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Report Summary

  • 35

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    55% of other websites

  • 82

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 54% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    36% of websites

  • 83

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    46% of websites

directgap.co.uk

GAP Insurance | GAP Insurance Quote Save 75% | Direct Gap

Page Load Speed

4.5 sec in total

First Response

1.5 sec

Resources Loaded

2.8 sec

Page Rendered

239 ms

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About Website

Visit directgap.co.uk now to see the best up-to-date Direct GAP content for United Kingdom and also check out these interesting facts you probably never knew about directgap.co.uk

Direct Gap are the UK's number one Guaranteed Asset Protection (GAP) Insurance specialists. Cover your car and save up to 75% on specialist GAP Insurance.

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Key Findings

We analyzed Directgap.co.uk page load time and found that the first response time was 1.5 sec 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

directgap.co.uk performance score

35

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value6.2 s

3/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value6.8 s

7/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value7.7 s

25/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value630 ms

47/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.014

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value12.1 s

16/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

www.directgap.co.uk

1516 ms

css

57 ms

jquery-ui.css

180 ms

shadowbox.css

249 ms

directgap.css

604 ms

Our browser made a total of 51 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 69% of them (35 requests) were addressed to the original Directgap.co.uk, 20% (10 requests) were made to Fonts.gstatic.com and 4% (2 requests) were made to Ssl.google-analytics.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1.5 sec) belongs to the original domain Directgap.co.uk.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 397.7 kB (58%)

Content Size

682.4 kB

After Optimization

284.7 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Directgap.co.uk main page is 682.4 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. 40% of websites need less resources to load. Javascripts take 359.6 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-74%

Potential reduce by 27.5 kB

  • Original 37.5 kB
  • After minification 34.1 kB
  • After compression 9.9 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. 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 27.5 kB or 74% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-13%

Potential reduce by 23.0 kB

  • Original 175.8 kB
  • After minification 152.8 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, Direct GAP needs image optimization as it can save up to 23.0 kB or 13% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-71%

Potential reduce by 253.9 kB

  • Original 359.6 kB
  • After minification 332.1 kB
  • After compression 105.7 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 253.9 kB or 71% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-85%

Potential reduce by 93.4 kB

  • Original 109.6 kB
  • After minification 85.2 kB
  • After compression 16.3 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. Directgap.co.uk needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 93.4 kB or 85% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 16 (41%)

Requests Now

39

After Optimization

23

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 39 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Direct GAP. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 13 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 5 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

www.directgap.co.uk

www.directgap.co.uk

1516 ms

css

css

57 ms

jquery-ui.css

jquery-ui.css

180 ms

shadowbox.css

shadowbox.css

249 ms

directgap.css

directgap.css

604 ms

modernizr.js

modernizr.js

409 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

72 ms

WebResource.axd

WebResource.axd

475 ms

ScriptResource.axd

ScriptResource.axd

322 ms

ScriptResource.axd

ScriptResource.axd

265 ms

ScriptResource.axd

ScriptResource.axd

404 ms

ScriptResource.axd

ScriptResource.axd

345 ms

ScriptResource.axd

ScriptResource.axd

399 ms

defaultform.css

defaultform.css

439 ms

jquery-ui-1.9.1.custom.min.js

jquery-ui-1.9.1.custom.min.js

603 ms

jquery.cycle.lite.js

jquery.cycle.lite.js

422 ms

shadowbox.js

shadowbox.js

512 ms

common-responsive.js

common-responsive.js

470 ms

53 ms

direct-gap-logo.png

direct-gap-logo.png

135 ms

ImageGen.ashx

ImageGen.ashx

364 ms

footer-fscs-logo.jpg

footer-fscs-logo.jpg

167 ms

footer-fca.png

footer-fca.png

153 ms

FCA.png

FCA.png

150 ms

icon-my-account.png

icon-my-account.png

159 ms

icon-home.png

icon-home.png

214 ms

icon-keys.png

icon-keys.png

206 ms

icon-car.png

icon-car.png

218 ms

icon-book.png

icon-book.png

229 ms

tick.png

tick.png

243 ms

rating-stars.png

rating-stars.png

279 ms

tick-large.png

tick-large.png

289 ms

bullet.png

bullet.png

304 ms

icon-tyre.png

icon-tyre.png

342 ms

icon-scratch.png

icon-scratch.png

336 ms

icon-alloy.png

icon-alloy.png

371 ms

footer-direct-gap-logo.png

footer-direct-gap-logo.png

378 ms

social-sprite.png

social-sprite.png

397 ms

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ga.js

ga.js

97 ms

__utm.gif

__utm.gif

24 ms

Accessibility Review

directgap.co.uk accessibility score

82

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-hidden="true"] elements contain focusable descendents

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

[id] attributes on active, focusable elements are not unique

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

High

Links do not have a discernible name

Best Practices

directgap.co.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

SEO Factors

directgap.co.uk SEO score

83

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 Directgap.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 Directgap.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

directgap.co.uk

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