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Report Summary

  • 20

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    37% of other websites

  • 89

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 72% of websites

  • 83

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    56% of websites

  • 98

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    92% of websites

scottishequitable.co.uk

Aegon UK | Pensions | Savings | Investments

Page Load Speed

4.1 sec in total

First Response

596 ms

Resources Loaded

3.3 sec

Page Rendered

218 ms

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About Website

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Key Findings

We analyzed Scottishequitable.co.uk page load time and found that the first response time was 596 ms and then it took 3.5 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

scottishequitable.co.uk performance score

20

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value5.0 s

9/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value25.3 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value12.1 s

3/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value530 ms

55/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.509

16/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value20.0 s

2/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

www.aegon.co.uk

596 ms

index.html

95 ms

jQuery.min.js

267 ms

handlebars.min.js

1526 ms

news-card.min.js

363 ms

Our browser made a total of 62 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 0% of them (0 request) were addressed to the original Scottishequitable.co.uk, 3% (2 requests) were made to Ssl.google-analytics.com and 3% (2 requests) were made to Stats.g.doubleclick.net. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1.5 sec) relates to the external source Aegon.co.uk.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 614.0 kB (44%)

Content Size

1.4 MB

After Optimization

776.3 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Scottishequitable.co.uk main page is 1.4 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 588.9 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-80%

Potential reduce by 24.9 kB

  • Original 31.2 kB
  • After minification 31.2 kB
  • After compression 6.3 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 24.9 kB or 80% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-7%

Potential reduce by 37.5 kB

  • Original 547.4 kB
  • After minification 509.9 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. Scottishequitable images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-62%

Potential reduce by 362.3 kB

  • Original 588.9 kB
  • After minification 585.0 kB
  • After compression 226.7 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 362.3 kB or 62% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-85%

Potential reduce by 189.3 kB

  • Original 222.7 kB
  • After minification 219.2 kB
  • After compression 33.4 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. Scottishequitable.co.uk needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 189.3 kB or 85% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 25 (49%)

Requests Now

51

After Optimization

26

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 51 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Scottishequitable. 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 as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

www.aegon.co.uk

www.aegon.co.uk

596 ms

index.html

index.html

95 ms

jQuery.min.js

jQuery.min.js

267 ms

handlebars.min.js

handlebars.min.js

1526 ms

news-card.min.js

news-card.min.js

363 ms

base.min.css

base.min.css

534 ms

homepage.css

homepage.css

362 ms

investmentAnimation.css

investmentAnimation.css

362 ms

modernizr.min.js

modernizr.min.js

362 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

621 ms

utils.min.js

utils.min.js

448 ms

granite.min.js

granite.min.js

534 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

448 ms

base.min.js

base.min.js

794 ms

picturefill.min.js

picturefill.min.js

538 ms

player.js

player.js

798 ms

jquery.matchHeight-min.js

jquery.matchHeight-min.js

717 ms

aegon-logo.svg

aegon-logo.svg

102 ms

animationBase.svg

animationBase.svg

104 ms

flower4.svg

flower4.svg

183 ms

flower3.svg

flower3.svg

189 ms

flower2.svg

flower2.svg

185 ms

flower1.svg

flower1.svg

187 ms

guarantee.svg

guarantee.svg

263 ms

wateringCan.svg

wateringCan.svg

191 ms

personal.jpg

personal.jpg

451 ms

employer.jpg

employer.jpg

296 ms

adviser.jpg

adviser.jpg

533 ms

investment.jpg

investment.jpg

297 ms

Retiring_soon_P4.svg

Retiring_soon_P4.svg

291 ms

coin-jar-noback.svg

coin-jar-noback.svg

352 ms

token.json

token.json

318 ms

AvenirLTW0145Book.woff

AvenirLTW0145Book.woff

288 ms

AvenirLTW0165Medium.svg

AvenirLTW0165Medium.svg

297 ms

AvenirLTW0165Medium.woff

AvenirLTW0165Medium.woff

339 ms

icomoon.woff

icomoon.woff

372 ms

icomoon.svg

icomoon.svg

397 ms

AvenirLTW0135Light.svg

AvenirLTW0135Light.svg

389 ms

AvenirLTW0135Light.woff

AvenirLTW0135Light.woff

429 ms

AvenirLTW0185Heavy.svg

AvenirLTW0185Heavy.svg

442 ms

AvenirLTW0185Heavy.woff

AvenirLTW0185Heavy.woff

462 ms

tracker.js

tracker.js

477 ms

ga.js

ga.js

34 ms

gtm.js

gtm.js

74 ms

__utm.gif

__utm.gif

15 ms

collect

collect

73 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

33 ms

conversion_async.js

conversion_async.js

68 ms

trackpxl

trackpxl

57 ms

activityi;src=4576460;type=kpin60;cat=visita;u6=1504649499452.8ozkr4x;qty=1;cost=1;ord=1504649499452.8ozkr4x;~oref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aegon.co.uk%2Findex.html

activityi;src=4576460;type=kpin60;cat=visita;u6=1504649499452.8ozkr4x;qty=1;cost=1;ord=1504649499452.8ozkr4x;~oref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aegon.co.uk%2Findex.html

82 ms

collect

collect

11 ms

collect

collect

12 ms

ga-audiences

ga-audiences

43 ms

activity;xsp=539909;ord=9955008167307.824

activity;xsp=539909;ord=9955008167307.824

51 ms

betr=A97044=[+]LP[720]

betr=A97044=[+]LP[720]

169 ms

tr

tr

16 ms

adsct

adsct

310 ms

adsct

adsct

290 ms

pixel

pixel

16 ms

13 ms

match-result

match-result

2 ms

betr=A97044=%5B+%5DLP%5B720%5D

betr=A97044=%5B+%5DLP%5B720%5D

15 ms

Accessibility Review

scottishequitable.co.uk accessibility score

89

Accessibility Issues

ARIA

These are opportunities to improve the usage of ARIA in your application which may enhance the experience for users of assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Impact

Issue

High

[aria-hidden="true"] elements contain focusable descendents

High

[aria-*] attributes do not have valid values

Best Practices

scottishequitable.co.uk best practices score

83

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

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

scottishequitable.co.uk SEO score

98

Search Engine Optimization Advices

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 Scottishequitable.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 Scottishequitable.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

scottishequitable.co.uk

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