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Report Summary

  • 3

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    19% of other websites

  • 96

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 90% of websites

  • 67

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    24% of websites

  • 90

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    69% of websites

weldingsuperstore.co.uk

The Welding Superstore | Welding Supplies | Welding Equipment

Page Load Speed

4.5 sec in total

First Response

783 ms

Resources Loaded

3.4 sec

Page Rendered

341 ms

weldingsuperstore.co.uk screenshot

About Website

Click here to check amazing Welding Superstore content. Otherwise, check out these important facts you probably never knew about weldingsuperstore.co.uk

The Welding Superstore bring you a range of welding supplies and welding equipment. Take a look at our welding products today we are sure to have exactly what your after.

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Key Findings

We analyzed Weldingsuperstore.co.uk page load time and found that the first response time was 783 ms and then it took 3.7 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 55% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

weldingsuperstore.co.uk performance score

3

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value4.9 s

11/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value9.1 s

1/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value14.2 s

1/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value14,900 ms

0/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.618

10/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value30.5 s

0/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

weldingsuperstore.co.uk

783 ms

nivo-slider.css

164 ms

default.css

166 ms

styles.css

247 ms

widgets.css

165 ms

Our browser made a total of 85 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 72% of them (61 requests) were addressed to the original Weldingsuperstore.co.uk, 11% (9 requests) were made to D.adroll.com and 2% (2 requests) were made to Sealserver.trustwave.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1.5 sec) belongs to the original domain Weldingsuperstore.co.uk.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 681.3 kB (26%)

Content Size

2.6 MB

After Optimization

2.0 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Weldingsuperstore.co.uk main page is 2.6 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. 50% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 1.9 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-86%

Potential reduce by 60.8 kB

  • Original 70.9 kB
  • After minification 68.7 kB
  • After compression 10.0 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 60.8 kB or 86% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-8%

Potential reduce by 153.2 kB

  • Original 1.9 MB
  • After minification 1.8 MB

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. Welding Superstore images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-73%

Potential reduce by 374.9 kB

  • Original 515.9 kB
  • After minification 408.0 kB
  • After compression 140.9 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 374.9 kB or 73% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-84%

Potential reduce by 92.3 kB

  • Original 110.4 kB
  • After minification 87.0 kB
  • After compression 18.1 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. Weldingsuperstore.co.uk needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 92.3 kB or 84% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 34 (47%)

Requests Now

73

After Optimization

39

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 73 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Welding Superstore. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 21 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 7 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

weldingsuperstore.co.uk

weldingsuperstore.co.uk

783 ms

nivo-slider.css

nivo-slider.css

164 ms

default.css

default.css

166 ms

styles.css

styles.css

247 ms

widgets.css

widgets.css

165 ms

custommenu.css

custommenu.css

182 ms

sagePaySuite.css

sagePaySuite.css

238 ms

prototype.js

prototype.js

411 ms

ccard.js

ccard.js

244 ms

validation.js

validation.js

244 ms

builder.js

builder.js

262 ms

effects.js

effects.js

321 ms

dragdrop.js

dragdrop.js

325 ms

controls.js

controls.js

328 ms

slider.js

slider.js

326 ms

js.js

js.js

344 ms

form.js

form.js

402 ms

menu.js

menu.js

406 ms

translate.js

translate.js

408 ms

cookies.js

cookies.js

407 ms

jquery-1.7.2.min.js

jquery-1.7.2.min.js

509 ms

jquery.nivo.slider.js

jquery.nivo.slider.js

482 ms

jcarousellite_1.0.1.js

jcarousellite_1.0.1.js

489 ms

custommenu.js

custommenu.js

489 ms

seal.js

seal.js

216 ms

ga.js

ga.js

25 ms

bg.jpg

bg.jpg

490 ms

logo.png

logo.png

199 ms

bkg_pipe1.gif

bkg_pipe1.gif

92 ms

twitter.png

twitter.png

92 ms

phoneicon.png

phoneicon.png

91 ms

checkout.png

checkout.png

92 ms

navleftbg.png

navleftbg.png

173 ms

homeicon.png

homeicon.png

337 ms

downarrow.png

downarrow.png

174 ms

mach_slider.jpg

mach_slider.jpg

574 ms

freeweldertraining-new.jpg

freeweldertraining-new.jpg

653 ms

create-account.jpg

create-account.jpg

735 ms

confidence.jpg

confidence.jpg

656 ms

_cid_BCBF9D41-B254-46F4-8687-C0F552096C42.jpg

_cid_BCBF9D41-B254-46F4-8687-C0F552096C42.jpg

359 ms

parweldXR915HBlack.png

parweldXR915HBlack.png

441 ms

cemont6013rods.png

cemont6013rods.png

522 ms

welding_consumables.png

welding_consumables.png

568 ms

welding.png

welding.png

604 ms

workshopequipment.png

workshopequipment.png

649 ms

tools.png

tools.png

656 ms

bandsaws.png

bandsaws.png

685 ms

safety_equipment.png

safety_equipment.png

731 ms

gas_equipment.png

gas_equipment.png

732 ms

btnfacebook.png

btnfacebook.png

736 ms

btntwitter.png

btntwitter.png

736 ms

paymentoptions.png

paymentoptions.png

767 ms

telfordgrouplogo.png

telfordgrouplogo.png

1188 ms

__utm.gif

__utm.gif

12 ms

bkg_btn.png

bkg_btn.png

1156 ms

topproducts.jpg

topproducts.jpg

1227 ms

shelf.png

shelf.png

1229 ms

leftArrow.png

leftArrow.png

1165 ms

rightArrow.png

rightArrow.png

1166 ms

footerbg.png

footerbg.png

1465 ms

seal_image.php

seal_image.php

134 ms

print.css

print.css

83 ms

roundtrip.js

roundtrip.js

12 ms

loading.gif

loading.gif

89 ms

weldingsuperstore.co.uk

weldingsuperstore.co.uk

554 ms

bullets.png

bullets.png

160 ms

BWGKUIFYFFB7ZL3W67DEYD.js

BWGKUIFYFFB7ZL3W67DEYD.js

282 ms

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out

7 ms

23 ms

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4 ms

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6 ms

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7 ms

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16 ms

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16 ms

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16 ms

out

out

16 ms

u.php

u.php

37 ms

adsct

adsct

94 ms

pixel

pixel

49 ms

45 ms

sync

sync

13 ms

377928.gif

377928.gif

9 ms

pixel

pixel

15 ms

in

in

3 ms

sd

sd

72 ms

Accessibility Review

weldingsuperstore.co.uk accessibility score

96

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.

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

weldingsuperstore.co.uk best practices score

67

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

Displays images with incorrect aspect ratio

High

Serves images with low resolution

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

weldingsuperstore.co.uk SEO score

90

Search Engine Optimization Advices

Crawling and Indexing

To appear in search results, crawlers need access to your app.

Impact

Issue

High

Links are not crawlable

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 Weldingsuperstore.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 Weldingsuperstore.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

weldingsuperstore.co.uk

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