www.bbc.co.uk

The website www.bbc.co.uk was graded on February 22nd, 2023 for speed, design, security, accessibility, search, social, advertising and technology.

Overall Grade

www.bbc.co.uk achieved an overall grade of 38 out of 100 based on 121 website tests and scanning for over 3,000 website technologies

Speed

Score: 35 / 100

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Design

Score: 53 / 100

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Security

Score: 16 / 100

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Accessibility

Score: 73 / 100

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Search

Score: 100 / 100

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Social

10 / 100

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Advertising

0 / 100

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Technology

24 / 100

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SPEED

A slow website reflects poorly on any business with the majority of people expecting a page to load in less than two seconds and Google now taking website speed into account for search result rankings.

Speed Grade

www.bbc.co.uk achieved a speed grade of 35 out of 100 based on 33 speed tests

Speed Test Summary

Failed: 6
Warnings: 12
Passed: 10
Not Applicable: 5

Speed Test Results

JavaScript execution took 2.3 seconds.

Warnings 2

The size of the document object model was 1343 elements.

Warnings 2

No duplicate Javascript was detected.

Passed 3

No inefficient animated content was detected.

Passed 3

The first contentful paint took 1.5 seconds.

Passed 3

The time to interactive was 7.5 seconds.

Failed 1

The largest contentful paint took 3.6 seconds.

Warnings 2

The largest contentful paint image was not lazily loaded.

Passed 3

Some legacy JavaScript was detected.

Warnings 2

The main thread was busy for 4.8 seconds.

Warnings 2

The first input delay was 0.6 seconds.

Failed 1

Modern image formats

Passed 3

Network server latency

Not applicable 4

Usage of document.write() was detected.

Failed 1

Offscreen and hidden images were not lazily loaded.

Warnings 2

Preloading of optional fonts

Not applicable 4

The largest contentful paint image was not preloaded.

Warnings 2

Excessive page redirects were detected.

Failed 1

Render blocking resources were not detected.

Passed 3

Server response time

Not applicable 4

The speed index was 3.2 seconds.

Passed 3

Lazy loading of third party resources

Not applicable 4

The total blocking time was 0.9 seconds.

Failed 1

The total page size was 4.7 megabytes (MB).

Passed 3

Unminified CSS was not detected.

Passed 3

Some unminified JavaScript was detected.

Warnings 2

Some unused CSS rules were detected.

Warnings 2

Significant unused JavaScript was detected.

Failed 1

Images are optimized.

Passed 3

Preconnects to required origins

Warnings 2

Preloading of resources

Not applicable 4

Using responsive images could improve performance.

Warnings 2

Text compression could improve performance.

Warnings 2

DESIGN

You have 2.7 seconds to grab the attention of your target audience. The best websites achieve this with a unique brand identity, strong visuals, and a clear message.

Design Grade

www.bbc.co.uk achieved a design grade of 53 out of 100 based on 16 design tests

Design Test Summary

Failed: 5
Warnings: 1
Passed: 7
Not Applicable: 3

Design Test Results

A properly defined charset was detected.

Passed 3

Background and foreground colors do not appear to have a sufficient contrast ratio.

Failed 1

The cumulative layout shift needs improvement.

Warnings 2

The doctype was specified.

Passed 3

Text may not remain visible during font loading.

Failed 1

Legible font sizes

Not applicable 4

The user's location was not requested on page load.

Passed 3

Images were not displayed with the correct aspect ratio.

Failed 1

Responsive images were detected.

Passed 3

Meta refresh

Not applicable 4

Unload event listeners were not detected.

Passed 3

Notification permission was not requested on page load.

Passed 3

Tap targets

Not applicable 4

Image elements do not have a defined width and height.

Failed 1

Passive event listeners not detected.

Failed 1

The viewport was set with width or initial-scale.

Passed 3

SECURITY

A secure website protects both visitors and the website owner from hackers and cyber criminals who are continuously scanning for weak websites to attack.

Security Grade

www.bbc.co.uk achieved a security grade of 16 out of 100 based on 6 security tests

Security Test Summary

Failed: 5
Warnings: 0
Passed: 1
Not Applicable: 0

Security Test Results

Deprecated API calls were detected.

Failed 1

Console errors were detected.

Failed 1

Inspector issues were detected.

Failed 1

The website does not use HTTPS.

Failed 1

Vulnerable JavaScript libraries were detected.

Failed 1

Password fields can be pasted into.

Passed 3

ACCESSIBILITY

Many websites are developed with accessibility barriers that make them difficult or even impossible for visually impaired and other disabled visitors to use.

Accessibility Grade

www.bbc.co.uk achieved a accessibility grade of 73 out of 100 based on 38 accessibility tests

Accessibility Test Summary

Failed: 5
Warnings: 0
Passed: 14
Not Applicable: 19

Accessibility Test Results

Access key values

Not applicable 4

Definition lists

Not applicable 4

Definition list items

Not applicable 4

Attributes on focusable elements are unique.

Passed 3

Unique ARIA IDs

Not applicable 4

Form field labels

Not applicable 4

Frame elements do not have a title.

Failed 1

Heading elements appear in a sequentially descending order.

Passed 3

The HTML element does not have a lang attribute.

Failed 1

HTML lang validity

Not applicable 4

Image button alt attributes

Not applicable 4

Form element labels

Not applicable 4

Links have a discernible name.

Passed 3

Lists do not contain only list elements.

Failed 1

List items are not contained within a parent list.

Failed 1

Zooming and scaling is allowed.

Passed 3

Object elements alternate text

Not applicable 4

No element has a tabindex value greater than 0.

Passed 3

Table headers markup

Not applicable 4

Table header data cells

Not applicable 4

Lang attributes have a valid value.

Passed 3

Video captions

Not applicable 4

SEARCH

People search on Google every day to help them find whatever they are looking for, but are you doing the rights things to encourage Google to display your website in search results ahead of your competitors?

Search Score

www.bbc.co.uk achieved a search grade of 100 out of 100 based on 12 search tests

Search Test Summary

Failed: 0
Warnings: 0
Passed: 10
Not Applicable: 2

Search Test Results

Not applicable 4

All links are crawlable.

Passed 3

A document title was detected.

Passed 3

A valid hreflang was detected.

Passed 3

A successful HTTP status code was detected.

Passed 3

All image elements have alt attributes.

Passed 3

The website is crawlable.

Passed 3

Links have descriptive text.

Passed 3

A meta description was detected.

Passed 3

Plugins were not detected.

Passed 3

The robots.txt is valid.

Passed 3

Structured data

Not applicable 4

SOCIAL

Social platforms can help websites reach, connect, and share information with people who share similar passions or interests.

Social Grade

www.bbc.co.uk achieved a social grade of 10 out of 100 based on over 100 social factors
Open Graph

Open Graph is a protocol that is used to integrate any web page into the social graph.

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ADVERTISING

Online advertising platforms can help businesses and organisations find, reach, and engage with people who are likely to be interested in their products or services.

Advertising Grade

www.bbc.co.uk achieved an advertising grade of 0 out of 100 based on over 200 advertising factors

TECHNOLOGY

Choosing the right technology to power your website can often mean the difference between staying one step ahead of your competition or falling behind in the race to engage with customers online.

Technology Grade

www.bbc.co.uk achieved a technology grade of 24 out of 100 based on scanning for over 3,000 website technologies

Technology Test Results

Technology Description Categories
Emotion Emotion is a library designed for writing CSS styles with JavaScript. JavaScript frameworks, Development
HSTS HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) informs browsers that the site should only be accessed using HTTPS. Security
HTTP/3 HTTP/3 is the third major version of the Hypertext Transfer Protocol used to exchange information on the World Wide Web. Miscellaneous
Loadable-Components Loadable-Components is a library to solve the React code-splitting client-side and server-side. JavaScript libraries
PWA Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) are web apps built and enhanced with modern APIs to deliver enhanced capabilities, reliability, and installability while reaching anyone, anywhere, on any device, all with a single codebase. Miscellaneous
React React is an open-source JavaScript library for building user interfaces or UI components. JavaScript frameworks
Varnish Varnish is a reverse caching proxy. Caching