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Report Summary

  • 28

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    48% of other websites

  • 76

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 43% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    36% of websites

  • 76

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    35% of websites

bostonconsulting.com.au

Strategic Management Consulting | Boston Consulting Group

Page Load Speed

3 sec in total

First Response

218 ms

Resources Loaded

2.6 sec

Page Rendered

238 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Bostonconsulting.com.au page load time and found that the first response time was 218 ms and then it took 2.8 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 50% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

bostonconsulting.com.au performance score

28

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.6 s

32/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value4.5 s

36/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value6.6 s

38/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value1,270 ms

19/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.346

32/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value13.6 s

11/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

bostonconsulting.com.au

218 ms

www.bostonconsulting.com.au

1107 ms

styles557.css

119 ms

menu557.css

476 ms

bcgdotcom557.css

248 ms

Our browser made a total of 35 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 94% of them (33 requests) were addressed to the original Bostonconsulting.com.au, 6% (2 requests) were made to Google-analytics.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1.1 sec) belongs to the original domain Bostonconsulting.com.au.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 572.4 kB (64%)

Content Size

894.2 kB

After Optimization

321.8 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Bostonconsulting.com.au main page is 894.2 kB. This result falls beyond the top 1M of websites and identifies a large and not optimized web page that may take ages to load. 30% of websites need less resources to load. Javascripts take 642.7 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-73%

Potential reduce by 16.6 kB

  • Original 22.6 kB
  • After minification 18.9 kB
  • After compression 6.0 kB

HTML content can be minified and compressed by a website’s server. The most efficient way is to compress content using GZIP which reduces data amount travelling through the network between server and browser. This page needs HTML code to be minified as it can gain 3.6 kB, which is 16% of the original size. It is highly recommended that content of this web page should be compressed using GZIP, as it can save up to 16.6 kB or 73% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-13%

Potential reduce by 11.5 kB

  • Original 90.2 kB
  • After minification 78.7 kB

Image size optimization can help to speed up a website loading time. The chart above shows the difference between the size before and after optimization. Obviously, Boston Consulting needs image optimization as it can save up to 11.5 kB or 13% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-67%

Potential reduce by 427.9 kB

  • Original 642.7 kB
  • After minification 632.7 kB
  • After compression 214.8 kB

It’s better to minify JavaScript in order to improve website performance. The diagram shows the current total size of all JavaScript files against the prospective JavaScript size after its minification and compression. It is highly recommended that all JavaScript files should be compressed and minified as it can save up to 427.9 kB or 67% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-84%

Potential reduce by 116.5 kB

  • Original 138.8 kB
  • After minification 115.6 kB
  • After compression 22.2 kB

CSS files minification is very important to reduce a web page rendering time. The faster CSS files can load, the earlier a page can be rendered. Bostonconsulting.com.au needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 116.5 kB or 84% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 13 (42%)

Requests Now

31

After Optimization

18

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 31 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Boston Consulting. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 4 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 6 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

bostonconsulting.com.au

bostonconsulting.com.au

218 ms

www.bostonconsulting.com.au

www.bostonconsulting.com.au

1107 ms

styles557.css

styles557.css

119 ms

menu557.css

menu557.css

476 ms

bcgdotcom557.css

bcgdotcom557.css

248 ms

local557.css

local557.css

193 ms

colorbox557.css

colorbox557.css

294 ms

bcgdotcomscript_min31061.js

bcgdotcomscript_min31061.js

598 ms

AC_RunActiveContent16822.js

AC_RunActiveContent16822.js

434 ms

WebResource.axd

WebResource.axd

846 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

77 ms

major_bg_vert.jpg

major_bg_vert.jpg

84 ms

vertical_sprite1.png

vertical_sprite1.png

183 ms

vertical_sprite2.png

vertical_sprite2.png

184 ms

bullet_off.gif

bullet_off.gif

205 ms

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204 ms

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227 ms

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241 ms

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269 ms

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292 ms

logo_final.gif

logo_final.gif

358 ms

ANZ_Sprite.gif

ANZ_Sprite.gif

359 ms

content_top_bar.gif

content_top_bar.gif

429 ms

content_bg.gif

content_bg.gif

408 ms

collect

collect

100 ms

sprite_general.gif

sprite_general.gif

344 ms

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vertical_form_bg.png

320 ms

content_bottom_bar.gif

content_bottom_bar.gif

356 ms

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bcghenserifhead-webfont.woff

384 ms

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bcghensansbold-webfont.woff

409 ms

colorbox_controls.png

colorbox_controls.png

250 ms

colorbox_border.png

colorbox_border.png

275 ms

colorbox_loading_background.png

colorbox_loading_background.png

251 ms

colorbox_loading.gif

colorbox_loading.gif

257 ms

print557.css

print557.css

57 ms

Accessibility Review

bostonconsulting.com.au accessibility score

76

Accessibility Issues

Names and labels

These are opportunities to improve the semantics of the controls in your application. This may enhance the experience for users of assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Impact

Issue

High

Buttons do not have an accessible name

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

High

Links do not have a discernible name

Contrast

These are opportunities to improve the legibility of your content.

Impact

Issue

High

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

Best Practices

bostonconsulting.com.au best practices score

75

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

High

Includes front-end JavaScript libraries with known security vulnerabilities

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

High

Missing source maps for large first-party JavaScript

SEO Factors

bostonconsulting.com.au SEO score

76

Search Engine Optimization Advices

Content Best Practices

Format your HTML in a way that enables crawlers to better understand your app’s content.

Impact

Issue

High

Links do not have descriptive text

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

Crawling and Indexing

To appear in search results, crawlers need access to your app.

Impact

Issue

High

Links are not crawlable

Mobile Friendly

Make sure your pages are mobile friendly so users don’t have to pinch or zoom in order to read the content pages. [Learn more](https://developers.google.com/search/mobile-sites/).

Impact

Issue

High

Document uses legible font sizes

High

Tap targets are not sized appropriately

Language and Encoding

  • Language Detected

    EN

  • Language Claimed

    N/A

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Bostonconsulting.com.au can be misinterpreted by Google and other search engines. Our service has detected that English is used on the page, and neither this language nor any other was claimed in <html> or <meta> tags. Our system also found out that Bostonconsulting.com.au main page’s claimed encoding is utf-8. Use of this encoding format is the best practice as the main page visitors from all over the world won’t have any issues with symbol transcription.

Social Sharing Optimization

bostonconsulting.com.au

Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of Boston Consulting. Lack of Open Graph description can be counter-productive for their social media presence, as such a description allows converting a website homepage (or other pages) into good-looking, rich and well-structured posts, when it is being shared on Facebook and other social media. For example, adding the following code snippet into HTML <head> tag will help to represent this web page correctly in social networks: