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Report Summary

  • 42

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    61% of other websites

  • 98

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 94% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    35% of websites

  • 97

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    91% of websites

stair-rodsdirect.co.uk

Stair Rods, Door Thresholds & Stair Runners UK | Stair Rods Direct

Page Load Speed

3.9 sec in total

First Response

22 ms

Resources Loaded

3.7 sec

Page Rendered

158 ms

stair-rodsdirect.co.uk screenshot

About Website

Welcome to stair-rodsdirect.co.uk homepage info - get ready to check Stair Rods Direct best content for United Kingdom right away, or after learning these important things about stair-rodsdirect.co.uk

Explore a range of stylish stair rods, door thresholds, and stair runners at Stair Rods Direct. Huge choice of colours with free UK delivery over £75.

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Key Findings

We analyzed Stair-rodsdirect.co.uk page load time and found that the first response time was 22 ms and then it took 3.9 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 65% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

stair-rodsdirect.co.uk performance score

42

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value2.9 s

51/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value9.0 s

1/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value5.4 s

56/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value260 ms

83/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.49

17/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value8.5 s

38/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

stair-rodsdirect.co.uk

22 ms

www.stair-rodsdirect.co.uk

475 ms

css

50 ms

rods.desktop.css

358 ms

slicknav.css

29 ms

Our browser made a total of 78 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 77% of them (60 requests) were addressed to the original Stair-rodsdirect.co.uk, 6% (5 requests) were made to Shopperapproved.com and 4% (3 requests) were made to Googletagmanager.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (2.1 sec) belongs to the original domain Stair-rodsdirect.co.uk.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 48.4 kB (10%)

Content Size

472.7 kB

After Optimization

424.3 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Stair-rodsdirect.co.uk main page is 472.7 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. 30% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 311.0 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-78%

Potential reduce by 36.6 kB

  • Original 46.7 kB
  • After minification 44.5 kB
  • After compression 10.1 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 36.6 kB or 78% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 97 B

  • Original 311.0 kB
  • After minification 310.9 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. Stair Rods Direct images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-5%

Potential reduce by 5.4 kB

  • Original 99.0 kB
  • After minification 99.0 kB
  • After compression 93.7 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. This website has mostly compressed JavaScripts.

CSS Optimization

-40%

Potential reduce by 6.4 kB

  • Original 16.0 kB
  • After minification 16.0 kB
  • After compression 9.7 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. Stair-rodsdirect.co.uk needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 6.4 kB or 40% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 36 (49%)

Requests Now

73

After Optimization

37

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 73 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Stair Rods Direct. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 14 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 11 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

stair-rodsdirect.co.uk

stair-rodsdirect.co.uk

22 ms

www.stair-rodsdirect.co.uk

www.stair-rodsdirect.co.uk

475 ms

css

css

50 ms

rods.desktop.css

rods.desktop.css

358 ms

slicknav.css

slicknav.css

29 ms

rods.all.css

rods.all.css

359 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

38 ms

jquery.slicknav.min.js

jquery.slicknav.min.js

373 ms

owl.carousel.css

owl.carousel.css

374 ms

owl.theme.css

owl.theme.css

380 ms

owl.transitions.css

owl.transitions.css

414 ms

owl.carousel.min.js

owl.carousel.min.js

702 ms

masonry.min.js

masonry.min.js

707 ms

rods.misc.js

rods.misc.js

718 ms

email-decode.min.js

email-decode.min.js

376 ms

js

js

87 ms

js

js

148 ms

service-worker.js

service-worker.js

43 ms

11684-r.gif

11684-r.gif

151 ms

widgetfooter-darklogo.png

widgetfooter-darklogo.png

94 ms

stair-rods-logo.svg

stair-rods-logo.svg

17 ms

logo-geotrust.png

logo-geotrust.png

346 ms

icon-basket.png

icon-basket.png

348 ms

icon-home.png

icon-home.png

353 ms

quick-search.png

quick-search.png

346 ms

polished-brass.png

polished-brass.png

348 ms

satin-brass.png

satin-brass.png

362 ms

antique-brass.png

antique-brass.png

691 ms

antique-bronze.png

antique-bronze.png

694 ms

chrome.png

chrome.png

695 ms

brushed-chrome.png

brushed-chrome.png

693 ms

pewter.png

pewter.png

699 ms

polished-nickel.png

polished-nickel.png

706 ms

satin-nickel.png

satin-nickel.png

1036 ms

black.png

black.png

1038 ms

wood.png

wood.png

1037 ms

522free-uk-delivery.jpg

522free-uk-delivery.jpg

1039 ms

411uk-manufacturered.jpg

411uk-manufacturered.jpg

1046 ms

US_234x60_BLK.jpg

US_234x60_BLK.jpg

1050 ms

stairrods-pewter-plain-arrow%20(2).jpg

stairrods-pewter-plain-arrow%20(2).jpg

1388 ms

stairrods-brushed-chrome-premier-windsor-1.jpg

stairrods-brushed-chrome-premier-windsor-1.jpg

1389 ms

88Bendi%20Bull.jpg

88Bendi%20Bull.jpg

1387 ms

stairrods-doorbar-antique-ztrim.jpg

stairrods-doorbar-antique-ztrim.jpg

1387 ms

rods.jpg

rods.jpg

1393 ms

thresholds.jpg

thresholds.jpg

1391 ms

easy-bind.jpg

easy-bind.jpg

1482 ms

runners.jpg

runners.jpg

1731 ms

skiffers.jpg

skiffers.jpg

1734 ms

carpet-studs.jpg

carpet-studs.jpg

1738 ms

underlay.jpg

underlay.jpg

1739 ms

how-to-guides.jpg

how-to-guides.jpg

1740 ms

icon-instagram.png

icon-instagram.png

1830 ms

icon-facebook.png

icon-facebook.png

2077 ms

icon-linkedin.png

icon-linkedin.png

1829 ms

icon-email.png

icon-email.png

2081 ms

sdk.js

sdk.js

94 ms

icon-paypal.png

icon-paypal.png

2072 ms

memSYaGs126MiZpBA-UvWbX2vVnXBbObj2OVZyOOSr4dVJWUgsjZ0B4gaVc.ttf

memSYaGs126MiZpBA-UvWbX2vVnXBbObj2OVZyOOSr4dVJWUgsjZ0B4gaVc.ttf

86 ms

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memSYaGs126MiZpBA-UvWbX2vVnXBbObj2OVZyOOSr4dVJWUgsgH1x4gaVc.ttf

87 ms

memSYaGs126MiZpBA-UvWbX2vVnXBbObj2OVZyOOSr4dVJWUgsg-1x4gaVc.ttf

memSYaGs126MiZpBA-UvWbX2vVnXBbObj2OVZyOOSr4dVJWUgsg-1x4gaVc.ttf

87 ms

icon-amazonpay.png

icon-amazonpay.png

1805 ms

11684.js

11684.js

455 ms

gtm.js

gtm.js

113 ms

sdk.js

sdk.js

5 ms

icon-mastercard.png

icon-mastercard.png

1836 ms

icon-visa.png

icon-visa.png

1833 ms

icon-amex.png

icon-amex.png

1836 ms

icon-discover.png

icon-discover.png

2079 ms

bluebar-seperator.png

bluebar-seperator.png

2075 ms

divider-line.png

divider-line.png

2067 ms

jquery.noconflict.js

jquery.noconflict.js

15 ms

css

css

23 ms

simplestar.png

simplestar.png

12 ms

grey-85.png

grey-85.png

1834 ms

widgetfooter-darklogo-eng.png

widgetfooter-darklogo-eng.png

26 ms

rods.tablet.css

rods.tablet.css

12 ms

rods.mobile.css

rods.mobile.css

11 ms

rods.print.css

rods.print.css

13 ms

Accessibility Review

stair-rodsdirect.co.uk accessibility score

98

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

Links do not have a discernible name

Best Practices

stair-rodsdirect.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

stair-rodsdirect.co.uk SEO score

97

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 Stair-rodsdirect.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 Stair-rodsdirect.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

stair-rodsdirect.co.uk

Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of Stair Rods Direct. 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: