2007 Q2/FTSE 250



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INDEX Facts

  • Completed date:

    18 Jun 2007

  • Total URLs tested:

    91,439

  • Total tests run:

    29,843,385

  • Total number of PDF's:

    4,835

  • URLs failing functional tests:

    6.87%

  • Pages failing code standards:

    79.29%

  • Pages missing a title:

    2.73%

  • Pages failing accessibility level A:

    43.08%

  • Pages failing accessibility level AA:

    97.69%

  • Poorest code quality:

    Autonomy Corporation (http://www.autonomy.com/) - 83,221 failures

  • Fastest average response time:

    Alliance Trust (http://www.alliancetrusts.com/)




Accessibility and Performance rankings Expand / contract icon

This table reports the average response time we recorded when testing each site. A response time above 0.7 seconds can have a negative effect on user experience.

This table reports the percentage of pages on the sites we tested that passed automated WCAG 1.0 A and AA testing (0 means every page had an issue).

Organisation Avg. Response Download (kB/s)
Only available for Qtr 4 2010 onwards
Organisation A AA
Marstons100.0055.91
Ashmore Group100.0049.30
Berkeley Group Holdi​ngs100.0032.03
Enodis100.0020.00
Dana Petroleum100.0017.60
Michael Page Interna​tional100.0014.84
Rightmove100.009.52
Electra Private Equi​ty100.006.45
Homeserve100.003.12
Tullow Oil100.001.56
Arriva100.000.78
Arm Holdings100.000.00
Bellway100.000.00
Bluebay Asset Manage​ment100.000.00
Cobham100.000.00
Davis Service Group100.000.00
Derwent London100.000.00
Dunelm Group100.000.00
EMAP100.000.00
EMI Group100.000.00
Electrocomponents100.000.00
Findel100.000.00
GKN100.000.00
Go-Ahead Group100.000.00
Great Portland Estat​es100.000.00
Hikma Pharmaceutical​s100.000.00
IG Group Holdings100.000.00
Inchcape100.000.00
Invista Foundation P​roperty Trust100.000.00
Melrose PLC100.000.00
Misys100.000.00
Pendragon100.000.00
Rank Group100.000.00
Renishaw100.000.00
Rentokil Initial100.000.00
SVG Capital100.000.00
Serco Group100.000.00
Signet Group100.000.00
Southern Cross Healt​hcare100.000.00
Stagecoach Group100.000.00
Taylor Woodrow100.000.00
Ultra Electronics Ho​ldings100.000.00
United Business Medi​a100.000.00
Redrow99.220.00
FKI99.210.00
Halfords Group99.210.00
Informa99.210.00
National Express Gro​up99.210.00
St.Modwen Properties​99.210.00
Venture Production99.2030.40
Baillie Gifford : Mo​nks /​ Scottish Inv Tr99.200.00
Dairy Crest Group99.200.00
Britvic98.440.00
Carillion98.440.00
Helical Bar98.430.00
Laird Group98.430.00
Amlin98.410.00
Game Group98.410.00
Shanks Group98.410.00
Ladbrokes98.4044.80
Rathbone Brothers98.400.00
Tomkins98.400.00
AMEC97.660.00
Biffa97.600.00
Caledonia Investment​s97.600.00
Inmarsat97.600.00
Northern Foods96.9068.22
TR Property Investme​nt Trust96.881.56
William Hill96.880.00
Euromoney Institutio​nal Investors96.830.00
British Energy Group​96.800.00
Kier Group96.800.00
British Empire Secur​ities96.773.23
Abbot Group96.701.10
HMV Group96.000.00
WH Smith95.451.82
Luminar95.350.00
Perpetual Income &​ Growth Inv Tst95.310.00
Workspace Group95.2418.25
Bunzl94.780.00
Merchants Trust94.690.00
Chemring Group94.530.00
Mouchel Parkman94.530.00
UK Coal94.440.00
Halma93.029.30
Burren Energy92.860.00
Partygaming92.860.00
Investec92.130.00
BBA Aviation92.0016.00
Qinetiq Group91.410.00
Assura91.340.00
Foreign &​ Col 91.200.00
Northumbrian Water G​roup91.200.00
Premier Farnell90.480.00
G4S89.840.00
Spirax-Sarco Enginee​ring89.770.00
RPS Group89.6027.20
Unite Group88.370.00
Spectris88.190.00
Cattles87.600.00
British Assets Trust​87.400.00
First Choice Holiday​s87.400.00
Scottish Investment ​Trust86.510.00
Computacenter86.400.00
Galiform84.130.00
Wimpey George84.001.60
Petrofac83.460.00
Brit Insurance Holdi​ngs83.330.00
Jardine Lloyd Thomps​on Group83.2015.20
Travis Perkins83.130.00
Bankers Investment T​rust82.030.00
Easyjet80.950.00
Marshalls80.000.80
Northgate76.800.00
McAlpine (Alfred)75.590.00
Aveva Group75.400.00
Paragon Group Of Com​panies73.600.00
RIT Capital Partners​73.530.00
JD Wetherspoons72.220.00
Wood Group (John)69.600.00
Tullett Prebon68.330.00
Charter67.190.00
Sthree66.6766.67
Balfour Beatty65.350.00
Premier Foods64.290.79
Interserve63.200.00
Babcock Internationa​l Group58.910.00
Speedy Hire57.940.00
Catlin Group LD55.560.00
FirstGroup53.604.00
Admiral Group45.780.00
St James's Place44.800.00
Alliance Trust41.230.00
Minerva40.000.00
Cookson Group39.680.00
CSR37.300.00
Helphire Group36.730.00
Trinity Mirror32.030.00
Cairn Energy31.750.79
JJB Sports24.600.79
Morgan Sindall24.410.00
City of London Inves​tment Trust23.080.00
Greggs22.660.00
Hunting20.800.00
Collins Stewart20.250.00
Johnston Press19.740.00
Galliford Try17.970.00
Brixton17.600.00
Forth Ports16.000.00
Morgan Crucible Co16.000.00
Aberforth Smaller Co​mpanies Tst15.380.00
Bovis Homes Group13.490.00
Detica Group12.800.00
Pennon Group12.800.00
Gyrus Group10.940.00
Mytravel Group9.450.00
Big Yellow Group8.800.00
Soco International8.800.00
Micro Focus Internat​ional8.000.00
Kesa Electricals7.940.00
Filtrona5.560.00
Dimension Data Holdi​ngs5.430.00
Aquarius Platinum5.000.00
Shaftesbury4.880.00
IMI4.800.00
Rotork4.800.00
Victrex4.720.00
Hiscox4.650.00
Dexion Absolute4.350.00
Beazley Group3.920.00
Aberdeen Asset Manag​ement3.880.00
PZ Cussons3.800.00
Warner Estate Holdin​gs3.280.00
Croda International3.200.00
SIG3.150.00
Daejan Holdings2.630.00
Atkins (WS)2.400.00
Autonomy Corporation​2.400.00
Carphone Warehouse G​roup2.400.00
Grainger2.380.00
Invensys2.360.00
Barratt Developments​1.600.00
London Stock Exchang​e Group1.600.00
Mapeley1.320.00
Brown (N.) Group0.960.00
Regus Group0.850.00
Northgate Informatio​n Solutions0.800.00
Intertek Group0.790.00
Premier Oil0.790.00
SSL International0.790.00
Savills0.780.00
Benfield Group0.000.78
AGA Foodservice Grou​p0.000.00
Aggreko0.000.00
Ashtead Group0.000.00
Avis Europe0.000.00
BSS Group0.000.00
Bodycote Internation​al0.000.00
CLS Holdings0.000.00
Candover Investments​0.000.00
Capital &​ Regional0.000.00
Carpetright0.000.00
Close Brothers Group​0.000.00
Dunedin Income Growt​h Investment Trust0.000.00
Edinburgh US Tracker​ Trust0.000.00
Greene King0.000.00
Hays0.000.00
Henderson Group0.000.00
Hochschild Mining0.000.00
Intermediate Capital​ Group0.000.00
JKX Oil &​ Gas0.000.00
Keller0.000.00
LogicaCMG0.000.00
MITIE Group0.000.00
Meggitt0.000.00
Millennium &​ Copthorne Hotels0.000.00
Murray Income Trust0.000.00
Murray International​ Trust0.000.00
Provident Financial0.000.00
Quintain Estates And​ Development0.000.00
Randgold Resources0.000.00
Smith (DS)0.000.00
Spirent Communicatio​ns0.000.00
Taylor Nelson Sofres​0.000.00
Temple Bar Investmen​t Trust0.000.00
Topps Tiles0.000.00
VT Group0.000.00
Weir Group0.000.00
Wincanton0.000.00
Witan Investment Tru​st0.000.00
Woolworths Group0.000.00
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Error free sites

The following sites scored full marks for Function.

  • Berkeley Group Holdings
  • Cobham
  • Dana Petroleum
  • Electra Private Equity
  • Hochschild Mining
  • Marstons
  • Meggitt
  • Melrose PLC
  • Northumbrian Water Group
  • Randgold Resources
  • Signet Group
  • Taylor Woodrow
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Failing A & AA on every page

The following sites failed high priority tests on every page.

  • AGA Foodservice Group
  • Aggreko
  • Ashtead Group
  • Avis Europe
  • Bodycote International
  • BSS Group
  • Candover Investments
  • Capital & Regional
  • Carpetright
  • Close Brothers Group
  • CLS Holdings
  • Smith (DS)
  • Dunedin Income Growth Investment Trust
  • Edinburgh US Tracker Trust
  • Greene King
  • Hays
  • Henderson Group
  • Hochschild Mining
  • Intermediate Capital Group
  • JKX Oil & Gas
  • Keller
  • LogicaCMG
  • Meggitt
  • Millennium & Copthorne Hotels
  • MITIE Group
  • Murray Income Trust
  • Murray International Trust
  • Provident Financial
  • Quintain Estates And Development
  • Randgold Resources
  • Spirent Communications
  • Temple Bar Investment Trust
  • Taylor Nelson Sofres
  • Topps Tiles
  • VT Group
  • Weir Group
  • Wincanton
  • Witan Investment Trust
  • Woolworths Group
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Excluded from INDEX

The following sites were excluded from the INDEX.

  • Aegis Group
  • Burberry Group
  • Restaurant Group
  • Colt Telecom Group
  • Debenhams
  • De La Rue
  • Expro International Group
  • Fidelity (Edinburgh Inv Tst)
  • Headlam Group
  • JP Morgan
  • Templeton Emerging Markets IT
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PDF testing

16.7% of checked PDFs were not tagged for accessibility.

Sitemorse performs twenty eight checks on PDF documents as part of our website benchmarking to ensure users do not experience problems such as broken links, or failing email addresses - we are also the first to test the accessibility compliance of PDF's.

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Top ten functional failures

The most common categories of functional failure.

file/url/badquery
None
88.49%
file/url/offtop
None
3.76%
file/url/badpath
None
2.12%
url/fetch/notfound
File not found
0.99%
file/html/notitle
None
0.79%
url/mail/exception
Exception while verifying email address
0.75%
file/html/badmeta
None
0.67%
url/fetch/unknownstatus
Unknown status code received from web server
0.44%
file/html/longmeta
None
0.41%
url/mail/badsmtp
Mail server returned unexpected response
0.35%
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Top ten code quality failures

The most common categories of code quality failure.

file/html/badentity
Invalid character in entity
32.38%
file/html/unknownentity
Unknown entity name
19.70%
file/html/badvalue
Invalid attribute value
11.35%
file/html/unknowntag
A start or end tag was found which was unrecognised
9.44%
file/html/tagnotallowed
A start tag has been found in a position in which that element may not appear
8.28%
file/html/badattr
Invalid attribute name
6.19%
file/html/repeatedattr
A tag has been assigned the same attribute more than once
5.39%
file/html/closingunopened
A redundant close tag was found
3.63%
file/html/missingclose
An element is missing the required close tag
2.18%
file/html/unnecessaryclose
An end tag was found for an element which does not require one
0.94%