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Report Summary

  • 71

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    81% of other websites

  • 92

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 78% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    35% of websites

  • 87

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    65% of websites

software-matters.co.uk

Software-Matters: Straightforward software solutions for business. Microsoft Office specialists - Access, Excel, Word, Outlook, VBA

Page Load Speed

2.5 sec in total

First Response

320 ms

Resources Loaded

1.9 sec

Page Rendered

315 ms

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About Website

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Key Findings

We analyzed Software-matters.co.uk page load time and found that the first response time was 320 ms and then it took 2.2 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 45% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

software-matters.co.uk performance score

71

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.1 s

47/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value4.2 s

44/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value4.2 s

78/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value130 ms

96/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.158

73/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value4.5 s

82/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

software-matters.co.uk

320 ms

software-matters.co.uk

393 ms

font.css

149 ms

main_home_v004.css

399 ms

cookiecuttr.css

423 ms

Our browser made a total of 66 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 8% of them (5 requests) were addressed to the original Software-matters.co.uk, 88% (58 requests) were made to Static.software-matters.co.uk and 2% (1 request) were made to Googletagmanager.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (464 ms) relates to the external source Static.software-matters.co.uk.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 65.2 kB (16%)

Content Size

401.5 kB

After Optimization

336.3 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Software-matters.co.uk main page is 401.5 kB. This result falls beyond the top 1M of websites and identifies a large and not optimized web page that may take ages to load. 35% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 311.1 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-79%

Potential reduce by 24.6 kB

  • Original 31.1 kB
  • After minification 26.6 kB
  • After compression 6.4 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 4.5 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 24.6 kB or 79% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-6%

Potential reduce by 17.2 kB

  • Original 311.1 kB
  • After minification 293.8 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. Software Matters images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-23%

Potential reduce by 9.8 kB

  • Original 42.1 kB
  • After minification 41.5 kB
  • After compression 32.3 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 9.8 kB or 23% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-78%

Potential reduce by 13.5 kB

  • Original 17.2 kB
  • After minification 15.6 kB
  • After compression 3.7 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. Software-matters.co.uk needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 13.5 kB or 78% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 10 (16%)

Requests Now

63

After Optimization

53

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 63 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Software Matters. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 7 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 5 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

software-matters.co.uk

software-matters.co.uk

320 ms

software-matters.co.uk

software-matters.co.uk

393 ms

font.css

font.css

149 ms

main_home_v004.css

main_home_v004.css

399 ms

cookiecuttr.css

cookiecuttr.css

423 ms

mainmenu.css

mainmenu.css

425 ms

js

js

73 ms

jquery-1.10.2.js

jquery-1.10.2.js

41 ms

copyright.js

copyright.js

350 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

38 ms

jquery.cookie.js

jquery.cookie.js

368 ms

jquery.cookiecuttr.js

jquery.cookiecuttr.js

368 ms

utilities.js

utilities.js

454 ms

hr-breaker.png

hr-breaker.png

392 ms

menu.png

menu.png

96 ms

logo.png

logo.png

98 ms

30LogoHeader.jpg

30LogoHeader.jpg

95 ms

puzzle-left.jpg

puzzle-left.jpg

97 ms

puzzle-right.jpg

puzzle-right.jpg

96 ms

access2013.png

access2013.png

136 ms

excel2013.png

excel2013.png

152 ms

earth.png

earth.png

154 ms

cog_purple.png

cog_purple.png

154 ms

budget.png

budget.png

156 ms

easy_to_use.png

easy_to_use.png

155 ms

lightbulb.png

lightbulb.png

193 ms

PLT%20BW.jpg

PLT%20BW.jpg

234 ms

KCT.jpg

KCT.jpg

236 ms

NT%20B&W.jpg

NT%20B&W.jpg

236 ms

GraemeBW.jpg

GraemeBW.jpg

233 ms

BP%20B&W.jpg

BP%20B&W.jpg

234 ms

phone_icon.png

phone_icon.png

269 ms

email_icon.png

email_icon.png

311 ms

x_icon.jpg

x_icon.jpg

311 ms

linkedin_icon.png

linkedin_icon.png

309 ms

savills.jpg

savills.jpg

310 ms

clipper.jpg

clipper.jpg

313 ms

hamworthy.jpg

hamworthy.jpg

345 ms

bacardi.jpg

bacardi.jpg

386 ms

sherbourne-castle.jpg

sherbourne-castle.jpg

387 ms

honeywell-aerospace.png

honeywell-aerospace.png

386 ms

arjobex.png

arjobex.png

387 ms

electoral-commission.png

electoral-commission.png

392 ms

barclays.jpg

barclays.jpg

421 ms

deutsche-bank.jpg

deutsche-bank.jpg

463 ms

nhs.jpg

nhs.jpg

464 ms

savills-energy.jpg

savills-energy.jpg

462 ms

poole-harbour-commissioners.jpg

poole-harbour-commissioners.jpg

461 ms

animal.png

animal.png

381 ms

biffa.jpg

biffa.jpg

409 ms

beijer-ref.jpg

beijer-ref.jpg

452 ms

chai-cancer-care.jpg

chai-cancer-care.jpg

452 ms

corbett%20keeling.jpg

corbett%20keeling.jpg

450 ms

john-pipe-international%20resize.png

john-pipe-international%20resize.png

452 ms

Gill%20Light%20SSi.ttf

Gill%20Light%20SSi.ttf

152 ms

leonardo.png

leonardo.png

452 ms

footer.html

footer.html

79 ms

up.png

up.png

440 ms

write.png

write.png

434 ms

email.png

email.png

434 ms

map.png

map.png

434 ms

linkedin.png

linkedin.png

434 ms

x.jpg

x.jpg

435 ms

youtube.png

youtube.png

460 ms

facebook.png

facebook.png

464 ms

mobilemenu.css

mobilemenu.css

86 ms

Accessibility Review

software-matters.co.uk accessibility score

92

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

Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order

Best Practices

software-matters.co.uk best practices score

75

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

SEO Factors

software-matters.co.uk SEO score

87

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

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 Software-matters.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 Software-matters.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

software-matters.co.uk

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