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Report Summary

  • 53

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    70% of other websites

  • 92

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 78% of websites

  • 83

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    55% of websites

  • 81

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    43% of websites

watford.org.uk

Watford Hotels, Watford Jobs & Restaurants in Watford

Page Load Speed

3.6 sec in total

First Response

354 ms

Resources Loaded

3.1 sec

Page Rendered

175 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Watford.org.uk page load time and found that the first response time was 354 ms and then it took 3.2 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 60% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

watford.org.uk performance score

53

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value2.1 s

81/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value2.1 s

96/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value3.1 s

93/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value1,120 ms

23/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.841

4/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value8.4 s

39/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

watford.org.uk

354 ms

www.watford.org.uk

442 ms

main.min.css

85 ms

logo-Watford.jpg

189 ms

adsbygoogle.js

121 ms

Our browser made a total of 54 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 30% of them (16 requests) were addressed to the original Watford.org.uk, 19% (10 requests) were made to Pagead2.googlesyndication.com and 15% (8 requests) were made to Cm.g.doubleclick.net. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1.7 sec) relates to the external source Googleads.g.doubleclick.net.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 209.0 kB (33%)

Content Size

637.3 kB

After Optimization

428.3 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Watford.org.uk main page is 637.3 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. 45% of websites need less resources to load. Javascripts take 518.4 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-78%

Potential reduce by 53.3 kB

  • Original 68.5 kB
  • After minification 52.7 kB
  • After compression 15.2 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 15.7 kB, which is 23% 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 53.3 kB or 78% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-6%

Potential reduce by 2.0 kB

  • Original 36.2 kB
  • After minification 34.1 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. Watford images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-30%

Potential reduce by 153.7 kB

  • Original 518.4 kB
  • After minification 518.4 kB
  • After compression 364.7 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 153.7 kB or 30% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 0 B

  • Original 14.2 kB
  • After minification 14.2 kB
  • After compression 14.2 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. Watford.org.uk has all CSS files already compressed.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 29 (63%)

Requests Now

46

After Optimization

17

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 46 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Watford. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 11 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

watford.org.uk

watford.org.uk

354 ms

www.watford.org.uk

www.watford.org.uk

442 ms

main.min.css

main.min.css

85 ms

logo-Watford.jpg

logo-Watford.jpg

189 ms

adsbygoogle.js

adsbygoogle.js

121 ms

ads.js

ads.js

120 ms

b-search.jpg

b-search.jpg

193 ms

tab-top-purple-left.jpg

tab-top-purple-left.jpg

287 ms

tab-top-purple-right.jpg

tab-top-purple-right.jpg

287 ms

profile-no-image-male-tmb.jpg

profile-no-image-male-tmb.jpg

337 ms

0Circle.jpg

0Circle.jpg

337 ms

b-blue-60.gif

b-blue-60.gif

405 ms

round-box-green.jpg

round-box-green.jpg

402 ms

3StarSmall.jpg

3StarSmall.jpg

404 ms

business-no-image.jpg

business-no-image.jpg

403 ms

5StarSmall.jpg

5StarSmall.jpg

417 ms

1StarSmall.jpg

1StarSmall.jpg

416 ms

i-job.jpg

i-job.jpg

484 ms

show_ads_impl.js

show_ads_impl.js

59 ms

zrt_lookup.html

zrt_lookup.html

57 ms

ads

ads

1695 ms

ads

ads

662 ms

ads

ads

129 ms

ca-pub-3530520775673424

ca-pub-3530520775673424

70 ms

gen_204

gen_204

42 ms

pixel

pixel

41 ms

14131257872596888195

14131257872596888195

81 ms

abg_lite.js

abg_lite.js

38 ms

omrhp.js

omrhp.js

37 ms

Q12zgMmT.js

Q12zgMmT.js

77 ms

window_focus.js

window_focus.js

87 ms

qs_click_protection.js

qs_click_protection.js

91 ms

ufs_web_display.js

ufs_web_display.js

50 ms

icon.png

icon.png

24 ms

pixel

pixel

199 ms

pixel

pixel

184 ms

62bHydCX.html

62bHydCX.html

122 ms

rum

rum

36 ms

AcRdlIGS79LukGtzzMVNJz18Br2HfaVpadgl0jE5oOQ.js

AcRdlIGS79LukGtzzMVNJz18Br2HfaVpadgl0jE5oOQ.js

6 ms

pixel

pixel

20 ms

pixel

pixel

27 ms

rum

rum

30 ms

bounce

bounce

10 ms

activeview

activeview

31 ms

gen_204

gen_204

111 ms

pixel

pixel

112 ms

activeview

activeview

26 ms

pixel

pixel

33 ms

pixel

pixel

47 ms

pixel

pixel

33 ms

rum

rum

40 ms

pixel

pixel

26 ms

setuid

setuid

15 ms

rum

rum

18 ms

Accessibility Review

watford.org.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.

Navigation

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

Impact

Issue

High

Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order

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

watford.org.uk best practices score

83

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

High

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

watford.org.uk SEO score

81

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

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

    ISO-8859-1

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Watford.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 Watford.org.uk main page’s claimed encoding is iso-8859-1. Changing it to UTF-8 can be a good choice, as this format is commonly used for encoding all over the web and thus their visitors won’t have any troubles with symbol transcription or reading.

Social Sharing Optimization

watford.org.uk

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