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Report Summary

  • 9

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    23% of other websites

  • 68

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 33% of websites

  • 67

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    24% of websites

  • 84

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    52% of websites

waterboilersdirect.com

Water Boilers, Zip Water Heaters and Instant Hot Taps for Boiling Water - Water Boilers Direct

Page Load Speed

4.9 sec in total

First Response

491 ms

Resources Loaded

4.1 sec

Page Rendered

294 ms

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About Website

Click here to check amazing Water Boilers Direct content. Otherwise, check out these important facts you probably never knew about waterboilersdirect.com

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Key Findings

We analyzed Waterboilersdirect.com page load time and found that the first response time was 491 ms and then it took 4.4 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 70% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

waterboilersdirect.com performance score

9

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value4.4 s

16/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value6.8 s

7/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value9.9 s

10/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value1,890 ms

9/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.521

15/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value21.1 s

1/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

www.waterboilersdirect.com

491 ms

calendar.css

159 ms

price.css

260 ms

styles-m.css

428 ms

wallets.css

260 ms

Our browser made a total of 202 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 89% of them (179 requests) were addressed to the original Waterboilersdirect.com, 4% (8 requests) were made to Use.typekit.net and 1% (2 requests) were made to Widget.trustpilot.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (577 ms) belongs to the original domain Waterboilersdirect.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 370.8 kB (24%)

Content Size

1.5 MB

After Optimization

1.2 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Waterboilersdirect.com main page is 1.5 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. 70% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 946.2 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-79%

Potential reduce by 147.3 kB

  • Original 187.0 kB
  • After minification 175.7 kB
  • After compression 39.8 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. 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 147.3 kB or 79% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-23%

Potential reduce by 213.9 kB

  • Original 946.2 kB
  • After minification 732.3 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. Obviously, Water Boilers Direct needs image optimization as it can save up to 213.9 kB or 23% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 1.3 kB

  • Original 275.1 kB
  • After minification 275.1 kB
  • After compression 273.8 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. This website has mostly compressed JavaScripts.

CSS Optimization

-7%

Potential reduce by 8.3 kB

  • Original 114.9 kB
  • After minification 114.9 kB
  • After compression 106.6 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. Waterboilersdirect.com has all CSS files already compressed.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 138 (72%)

Requests Now

193

After Optimization

55

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 193 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Water Boilers Direct. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 133 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 7 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

www.waterboilersdirect.com

www.waterboilersdirect.com

491 ms

calendar.css

calendar.css

159 ms

price.css

price.css

260 ms

styles-m.css

styles-m.css

428 ms

wallets.css

wallets.css

260 ms

tax.css

tax.css

266 ms

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styles-l.css

354 ms

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350 ms

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mixins.js

339 ms

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340 ms

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35 ms

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126 ms

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52 ms

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60 ms

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364 ms

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373 ms

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148 ms

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207 ms

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140 ms

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225 ms

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wcd-leaf-white-small.png

149 ms

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149 ms

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149 ms

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149 ms

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149 ms

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382 ms

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307 ms

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312 ms

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309 ms

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312 ms

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311 ms

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313 ms

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379 ms

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381 ms

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403 ms

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399 ms

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380 ms

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454 ms

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456 ms

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458 ms

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82 ms

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316 ms

15338934.js

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91 ms

radial_blur.png

radial_blur.png

235 ms

wcd-engineers-min.jpg

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238 ms

p.gif

p.gif

24 ms

tracking.js

tracking.js

16 ms

calendar.js

calendar.js

179 ms

template.js

template.js

161 ms

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179 ms

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widget.js

184 ms

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218 ms

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219 ms

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slick.min.js

221 ms

lazyload.js

lazyload.js

211 ms

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jquery.magnific-popup.js

268 ms

exitIntent.js

exitIntent.js

269 ms

main.js

main.js

245 ms

bootstrap.js

bootstrap.js

249 ms

text.js

text.js

248 ms

smart-keyboard-handler.js

smart-keyboard-handler.js

251 ms

mage.js

mage.js

262 ms

ie-class-fixer.js

ie-class-fixer.js

263 ms

collapsible.js

collapsible.js

286 ms

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parallax.min.js

287 ms

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jquery.matchHeight-min.js

288 ms

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jquery.fancybox.pack.js

295 ms

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jquery.fitvids.js

307 ms

datepicker.js

datepicker.js

274 ms

timepicker.js

timepicker.js

330 ms

underscore.js

underscore.js

336 ms

translate.js

translate.js

309 ms

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modal.js

317 ms

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version.js

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wellchild-logo.gif

268 ms

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featured_hot.png

323 ms

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featured_tap.png

327 ms

heatrae.png

heatrae.png

332 ms

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winix-new-min.png

331 ms

3M.png

3M.png

337 ms

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cosmetal.png

347 ms

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403 ms

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407 ms

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zip.png

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412 ms

zip-hydroboil.png

zip-hydroboil.png

496 ms

barclays.png

barclays.png

426 ms

cbre.png

cbre.png

483 ms

clarins.png

clarins.png

486 ms

gloucester_rugby.png

gloucester_rugby.png

489 ms

hobbycraft.png

hobbycraft.png

442 ms

mercedes.png

mercedes.png

453 ms

nationwide.png

nationwide.png

505 ms

sky.png

sky.png

493 ms

knockout.js

knockout.js

520 ms

knockout-es5.js

knockout-es5.js

495 ms

scripts.js

scripts.js

493 ms

js-translation.json

js-translation.json

491 ms

engine.js

engine.js

549 ms

bootstrap.js

bootstrap.js

493 ms

observable_array.js

observable_array.js

501 ms

bound-nodes.js

bound-nodes.js

500 ms

core.js

core.js

501 ms

jquery.storageapi.extended.js

jquery.storageapi.extended.js

489 ms

jquery.fancybox-media.js

jquery.fancybox-media.js

536 ms

keycode.js

keycode.js

487 ms

selectmenu.js

selectmenu.js

494 ms

modal-popup.html

modal-popup.html

489 ms

modal-slide.html

modal-slide.html

495 ms

modal-custom.html

modal-custom.html

502 ms

key-codes.js

key-codes.js

542 ms

z-index.js

z-index.js

487 ms

ecovadis-rating.png

ecovadis-rating.png

493 ms

avetta-member-badge.png

avetta-member-badge.png

490 ms

iso-9-14-footer.png

iso-9-14-footer.png

577 ms

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rent-options-available-v2.jpg

504 ms

ajax-loader.gif

ajax-loader.gif

544 ms

knockout-repeat.js

knockout-repeat.js

241 ms

knockout-fast-foreach.js

knockout-fast-foreach.js

250 ms

observable_source.js

observable_source.js

249 ms

renderer.js

renderer.js

269 ms

console-logger.js

console-logger.js

320 ms

resizable.js

resizable.js

320 ms

i18n.js

i18n.js

328 ms

scope.js

scope.js

329 ms

range.js

range.js

335 ms

mage-init.js

mage-init.js

348 ms

keyboard.js

keyboard.js

399 ms

optgroup.js

optgroup.js

399 ms

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after-render.js

407 ms

autoselect.js

autoselect.js

408 ms

datepicker.js

datepicker.js

413 ms

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outer_click.js

429 ms

fadeVisible.js

fadeVisible.js

478 ms

collapsible.js

collapsible.js

480 ms

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staticChecked.js

487 ms

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simple-checked.js

486 ms

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bind-html.js

490 ms

tooltip.js

tooltip.js

500 ms

color-picker.js

color-picker.js

540 ms

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wrapper.js

489 ms

events.js

events.js

493 ms

data.js

data.js

490 ms

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disable-selection.js

489 ms

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focusable.js

501 ms

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form.js

540 ms

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ie.js

490 ms

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labels.js

495 ms

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jquery-patch.js

489 ms

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plugin.js

490 ms

safe-active-element.js

safe-active-element.js

491 ms

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safe-blur.js

487 ms

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scroll-parent.js

487 ms

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tabbable.js

485 ms

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unique-id.js

489 ms

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jquery.cookie.js

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jquery.storageapi.min.js

491 ms

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menu.js

487 ms

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form-reset-mixin.js

488 ms

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position.js

485 ms

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class.js

489 ms

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loader.js

483 ms

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493 ms

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485 ms

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489 ms

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484 ms

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formatter.js

493 ms

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message-pool.js

487 ms

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486 ms

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485 ms

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main.js

487 ms

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moment.js

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template.js

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arrays.js

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160 ms

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200 ms

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js.cookie.js

170 ms

Accessibility Review

waterboilersdirect.com accessibility score

68

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 input fields do not have accessible names

High

Elements with an ARIA [role] that require children to contain a specific [role] are missing some or all of those required children.

High

[role]s are not contained by their required parent element

High

ARIA IDs are not unique

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

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

waterboilersdirect.com best practices score

67

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

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

High

Page has valid source maps

High

Issues were logged in the Issues panel in Chrome Devtools

SEO Factors

waterboilersdirect.com SEO score

84

Search Engine Optimization Advices

Crawling and Indexing

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

Impact

Issue

High

Links are not crawlable

Content Best Practices

Format your HTML in a way that enables crawlers to better understand your app’s content.

Impact

Issue

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

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 Waterboilersdirect.com 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 Waterboilersdirect.com 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

waterboilersdirect.com

Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of Water Boilers Direct. 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: