Report Summary

  • 28

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    48% of other websites

  • 86

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 62% of websites

  • 92

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    81% of websites

  • 91

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    71% of websites

initial.co.uk

Initial UK | Washroom Hygiene and Healthcare Waste Services

Page Load Speed

2.1 sec in total

First Response

177 ms

Resources Loaded

1.7 sec

Page Rendered

189 ms

initial.co.uk screenshot

About Website

Welcome to initial.co.uk homepage info - get ready to check Initial best content for United Kingdom right away, or after learning these important things about initial.co.uk

Initial are one of the leading providers of washroom hygiene, vending, floor mat solutions and medical waste management services throughout the UK.

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Key Findings

We analyzed Initial.co.uk page load time and found that the first response time was 177 ms and then it took 1.9 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 35% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

initial.co.uk performance score

28

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.4 s

38/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value6.8 s

7/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value5.8 s

50/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value2,050 ms

7/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.098

90/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value12.0 s

16/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

initial.co.uk

177 ms

www.initial.co.uk

185 ms

min.normalizr_latest.css

82 ms

min.bootstrap_latest.css

242 ms

reset.css

166 ms

Our browser made a total of 104 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 35% of them (36 requests) were addressed to the original Initial.co.uk, 46% (48 requests) were made to Initial.com and 5% (5 requests) were made to Google-analytics.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (620 ms) belongs to the original domain Initial.co.uk.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 796.0 kB (53%)

Content Size

1.5 MB

After Optimization

707.0 kB

In fact, the total size of Initial.co.uk 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. 50% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 545.3 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-83%

Potential reduce by 42.9 kB

  • Original 51.8 kB
  • After minification 40.6 kB
  • After compression 8.9 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. This page needs HTML code to be minified as it can gain 11.2 kB, which is 22% 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 42.9 kB or 83% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-16%

Potential reduce by 88.5 kB

  • Original 545.3 kB
  • After minification 456.8 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, Initial needs image optimization as it can save up to 88.5 kB or 16% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-65%

Potential reduce by 347.5 kB

  • Original 537.4 kB
  • After minification 505.5 kB
  • After compression 189.9 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 347.5 kB or 65% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-86%

Potential reduce by 317.1 kB

  • Original 368.5 kB
  • After minification 317.3 kB
  • After compression 51.4 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. Initial.co.uk needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 317.1 kB or 86% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 74 (75%)

Requests Now

99

After Optimization

25

The browser has sent 99 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Initial. 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 7 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Accessibility Review

initial.co.uk accessibility score

86

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.

Internationalization and localization

These are opportunities to improve the interpretation of your content by users in different locales.

Impact

Issue

High

<html> element does not have a [lang] attribute

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

Form elements do not have associated labels

High

Links do not have a discernible name

Best Practices

initial.co.uk best practices score

92

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Missing source maps for large first-party JavaScript

SEO Factors

initial.co.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

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

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Initial.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 Initial.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

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