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blackboardconnected.com

Page Load Speed

1.8 sec in total

First Response

320 ms

Resources Loaded

1.3 sec

Page Rendered

132 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Blackboardconnected.com page load time and found that the first response time was 320 ms and then it took 1.5 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 30% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

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Network Requests Diagram

blackboardconnected.com

320 ms

default.aspx

315 ms

global.css

80 ms

jquery.fancybox-1.3.4.css

149 ms

jquery-1.9.1.min.js

308 ms

Our browser made a total of 37 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 3% of them (1 request) were addressed to the original Blackboardconnected.com, 97% (36 requests) were made to Blackboardconnect.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (388 ms) relates to the external source Blackboardconnect.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 249.1 kB (52%)

Content Size

482.6 kB

After Optimization

233.6 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Blackboardconnected.com main page is 482.6 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. 20% of websites need less resources to load. Javascripts take 267.0 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-82%

Potential reduce by 26.4 kB

  • Original 32.3 kB
  • After minification 24.3 kB
  • After compression 5.9 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 8.0 kB, which is 25% 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 26.4 kB or 82% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-11%

Potential reduce by 17.6 kB

  • Original 159.9 kB
  • After minification 142.4 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, Blackboardconnected needs image optimization as it can save up to 17.6 kB or 11% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-70%

Potential reduce by 186.1 kB

  • Original 267.0 kB
  • After minification 231.2 kB
  • After compression 80.9 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 186.1 kB or 70% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-81%

Potential reduce by 19.0 kB

  • Original 23.4 kB
  • After minification 18.2 kB
  • After compression 4.4 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. Blackboardconnected.com needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 19.0 kB or 81% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 11 (31%)

Requests Now

35

After Optimization

24

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 35 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Blackboardconnected. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 12 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

blackboardconnected.com

blackboardconnected.com

320 ms

default.aspx

default.aspx

315 ms

global.css

global.css

80 ms

jquery.fancybox-1.3.4.css

jquery.fancybox-1.3.4.css

149 ms

jquery-1.9.1.min.js

jquery-1.9.1.min.js

308 ms

jquery-migrate-1.2.1.js

jquery-migrate-1.2.1.js

303 ms

jquery.browser.min.js

jquery.browser.min.js

302 ms

ui.core.js

ui.core.js

305 ms

ui.tabs.js

ui.tabs.js

304 ms

common.js

common.js

302 ms

cufon-yui.js

cufon-yui.js

378 ms

Agenda_Bold_700.font.js

Agenda_Bold_700.font.js

388 ms

Gotham_500.font.js

Gotham_500.font.js

386 ms

Gotham_Bold_500.font.js

Gotham_Bold_500.font.js

386 ms

WebResource.axd

WebResource.axd

371 ms

WebResource.axd

WebResource.axd

372 ms

btn_Learn_More.png

btn_Learn_More.png

138 ms

chromeIcon133x133.jpg

chromeIcon133x133.jpg

139 ms

ieIcon133x133.jpg

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143 ms

firefoxIcon133x133.jpg

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142 ms

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safariIcon133x133.jpg

142 ms

connect.png

connect.png

80 ms

connect.png

connect.png

101 ms

utility-bar.png

utility-bar.png

105 ms

utility-icon.png

utility-icon.png

113 ms

global-nav-flyout.png

global-nav-flyout.png

115 ms

primary-divider.png

primary-divider.png

113 ms

primary-nav-flyout.png

primary-nav-flyout.png

147 ms

drilldown-bg.png

drilldown-bg.png

167 ms

access.jpg

access.jpg

170 ms

bookmark-bg.jpg

bookmark-bg.jpg

187 ms

input-bg.jpg

input-bg.jpg

186 ms

signin-bg.jpg

signin-bg.jpg

185 ms

footer-bg.png

footer-bg.png

212 ms

footer-column-bg.png

footer-column-bg.png

296 ms

social-media.png

social-media.png

297 ms

footer-logo.png

footer-logo.png

297 ms

SEO Factors

blackboardconnected.com SEO score

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Language and Encoding

  • Language Detected

    N/A

  • Language Claimed

    N/A

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Blackboardconnected.com can be misinterpreted by Google and other search engines. Unfortunately we cannot identify language used on the page (probably there is a mix of languages, too little text or something else) and no language is claimed in <html> or <meta> tags either. Our system also found out that Blackboardconnected.com 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

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