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SEO Report for https://www.findtheneedle.co.uk

Your general SEO Checkup Score


SEO Score54/100
Average SEO score of top 100 sites: 75%

Your site scored 54/100, well below the 75 average for top sites. We found 20 issues to fix, and clearing them is how you move up.

20 Failed
3 Warnings
33 Passed

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Issues to fix

HIGH
To provide a good user experience, sites should aim for a Largest Contentful Paint duration of 2.5 seconds or less.
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HIGH
To address URL canonicalization issues, it is recommended to select a primary URL for your webpage and set up redirects from all other variations to the preferred one.
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HIGH
Minify all JavaScript files to reduce page size and loading time.
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HIGH
Enable HTML compression to reduce page size and loading times.
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HIGH
To ensure that Search Engines can accurately identify the topic of this webpage, it is important to include the most common keywords in the title tag, meta description, and heading tags.
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HIGH
Consider using structured data in your webpage as it can help search engines gain a better understanding of your content.
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HIGH
To improve the website experience for your visitors, it is recommended to eliminate any render-blocking resources on this webpage.
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HIGH
Using images in a modern format can significantly reduce the file size and improve the loading speed of a webpage, providing a better user experience and potentially increasing engagement.
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HIGH
Users may abandon pages that take longer than 5 seconds to load, resulting in a potential loss of up to 50% of visitors. Faster loading pages can lead to increased traffic, better conversions, and higher sales.
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HIGH
HTTP/2 protocol offers several key improvements, including faster page load times, improved performance, better security and more efficient use of network resources.
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HIGH
Consider reducing the HTML size to improve loading times and retain visitors.
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MEDIUM
Serve properly sized images to reduce page loading times and to improve user's experience.
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MEDIUM
Avoid using distorted images, as they can have a negative impact on the user experience.
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MEDIUM
Reducing the Document Object Model (DOM) size can lead to faster page loading times, improved site performance, and better user experience by decreasing the amount of time it takes for the browser to process and render the page.
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MEDIUM
Using social media meta tags can improve the appearance and content of shared links on social media platforms, potentially increasing click-through rates and engagement with the page.
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MEDIUM
Avoid performance and security issues by adding "rel=noopener" or "rel=noreferrer" to your "target=_blank" links.
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LOW
Resolving errors identified by the Chrome DevTools Console can improve user experience.
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LOW
To protect against spam harvesters, consider hiding or obfuscating email addresses in your page code.
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LOW
Using more than 20 HTTP requests on a webpage can negatively impact the loading time.
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LOW
Strip out any unnecessary metadata to improve loading time, security, and privacy. Metadata should not exceed 16% of the image size.
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Common SEO issues

Score:66
Failed:5
Warnings:1
Passed:13
Meta Title Test
100% of top 100 sites passed
This webpage is using a title tag.
Text: Find The Needle - Home
Length: 22 characters
Meta Description Test
97% of top 100 sites passed
This webpage is using a meta description tag with a length of 142 characters. We recommend using well-written and inviting meta descriptions with a length between 150 and 220 characters (spaces included).
Text: List your business on the most trusted UK business directory & B2B portal. Find millions of products, companies, services, news, videos & more
Length: 142 characters
Google Search Results Preview Test
Desktop version
https://www.findtheneedle.co.uk/Find The Needle - HomeList your business on the most trusted UK business directory & B2B portal. Find millions of products, companies, services, news, videos & more
Mobile version
https://www.findtheneedle.co.uk/Find The Needle - HomeList your business on the most trusted UK business directory & B2B portal. Find millions of products, companies, services, news, videos & more
Social Media Meta Tags Test
83% of top 100 sites passed
This webpage is not using social media meta tags! While this type of meta tags don't affect what people see when they visit the webpage, they exist to provide information about it to search engines and social media platforms.
Most Common Keywords Test
There is likely no optimal keyword density (search engine algorithms have evolved beyond keyword density metrics as a significant ranking factor). It can be useful, however, to note which keywords appear most often on your page and if they reflect the intended topic of your page. More importantly, the keywords on your page should appear within natural sounding and grammatically correct copy.
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33chelmsford
27hire
21keys
17video
Keywords Usage Test
81% of top 100 sites passed
The most common keywords of this webpage are not distributed across the important HTML tags! Primary keywords should appear in title tag, meta description and heading tags to help Search Engines to properly identify the topic of this webpage.
Keyword
Title tag
Meta description
Headings
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chelmsford
hire
keys
video
Keywords Cloud Test
basis
bathroom
bond
business
cabinet
cabinets
check
chelmsford
chelsea
cleaning
companies
company
components
cookies
coshh
cutting
design
digital
door
electrical
email
ensure
entry
equipment
essex
eurofit
euromair
exhaust
experts
farming
feature
featured
findtheneedle
furniture
garage
gasket
hall
hand
hire
hydraulic
industrial
keys
latest
leading
lift
london
long
machine
machinery
management
manufacturer
medical
metal
mobile
near
needle
news
office
password
plant
prev
product
products
pump
quality
recovery
rees
repairs
rheintacho
rubber
sales
secure
security
sensors
service
services
silicone
solutions
specialist
speed
spraying
steel
storage
stroboscopes
supplier
suppliers
systems
term
towing
trade
transport
trends
truck
upvc
vehicle
video
watch
website
welcome
year
Competitor Domains Test
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Heading Tags Test
70% of top 100 sites passed
This webpage contains headings tags.
H1 tags
Welcome to findtheneedle.co.uk
H2 tags
Featured Companies
Featured Products
Improve Your Online Presence & Get More Business Leads
Latest Companies
Latest Products
Latest News
Latest Videos
Browse Companies
Browse Products
Browse by Categories
Robots.txt Test
94% of top 100 sites passed
This website is using a robots.txt file.
Sitemap Test
75% of top 100 sites passed
This website has a sitemap file.
Image Alt Test
71% of top 100 sites passed
All "img" tags from this webpage have the required "alt" attribute.
Responsive Image Test
38% of top 100 sites passed
Not all images in this webpage are properly sized! This webpage is serving images that are larger than needed for the size of the user's viewport.
Image Aspect Ratio Test
72% of top 100 sites passed
Not all image display dimensions match the natural aspect ratio! Fix aspect ratio issues to avoid distorted images on this website!
Deprecated HTML Tags Test
99% of top 100 sites passed
This webpage does not use HTML deprecated tags.
Google Analytics Test
69% of top 100 sites passed
This webpage is using Google Analytics.
Favicon Test
100% of top 100 sites passed
favicon
This website appears to have a favicon.
JS Error Test
74% of top 100 sites passed
There are no severe JavaScript errors on this webpage.
Console Errors Test
33% of top 100 sites passed
This webpage has some errors caught by the Chrome DevTools Console!
Charset Declaration Test
100% of top 100 sites passed
This webpage has a character encoding declaration.
Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8

Speed optimizations

Score:38
Failed:10
Warnings:1
Passed:7
HTML Page Size Test
34% of top 100 sites passed
The size of this webpage's HTML is 466.09 Kb, and is greater than the average size of 33 Kb! This can lead to slower loading times, lost visitors, and decreased revenue. Good steps to reduce HTML size include: using HTML compression, CSS layouts, external style sheets, and moving javascript to external files.
DOM Size Test
17% of top 100 sites passed
The Document Object Model (DOM) of this webpage has 10,383 nodes which is greater than the recommended value of 1,500 nodes! A large DOM size negatively affects site performance and increases the page load time.
HTML Compression/GZIP Test
96% of top 100 sites passed
This webpage doesn't use HTML compression! We recommend to compress the HTML code in order to reduce the page size and page loading times - this will help a website to retain visitors and increase page views. If the HTML compression will be enabled, the HTML size will be decreased by 91% - from 466.09 Kb to 44.25 Kb .
Site Loading Speed Test
68% of top 100 sites passed
The loading time of this webpage (measured from N. Virginia, US) is around 12.04 seconds and is greater than the average loading speed which is 5 seconds!
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JS Execution Time Test
79% of top 100 sites passed
The JavaScript code used by this webpage is executed in less than 2 seconds.
Page Objects Test
This webpage is using more than 20 http requests, which can slow down page loading and negatively impact user experience!
Content size by content type
Content type
Percent
Size
other
82.8 %
34.22 Mb
image
9.0 %
3.70 Mb
javascript
3.9 %
1.60 Mb
font
1.6 %
655.90 Kb
css
1.5 %
645.69 Kb
html
1.3 %
534.96 Kb
TOTAL
100%
41.32 Mb
Requests by content type
Content type
Percent
Requests
other
68.0 %
234
javascript
11.3 %
39
image
11.3 %
39
css
4.9 %
17
font
2.9 %
10
html
1.5 %
5
TOTAL
100%
344
Content size by domain
Domain
Percent
Size
images.findtheneedle.co.uk
83.6 %
34.54 Mb
findtheneedle.co.uk
13.3 %
5.51 Mb
platform.twitter.com
1.5 %
631.12 Kb
gstatic.com
0.5 %
196.25 Kb
fonts.gstatic.com
0.3 %
128.56 Kb
cdn.jsdelivr.net
0.3 %
105.84 Kb
cdnjs.cloudflare.com
0.2 %
102.28 Kb
googletagmanager.com
0.2 %
88.25 Kb
google.com
0.1 %
30.56 Kb
code.jquery.com
0.0 %
6.24 Kb
Other
0.0 %
4.24 Kb
TOTAL
100%
41.32 Mb
Requests by domain
Domain
Percent
Requests
images.findtheneedle.co.uk
75.6 %
260
findtheneedle.co.uk
10.2 %
35
platform.twitter.com
5.2 %
18
cdnjs.cloudflare.com
1.7 %
6
fonts.gstatic.com
1.7 %
6
cdn.jsdelivr.net
1.5 %
5
google.com
1.2 %
4
syndication.twitter.com
0.9 %
3
google-analytics.com
0.6 %
2
gstatic.com
0.6 %
2
Other
0.9 %
3
TOTAL
100%
344
CDN Usage Test
96% of top 100 sites passed
This webpage is not serving all resources (images, javascript and css) from CDNs!
Modern Image Format Test
32% of top 100 sites passed
This webpage is not serving images in a modern format! Image formats like JPEG 2000, JPEG XR, and WebP often provide better compression than PNG or JPEG, which means faster downloads and less data consumption.
Image Metadata Test
This webpage is using images with large metadata (more than 16% of the image size)! Stripping out unnecessary metadata tags can improve not only the loading time but also the security and privacy of a webpage.
Image Caching Test
99% of top 100 sites passed
This website is using cache headers for images and the browsers will display these images from the cache.
JavaScript Caching Test
98% of top 100 sites passed
This webpage is using cache headers for all JavaScript resources.
CSS Caching Test
98% of top 100 sites passed
This webpage is using cache headers for all CSS resources.
JavaScript Minification Test
93% of top 100 sites passed
This webpage is using JavaScript files that are not minified!
CSS Minification Test
97% of top 100 sites passed
All CSS resources used by this webpage are minified.
Render Blocking Resources Test
29% of top 100 sites passed
This webpage is using render blocking resources! Eliminating render-blocking resources can help this webpage to load significantly faster and will improve the website experience for your visitors.
URL Redirects Test
96% of top 100 sites passed
This URL doesn't have any redirects (which could potentially cause site indexation issues and site loading delays).
Largest Contentful Paint Test
The Largest Contentful Paint duration of this webpage is 7.24 seconds. To provide a good user experience, sites should strive to have Largest Contentful Paint of 2.5 seconds or less.
7.24 s
2.5 s
4 s
Largest Contentful Paint element within the viewport:
<div class="bg bg_tabs" data-bg="https://www.findtheneedle.co.uk//content/Header%20..." style="background-image: url("https://www.findtheneedle.c...">
Cumulative Layout Shift Test
The CLS score of this webpage is 0.0. To provide a good user experience, sites should strive to have a CLS score of 0.1 or less.
0
0.1
0.25

Server and security

Score:45
Failed:4
Warnings:0
Passed:3
URL Canonicalization Test
92% of top 100 sites passed
https://www.findtheneedle.co.uk/ and https://findtheneedle.co.uk/ should resolve to the same URL, but currently do not.
SSL Checker and HTTPS Test
100% of top 100 sites passed
This website is successfully using HTTPS, a secure communication protocol over the Internet.
The certificate is not used before the activation date.
The certificate has not expired.
The hostname "www.findtheneedle.co.uk" is correctly listed in the certificate.
The certificate should be trusted by all major web browsers.
The certificate was not revoked.
The certificate was signed with a secure hash.
Certificate Chain:
Server certificate
Common Name
www.findtheneedle.co.uk
Subject Alternative Names
www.findtheneedle.co.uk
Not Valid Before
Fri, June 2, 2023 at 12:00:00 AM UTC
Not Valid After
Sat, December 2, 2023 at 11:59:59 PM UTC
Signature Algorithm
sha256WithRsaEncryption
Issuer
GeoTrust Global TLS RSA4096 SHA256 2022 CA1
Intermediate certificate
Common Name
GeoTrust Global TLS RSA4096 SHA256 2022 CA1
Organization
DigiCert, Inc.
Location
US
Not Valid Before
Wed, May 4, 2022 at 12:00:00 AM UTC
Not Valid After
Sun, November 9, 2031 at 11:59:59 PM UTC
Signature Algorithm
sha256WithRsaEncryption
Issuer
DigiCert Global Root CA
Root certificate
Common Name
DigiCert Global Root CA
Organization
DigiCert Inc
Location
US
Not Valid Before
Fri, November 10, 2006 at 12:00:00 AM UTC
Not Valid After
Mon, November 10, 2031 at 12:00:00 AM UTC
Signature Algorithm
sha1WithRsaEncryption
Issuer
DigiCert Global Root CA
Mixed Content Test (HTTP over HTTPS)
100% of top 100 sites passed
This webpage does not use mixed content - both the initial HTML and all other resources are loaded over HTTPS.
HTTP2 Test
92% of top 100 sites passed
This webpage is not using the HTTP/2 protocol!
HSTS Test
This webpage is using the Strict-Transport-Security header.
strict-transport-security:max-age=2592000
Plaintext Emails Test
93% of top 100 sites passed
We've found 1 email addresses in your page code! We advise you to protect email links in a way that hides them from the spam harvesters.

Mobile usability

Score:100
Failed:0
Warnings:0
Passed:3
Meta Viewport Test
94% of top 100 sites passed
This webpage is using a viewport meta tag.
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0, user-scalable=0" />
Media Query Responsive Test
99% of top 100 sites passed
This webpage is using CSS media queries, which is the base for responsive design functionalities.
Mobile Snapshot Test
Mobile view

Advanced SEO

Score:67
Failed:1
Warnings:1
Passed:7
Structured Data Test
59% of top 100 sites passed
This webpage doesn't take the advantages of HTML Microdata or JSON-LD specifications in order to use structured data! View Google's guide for getting started with structured data.
Custom 404 Error Page Test
75% of top 100 sites passed
This website is using a custom 404 error page. We recommend to have a custom 404 error page in order to improve the website's user experience by letting users know that only a specific page is missing/broken (and not the entire site), providing them helpful links, the opportunity to report bugs, and potentially track the source of broken links.
Noindex Tag Test
99% of top 100 sites passed
This webpage does not use the noindex meta tag. This means that it can be indexed by search engines.
Canonical Tag Test
95% of top 100 sites passed
This webpage does not use the canonical link tag.
Nofollow Tag Test
This webpage does not use the nofollow meta tag. This means that search engines will crawl all links from this webpage.
Disallow Directive Test
The robots.txt file does not use the disallow directive. This means that the whole website can be crawled by search engines.
Meta Refresh Test
95% of top 100 sites passed
This webpage is not using a meta refresh tag.
SPF Records Test
94% of top 100 sites passed
This DNS server is using an SPF record.
v=spf1 mx a include:emailsrvr.com -all
Ads.txt Validation Test
80% of top 100 sites passed
This website doesn't use an ads.txt file! Ads.txt is a text file that contains a list of Authorized Digital Sellers. The purpose of ads.txt files is to give advertisers and advertising networks the ability to verify who is allowed to sell advertising on your website.

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