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Report Summary

  • 26

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    47% of other websites

  • 80

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 50% of websites

  • 67

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    24% of websites

  • 85

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    56% of websites

realweather.co.uk

Home - Real Weather - Accurate UK Weather Forecasts

Page Load Speed

11.1 sec in total

First Response

2.1 sec

Resources Loaded

8.6 sec

Page Rendered

433 ms

realweather.co.uk screenshot

About Website

Welcome to realweather.co.uk homepage info - get ready to check Real Weather best content for United Kingdom right away, or after learning these important things about realweather.co.uk

RealWeather provides 7 day weather forecasts for Great Britain and the United Kingdom, weather charts, weather radars, weather news and more.

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Key Findings

We analyzed Realweather.co.uk page load time and found that the first response time was 2.1 sec and then it took 9 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

realweather.co.uk performance score

26

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value7.2 s

1/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value111.6 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value11.6 s

4/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value900 ms

31/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.077

95/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value12.2 s

15/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

www.realweather.co.uk

2117 ms

wp-emoji-release.min.js

202 ms

style.min.css

581 ms

wpfc-public.css

271 ms

frontend.css

345 ms

Our browser made a total of 71 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 90% of them (64 requests) were addressed to the original Realweather.co.uk, 4% (3 requests) were made to Static.addtoany.com and 3% (2 requests) were made to Connect.facebook.net. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (4.5 sec) belongs to the original domain Realweather.co.uk.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 580.1 kB (32%)

Content Size

1.8 MB

After Optimization

1.2 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Realweather.co.uk main page is 1.8 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 1.2 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-79%

Potential reduce by 55.8 kB

  • Original 70.4 kB
  • After minification 67.3 kB
  • After compression 14.7 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. HTML code on this page is well minified. It is highly recommended that content of this web page should be compressed using GZIP, as it can save up to 55.8 kB or 79% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-12%

Potential reduce by 145.0 kB

  • Original 1.2 MB
  • After minification 1.1 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, Real Weather needs image optimization as it can save up to 145.0 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

-69%

Potential reduce by 155.7 kB

  • Original 226.0 kB
  • After minification 218.8 kB
  • After compression 70.2 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 155.7 kB or 69% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-76%

Potential reduce by 223.5 kB

  • Original 296.1 kB
  • After minification 270.9 kB
  • After compression 72.5 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. Realweather.co.uk needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 223.5 kB or 76% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 42 (62%)

Requests Now

68

After Optimization

26

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 68 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Real Weather. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 24 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 15 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

www.realweather.co.uk

www.realweather.co.uk

2117 ms

wp-emoji-release.min.js

wp-emoji-release.min.js

202 ms

style.min.css

style.min.css

581 ms

wpfc-public.css

wpfc-public.css

271 ms

frontend.css

frontend.css

345 ms

if-menu-site.css

if-menu-site.css

270 ms

style.css

style.css

494 ms

prettyphoto.css

prettyphoto.css

258 ms

dashicons.min.css

dashicons.min.css

590 ms

thickbox.css

thickbox.css

330 ms

style-responsive.css

style-responsive.css

333 ms

theme-my-login.css

theme-my-login.css

403 ms

front.min.css

front.min.css

405 ms

addtoany.min.css

addtoany.min.css

407 ms

default.css

default.css

557 ms

page.js

page.js

58 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

794 ms

jquery-migrate.min.js

jquery-migrate.min.js

483 ms

addtoany.min.js

addtoany.min.js

551 ms

wpfc-public.js

wpfc-public.js

596 ms

general.js

general.js

637 ms

jquery_cycle.js

jquery_cycle.js

706 ms

jquery_prettyphoto.js

jquery_prettyphoto.js

691 ms

general.js

general.js

622 ms

front.min.js

front.min.js

614 ms

polyfill.min.js

polyfill.min.js

44 ms

sdk.js

sdk.js

37 ms

style.css

style.css

613 ms

comment-reply.min.js

comment-reply.min.js

619 ms

core.min.js

core.min.js

619 ms

accordion.min.js

accordion.min.js

689 ms

effect.min.js

effect.min.js

702 ms

effect-fade.min.js

effect-fade.min.js

826 ms

thickbox.js

thickbox.js

700 ms

site-reviews.js

site-reviews.js

833 ms

wp-embed.min.js

wp-embed.min.js

832 ms

cli-style.css

cli-style.css

1546 ms

cookielawinfo.js

cookielawinfo.js

1584 ms

js

js

114 ms

eso.e18d3993.js

eso.e18d3993.js

27 ms

icon_menu.png

icon_menu.png

95 ms

cropped-newlogo1.png

cropped-newlogo1.png

96 ms

bg_arrow_down.png

bg_arrow_down.png

96 ms

windicon.gif

windicon.gif

2518 ms

saticon.gif

saticon.gif

2790 ms

stormf.png

stormf.png

381 ms

lightningimg.png

lightningimg.png

305 ms

liveconditions.png

liveconditions.png

536 ms

winter.png

winter.png

612 ms

maxt.png

maxt.png

695 ms

rainpressure.png

rainpressure.png

763 ms

cloud2.png

cloud2.png

764 ms

ukweatherforecastoptimised-380x160.png

ukweatherforecastoptimised-380x160.png

1021 ms

TODAYsweather-3-380x160.png

TODAYsweather-3-380x160.png

1021 ms

aromee.png

aromee.png

1157 ms

aromereg.png

aromereg.png

1232 ms

rwx3.png

rwx3.png

1157 ms

pro10.png

pro10.png

1157 ms

arpege2.png

arpege2.png

1389 ms

ukv1.png

ukv1.png

1308 ms

mudcontrol1.png

mudcontrol1.png

1233 ms

scadvert.png

scadvert.png

1458 ms

icon_fb.png

icon_fb.png

1308 ms

icon_tw.png

icon_tw.png

1388 ms

banner_hexagons.png

banner_hexagons.png

1305 ms

Untitled.gif

Untitled.gif

4471 ms

star-full.svg

star-full.svg

1375 ms

sdk.js

sdk.js

53 ms

sm.23.html

sm.23.html

54 ms

loadingAnimation.gif

loadingAnimation.gif

451 ms

print.css

print.css

78 ms

Accessibility Review

realweather.co.uk accessibility score

80

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.

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

realweather.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

Displays images with incorrect aspect ratio

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

SEO Factors

realweather.co.uk SEO score

85

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

Content Best Practices

Format your HTML in a way that enables crawlers to better understand your app’s content.

Impact

Issue

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 Realweather.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 Realweather.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

realweather.co.uk

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