreloader.js

imagepreloader.js

645 ms

cookieconsent.min.css

cookieconsent.min.css

21 ms

cookieconsent.min.js

cookieconsent.min.js

31 ms

coin-slider.js

coin-slider.js

115 ms

floatdialog.js

floatdialog.js

115 ms

hoverIntent.js

hoverIntent.js

115 ms

superfish.js

superfish.js

2031 ms

atooltip.jquery.js

atooltip.jquery.js

115 ms

runonload.js

runonload.js

2204 ms

contact-form.js

contact-form.js

206 ms

scrollTop.js

scrollTop.js

199 ms

tabs.js

tabs.js

207 ms

hover-image.js

hover-image.js

215 ms

jquery.prettyPhoto.js

jquery.prettyPhoto.js

308 ms

jquery.galleriffic.js

jquery.galleriffic.js

305 ms

jquery.opacityrollover.js

jquery.opacityrollover.js

300 ms

jquery.twitter.search.js

jquery.twitter.search.js

327 ms

jquery.cycle.all.latest.js

jquery.cycle.all.latest.js

400 ms

kwicks-1.5.1.pack.js

kwicks-1.5.1.pack.js

395 ms

dc.js

dc.js

98 ms

headerBanner01Act.jpg

headerBanner01Act.jpg

411 ms

headerBanner02Act.jpg

headerBanner02Act.jpg

416 ms

headerBanner03Act.jpg

headerBanner03Act.jpg

470 ms

menu-active.gif

menu-active.gif

472 ms

menu-last-active.gif

menu-last-active.gif

497 ms

menu-first-active.gif

menu-first-active.gif

521 ms

footer.gif

footer.gif

560 ms

slide1.jpg

slide1.jpg

647 ms

slide2.jpg

slide2.jpg

857 ms

slide4.jpg

slide4.jpg

737 ms

slide3.jpg

slide3.jpg

1208 ms

slide5.jpg

slide5.jpg

845 ms

vtllogo1.png

vtllogo1.png

860 ms

Page1-title1.gif

Page1-title1.gif

942 ms

page1-img1.jpg

page1-img1.jpg

946 ms

page1-img2.jpg

page1-img2.jpg

972 ms

facebook.png

facebook.png

1045 ms

twitter.png

twitter.png

1040 ms

LinkedIn.png

LinkedIn.png

1083 ms

all.js

all.js

92 ms

close.gif

close.gif

1131 ms

texture.gif

texture.gif

1047 ms

header-top.gif

header-top.gif

1103 ms

menu-tail.gif

menu-tail.gif

1135 ms

__utm.gif

__utm.gif

26 ms

all.js

all.js

4 ms

menu-last.gif

menu-last.gif

1126 ms

pics-x.gif

pics-x.gif

1131 ms

box-1-tail.gif

box-1-tail.gif

1116 ms

button-tail.gif

button-tail.gif

1138 ms

pic-1.gif

pic-1.gif

1132 ms

list_1-marker.gif

list_1-marker.gif

1114 ms

marker-2.gif

marker-2.gif

1141 ms

site_map.png

site_map.png

1238 ms

panel-arrow.gif

panel-arrow.gif

1113 ms

panel-arrow2.gif

panel-arrow2.gif

1110 ms

panel-arrow1.gif

panel-arrow1.gif

1132 ms

Accessibility Review

vtl.co.uk accessibility score

92

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

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

vtl.co.uk best practices score

67

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

Browser errors were logged to the console

SEO Factors

vtl.co.uk SEO score

62

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

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 Vtl.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 Vtl.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

vtl.co.uk

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