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Report Summary

  • 75

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    83% of other websites

  • 83

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 54% of websites

  • 50

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    19% of websites

  • 77

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    36% of websites

thesolartrader.co.uk

The Solar Trader: Wholesale solar panels, accessories, toys & gifts part of select solar limited

Page Load Speed

5.5 sec in total

First Response

267 ms

Resources Loaded

5 sec

Page Rendered

233 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Thesolartrader.co.uk page load time and found that the first response time was 267 ms and then it took 5.2 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 75% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

thesolartrader.co.uk performance score

75

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.1 s

45/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value3.6 s

60/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value6.3 s

42/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value110 ms

98/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.003

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value5.8 s

67/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

thesolartrader.co.uk

267 ms

www.thesolartrader.co.uk

529 ms

screen.css

412 ms

colorbox.css

84 ms

jquery.min.js

53 ms

Our browser made a total of 90 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 84% of them (76 requests) were addressed to the original Thesolartrader.co.uk, 9% (8 requests) were made to C1008053.ssl.cf3.rackcdn.com and 3% (3 requests) were made to Ssl.google-analytics.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (2.1 sec) belongs to the original domain Thesolartrader.co.uk.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 283.6 kB (42%)

Content Size

679.4 kB

After Optimization

395.8 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Thesolartrader.co.uk main page is 679.4 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 468.5 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-77%

Potential reduce by 20.8 kB

  • Original 27.0 kB
  • After minification 26.5 kB
  • After compression 6.2 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 20.8 kB or 77% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-43%

Potential reduce by 202.4 kB

  • Original 468.5 kB
  • After minification 266.1 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. Obviously, The Solar Trader needs image optimization as it can save up to 202.4 kB or 43% 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 54.5 kB

  • Original 158.0 kB
  • After minification 157.0 kB
  • After compression 103.5 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 54.5 kB or 35% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-22%

Potential reduce by 5.8 kB

  • Original 25.8 kB
  • After minification 24.8 kB
  • After compression 20.0 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. Thesolartrader.co.uk needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 5.8 kB or 22% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 53 (61%)

Requests Now

87

After Optimization

34

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 87 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of The Solar Trader. 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 from 32 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

thesolartrader.co.uk

thesolartrader.co.uk

267 ms

www.thesolartrader.co.uk

www.thesolartrader.co.uk

529 ms

screen.css

screen.css

412 ms

colorbox.css

colorbox.css

84 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

53 ms

swfobject.js

swfobject.js

124 ms

email-decode.min.js

email-decode.min.js

53 ms

screen.js

screen.js

98 ms

jquery.plugin.js

jquery.plugin.js

94 ms

cufon.js

cufon.js

93 ms

jquery.autocomplete.js

jquery.autocomplete.js

115 ms

jquery.qtip.js

jquery.qtip.js

110 ms

jquery.datepicker.js

jquery.datepicker.js

130 ms

cart.js

cart.js

438 ms

script.js

script.js

450 ms

jquery.tablesorter.min.js

jquery.tablesorter.min.js

425 ms

prod.js

prod.js

521 ms

avantgarde_400.font.js

avantgarde_400.font.js

455 ms

form.css

form.css

377 ms

jquery.jscroll.css

jquery.jscroll.css

431 ms

jquery_datepicker.css

jquery_datepicker.css

438 ms

jquery_datepicker.js

jquery_datepicker.js

449 ms

layout.css

layout.css

474 ms

layout_account.css

layout_account.css

516 ms

layout_bread.css

layout_bread.css

796 ms

layout_cart.css

layout_cart.css

840 ms

layout_common.css

layout_common.css

817 ms

layout_contact.css

layout_contact.css

859 ms

layout_datepicker.css

layout_datepicker.css

883 ms

layout_headerimages.css

layout_headerimages.css

1195 ms

layout_home.css

layout_home.css

1228 ms

layout_leftnav.css

layout_leftnav.css

1225 ms

layout_pagi.css

layout_pagi.css

1272 ms

layout_shared.css

layout_shared.css

1272 ms

layout_topnav.css

layout_topnav.css

1295 ms

blog.css

blog.css

1610 ms

home_header.css

home_header.css

1633 ms

cat.css

cat.css

1635 ms

prod.css

prod.css

1677 ms

brand.css

brand.css

1679 ms

guarantee.css

guarantee.css

1696 ms

usefullink.css

usefullink.css

2008 ms

casestudy.css

casestudy.css

2067 ms

price_opt.css

price_opt.css

2040 ms

customer_review.css

customer_review.css

2077 ms

cart.css

cart.css

2091 ms

catcolours.css

catcolours.css

491 ms

prod_detail.css

prod_detail.css

735 ms

prod_autocomplete.css

prod_autocomplete.css

767 ms

checkout.css

checkout.css

407 ms

body.png

body.png

676 ms

bodyrepeat.png

bodyrepeat.png

399 ms

header.png

header.png

415 ms

logo.png

logo.png

22 ms

shopping_cart.png

shopping_cart.png

386 ms

account_cart.png

account_cart.png

421 ms

account_signin.png

account_signin.png

32 ms

account_register.png

account_register.png

38 ms

tel_num.png

tel_num.png

76 ms

topnav.png

topnav.png

77 ms

topnav_ul.png

topnav_ul.png

95 ms

topnav_ul_li.png

topnav_ul_li.png

96 ms

topnav_hover.png

topnav_hover.png

124 ms

bread_li.png

bread_li.png

125 ms

searchbox.png

searchbox.png

140 ms

search.png

search.png

164 ms

left_col_heading.png

left_col_heading.png

178 ms

leftnav_arrow.png

leftnav_arrow.png

190 ms

leftnav_bottom.png

leftnav_bottom.png

206 ms

2_68.png

2_68.png

217 ms

2_19.png

2_19.png

228 ms

2_74.png

2_74.png

738 ms

2_7.png

2_7.png

799 ms

2_20.png

2_20.png

873 ms

2_243.png

2_243.png

907 ms

2_9.png

2_9.png

923 ms

product_list_border.png

product_list_border.png

1088 ms

2_4688_g.jpg

2_4688_g.jpg

738 ms

more_info.png

more_info.png

748 ms

no_image.png

no_image.png

770 ms

2_4704_g.jpg

2_4704_g.jpg

786 ms

footer.png

footer.png

1187 ms

footersep.png

footersep.png

782 ms

footerli.png

footerli.png

792 ms

evo_logo.png

evo_logo.png

806 ms

ga.js

ga.js

19 ms

loading.gif

loading.gif

666 ms

controls.png

controls.png

1042 ms

__utm.gif

__utm.gif

12 ms

__utm.gif

__utm.gif

16 ms

Accessibility Review

thesolartrader.co.uk accessibility score

83

Accessibility Issues

Navigation

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

Impact

Issue

High

Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order

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

Best Practices

thesolartrader.co.uk best practices score

50

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

Issues were logged in the Issues panel in Chrome Devtools

SEO Factors

thesolartrader.co.uk SEO score

77

Search Engine Optimization Advices

Language and Encoding

  • Language Detected

    EN

  • Language Claimed

    EN

  • Encoding

    ISO-8859-1

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Thesolartrader.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 Thesolartrader.co.uk main page’s claimed encoding is iso-8859-1. Changing it to UTF-8 can be a good choice, as this format is commonly used for encoding all over the web and thus their visitors won’t have any troubles with symbol transcription or reading.

Social Sharing Optimization

thesolartrader.co.uk

Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of The Solar Trader. 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: