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Report Summary

  • 30

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    50% of other websites

  • 90

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 74% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    35% of websites

  • 91

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    70% of websites

bghome.ie

B&G are Irelands top supplier of quality home products.

Page Load Speed

3.6 sec in total

First Response

328 ms

Resources Loaded

2.5 sec

Page Rendered

833 ms

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About Website

Click here to check amazing Bg Home content. Otherwise, check out these important facts you probably never knew about bghome.ie

B&G supply a wide range of key home products including Internal Doors, Bathroom Accessories, Radiator Covers, Tile Panels, Shelving and Timber Products.

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Key Findings

We analyzed Bghome.ie page load time and found that the first response time was 328 ms and then it took 3.3 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 60% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

bghome.ie performance score

30

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value15.9 s

0/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value29.3 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value18.3 s

0/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value590 ms

50/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.019

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value23.8 s

1/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

bghome.ie

328 ms

www.bghome.ie

426 ms

gtm.js

74 ms

store

143 ms

theme.css

214 ms

Our browser made a total of 72 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 53% of them (38 requests) were addressed to the original Bghome.ie, 10% (7 requests) were made to Youtube.com and 10% (7 requests) were made to Use.typekit.net. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (741 ms) belongs to the original domain Bghome.ie.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 651.7 kB (13%)

Content Size

4.9 MB

After Optimization

4.3 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Bghome.ie main page is 4.9 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. Only a small number of websites need less resources to load. Images take 3.6 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-80%

Potential reduce by 49.9 kB

  • Original 62.2 kB
  • After minification 49.6 kB
  • After compression 12.3 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 12.6 kB, which is 20% 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 49.9 kB or 80% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-1%

Potential reduce by 21.8 kB

  • Original 3.6 MB
  • After minification 3.6 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. Bg Home images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-50%

Potential reduce by 576.3 kB

  • Original 1.2 MB
  • After minification 1.2 MB
  • After compression 582.8 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 576.3 kB or 50% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-5%

Potential reduce by 3.8 kB

  • Original 79.4 kB
  • After minification 79.4 kB
  • After compression 75.6 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. Bghome.ie has all CSS files already compressed.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 36 (61%)

Requests Now

59

After Optimization

23

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 59 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Bg Home. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 20 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 7 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

bghome.ie

bghome.ie

328 ms

www.bghome.ie

www.bghome.ie

426 ms

gtm.js

gtm.js

74 ms

store

store

143 ms

theme.css

theme.css

214 ms

custom-styles.css

custom-styles.css

280 ms

jquery.js

jquery.js

35 ms

cryptico.js

cryptico.js

44 ms

klaviyo.js

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31 ms

libs

libs

741 ms

shop

shop

739 ms

api.js

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46 ms

customScripts.js

customScripts.js

739 ms

who.js

who.js

563 ms

l.js

l.js

165 ms

hotjar-2944414.js

hotjar-2944414.js

162 ms

YouTube.svg

YouTube.svg

145 ms

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Facebook.svg

146 ms

Linkedin.svg

Linkedin.svg

143 ms

Instagram.svg

Instagram.svg

145 ms

login-red.png

login-red.png

144 ms

arrow-down-grey.png

arrow-down-grey.png

145 ms

b&g_logo_website.png

b&g_logo_website.png

241 ms

search.png

search.png

239 ms

btn-bg-right-bottom.png

btn-bg-right-bottom.png

239 ms

btn-arrow-right.png

btn-arrow-right.png

242 ms

usp-separator-dark.png

usp-separator-dark.png

239 ms

Portland%20Clear%20Hero.jpg

Portland%20Clear%20Hero.jpg

662 ms

Fibrotech%20BASIC%20ACOUSTIC%20PANEL%20SMOKED%20OAK-min-crop.jpg

Fibrotech%20BASIC%20ACOUSTIC%20PANEL%20SMOKED%20OAK-min-crop.jpg

660 ms

Acoustic%20Visualiser%20In%20Use.jpg

Acoustic%20Visualiser%20In%20Use.jpg

336 ms

Haceka%20Gold%20Bathroom%20Accessories.jpg

Haceka%20Gold%20Bathroom%20Accessories.jpg

635 ms

Marmor%20Hell.jpg

Marmor%20Hell.jpg

634 ms

Radiator%20Covers%20Home%20Tile.png

Radiator%20Covers%20Home%20Tile.png

661 ms

DUMAWALL%20COMPOSITE%20TILES%20BIANCA%20MARBLE.jpg

DUMAWALL%20COMPOSITE%20TILES%20BIANCA%20MARBLE.jpg

543 ms

timber-img-1-2.jpg

timber-img-1-2.jpg

635 ms

Designer%20Floating%20Shelves.png

Designer%20Floating%20Shelves.png

719 ms

how_to_videos.png

how_to_videos.png

636 ms

WallPanelSmokedOakAfter.jpg

WallPanelSmokedOakAfter.jpg

660 ms

progress-indicator.gif

progress-indicator.gif

659 ms

PathwayGothicOne.woff

PathwayGothicOne.woff

697 ms

daq8mzb.css

daq8mzb.css

176 ms

recaptcha__en_gb.js

recaptcha__en_gb.js

56 ms

iframe_api

iframe_api

103 ms

OpenSans-Regular.woff

OpenSans-Regular.woff

574 ms

OpenSans-Bold.woff

OpenSans-Bold.woff

574 ms

client.js

client.js

15 ms

client_default.css

client_default.css

80 ms

www-widgetapi.js

www-widgetapi.js

7 ms

p.css

p.css

34 ms

ci4gVyOxKec

ci4gVyOxKec

81 ms

d

d

13 ms

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27 ms

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17 ms

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27 ms

d

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30 ms

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314 ms

www-player.css

www-player.css

17 ms

www-embed-player.js

www-embed-player.js

36 ms

base.js

base.js

59 ms

ad_status.js

ad_status.js

148 ms

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96 ms

embed.js

embed.js

54 ms

who.ashx

who.ashx

281 ms

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KFOmCnqEu92Fr1Mu4mxP.ttf

52 ms

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53 ms

id

id

31 ms

Create

Create

111 ms

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71 ms

B%26G-online-account-50.png

B%26G-online-account-50.png

70 ms

B%26G-account-easy-50.png

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70 ms

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B%26G-247-access-50.png

76 ms

GenerateIT

GenerateIT

14 ms

Accessibility Review

bghome.ie accessibility score

90

Accessibility Issues

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

Buttons do not have an accessible name

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.

Best Practices

bghome.ie 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

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

High

Missing source maps for large first-party JavaScript

SEO Factors

bghome.ie SEO score

91

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

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

    N/A

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

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

bghome.ie

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