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Report Summary

  • 21

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    39% of other websites

  • 85

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 60% of websites

  • 92

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    81% of websites

  • 93

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    84% of websites

screwfixdirect.co.uk

Screwfix | The UK's Leading Retailer of Trade Tools & Hardware | Screwfix

Page Load Speed

6.6 sec in total

First Response

1.1 sec

Resources Loaded

3.4 sec

Page Rendered

2.2 sec

screwfixdirect.co.uk screenshot

About Website

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Key Findings

We analyzed Screwfixdirect.co.uk page load time and found that the first response time was 1.1 sec and then it took 5.5 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 75% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

screwfixdirect.co.uk performance score

21

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.5 s

33/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value6.7 s

8/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value8.7 s

16/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value2,080 ms

7/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.173

69/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value12.3 s

15/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

www.screwfix.com

1094 ms

homepage-master.css

31 ms

homepage-banners-147B.css

33 ms

homepage-banners-148A.css

34 ms

ruxitagentjs_A27Vfhjqrux_10247220811100421.js

211 ms

Our browser made a total of 55 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 0% of them (0 request) were addressed to the original Screwfixdirect.co.uk, 7% (4 requests) were made to Screwfix.com and 7% (4 requests) were made to Media.screwfix.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1.1 sec) relates to the external source Screwfix.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 283.8 kB (13%)

Content Size

2.2 MB

After Optimization

1.9 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Screwfixdirect.co.uk main page is 2.2 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. 70% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 1.7 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-74%

Potential reduce by 156.1 kB

  • Original 210.1 kB
  • After minification 200.1 kB
  • After compression 54.0 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 156.1 kB or 74% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-2%

Potential reduce by 31.8 kB

  • Original 1.7 MB
  • After minification 1.6 MB

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. Screwfix Direct images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-43%

Potential reduce by 95.2 kB

  • Original 221.5 kB
  • After minification 221.4 kB
  • After compression 126.4 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 95.2 kB or 43% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-1%

Potential reduce by 802 B

  • Original 78.8 kB
  • After minification 78.8 kB
  • After compression 78.0 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. Screwfixdirect.co.uk has all CSS files already compressed.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 15 (31%)

Requests Now

49

After Optimization

34

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 49 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Screwfix 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 10 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.screwfix.com

www.screwfix.com

1094 ms

homepage-master.css

homepage-master.css

31 ms

homepage-banners-147B.css

homepage-banners-147B.css

33 ms

homepage-banners-148A.css

homepage-banners-148A.css

34 ms

ruxitagentjs_A27Vfhjqrux_10247220811100421.js

ruxitagentjs_A27Vfhjqrux_10247220811100421.js

211 ms

sfx.min.css

sfx.min.css

28 ms

business.min.css

business.min.css

9 ms

ore-lister.css

ore-lister.css

7 ms

emergency.css

emergency.css

61 ms

yo-app-sequencer.js

yo-app-sequencer.js

140 ms

notice

notice

149 ms

truste.js

truste.js

15 ms

lib.min.js

lib.min.js

21 ms

browse.js

browse.js

61 ms

screwfix-logo.svg

screwfix-logo.svg

14 ms

assort_autumn1_UV_priceslocked

assort_autumn1_UV_priceslocked

194 ms

trade-account.png

trade-account.png

85 ms

assort_autumn1_UV_bulksave

assort_autumn1_UV_bulksave

293 ms

assort_turbo-tx

assort_turbo-tx

294 ms

assort_new_lickpaint

assort_new_lickpaint

354 ms

tls_head_text_lg_1.png

tls_head_text_lg_1.png

10 ms

tls_chrome.jpg

tls_chrome.jpg

11 ms

tls_ie.jpg

tls_ie.jpg

13 ms

tls_firefox.jpg

tls_firefox.jpg

14 ms

tls_safari.jpg

tls_safari.jpg

83 ms

tls_android.jpg

tls_android.jpg

15 ms

tls_foot_text_lg.png

tls_foot_text_lg.png

28 ms

assort_autumn_tidy_up.png

assort_autumn_tidy_up.png

26 ms

assort_145b_clearance.png

assort_145b_clearance.png

62 ms

assort_new_milwaukee_hand_tools.png

assort_new_milwaukee_hand_tools.png

16 ms

assort_new_milwaukee_toolstorage.png

assort_new_milwaukee_toolstorage.png

15 ms

brand_glass_pane.png

brand_glass_pane.png

27 ms

a-to-z_sprite_brandscroller-sfx-uk-July-22.png

a-to-z_sprite_brandscroller-sfx-uk-July-22.png

69 ms

electricfix.png

electricfix.png

62 ms

plumbfix.png

plumbfix.png

64 ms

business-services.png

business-services.png

63 ms

connect-with-us.svg

connect-with-us.svg

67 ms

some-icons.svg

some-icons.svg

64 ms

utag.js

utag.js

78 ms

font-awesome-custom.woff

font-awesome-custom.woff

13 ms

archivonarrow-bold-webfont.woff

archivonarrow-bold-webfont.woff

14 ms

148a_autumn2_lp_hero_one_bg.jpg

148a_autumn2_lp_hero_one_bg.jpg

82 ms

148a_autumn2_lp_hero_two_bg.jpg

148a_autumn2_lp_hero_two_bg.jpg

50 ms

148a_flomasta_justimage_HW_hp_bg.jpg

148a_flomasta_justimage_HW_hp_bg.jpg

150 ms

home_service_sprite_.png

home_service_sprite_.png

148 ms

pp-acceptance-small.png

pp-acceptance-small.png

177 ms

flag-sprite.svg

flag-sprite.svg

109 ms

flag-sprite.svg

flag-sprite.svg

114 ms

sprite-cards.png

sprite-cards.png

119 ms

screwfix_bold-webfont_v1.woff

screwfix_bold-webfont_v1.woff

116 ms

screwfix_regular-webfont_v1.woff

screwfix_regular-webfont_v1.woff

115 ms

screwfix_heavy-webfont_v1.woff

screwfix_heavy-webfont_v1.woff

110 ms

xo.all-1.min.js

xo.all-1.min.js

205 ms

utag.93.js

utag.93.js

32 ms

utag.v.js

utag.v.js

45 ms

Accessibility Review

screwfixdirect.co.uk accessibility score

85

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-*] attributes are not valid or misspelled

Best practices

These items highlight common accessibility best practices.

Impact

Issue

High

[user-scalable="no"] is used in the <meta name="viewport"> element or the [maximum-scale] attribute is less than 5.

Navigation

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

Impact

Issue

High

Some elements have a [tabindex] value greater than 0

Best Practices

screwfixdirect.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

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

screwfixdirect.co.uk SEO score

93

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

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 Screwfixdirect.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 Screwfixdirect.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

screwfixdirect.co.uk

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