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networksfirst.co.uk

Convergence Group – Networking at speed

Page Load Speed

4 sec in total

First Response

407 ms

Resources Loaded

3.1 sec

Page Rendered

426 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Networksfirst.co.uk page load time and found that the first response time was 407 ms and then it took 3.6 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

networksfirst.co.uk performance score

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Network Requests Diagram

networksfirst.co.uk

407 ms

www.networksfirst.com

957 ms

css

69 ms

foundation.css

522 ms

style.css

346 ms

Our browser made a total of 78 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 1% of them (1 request) were addressed to the original Networksfirst.co.uk, 72% (56 requests) were made to Networksfirst.com and 6% (5 requests) were made to Fonts.gstatic.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (957 ms) relates to the external source Networksfirst.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 1.1 MB (67%)

Content Size

1.7 MB

After Optimization

552.2 kB

In fact, the total size of Networksfirst.co.uk main page is 1.7 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. 45% of websites need less resources to load. Javascripts take 980.5 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-82%

Potential reduce by 49.7 kB

  • Original 60.5 kB
  • After minification 51.8 kB
  • After compression 10.9 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 8.7 kB, which is 14% 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 49.7 kB or 82% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-21%

Potential reduce by 56.0 kB

  • Original 262.8 kB
  • After minification 206.8 kB

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, Networksfirst needs image optimization as it can save up to 56.0 kB or 21% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-70%

Potential reduce by 691.1 kB

  • Original 980.5 kB
  • After minification 955.3 kB
  • After compression 289.4 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 691.1 kB or 70% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-87%

Potential reduce by 303.6 kB

  • Original 348.8 kB
  • After minification 281.9 kB
  • After compression 45.1 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. Networksfirst.co.uk needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 303.6 kB or 87% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 29 (41%)

Requests Now

70

After Optimization

41

The browser has sent 70 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Networksfirst. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 21 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 10 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

SEO Factors

networksfirst.co.uk SEO score

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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 Networksfirst.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 Networksfirst.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

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