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Report Summary

  • 58

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    74% of other websites

  • 83

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 56% of websites

  • 50

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    18% 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

6.8 sec in total

First Response

291 ms

Resources Loaded

5.8 sec

Page Rendered

720 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Thesolartrader.co.uk page load time and found that the first response time was 291 ms and then it took 6.5 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 80% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

thesolartrader.co.uk performance score

58

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.5 s

35/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value6.3 s

10/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value7.6 s

26/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value120 ms

97/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.003

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value6.6 s

57/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

thesolartrader.co.uk

291 ms

www.thesolartrader.co.uk

611 ms

screen.css

422 ms

colorbox.css

168 ms

jquery.min.js

152 ms

Our browser made a total of 92 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 84% of them (77 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 sec) belongs to the original domain Thesolartrader.co.uk.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 305.3 kB (41%)

Content Size

750.5 kB

After Optimization

445.3 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Thesolartrader.co.uk main page is 750.5 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. 45% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 536.2 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-77%

Potential reduce by 21.0 kB

  • Original 27.4 kB
  • After minification 26.9 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. 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 21.0 kB or 77% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-38%

Potential reduce by 205.5 kB

  • Original 536.2 kB
  • After minification 330.7 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 205.5 kB or 38% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-46%

Potential reduce by 74.5 kB

  • Original 162.7 kB
  • After minification 152.6 kB
  • After compression 88.2 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 74.5 kB or 46% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-18%

Potential reduce by 4.3 kB

  • Original 24.3 kB
  • After minification 23.3 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 4.3 kB or 18% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 51 (58%)

Requests Now

88

After Optimization

37

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 88 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

291 ms

www.thesolartrader.co.uk

www.thesolartrader.co.uk

611 ms

screen.css

screen.css

422 ms

colorbox.css

colorbox.css

168 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

152 ms

swfobject.js

swfobject.js

155 ms

email-decode.min.js

email-decode.min.js

17 ms

screen.js

screen.js

163 ms

jquery.plugin.js

jquery.plugin.js

169 ms

cufon.js

cufon.js

162 ms

jquery.autocomplete.js

jquery.autocomplete.js

167 ms

jquery.qtip.js

jquery.qtip.js

171 ms

jquery.datepicker.js

jquery.datepicker.js

180 ms

cart.js

cart.js

400 ms

script.js

script.js

402 ms

jquery.tablesorter.min.js

jquery.tablesorter.min.js

448 ms

prod.js

prod.js

387 ms

avantgarde_400.font.js

avantgarde_400.font.js

408 ms

form.css

form.css

382 ms

jquery.jscroll.css

jquery.jscroll.css

405 ms

jquery_datepicker.css

jquery_datepicker.css

389 ms

jquery_datepicker.js

jquery_datepicker.js

393 ms

layout.css

layout.css

383 ms

layout_account.css

layout_account.css

429 ms

layout_bread.css

layout_bread.css

802 ms

layout_cart.css

layout_cart.css

773 ms

layout_common.css

layout_common.css

816 ms

layout_contact.css

layout_contact.css

807 ms

layout_datepicker.css

layout_datepicker.css

801 ms

layout_headerimages.css

layout_headerimages.css

1190 ms

layout_home.css

layout_home.css

1228 ms

layout_leftnav.css

layout_leftnav.css

1166 ms

layout_pagi.css

layout_pagi.css

1208 ms

layout_shared.css

layout_shared.css

1192 ms

layout_topnav.css

layout_topnav.css

1210 ms

blog.css

blog.css

1548 ms

home_header.css

home_header.css

1570 ms

cat.css

cat.css

1617 ms

prod.css

prod.css

1586 ms

brand.css

brand.css

1591 ms

guarantee.css

guarantee.css

1606 ms

usefullink.css

usefullink.css

1947 ms

casestudy.css

casestudy.css

1984 ms

price_opt.css

price_opt.css

1996 ms

customer_review.css

customer_review.css

1974 ms

cart.css

cart.css

1984 ms

prod_detail.css

prod_detail.css

446 ms

prod_autocomplete.css

prod_autocomplete.css

773 ms

catcolours.css

catcolours.css

985 ms

checkout.css

checkout.css

418 ms

body.png

body.png

760 ms

bodyrepeat.png

bodyrepeat.png

607 ms

header.png

header.png

117 ms

logo.png

logo.png

598 ms

shopping_cart.png

shopping_cart.png

582 ms

account_cart.png

account_cart.png

115 ms

account_signin.png

account_signin.png

118 ms

account_register.png

account_register.png

115 ms

tel_num.png

tel_num.png

115 ms

topnav.png

topnav.png

112 ms

topnav_ul.png

topnav_ul.png

134 ms

topnav_ul_li.png

topnav_ul_li.png

135 ms

topnav_hover.png

topnav_hover.png

712 ms

bread_li.png

bread_li.png

135 ms

searchbox.png

searchbox.png

136 ms

search.png

search.png

137 ms

left_col_heading.png

left_col_heading.png

137 ms

leftnav_arrow.png

leftnav_arrow.png

138 ms

leftnav_bottom.png

leftnav_bottom.png

139 ms

2_68.png

2_68.png

722 ms

2_19.png

2_19.png

916 ms

2_74.png

2_74.png

905 ms

2_7.png

2_7.png

864 ms

2_20.png

2_20.png

1076 ms

2_243.png

2_243.png

1060 ms

2_9.png

2_9.png

1224 ms

3_39_h3.jpg

3_39_h3.jpg

1161 ms

3_20_h3.jpg

3_20_h3.jpg

1307 ms

product_list_border.png

product_list_border.png

1055 ms

2_3176_g.jpg

2_3176_g.jpg

1212 ms

2_39_g.jpg

2_39_g.jpg

1227 ms

more_info.png

more_info.png

1379 ms

footer.png

footer.png

1026 ms

footersep.png

footersep.png

1018 ms

footerli.png

footerli.png

1028 ms

evosite_colour_transparent.png

evosite_colour_transparent.png

659 ms

ga.js

ga.js

93 ms

loading.gif

loading.gif

768 ms

controls.png

controls.png

1157 ms

homepage_slider.png

homepage_slider.png

1005 ms

__utm.gif

__utm.gif

67 ms

__utm.gif

__utm.gif

20 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: