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Report Summary

  • 38

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    58% of other websites

  • 92

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 80% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    36% of websites

  • 92

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    75% of websites

baptisttimes.co.uk

The Baptist Union of Great Britain : Latest News

Page Load Speed

2.9 sec in total

First Response

248 ms

Resources Loaded

2.4 sec

Page Rendered

272 ms

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About Website

Click here to check amazing Baptist Times content. Otherwise, check out these important facts you probably never knew about baptisttimes.co.uk

The Baptist Union of Great Britain (BUGB) is the Baptist family in England and Wales (there is also the Baptist Union of Wales). It is made up of churches, regional associations, the national resource...

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Key Findings

We analyzed Baptisttimes.co.uk page load time and found that the first response time was 248 ms and then it took 2.7 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

baptisttimes.co.uk performance score

38

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value6.5 s

2/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value8.7 s

1/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value6.9 s

33/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value100 ms

98/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.515

15/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value9.8 s

28/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

baptisttimes.co.uk

248 ms

Latest_News.aspx

834 ms

Common7.js

370 ms

jquery-1.10.2e.min.js

518 ms

swfobject.js

224 ms

Our browser made a total of 56 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 2% of them (1 request) were addressed to the original Baptisttimes.co.uk, 82% (46 requests) were made to Baptist.org.uk and 5% (3 requests) were made to Google-analytics.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (861 ms) relates to the external source Baptist.org.uk.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 622.3 kB (57%)

Content Size

1.1 MB

After Optimization

473.3 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Baptisttimes.co.uk main page is 1.1 MB. This result falls beyond the top 1M of websites and identifies a large and not optimized web page that may take ages to load. 35% of websites need less resources to load. Javascripts take 533.5 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-85%

Potential reduce by 117.0 kB

  • Original 138.3 kB
  • After minification 135.6 kB
  • After compression 21.2 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. HTML code on this page is well minified. It is highly recommended that content of this web page should be compressed using GZIP, as it can save up to 117.0 kB or 85% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-20%

Potential reduce by 68.3 kB

  • Original 340.6 kB
  • After minification 272.3 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, Baptist Times needs image optimization as it can save up to 68.3 kB or 20% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-69%

Potential reduce by 367.3 kB

  • Original 533.5 kB
  • After minification 515.2 kB
  • After compression 166.3 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 367.3 kB or 69% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-84%

Potential reduce by 69.7 kB

  • Original 83.1 kB
  • After minification 66.9 kB
  • After compression 13.4 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. Baptisttimes.co.uk needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 69.7 kB or 84% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 26 (49%)

Requests Now

53

After Optimization

27

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 53 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Baptist Times. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 16 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 7 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

baptisttimes.co.uk

baptisttimes.co.uk

248 ms

Latest_News.aspx

Latest_News.aspx

834 ms

Common7.js

Common7.js

370 ms

jquery-1.10.2e.min.js

jquery-1.10.2e.min.js

518 ms

swfobject.js

swfobject.js

224 ms

lightbox.css

lightbox.css

161 ms

SearchFunctions.js

SearchFunctions.js

160 ms

jquery.bxslider.e.min.js

jquery.bxslider.e.min.js

398 ms

jquery.bxslider.css

jquery.bxslider.css

319 ms

jquery-ui-1.10.4.custom.css

jquery-ui-1.10.4.custom.css

224 ms

jquery-ui-1.10.4e.custom.min.js

jquery-ui-1.10.4e.custom.min.js

599 ms

form.js

form.js

405 ms

recaptcha_ajax.js

recaptcha_ajax.js

6 ms

slicknav.css

slicknav.css

302 ms

style.css

style.css

346 ms

bt_content.css

bt_content.css

337 ms

css

css

25 ms

modernizr.min.js

modernizr.min.js

5 ms

slicknav.js

slicknav.js

396 ms

scripts.js

scripts.js

425 ms

bt_content.js

bt_content.js

420 ms

jquery-ui.js

jquery-ui.js

10 ms

login-min.js

login-min.js

190 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

6 ms

search_btn.png

search_btn.png

172 ms

692450.png

692450.png

170 ms

donate.png

donate.png

169 ms

church_finder.png

church_finder.png

170 ms

background.jpg

background.jpg

170 ms

baptist_times.png

baptist_times.png

176 ms

594958.jpg

594958.jpg

177 ms

723749.jpg

723749.jpg

177 ms

755396.jpg

755396.jpg

187 ms

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178 ms

768908.jpg

768908.jpg

180 ms

768909.jpg

768909.jpg

354 ms

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766390.png

600 ms

765720.png

765720.png

861 ms

595563.jpg

595563.jpg

284 ms

GetResizedImage.aspx

GetResizedImage.aspx

331 ms

GetResizedImage.aspx

GetResizedImage.aspx

422 ms

GetResizedImage.aspx

GetResizedImage.aspx

531 ms

623407.png

623407.png

418 ms

shim.gif

shim.gif

432 ms

collect

collect

15 ms

collect

collect

10 ms

600073.png

600073.png

473 ms

collect

collect

137 ms

widgets.js

widgets.js

106 ms

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458 ms

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464 ms

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539 ms

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543 ms

follow-button.png

follow-button.png

558 ms

home_icon.png

home_icon.png

468 ms

bx_loader.gif

bx_loader.gif

98 ms

Accessibility Review

baptisttimes.co.uk accessibility score

92

Accessibility Issues

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.

Internationalization and localization

These are opportunities to improve the interpretation of your content by users in different locales.

Impact

Issue

High

<html> element does not have a [lang] attribute

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

Links do not have a discernible name

Best Practices

baptisttimes.co.uk 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

User Experience

Impact

Issue

High

Serves images with low resolution

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

baptisttimes.co.uk SEO score

92

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

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 Baptisttimes.co.uk 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 Baptisttimes.co.uk 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

baptisttimes.co.uk

Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of Baptist Times. 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: