Report Summary

  • 22

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    40% of other websites

  • 82

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 54% of websites

  • 83

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    56% of websites

  • 86

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    60% of websites

nicholsonsjewellers.co.uk

Antique Engagement Rings For Sale | Nicholsons Jewellers | England

Page Load Speed

3.3 sec in total

First Response

260 ms

Resources Loaded

2.8 sec

Page Rendered

248 ms

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About Website

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

Shop local online for vintage rings and antique jewellery. Discover Ilkley Jewellery Shop, Nicholsons in Yorkshire. Nicholsons is a long-standing independent business est. 1988 selling engagement ring...

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Key Findings

We analyzed Nicholsonsjewellers.co.uk page load time and found that the first response time was 260 ms and then it took 3.1 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 55% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

nicholsonsjewellers.co.uk performance score

22

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.4 s

38/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value8.8 s

1/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value12.1 s

3/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value2,130 ms

6/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.001

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value17.9 s

4/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

nicholsonsjewellers.co.uk

260 ms

www.nicholsonsjewellers.co.uk

438 ms

site_font,layout,site_layout,hotspots,media_promo,colorbox,card_logos,footer_credit,home,site_home.css

416 ms

jquery,common,jquery-cookie,jquery-bgiframe,bookmark,jquery-hotspots,jquery-hotspots-settings,jquery-carousel,jquery-hoverintent,jquery-slider,vs_slider,jplayer,colorbox,jquery-carousel

870 ms

cet5ths.js

169 ms

Our browser made a total of 75 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 31% of them (23 requests) were addressed to the original Nicholsonsjewellers.co.uk, 11% (8 requests) were made to Apis.google.com and 9% (7 requests) were made to Files.nicholsonsjewellers.co.uk. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1.1 sec) belongs to the original domain Nicholsonsjewellers.co.uk.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 484.1 kB (40%)

Content Size

1.2 MB

After Optimization

713.1 kB

In fact, the total size of Nicholsonsjewellers.co.uk main page is 1.2 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 556.3 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-79%

Potential reduce by 47.7 kB

  • Original 60.4 kB
  • After minification 52.6 kB
  • After compression 12.7 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 7.8 kB, which is 13% 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 47.7 kB or 79% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-5%

Potential reduce by 28.2 kB

  • Original 556.3 kB
  • After minification 528.1 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. Nicholsons Jewellers images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-70%

Potential reduce by 379.8 kB

  • Original 544.9 kB
  • After minification 544.6 kB
  • After compression 165.1 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 379.8 kB or 70% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-80%

Potential reduce by 28.4 kB

  • Original 35.6 kB
  • After minification 35.4 kB
  • After compression 7.2 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. Nicholsonsjewellers.co.uk needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 28.4 kB or 80% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 25 (42%)

Requests Now

59

After Optimization

34

The browser has sent 59 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Nicholsons Jewellers. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 18 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Accessibility Review

nicholsonsjewellers.co.uk accessibility score

82

Accessibility Issues

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

Buttons do not have an accessible name

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

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

Best Practices

nicholsonsjewellers.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

nicholsonsjewellers.co.uk SEO score

86

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

Language and Encoding

  • Language Detected

    EN

  • Language Claimed

    N/A

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Nicholsonsjewellers.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 Nicholsonsjewellers.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 description is not detected on the main page of Nicholsons Jewellers. 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: