Report Summary

  • 61

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    76% of other websites

  • 81

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 52% of websites

  • 83

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    56% of websites

  • 79

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    40% of websites

archant.co.uk

A media company with a difference | Newsquest Media Group

Page Load Speed

1.6 sec in total

First Response

264 ms

Resources Loaded

1.2 sec

Page Rendered

131 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Archant.co.uk page load time and found that the first response time was 264 ms and then it took 1.3 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 25% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

archant.co.uk performance score

61

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value2.7 s

59/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value3.3 s

71/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value3.5 s

88/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value800 ms

37/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.041

99/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value10.5 s

23/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

archant.co.uk

264 ms

www.archant.co.uk

292 ms

all.css

266 ms

jquery-ui.css

5 ms

recaptcha_ajax.js

11 ms

Our browser made a total of 18 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 56% of them (10 requests) were addressed to the original Archant.co.uk, 17% (3 requests) were made to Code.jquery.com and 11% (2 requests) were made to Ajax.googleapis.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (475 ms) belongs to the original domain Archant.co.uk.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 324.6 kB (73%)

Content Size

445.6 kB

After Optimization

120.9 kB

In fact, the total size of Archant.co.uk main page is 445.6 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. 25% of websites need less resources to load. Javascripts take 340.8 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-73%

Potential reduce by 12.4 kB

  • Original 17.0 kB
  • After minification 14.3 kB
  • After compression 4.6 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 2.6 kB, which is 15% 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 12.4 kB or 73% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-25%

Potential reduce by 2.7 kB

  • Original 11.1 kB
  • After minification 8.3 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, Archant needs image optimization as it can save up to 2.7 kB or 25% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-73%

Potential reduce by 247.1 kB

  • Original 340.8 kB
  • After minification 308.4 kB
  • After compression 93.7 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 247.1 kB or 73% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-81%

Potential reduce by 62.3 kB

  • Original 76.7 kB
  • After minification 56.0 kB
  • After compression 14.4 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. Archant.co.uk needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 62.3 kB or 81% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 6 (40%)

Requests Now

15

After Optimization

9

The browser has sent 15 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Archant. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 7 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Accessibility Review

archant.co.uk accessibility score

81

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.

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

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

archant.co.uk best practices score

83

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

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

SEO Factors

archant.co.uk SEO score

79

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

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

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 Archant.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 Archant.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 Archant. 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: