Report Summary

  • 61

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    76% of other websites

  • 54

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 23% of websites

  • 67

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    24% of websites

  • 86

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    60% of websites

torchdirect.co.uk

Torch Direct: Buy High-Quality LED Torches and Lighting – Torch Direct Limited

Page Load Speed

3 sec in total

First Response

552 ms

Resources Loaded

2.2 sec

Page Rendered

291 ms

torchdirect.co.uk screenshot

About Website

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

Torch Direct is the UK's leading online retailer of LED torches. We offer a wide range of products from Maglite, Ledlenser , Coast, Nitecore, Fenix and Olight

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Key Findings

We analyzed Torchdirect.co.uk page load time and found that the first response time was 552 ms and then it took 2.5 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 45% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

torchdirect.co.uk performance score

61

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.5 s

34/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value7.8 s

3/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value4.7 s

68/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value130 ms

96/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.002

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value5.9 s

66/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

www.torchdirect.co.uk

552 ms

3e6fd1cd0aaf05d593f04f6067ff1400.torch-direct-limited[default].css.php

89 ms

jquery-1.7.2.min.js.php

238 ms

jquery-ui-1.8.24.custom.min.js.php

321 ms

2f0358568dad98bf2203b5b48c7f9c4f.torch-direct-limited[default].functions.js.php

250 ms

Our browser made a total of 87 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 79% of them (69 requests) were addressed to the original Torchdirect.co.uk, 5% (4 requests) were made to Platform.twitter.com and 2% (2 requests) were made to Seal.thawte.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (556 ms) belongs to the original domain Torchdirect.co.uk.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 554.4 kB (65%)

Content Size

858.9 kB

After Optimization

304.5 kB

In fact, the total size of Torchdirect.co.uk main page is 858.9 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. 55% of websites need less resources to load. Javascripts take 551.2 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-87%

Potential reduce by 84.7 kB

  • Original 97.8 kB
  • After minification 97.7 kB
  • After compression 13.1 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 84.7 kB or 87% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-26%

Potential reduce by 39.9 kB

  • Original 153.6 kB
  • After minification 113.7 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, Torch Direct needs image optimization as it can save up to 39.9 kB or 26% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-69%

Potential reduce by 381.3 kB

  • Original 551.2 kB
  • After minification 539.7 kB
  • After compression 169.9 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 381.3 kB or 69% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-86%

Potential reduce by 48.5 kB

  • Original 56.3 kB
  • After minification 45.9 kB
  • After compression 7.9 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. Torchdirect.co.uk needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 48.5 kB or 86% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 26 (31%)

Requests Now

85

After Optimization

59

The browser has sent 85 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Torch 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 11 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Accessibility Review

torchdirect.co.uk accessibility score

54

Accessibility Issues

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

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

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.

Best Practices

torchdirect.co.uk best practices score

67

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

torchdirect.co.uk SEO score

86

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

Language and Encoding

  • Language Detected

    EN

  • Language Claimed

    N/A

  • Encoding

    ISO-8859-1

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Torchdirect.co.uk can be misinterpreted by Google and other search engines. Our service has detected that English is used on the page, and neither this language nor any other was claimed in <html> or <meta> tags. Our system also found out that Torchdirect.co.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

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