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Report Summary

  • 30

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    51% of other websites

  • 53

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 21% of websites

  • 67

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    24% of websites

  • 78

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    39% of websites

glassonmetalworks.co.uk

Glasson Metalworks | Steel Fabricators Gates Railings | 01707 262662 |Bespoke , Herts Beds, Bucks, & London

Page Load Speed

3.1 sec in total

First Response

316 ms

Resources Loaded

2 sec

Page Rendered

749 ms

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About Website

Welcome to glassonmetalworks.co.uk homepage info - get ready to check Glasson Metalworks best content right away, or after learning these important things about glassonmetalworks.co.uk

Glasson Metalworks - steel fabricators, for metalwork | 01707 262662 | wrought iron gates |railings | bespoke and standard steel fabrications | Welwyn Garden City, Herts, Beds and Bucks

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Key Findings

We analyzed Glassonmetalworks.co.uk page load time and found that the first response time was 316 ms and then it took 2.8 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 45% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

glassonmetalworks.co.uk performance score

30

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value4.6 s

14/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value7.7 s

3/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value6.8 s

34/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value770 ms

38/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.306

38/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value5.5 s

71/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

glassonmetalworks.co.uk

316 ms

style.css

143 ms

boxed.css

197 ms

green.css

198 ms

jquery.min.js

32 ms

Our browser made a total of 68 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 96% of them (65 requests) were addressed to the original Glassonmetalworks.co.uk, 3% (2 requests) were made to Google-analytics.com and 1% (1 request) were made to Ajax.googleapis.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (723 ms) belongs to the original domain Glassonmetalworks.co.uk.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 159.3 kB (10%)

Content Size

1.6 MB

After Optimization

1.4 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Glassonmetalworks.co.uk main page is 1.6 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. 55% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 1.4 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-82%

Potential reduce by 24.5 kB

  • Original 30.0 kB
  • After minification 26.3 kB
  • After compression 5.5 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 3.6 kB, which is 12% 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 24.5 kB or 82% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-8%

Potential reduce by 114.8 kB

  • Original 1.4 MB
  • After minification 1.3 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. Glasson Metalworks images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-14%

Potential reduce by 15.7 kB

  • Original 112.4 kB
  • After minification 112.4 kB
  • After compression 96.7 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 15.7 kB or 14% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-19%

Potential reduce by 4.3 kB

  • Original 22.7 kB
  • After minification 22.7 kB
  • After compression 18.4 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. Glassonmetalworks.co.uk needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 4.3 kB or 19% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 21 (46%)

Requests Now

46

After Optimization

25

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 46 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Glasson Metalworks. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 16 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 7 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

glassonmetalworks.co.uk

glassonmetalworks.co.uk

316 ms

style.css

style.css

143 ms

boxed.css

boxed.css

197 ms

green.css

green.css

198 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

32 ms

custom.js

custom.js

198 ms

selectnav.js

selectnav.js

196 ms

flexslider.js

flexslider.js

201 ms

twitter.js

twitter.js

235 ms

tooltip.js

tooltip.js

295 ms

effects.js

effects.js

284 ms

fancybox.js

fancybox.js

285 ms

carousel.js

carousel.js

285 ms

isotope.js

isotope.js

300 ms

jquery-easing-1.3.js

jquery-easing-1.3.js

323 ms

jquery-transit-modified.js

jquery-transit-modified.js

376 ms

layerslider.transitions.js

layerslider.transitions.js

376 ms

layerslider.kreaturamedia.jquery.js

layerslider.kreaturamedia.jquery.js

380 ms

switcher.css

switcher.css

383 ms

switcher.js

switcher.js

386 ms

urchin.js

urchin.js

25 ms

base.css

base.css

277 ms

skeleton.css

skeleton.css

341 ms

fancybox.css

fancybox.css

342 ms

noise.png

noise.png

131 ms

logo.jpg

logo.jpg

128 ms

facebook.png

facebook.png

366 ms

twitter.png

twitter.png

182 ms

linkedin.png

linkedin.png

168 ms

glyphicons-mini.png

glyphicons-mini.png

166 ms

navigation-divider.png

navigation-divider.png

366 ms

slider-img-01.jpg

slider-img-01.jpg

376 ms

slider-img-07.jpg

slider-img-07.jpg

383 ms

slider-img-10.jpg

slider-img-10.jpg

468 ms

slider-img-11.jpg

slider-img-11.jpg

373 ms

slider-img-12.jpg

slider-img-12.jpg

374 ms

slider-img-13.jpg

slider-img-13.jpg

432 ms

slider-img-15.jpg

slider-img-15.jpg

516 ms

glyphicons.png

glyphicons.png

478 ms

headline-bg.png

headline-bg.png

379 ms

Railing_Home_Herts.jpg

Railing_Home_Herts.jpg

569 ms

overlay-icon-02.png

overlay-icon-02.png

461 ms

home_gates_large_herts.jpg

home_gates_large_herts.jpg

609 ms

Balconies_WGC_home.jpg

Balconies_WGC_home.jpg

634 ms

Handrails_Home.jpg

Handrails_Home.jpg

638 ms

headline-footer-bg.png

headline-footer-bg.png

569 ms

links-list-arrow-01.png

links-list-arrow-01.png

600 ms

img_payment_card.gif

img_payment_card.gif

661 ms

scroll-top-top.png

scroll-top-top.png

660 ms

switcher.png

switcher.png

603 ms

retina_dust.png

retina_dust.png

611 ms

brushed_alu.png

brushed_alu.png

635 ms

crisp_paper_ruffles.png

crisp_paper_ruffles.png

642 ms

dark_wall.png

dark_wall.png

663 ms

darkdenim3.png

darkdenim3.png

653 ms

diamond_upholstery.png

diamond_upholstery.png

669 ms

egg_shell.png

egg_shell.png

676 ms

light_toast.png

light_toast.png

700 ms

noise_pattern_with_crosslines.png

noise_pattern_with_crosslines.png

708 ms

purty_wood.png

purty_wood.png

723 ms

subtle_stripes.png

subtle_stripes.png

706 ms

textured_stripes.png

textured_stripes.png

705 ms

tileable_wood_texture.png

tileable_wood_texture.png

709 ms

scribble_light.png

scribble_light.png

722 ms

__utm.gif

__utm.gif

179 ms

skin.css

skin.css

556 ms

vertical_cloth.png

vertical_cloth.png

563 ms

washi.png

washi.png

555 ms

Accessibility Review

glassonmetalworks.co.uk accessibility score

53

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

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

glassonmetalworks.co.uk best practices score

67

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

User Experience

Impact

Issue

High

Serves images with low resolution

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

SEO Factors

glassonmetalworks.co.uk SEO score

78

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

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 Glassonmetalworks.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 Glassonmetalworks.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

glassonmetalworks.co.uk

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