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Registry Domain ID: 292015_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN
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Updated Date: 2023-11-20T10:07:04Z
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plus.com desktop page speed rank

Last tested: 2017-05-08


Desktop Speed Bad
60/100

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plus.com mobile page speed rank

Last tested: 2017-04-21


Mobile Speed Bad
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plus.com mobile page usability

Last tested: 2017-04-21


Mobile Usability Good
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Errors

A “meta” element with an “http-equiv” attribute whose value is “X-UA-Compatible” must have a “content” attribute with the value “IE=edge”.

Line: 13 Column: 5 - 66
"...8" /> <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge,chrome=1"> ..."

Element “span” not allowed as child of element “ul” in this context. (Suppressing further errors from this subtree.)

Line: 126 Column: 45 - 92
"... <span class="global-nav__secondary-aside-title"> More ..."

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Line: 456 Column: 3 - 50
".../title> <g id="curvedarrow_1" data-name="curvedarrow 2"> <..."

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Line: 457 Column: 5 - 54
"...w 2"> <g id="curvedarrow_1-2" data-name="curvedarrow 1"> ..."

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Line: 701 Column: 17 - 96
"... <img aria-hidden="true" class="c-jumbotron__joe--adsl" srcset="/bundles/plusnetplusnetassets/images/heroes/joe/joe-umbrella-full.png 326w, /bundles/plusnetplusnetassets/images/heroes/joe/joe-umbrella-full@2x.png 652w, /bundles/plusnetplusnetassets/images/heroes/joe/joe-umbrella-full@3x.png 978w" sizes="(max-width: 320px) 280px, (max-width: 480px) 440px, 300px" src="/bundles/plusnetplusnetassets/images/heroes/joe/joe-umbrella-full.png"> ..." Line: 1044 Column: 21 - 160
"... <img class="c-signpost__image--tertiary c-signpost__image--logo" src="/bundles/plusnetplusnetassets/images/logo_lockup_pinkstrapline.svg" /> ..." Line: 1064 Column: 21 - 132
"... <img class="c-signpost__image--tertiary " src="/bundles/plusnetplusnetassets/images/icons/icon-switching.svg" /> ..." Line: 1085 Column: 21 - 131
"... <img class="c-signpost__image--tertiary " src="/bundles/plusnetplusnetassets/images/icons/icon-question.svg" /> ..." Line: 1105 Column: 21 - 128
"... <img class="c-signpost__image--tertiary " src="/bundles/plusnetplusnetassets/images/icons/icon-phone.svg" /> ..." Line: 1140 Column: 17 - 133
"... <img class="c-signpost__image--exploreProducts" src="/bundles/plusnetplusnetassets/images/svgmacros/unlimited.svg" /> ..." Line: 1158 Column: 17 - 139
"... <img class="c-signpost__image--exploreProducts" src="/bundles/plusnetplusnetassets/images/svgmacros/unlimited-fibre.svg" /> ..." Line: 1178 Column: 17 - 128
"... <img class="c-signpost__image--exploreProducts" src="/bundles/plusnetplusnetassets/images/svgmacros/payg.svg" /> ..." Line: 1196 Column: 17 - 126
"... <img class="c-signpost__image--exploreProducts" src="/bundles/plusnetplusnetassets/images/svgmacros/tv.svg" /> ..."

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Line: 789 Column: 25 - 539
"... <input type="text" id="linecheck_postcode" name="linecheck[postcode]" class="homepage-regex x-linecheck__input input--animate" data-tests="[{&quot;ruleId&quot;:&quot;InvalidFormat&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;regex&quot;,&quot;criteria&quot;:[&quot;^\\s*(([Gg][Ii][Rr] 0[Aa]{2})|((([A-Za-z][0-9]{1,2})|(([A-Za-z][A-Ha-hJ-Yj-y][0-9]{1,2})|(([A-Za-z][0-9][A-Za-z])|([A-Za-z][A-Ha-hJ-Yj-y][0-9]?[A-Za-z])))) {0,1}[0-9][A-Za-z]{2}))\\s*$&quot;],&quot;message&quot;:&quot;Please enter a valid postcode&quot;}]" required> ..."

Duplicate ID “linecheck_cli”.

Line: 802 Column: 25 - 431
"... <input type="tel" id="linecheck_cli" disabled="disabled" name="linecheck[cli]" class="homepage-regex x-linecheck__input input--animate" data-tests="[{&quot;ruleId&quot;:&quot;InvalidFormat&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;regex&quot;,&quot;criteria&quot;:[&quot;^0(1|2)([0-9]\\s*){8,9}$&quot;],&quot;message&quot;:&quot;Please enter a valid landline number&quot;}]" placeholder="Enter landline number" required> ..."

End tag “main” seen, but there were open elements.

Line: 1223 Column: 13 - 19
"... </main> ..."

Unclosed element “div”.

Line: 289 Column: 1 - 18
"... <div class="grid"> ..."

No “p” element in scope but a “p” end tag seen.

Line: 1430 Column: 96 - 99
"...kages</a>.</p> <h4>..."

Bad value “true” for attribute “async” on element “script”.

Line: 1774 Column: 5 - 98
"...g --> <script src="https://www.dwin1.com/2973.js" type="text/javascript" defer="defer" async="true"></scri..."

Warnings

Consider avoiding viewport values that prevent users from resizing documents.

Line: 19 Column: 5 - 132
"...rt!"> <meta name="viewport" content="user-scalable=0, width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, minimum-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0" /> ..."

The “banner” role is unnecessary for element “header”.

Line: 58 Column: 13 - 58
"... <header class="header clearfix" role="banner"> ..."

The first occurrence of ID “curvedarrow_1” was here.

Line: 354 Column: 3 - 50
".../title> <g id="curvedarrow_1" data-name="curvedarrow 2"> <..."

The first occurrence of ID “curvedarrow_1-2” was here.

Line: 355 Column: 5 - 54
"...w 2"> <g id="curvedarrow_1-2" data-name="curvedarrow 1"> ..."

The first occurrence of ID “linecheck_postcode” was here.

Line: 742 Column: 25 - 539
"... <input type="text" id="linecheck_postcode" name="linecheck[postcode]" class="homepage-regex x-linecheck__input input--animate" data-tests="[{&quot;ruleId&quot;:&quot;InvalidFormat&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;regex&quot;,&quot;criteria&quot;:[&quot;^\\s*(([Gg][Ii][Rr] 0[Aa]{2})|((([A-Za-z][0-9]{1,2})|(([A-Za-z][A-Ha-hJ-Yj-y][0-9]{1,2})|(([A-Za-z][0-9][A-Za-z])|([A-Za-z][A-Ha-hJ-Yj-y][0-9]?[A-Za-z])))) {0,1}[0-9][A-Za-z]{2}))\\s*$&quot;],&quot;message&quot;:&quot;Please enter a valid postcode&quot;}]" required> ..."

The first occurrence of ID “linecheck_cli” was here.

Line: 755 Column: 25 - 379
"... <input type="tel" id="linecheck_cli" name="linecheck[cli]" class="homepage-regex x-linecheck__input input--animate" data-tests="[{&quot;ruleId&quot;:&quot;InvalidFormat&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;regex&quot;,&quot;criteria&quot;:[&quot;^\\s*0(1|2)([0-9]\\s*){8,9}$&quot;],&quot;message&quot;:&quot;Please enter a valid landline number&quot;}]" required> ..."

Consider using the “h1” element as a top-level heading only (all “h1” elements are treated as top-level headings by many screen readers and other tools).

Line: 1131 Column: 13 - 61
"... <h1 class="c-signpost__heading--exploreProducts">EXPLOR..."

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