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Report Summary

  • 50

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    68% of other websites

  • 88

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 68% of websites

  • 83

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    55% of websites

  • 85

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    55% of websites

first-base.co.uk

First Base Employment - Recruitment Agency Gloucestershire

Page Load Speed

3.5 sec in total

First Response

212 ms

Resources Loaded

2.2 sec

Page Rendered

1.1 sec

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About Website

Visit first-base.co.uk now to see the best up-to-date First Base content and also check out these interesting facts you probably never knew about first-base.co.uk

First Base Employment provide recruitment & jobs services throughout Gloucestershire & the surrounding areas including Nailsworth, Cheltenham and Stroud.

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Key Findings

We analyzed First-base.co.uk page load time and found that the first response time was 212 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

first-base.co.uk performance score

50

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value2.9 s

52/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value3.0 s

77/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value6.4 s

40/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value1,360 ms

16/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.002

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value12.1 s

16/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

first-base.co.uk

212 ms

first-base.co.uk

437 ms

style.min.css

177 ms

classic-themes.min.css

252 ms

frontend.css

335 ms

Our browser made a total of 80 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 80% of them (64 requests) were addressed to the original First-base.co.uk, 16% (13 requests) were made to Embed.tawk.to and 3% (2 requests) were made to Google.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (669 ms) belongs to the original domain First-base.co.uk.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 146.0 kB (6%)

Content Size

2.5 MB

After Optimization

2.3 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of First-base.co.uk main page is 2.5 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. 60% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 2.0 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-82%

Potential reduce by 98.9 kB

  • Original 121.1 kB
  • After minification 114.9 kB
  • After compression 22.2 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 98.9 kB or 82% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-1%

Potential reduce by 22.8 kB

  • Original 2.0 MB
  • After minification 2.0 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. First Base images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-8%

Potential reduce by 23.9 kB

  • Original 301.8 kB
  • After minification 301.8 kB
  • After compression 277.9 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. This website has mostly compressed JavaScripts.

CSS Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 369 B

  • Original 82.9 kB
  • After minification 82.9 kB
  • After compression 82.6 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. First-base.co.uk has all CSS files already compressed.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 53 (72%)

Requests Now

74

After Optimization

21

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 74 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of First Base. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 34 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 11 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

first-base.co.uk

first-base.co.uk

212 ms

first-base.co.uk

first-base.co.uk

437 ms

style.min.css

style.min.css

177 ms

classic-themes.min.css

classic-themes.min.css

252 ms

frontend.css

frontend.css

335 ms

frontend.css

frontend.css

254 ms

dashicons.min.css

dashicons.min.css

344 ms

frontend.css

frontend.css

258 ms

frontend.css

frontend.css

260 ms

frontend.css

frontend.css

337 ms

style.css

style.css

338 ms

fonts.css

fonts.css

342 ms

main.css

main.css

345 ms

api.js

api.js

31 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

505 ms

jquery-migrate.min.js

jquery-migrate.min.js

424 ms

gtm4wp-form-move-tracker.js

gtm4wp-form-move-tracker.js

346 ms

bundle.js

bundle.js

511 ms

wp-polyfill-inert.min.js

wp-polyfill-inert.min.js

350 ms

regenerator-runtime.min.js

regenerator-runtime.min.js

350 ms

wp-polyfill.min.js

wp-polyfill.min.js

512 ms

dom-ready.min.js

dom-ready.min.js

510 ms

hooks.min.js

hooks.min.js

512 ms

i18n.min.js

i18n.min.js

511 ms

a11y.min.js

a11y.min.js

516 ms

jquery.json.min.js

jquery.json.min.js

516 ms

gravityforms.min.js

gravityforms.min.js

614 ms

api.js

api.js

18 ms

placeholders.jquery.min.js

placeholders.jquery.min.js

522 ms

utils.min.js

utils.min.js

522 ms

vendor-theme.min.js

vendor-theme.min.js

532 ms

scripts-theme.min.js

scripts-theme.min.js

612 ms

lazyload.min.js

lazyload.min.js

611 ms

gtm.js

gtm.js

156 ms

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plus-530dcb1375e92fef33fb.svg

183 ms

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197 ms

VAGRundschriftD.woff

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130 ms

Poppins-Regular.woff

Poppins-Regular.woff

267 ms

Poppins-Medium.woff

Poppins-Medium.woff

254 ms

Poppins-SemiBold.woff

Poppins-SemiBold.woff

267 ms

default

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193 ms

logo-grey.png

logo-grey.png

84 ms

logo-white.png

logo-white.png

98 ms

squares-bg.svg

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96 ms

Untitled-design-28-1.png

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419 ms

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429 ms

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269 ms

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300 ms

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220 ms

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390 ms

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392 ms

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357 ms

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551 ms

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450 ms

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490 ms

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resources-icon-1.svg

497 ms

bg-squares-2.svg

bg-squares-2.svg

502 ms

envelope.svg

envelope.svg

510 ms

chat.svg

chat.svg

536 ms

footer-pin.svg

footer-pin.svg

573 ms

AdobeStock_504058785.jpg

AdobeStock_504058785.jpg

579 ms

phone.svg

phone.svg

586 ms

mail.svg

mail.svg

595 ms

map-pin.svg

map-pin.svg

622 ms

facebook.svg

facebook.svg

635 ms

instagram.svg

instagram.svg

658 ms

twitter.svg

twitter.svg

663 ms

linkedin.svg

linkedin.svg

669 ms

twk-arr-find-polyfill.js

twk-arr-find-polyfill.js

141 ms

twk-object-values-polyfill.js

twk-object-values-polyfill.js

135 ms

twk-event-polyfill.js

twk-event-polyfill.js

142 ms

twk-entries-polyfill.js

twk-entries-polyfill.js

239 ms

twk-iterator-polyfill.js

twk-iterator-polyfill.js

149 ms

twk-promise-polyfill.js

twk-promise-polyfill.js

139 ms

twk-main.js

twk-main.js

149 ms

twk-vendor.js

twk-vendor.js

152 ms

twk-chunk-vendors.js

twk-chunk-vendors.js

159 ms

twk-chunk-common.js

twk-chunk-common.js

159 ms

twk-runtime.js

twk-runtime.js

174 ms

twk-app.js

twk-app.js

174 ms

Accessibility Review

first-base.co.uk accessibility score

88

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.

Navigation

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

Impact

Issue

High

Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order

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

first-base.co.uk best practices score

83

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

Browser errors were logged to the console

High

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

first-base.co.uk SEO score

85

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

High

Tap targets are not sized appropriately

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 First-base.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 First-base.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

first-base.co.uk

Open Graph data is detected on the main page of First Base. This is the best way to make the web page social media friendly. Here is how it looks like on Facebook: