2008 Q2/FTSE 250
INDEX Facts
- Completed date:
20 Jun 2008
- Total URLs tested:
94,594
- Total tests run:
30,869,826
- Total number of PDF's:
4,876
- URLs failing functional tests:
5.43%
- Pages failing code standards:
76.11%
- Pages missing a title:
1.60%
- Pages failing accessibility level A:
33.06%
- Pages failing accessibility level AA:
96.37%
- Poorest code quality:
Wincanton (http://www.wincanton.co.uk/) - 29,563 failures
- Fastest average response time:
PV Crystalox Solar (http://www.pvcrystaloxsolar.com/)
Accessibility and Performance rankings
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Daily Mail & General Trust | 100.00 | 100.00 |
| Hargreaves Lansdown | 100.00 | 84.50 |
| St.Modwen Properties | 100.00 | 83.33 |
| Marstons | 100.00 | 51.20 |
| Enodis | 100.00 | 32.00 |
| Rightmove | 100.00 | 28.68 |
| Wellstream Holdings | 100.00 | 24.60 |
| Dana Petroleum | 100.00 | 18.25 |
| Charter | 100.00 | 15.87 |
| BSS Group | 100.00 | 15.08 |
| Electra Private Equity | 100.00 | 8.11 |
| Aggreko | 100.00 | 2.40 |
| Ashmore Group | 100.00 | 1.06 |
| Bovis Homes Group | 100.00 | 0.79 |
| Rentokil Initial | 100.00 | 0.79 |
| Michael Page International | 100.00 | 0.78 |
| Aricom | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Bluebay Asset Management | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Capital & Regional | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Chloride Group | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Connaught | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| DSG International | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Davis Service Group | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Derwent London | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Drax Group | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Electrocomponents | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Findel | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Gem Diamonds | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Great Portland Estates | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| IG Group Holdings | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Inchcape | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Kier Group | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Ladbrokes | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Law Debenture Corp | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Melrose Resources | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Millennium & Copthorne Hotels | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Misys | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Mitchells & Butlers | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Monks Investment Trust PLC | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Mouchel Group | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Perpetual Income & Growth Inv Tst | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Premier Farnell | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| SSL International | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| SVG Capital | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Scottish Mortgage Inv Tst | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Serco Group | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Southern Cross Healthcare | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Talvivaara Mining Company | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Taylor Wimpey | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Telecity Group | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| United Business Media | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| International Personal Finance | 99.22 | 0.00 |
| Signet Group | 99.22 | 0.00 |
| Ashtead Group | 99.21 | 0.00 |
| Atkins (WS) | 99.21 | 0.00 |
| Halfords Group | 99.21 | 0.00 |
| Dairy Crest Group | 99.20 | 0.00 |
| GKN | 99.20 | 0.00 |
| Imperial Energy Corp | 99.20 | 0.00 |
| Johnston Press | 99.20 | 0.00 |
| Rathbone Brothers | 99.20 | 0.00 |
| Renishaw | 99.20 | 0.00 |
| Senior | 99.20 | 0.00 |
| Stagecoach Group | 99.20 | 0.00 |
| eaga | 99.20 | 0.00 |
| Rank Group | 99.18 | 0.00 |
| Fenner | 99.07 | 0.00 |
| Baring Emerging Europe | 98.45 | 83.72 |
| Carillion | 98.45 | 0.00 |
| WSP group | 98.45 | 0.00 |
| Game Group | 98.44 | 0.00 |
| Northern Foods | 98.43 | 66.14 |
| Impax Environmental Markets | 98.41 | 0.00 |
| FKI | 98.40 | 0.00 |
| Laird | 98.40 | 0.00 |
| TR Property Investment Trust | 97.87 | 1.06 |
| Yell Group | 97.67 | 50.39 |
| Halma | 97.67 | 8.53 |
| Murray Income Trust | 97.67 | 0.00 |
| Tomkins | 97.67 | 0.00 |
| Venture Production | 97.64 | 25.20 |
| Amlin | 97.64 | 0.00 |
| Arriva | 97.62 | 0.00 |
| Inmarsat | 97.62 | 0.00 |
| Balfour Beatty | 97.60 | 0.00 |
| Caledonia Investments | 97.60 | 0.00 |
| SIG | 97.60 | 0.00 |
| British Empire Securities | 97.44 | 0.00 |
| Mapeley | 96.88 | 0.00 |
| William Hill | 96.80 | 0.00 |
| Assura | 96.03 | 0.00 |
| HMV Group | 96.00 | 0.00 |
| National Express Group | 96.00 | 0.00 |
| Shanks Group | 96.00 | 0.00 |
| Edinburgh Dragon Trust | 95.24 | 0.00 |
| Workspace Group | 95.20 | 11.20 |
| Merchants Trust | 95.20 | 0.00 |
| Chemring Group | 94.57 | 0.00 |
| Euromoney Institutional Investors | 94.57 | 0.00 |
| Burberry Group | 94.40 | 0.00 |
| Foreign & Col | 94.40 | 0.00 |
| Murray International Trust | 94.40 | 0.00 |
| WH Smith | 94.29 | 1.90 |
| Berkeley Group Holdings | 93.80 | 25.58 |
| Cattles | 93.75 | 0.00 |
| Forth Ports | 93.75 | 0.00 |
| Petrofac | 93.60 | 0.00 |
| UK Coal | 92.91 | 0.00 |
| Partygaming | 92.80 | 0.00 |
| BBA Aviation | 92.06 | 17.46 |
| Bradford & Bingley | 92.06 | 0.00 |
| Logica | 92.06 | 0.00 |
| Pennon Group | 92.00 | 0.00 |
| Spirax-Sarco Engineering | 91.09 | 0.00 |
| Helical Bar | 90.70 | 0.00 |
| Arm Holdings | 90.55 | 0.00 |
| Britvic | 90.48 | 0.79 |
| RPS Group | 90.40 | 1.60 |
| Homeserve | 89.92 | 0.00 |
| Bankers Investment Trust | 89.84 | 0.00 |
| Aberdeen Asset Management | 88.98 | 0.00 |
| Unite Group | 88.37 | 0.00 |
| Genus | 88.28 | 0.00 |
| Northgate | 86.61 | 0.00 |
| Redrow | 85.16 | 0.00 |
| Spectris | 85.16 | 0.00 |
| MITIE Group | 85.04 | 0.00 |
| Galiform | 84.25 | 0.00 |
| Ferrexpo | 84.00 | 0.00 |
| SEGRO | 84.00 | 0.00 |
| AGA Rangemaster Group | 83.20 | 0.00 |
| Scottish Investment Trust | 82.54 | 0.00 |
| Close Brothers Group | 81.10 | 0.00 |
| Northumbrian Water Group | 80.95 | 0.00 |
| Travis Perkins | 80.56 | 0.00 |
| JKX Oil & Gas | 80.16 | 0.00 |
| Easyjet | 79.37 | 0.79 |
| Brit Insurance Holdings | 79.20 | 0.00 |
| Quintain Estates And Development | 78.40 | 0.00 |
| moneysupermarket.com group | 77.95 | 0.00 |
| Invensys | 74.40 | 0.00 |
| Marshalls | 74.40 | 0.00 |
| RIT Capital Partners | 73.53 | 0.00 |
| Fidelity (Edinburgh Inv Tst) | 73.02 | 3.17 |
| Investec | 71.65 | 0.00 |
| Interserve | 68.80 | 0.00 |
| Taylor Nelson Sofres | 68.80 | 0.00 |
| Premier Foods | 64.00 | 0.00 |
| Aveva Group | 62.70 | 0.00 |
| Debenhams | 60.00 | 0.00 |
| Collins Stewart | 59.72 | 0.00 |
| Blackrock World Mining Trust | 57.94 | 0.00 |
| International Ferro Metals | 57.94 | 0.00 |
| Tullett Prebon | 54.93 | 0.00 |
| JD Wetherspoon | 52.71 | 0.00 |
| Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group | 48.84 | 0.00 |
| Cookson Group | 42.52 | 0.00 |
| St James's Place | 35.71 | 0.00 |
| Speedy Hire | 35.20 | 0.00 |
| CSR | 34.13 | 0.00 |
| Trinity Mirror | 33.59 | 0.00 |
| Dignity | 32.00 | 0.00 |
| De La Rue | 30.23 | 0.78 |
| Barratt Developments | 29.46 | 0.00 |
| Babcock International Group | 26.19 | 0.00 |
| Morgan Sindall | 24.00 | 0.00 |
| Micro Focus International | 23.62 | 0.00 |
| Aberforth Smaller Companies Tst | 15.38 | 0.00 |
| Real Estate Opportunities | 14.94 | 0.00 |
| Beazley Group | 13.60 | 0.00 |
| Big Yellow Group | 12.00 | 0.00 |
| Keller | 11.72 | 0.00 |
| Savills | 11.02 | 0.00 |
| City of London Investment Trust | 10.00 | 0.00 |
| Qinetiq Group | 9.45 | 0.00 |
| Soco International | 8.80 | 0.00 |
| Brixton | 8.73 | 0.00 |
| Paypoint | 7.20 | 0.00 |
| ITE Group | 6.84 | 0.00 |
| Kesa Electricals | 6.30 | 0.00 |
| Grainger | 6.20 | 0.00 |
| Hardy Oil & Gas | 6.12 | 0.00 |
| Rotork | 5.56 | 0.00 |
| Go-Ahead Group | 5.47 | 3.91 |
| Dimension Data Holdings | 5.43 | 0.00 |
| Premier Oil | 5.43 | 0.00 |
| Witan Investment Trust | 5.43 | 0.00 |
| Hiscox | 4.72 | 0.00 |
| Aquarius Platinum | 4.71 | 0.00 |
| Dexion Absolute | 4.35 | 0.00 |
| Bodycote | 4.00 | 0.00 |
| IMI | 4.00 | 0.00 |
| Punch Taverns | 3.88 | 0.00 |
| PZ Cussons | 3.70 | 0.00 |
| PV Crystalox Solar | 3.64 | 0.00 |
| Wincanton | 3.12 | 0.00 |
| Daejan Holdings | 2.56 | 0.00 |
| Randgold Resources | 2.40 | 0.00 |
| Brown (N.) Group | 1.96 | 0.00 |
| Filtrona | 1.85 | 0.00 |
| Greene King | 1.75 | 0.00 |
| Bellway | 1.60 | 0.00 |
| Autonomy Corporation | 1.59 | 0.00 |
| Victrex | 1.59 | 0.00 |
| Xchanging | 1.59 | 0.00 |
| Regus Group | 1.55 | 0.00 |
| Croda International | 0.79 | 0.00 |
| Benfield Group | 0.00 | 0.78 |
| 888 Holdings | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Aegis Group | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Candover Investments | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Carpetright | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Catlin Group LD | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Colt Telecom Group SA | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Hays | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Henderson Group | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Hochschild Mining | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Hunting | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Informa | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Intermediate Capital Group | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Intertek Group | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Meggitt | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Mondi | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Morgan Crucible Co | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Provident Financial | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Smith (DS) | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Spirent Communications | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Sports Direct International | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Temple Bar Investment Trust | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| VT Group | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Weir Group | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Error free sites
The following sites scored full marks for Function.
- Aberforth Smaller Companies Tst
- Atkins (WS)
- Catlin Group LD
- Electra Private Equity
- International Ferro Metals
- Monks Investment Trust PLC
- Randgold Resources
- St.Modwen Properties
- Taylor Wimpey
Failing A & AA on every page
The following sites failed high priority tests on every page.
- 888 Holdings
- Aegis Group
- Candover Investments
- Carpetright
- Catlin Group LD
- Colt Telecom Group SA
- Smith (DS)
- Hays
- Henderson Group
- Hochschild Mining
- Hunting
- Intermediate Capital Group
- Informa
- Intertek Group
- Meggitt
- Mondi
- Morgan Crucible Co
- Provident Financial
- Spirent Communications
- Sports Direct International
- Temple Bar Investment Trust
- VT Group
- Weir Group
Excluded from INDEX
The following sites were excluded from the INDEX.
- 3i Infrastructure
- Expro International Group
- Headlam Group
- Greggs
- British Assets Trust
- JPMorgan Emerging Markets Investment Trust
- Mercantile Investment TST (the)
- JPMorgan Indian Inv Trust
- JP Morgan
- JPMorgan Russian Secs
- Shaftesbury
- Templeton Emerging Markets IT
- Ultra Electronics Holdings
PDF testing
23.1% 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.
Top ten functional failures
The most common categories of functional failure.
| file/url/offtop None |
29.51% |
| file/url/badpath None |
15.15% |
| file/url/badquery None |
12.58% |
| url/fetch/notfound File not found |
7.57% |
| url/mail/badsmtp Mail server returned unexpected response |
5.50% |
| file/html/notitle None |
4.48% |
| file/html/badmeta None |
4.30% |
| file/html/longmeta None |
3.73% |
| url/fetch/unknownstatus Unknown status code received from web server |
3.46% |
| url/fetch/noaddr Host not found in DNS |
2.27% |
Top ten code quality failures
The most common categories of code quality failure.
| file/html/badentity Invalid character in entity |
25.72% |
| file/html/unknownentity Unknown entity name |
25.07% |
| file/html/tagnotallowed A start tag has been found in a position in which that element may not appear |
11.90% |
| file/html/badvalue Invalid attribute value |
9.81% |
| file/html/unknowntag A start or end tag was found which was unrecognised |
9.17% |
| file/html/badattr Invalid attribute name |
8.13% |
| file/html/closingunopened A redundant close tag was found |
4.75% |
| file/html/missingclose An element is missing the required close tag |
2.81% |
| file/html/repeatedattr A tag has been assigned the same attribute more than once |
0.92% |
| file/html/unnecessaryclose An end tag was found for an element which does not require one |
0.87% |