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Report Summary

  • 19

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    36% of other websites

  • 88

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 68% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    35% of websites

  • 83

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    46% of websites

ghedirect.co.uk

The Greenhouse Effect | GHEDirect - Horticultural, Hydroponics & Ventilation Supplies UK

Page Load Speed

6.8 sec in total

First Response

2.3 sec

Resources Loaded

4.1 sec

Page Rendered

339 ms

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About Website

Click here to check amazing GHEDirect content. Otherwise, check out these important facts you probably never knew about ghedirect.co.uk

GHEDirect is the UK’s longest established family-run horticultural, hydroponics and ventilation store. Buy all your gardening supplies with us online.

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Key Findings

We analyzed Ghedirect.co.uk page load time and found that the first response time was 2.3 sec and then it took 4.5 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 70% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

ghedirect.co.uk performance score

19

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value5.3 s

7/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value17.0 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value11.8 s

4/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value1,840 ms

9/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.026

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value16.9 s

5/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

ghedirect.co.uk

2331 ms

standalone.54d10d2ded959f107e975ae91734cad11504602379.css

351 ms

font-awesome.min.css

18 ms

jquery.min.js

21 ms

scripts-5611bbaf6186fd947b4913bc1fb0ab751504602379.js

432 ms

Our browser made a total of 41 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 93% of them (38 requests) were addressed to the original Ghedirect.co.uk, 2% (1 request) were made to Cdnjs.cloudflare.com and 2% (1 request) were made to Ajax.googleapis.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (2.3 sec) belongs to the original domain Ghedirect.co.uk.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 1.4 MB (40%)

Content Size

3.6 MB

After Optimization

2.1 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Ghedirect.co.uk main page is 3.6 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. 30% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 2.1 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-96%

Potential reduce by 376.6 kB

  • Original 393.9 kB
  • After minification 327.6 kB
  • After compression 17.3 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 66.3 kB, which is 17% 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 376.6 kB or 96% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-12%

Potential reduce by 264.7 kB

  • Original 2.1 MB
  • After minification 1.9 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. Obviously, GHEDirect needs image optimization as it can save up to 264.7 kB or 12% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-68%

Potential reduce by 369.2 kB

  • Original 546.7 kB
  • After minification 537.0 kB
  • After compression 177.5 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 369.2 kB or 68% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-83%

Potential reduce by 424.3 kB

  • Original 510.7 kB
  • After minification 500.9 kB
  • After compression 86.3 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. Ghedirect.co.uk needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 424.3 kB or 83% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 6 (15%)

Requests Now

39

After Optimization

33

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 39 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of GHEDirect. 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.

Network Requests Diagram

ghedirect.co.uk

ghedirect.co.uk

2331 ms

standalone.54d10d2ded959f107e975ae91734cad11504602379.css

standalone.54d10d2ded959f107e975ae91734cad11504602379.css

351 ms

font-awesome.min.css

font-awesome.min.css

18 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

21 ms

scripts-5611bbaf6186fd947b4913bc1fb0ab751504602379.js

scripts-5611bbaf6186fd947b4913bc1fb0ab751504602379.js

432 ms

exceptions.js

exceptions.js

251 ms

product_image_gallery.js

product_image_gallery.js

252 ms

prettyphoto.previewer.js

prettyphoto.previewer.js

252 ms

cloudzoom.js

cloudzoom.js

254 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

74 ms

bg_nature.jpg

bg_nature.jpg

183 ms

ajax_loader.svg

ajax_loader.svg

93 ms

logo_the_green_house_effect.png

logo_the_green_house_effect.png

173 ms

phone_icon.png

phone_icon.png

88 ms

family_run_business_c5da-jg.jpg

family_run_business_c5da-jg.jpg

255 ms

chillbanner.PNG

chillbanner.PNG

549 ms

new_new_gavita_banner.png

new_new_gavita_banner.png

523 ms

Dutch_Master_Reverse_and_Saturator.png

Dutch_Master_Reverse_and_Saturator.png

527 ms

open_seven_days_a_week_1wwe-3k.jpg

open_seven_days_a_week_1wwe-3k.jpg

429 ms

image2.PNG

image2.PNG

439 ms

image1.PNG

image1.PNG

593 ms

product-42-1.jpg

product-42-1.jpg

523 ms

control-freak-intelligent-controller-5-amp-no-probe.jpg

control-freak-intelligent-controller-5-amp-no-probe.jpg

524 ms

garden-highpro-max-light-air-cooled-reflector.jpg

garden-highpro-max-light-air-cooled-reflector.jpg

606 ms

opticlimate-pro-2-dials.jpg

opticlimate-pro-2-dials.jpg

607 ms

lumii-black-600-watt-complete_1.jpg

lumii-black-600-watt-complete_1.jpg

608 ms

product-202783-1.jpg

product-202783-1.jpg

609 ms

airsonic-gs380-humidifier-6-litre-0.4lph-38-watt.jpg

airsonic-gs380-humidifier-6-litre-0.4lph-38-watt.jpg

630 ms

bud-boom.jpg

bud-boom.jpg

675 ms

boom-boom-spray.jpg

boom-boom-spray.jpg

687 ms

green-planet-terpinator.jpg

green-planet-terpinator.jpg

688 ms

lumatek-ultra-600w-ballast-and-bulb_1.jpg

lumatek-ultra-600w-ballast-and-bulb_1.jpg

689 ms

ecolizer-basics-nutrient-a-&-b.jpg

ecolizer-basics-nutrient-a-&-b.jpg

690 ms

facebook.png

facebook.png

712 ms

googleplus.png

googleplus.png

755 ms

instagram-logo.png

instagram-logo.png

768 ms

twitter-logo.png

twitter-logo.png

769 ms

youtube-logo.png

youtube-logo.png

771 ms

glyphs.woff

glyphs.woff

735 ms

prettyPhoto.css

prettyPhoto.css

667 ms

jquery.prettyPhoto.js

jquery.prettyPhoto.js

768 ms

Accessibility Review

ghedirect.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

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

ghedirect.co.uk best practices score

75

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

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

SEO Factors

ghedirect.co.uk SEO score

83

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

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

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 Ghedirect.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 Ghedirect.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

ghedirect.co.uk

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