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Report Summary

  • 43

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    62% of other websites

  • 49

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 20% of websites

  • 50

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    18% of websites

  • 42

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    18% of websites

btx.co.uk

BTX BOAT TRANSPORT / YACHT DELIVERY NEWS

Page Load Speed

7.1 sec in total

First Response

667 ms

Resources Loaded

3.3 sec

Page Rendered

3.1 sec

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About Website

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BTX The Boat Exchange is a marine information exchange for yachtsmen, boat owners, yacht transporters and all mariners, where sailors read weather reports, check sea conditions in North West Europe, u...

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Key Findings

We analyzed Btx.co.uk page load time and found that the first response time was 667 ms and then it took 6.4 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 80% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

btx.co.uk performance score

43

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value1.9 s

86/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value2.7 s

86/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value10.9 s

6/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value25,690 ms

0/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.136

80/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value33.6 s

0/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

btx.co.uk

667 ms

untitled.css

165 ms

btxheadernew.jpg

811 ms

btxbitt.jpg

333 ms

quote.gif

171 ms

Our browser made a total of 96 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 90% of them (86 requests) were addressed to the original Btx.co.uk, 4% (4 requests) were made to Youtube.com and 2% (2 requests) were made to Fonts.gstatic.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1.9 sec) belongs to the original domain Btx.co.uk.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 423.8 kB (4%)

Content Size

9.8 MB

After Optimization

9.4 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Btx.co.uk main page is 9.8 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. 85% of websites need less resources to load and that’s why Accessify’s recommendations for optimization and resource minification can be helpful for this project. Images take 9.4 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-66%

Potential reduce by 43.3 kB

  • Original 65.7 kB
  • After minification 64.9 kB
  • After compression 22.3 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. 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 43.3 kB or 66% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-1%

Potential reduce by 100.4 kB

  • Original 9.4 MB
  • After minification 9.3 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. BTX images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-63%

Potential reduce by 65.9 kB

  • Original 104.4 kB
  • After minification 104.3 kB
  • After compression 38.5 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 65.9 kB or 63% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-83%

Potential reduce by 214.2 kB

  • Original 259.4 kB
  • After minification 259.2 kB
  • After compression 45.2 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. Btx.co.uk needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 214.2 kB or 83% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 3 (3%)

Requests Now

93

After Optimization

90

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 93 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of BTX. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 4 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

btx.co.uk

btx.co.uk

667 ms

untitled.css

untitled.css

165 ms

btxheadernew.jpg

btxheadernew.jpg

811 ms

btxbitt.jpg

btxbitt.jpg

333 ms

quote.gif

quote.gif

171 ms

mysbrom.jpg

mysbrom.jpg

621 ms

myshoist.jpg

myshoist.jpg

619 ms

mysttight.jpg

mysttight.jpg

771 ms

mysoffice.jpg

mysoffice.jpg

721 ms

myslung.jpg

myslung.jpg

772 ms

mysgap.jpg

mysgap.jpg

877 ms

mysdeld.jpg

mysdeld.jpg

863 ms

cearban.orcaweb.jpg

cearban.orcaweb.jpg

964 ms

cearban.auroraweb.jpg

cearban.auroraweb.jpg

1122 ms

protbeattock.jpg

protbeattock.jpg

1162 ms

prototake.jpg

prototake.jpg

1217 ms

teasbox.jpg

teasbox.jpg

1106 ms

teas.seaforth.jpg

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1145 ms

ericdeturckheim.jpg

ericdeturckheim.jpg

1299 ms

teascradle.jpg

teascradle.jpg

1435 ms

teasfork.jpg

teasfork.jpg

1378 ms

teashla.jpg

teashla.jpg

1490 ms

teasirl.jpg

teasirl.jpg

1542 ms

enchantwet.jpg

enchantwet.jpg

1298 ms

enchantped.jpg

enchantped.jpg

1538 ms

enchantzee.jpg

enchantzee.jpg

1539 ms

enchantdry.jpg

enchantdry.jpg

1548 ms

newfairline.jpg

newfairline.jpg

1674 ms

fairlineworks.jpg

fairlineworks.jpg

1574 ms

curriefairline.jpg

curriefairline.jpg

1622 ms

fairlinesquadrons.jpg

fairlinesquadrons.jpg

1623 ms

shearmystebridge.jpg

shearmystebridge.jpg

1550 ms

shearwide.jpg

shearwide.jpg

1642 ms

shearpair.jpg

shearpair.jpg

1669 ms

sheartight.jpg

sheartight.jpg

1722 ms

shearmysteconder1.jpg

shearmysteconder1.jpg

1758 ms

conderwide3.jpg

conderwide3.jpg

1856 ms

shearmark.jpg

shearmark.jpg

1772 ms

trestatow.jpg

trestatow.jpg

1556 ms

CsJ2yCw87P4

CsJ2yCw87P4

99 ms

trestaquay.jpg

trestaquay.jpg

1667 ms

www-player-vflMqr8uC.css

www-player-vflMqr8uC.css

4 ms

www-embed-player.js

www-embed-player.js

20 ms

base.js

base.js

32 ms

id

id

89 ms

8K3Zg6NpZGSge3qWJUIO0OW0x1SCW4IXoAiImY1mvc4.js

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95 ms

ad_status.js

ad_status.js

94 ms

zN7GBFwfMP4uA6AR0HCoLQ.ttf

zN7GBFwfMP4uA6AR0HCoLQ.ttf

63 ms

RxZJdnzeo3R5zSexge8UUaCWcynf_cDxXwCLxiixG1c.ttf

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65 ms

logo_ringo-vflOpz8ZI.png

logo_ringo-vflOpz8ZI.png

60 ms

mylne1896.jpg

mylne1896.jpg

1348 ms

trestaslung.jpg

trestaslung.jpg

1353 ms

trestalifeboat.jpg

trestalifeboat.jpg

1276 ms

protyorksweb.jpg

protyorksweb.jpg

1415 ms

proteuslongweb.jpg

proteuslongweb.jpg

1281 ms

proteusM180web.jpg

proteusM180web.jpg

1336 ms

proteustroon.jpg

proteustroon.jpg

1215 ms

proteuswetweb.jpg

proteuswetweb.jpg

1295 ms

protscotland.jpg

protscotland.jpg

1300 ms

osirislogo.png

osirislogo.png

956 ms

sowerby1A.jpg

sowerby1A.jpg

1125 ms

sowerby2A.jpg

sowerby2A.jpg

1262 ms

manhattan63tr.jpg

manhattan63tr.jpg

1078 ms

sunman63.jpg

sunman63.jpg

965 ms

lemclose.jpg

lemclose.jpg

890 ms

lemwar.jpg

lemwar.jpg

968 ms

lemprof.jpg

lemprof.jpg

889 ms

lem2.jpg

lem2.jpg

836 ms

j111tr.jpg

j111tr.jpg

836 ms

j111aft.jpg

j111aft.jpg

788 ms

baltlift.jpg

baltlift.jpg

899 ms

baltroll.jpg

baltroll.jpg

890 ms

albturn.jpg

albturn.jpg

962 ms

albroad.jpg

albroad.jpg

923 ms

gateforthdoor.jpg

gateforthdoor.jpg

778 ms

volvogroupama.jpg

volvogroupama.jpg

819 ms

volvodark.jpg

volvodark.jpg

869 ms

footsie2.jpg

footsie2.jpg

889 ms

footsie1.jpg

footsie1.jpg

891 ms

nitchclose.jpg

nitchclose.jpg

918 ms

nitchhiroad.jpg

nitchhiroad.jpg

783 ms

greytrlpl.jpg

greytrlpl.jpg

865 ms

greytrfal.jpg

greytrfal.jpg

812 ms

ker40hull.jpg

ker40hull.jpg

892 ms

ker40.side.jpg

ker40.side.jpg

866 ms

ker40banner.jpg

ker40banner.jpg

805 ms

belugatug.jpg

belugatug.jpg

892 ms

beluganom.jpg

beluganom.jpg

918 ms

rms.jpg

rms.jpg

811 ms

elisewide.jpg

elisewide.jpg

811 ms

elisecoule.jpg

elisecoule.jpg

834 ms

golrev.jpg

golrev.jpg

774 ms

yankee.weetamoe.jpg

yankee.weetamoe.jpg

775 ms

undina.hi.jpg

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778 ms

undinalift1.jpg

undinalift1.jpg

787 ms

undina.unit.jpg

undina.unit.jpg

736 ms

Accessibility Review

btx.co.uk accessibility score

49

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

<frame> or <iframe> elements do not have a title

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

High

Links do not have a discernible name

High

<object> elements do not have alternate text

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

Best Practices

btx.co.uk best practices score

50

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

User Experience

Impact

Issue

High

Displays images with incorrect aspect ratio

High

Serves images with low resolution

General

Impact

Issue

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

High

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

btx.co.uk SEO score

42

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

High

Document uses plugins

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 Btx.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 Btx.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

btx.co.uk

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