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Page Load Speed

1.8 sec in total

First Response

320 ms

Resources Loaded

1.4 sec

Page Rendered

138 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Bracketcontest.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

bracketcontest.com

320 ms

www.bracketcontest.com

288 ms

default.css

200 ms

homepage.css

205 ms

common.js

209 ms

Our browser made a total of 13 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that all of those requests were addressed to Bracketcontest.com and no external sources were called. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (608 ms) belongs to the original domain Bracketcontest.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 27.9 kB (10%)

Content Size

287.1 kB

After Optimization

259.2 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Bracketcontest.com main page is 287.1 kB. This result falls within a vast category (top 1 000 000) of heavyweight, probably not optimized, and thus slow loading web pages. Only a small number of websites need less resources to load. Images take 262.1 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-71%

Potential reduce by 3.6 kB

  • Original 5.1 kB
  • After minification 4.3 kB
  • After compression 1.5 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 839 B, 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 3.6 kB or 71% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-3%

Potential reduce by 8.9 kB

  • Original 262.1 kB
  • After minification 253.2 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. Bracket Contest images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-73%

Potential reduce by 3.2 kB

  • Original 4.4 kB
  • After minification 2.6 kB
  • After compression 1.2 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 3.2 kB or 73% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-79%

Potential reduce by 12.2 kB

  • Original 15.5 kB
  • After minification 11.4 kB
  • After compression 3.3 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. Bracketcontest.com needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 12.2 kB or 79% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

We found no issues to fix!

Requests Now

11

After Optimization

11

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 11 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Bracket Contest. According to our analytics all requests are already optimized.

Network Requests Diagram

bracketcontest.com

bracketcontest.com

320 ms

www.bracketcontest.com

www.bracketcontest.com

288 ms

default.css

default.css

200 ms

homepage.css

homepage.css

205 ms

common.js

common.js

209 ms

top-logo.gif

top-logo.gif

151 ms

mm-contest.jpg

mm-contest.jpg

543 ms

top-Kws-shadow.gif

top-Kws-shadow.gif

72 ms

top-options-bg.gif

top-options-bg.gif

71 ms

twitterBtn.gif

twitterBtn.gif

73 ms

center-bg.gif

center-bg.gif

80 ms

menu-corners-bg.gif

menu-corners-bg.gif

137 ms

registration.png

registration.png

608 ms

SEO Factors

bracketcontest.com SEO score

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Language and Encoding

  • Language Detected

    N/A

  • Language Claimed

    EN

  • Encoding

    ISO-8859-1

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Bracketcontest.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), while the claimed language is English. Our system also found out that Bracketcontest.com main page’s claimed encoding is iso-8859-1. Changing it to UTF-8 can be a good choice, as this format is commonly used for encoding all over the web and thus their visitors won’t have any troubles with symbol transcription or reading.

Social Sharing Optimization

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