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Report Summary

  • 24

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    43% of other websites

  • 81

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 51% of websites

  • 67

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    24% of websites

  • 90

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    68% of websites

northernflags.com

Custom Flags | Flag Maker UK | Printed Flags and Banners

Page Load Speed

8.8 sec in total

First Response

1 sec

Resources Loaded

7.4 sec

Page Rendered

353 ms

northernflags.com screenshot

About Website

Visit northernflags.com now to see the best up-to-date Northern Flags content for United Kingdom and also check out these interesting facts you probably never knew about northernflags.com

We are the UK’s leading banner and flag manufacturer and printer specialising in custom flags and banners, feather flags, handwavers, personalised flags & more!

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Key Findings

We analyzed Northernflags.com page load time and found that the first response time was 1 sec and then it took 7.8 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 85% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

northernflags.com performance score

24

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value6.1 s

3/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value7.8 s

3/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value8.6 s

17/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value1,170 ms

21/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.096

90/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value12.3 s

15/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

www.northernflags.com

1043 ms

bootstrap.min.css

56 ms

bootstrap-theme.min.css

66 ms

structure.min.css

405 ms

forms.min.css

421 ms

Our browser made a total of 109 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 13% of them (14 requests) were addressed to the original Northernflags.com, 43% (47 requests) were made to Northernflags-15a42.kxcdn.com and 17% (19 requests) were made to Shopfront-15a42.kxcdn.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (4.6 sec) relates to the external source Northernflags-15a42.kxcdn.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 913.0 kB (39%)

Content Size

2.3 MB

After Optimization

1.4 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Northernflags.com main page is 2.3 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 1.5 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-93%

Potential reduce by 657.5 kB

  • Original 710.1 kB
  • After minification 536.2 kB
  • After compression 52.5 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 173.9 kB, which is 24% 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 657.5 kB or 93% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-14%

Potential reduce by 212.0 kB

  • Original 1.5 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. Obviously, Northern Flags needs image optimization as it can save up to 212.0 kB or 14% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-35%

Potential reduce by 37.3 kB

  • Original 107.1 kB
  • After minification 107.1 kB
  • After compression 69.8 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 37.3 kB or 35% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-19%

Potential reduce by 6.2 kB

  • Original 33.3 kB
  • After minification 33.3 kB
  • After compression 27.1 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. Northernflags.com needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 6.2 kB or 19% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 42 (43%)

Requests Now

98

After Optimization

56

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 98 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Northern Flags. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 32 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 12 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

www.northernflags.com

www.northernflags.com

1043 ms

bootstrap.min.css

bootstrap.min.css

56 ms

bootstrap-theme.min.css

bootstrap-theme.min.css

66 ms

structure.min.css

structure.min.css

405 ms

forms.min.css

forms.min.css

421 ms

formstone-styles.min.css

formstone-styles.min.css

451 ms

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43 ms

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196 ms

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881 ms

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282 ms

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278 ms

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291 ms

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337 ms

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344 ms

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352 ms

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357 ms

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363 ms

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369 ms

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389 ms

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383 ms

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388 ms

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396 ms

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439 ms

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401 ms

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443 ms

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14 ms

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79 ms

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278 ms

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Accessibility Review

northernflags.com accessibility score

81

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

[id] attributes on active, focusable elements are not unique

High

Some elements have a [tabindex] value greater than 0

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

Form elements do not have associated labels

High

Links do not have a discernible name

Best Practices

northernflags.com 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

High

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

northernflags.com SEO score

90

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

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 Northernflags.com 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 Northernflags.com 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

northernflags.com

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