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Report Summary

  • 13

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    25% of other websites

  • 87

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 66% of websites

  • 67

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    24% of websites

  • 77

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    36% of websites

cgcircuit.com

CGCircuit | VFX, Houdini, Animation & CG Training

Page Load Speed

3 sec in total

First Response

534 ms

Resources Loaded

1.9 sec

Page Rendered

562 ms

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About Website

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Key Findings

We analyzed Cgcircuit.com page load time and found that the first response time was 534 ms and then it took 2.4 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

cgcircuit.com performance score

13

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value2.6 s

64/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value18.5 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value17.3 s

0/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value7,580 ms

0/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.28

43/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value33.2 s

0/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

www.cgcircuit.com

534 ms

bootstrap.min.css

86 ms

bootstrap-responsive.css

72 ms

font-awesome.min.css

20 ms

custom.css

56 ms

Our browser made a total of 77 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 10% of them (8 requests) were addressed to the original Cgcircuit.com, 73% (56 requests) were made to D16u9pft1awclj.cloudfront.net and 9% (7 requests) were made to Dg53gp9bd7dcq.cloudfront.net. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (904 ms) relates to the external source D16u9pft1awclj.cloudfront.net.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 521.2 kB (16%)

Content Size

3.2 MB

After Optimization

2.7 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Cgcircuit.com main page is 3.2 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. 55% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 2.7 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-80%

Potential reduce by 32.5 kB

  • Original 40.9 kB
  • After minification 34.0 kB
  • After compression 8.4 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 6.9 kB, which is 17% 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 32.5 kB or 80% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-5%

Potential reduce by 119.5 kB

  • Original 2.7 MB
  • After minification 2.5 MB

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. CGCircuit images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-64%

Potential reduce by 129.4 kB

  • Original 201.8 kB
  • After minification 183.1 kB
  • After compression 72.3 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 129.4 kB or 64% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-85%

Potential reduce by 239.8 kB

  • Original 281.5 kB
  • After minification 253.1 kB
  • After compression 41.7 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. Cgcircuit.com needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 239.8 kB or 85% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 38 (52%)

Requests Now

73

After Optimization

35

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 73 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of CGCircuit. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 10 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 14 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

www.cgcircuit.com

www.cgcircuit.com

534 ms

bootstrap.min.css

bootstrap.min.css

86 ms

bootstrap-responsive.css

bootstrap-responsive.css

72 ms

font-awesome.min.css

font-awesome.min.css

20 ms

custom.css

custom.css

56 ms

header.css

header.css

43 ms

footer.css

footer.css

55 ms

landing-page.css

landing-page.css

30 ms

content-thumbnail.css

content-thumbnail.css

91 ms

animate.css

animate.css

98 ms

skdslider.css

skdslider.css

94 ms

preloader.css

preloader.css

122 ms

minimalist.css

minimalist.css

111 ms

jquery-1.8.3.min.js

jquery-1.8.3.min.js

298 ms

bootstrap.min.js

bootstrap.min.js

118 ms

header-main.js

header-main.js

189 ms

header-ui.js

header-ui.js

321 ms

jsfooter.js

jsfooter.js

189 ms

jquery.preloader.js

jquery.preloader.js

9 ms

skdslider.js

skdslider.js

333 ms

landing-page.js

landing-page.js

184 ms

css

css

35 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

65 ms

traditional-arts.png

traditional-arts.png

60 ms

crpt-banner-design.jpg

crpt-banner-design.jpg

328 ms

logo.png

logo.png

156 ms

browse-all-categories.png

browse-all-categories.png

158 ms

bottom-inner-shadow.png

bottom-inner-shadow.png

158 ms

video-thumbnail_285.gif

video-thumbnail_285.gif

172 ms

content-thumbnail.css

content-thumbnail.css

173 ms

loading.gif

loading.gif

170 ms

Chris-bonura-img3.jpg

Chris-bonura-img3.jpg

170 ms

Chris_Bonura.jpg

Chris_Bonura.jpg

169 ms

Geordie-Martinez-img3.jpg

Geordie-Martinez-img3.jpg

251 ms

geordie-martinez-pic.jpg

geordie-martinez-pic.jpg

247 ms

landis-fields-img1.jpg

landis-fields-img1.jpg

249 ms

Landis-fields.jpg

Landis-fields.jpg

250 ms

chad-vernon-img2.jpg

chad-vernon-img2.jpg

204 ms

chad-vernon.jpg

chad-vernon.jpg

245 ms

teach-icon.jpg

teach-icon.jpg

253 ms

sales-graph.jpg

sales-graph.jpg

250 ms

learn-icon.jpg

learn-icon.jpg

251 ms

icon_twitter.png

icon_twitter.png

253 ms

icon_facebook.png

icon_facebook.png

289 ms

icon_google.png

icon_google.png

300 ms

icon_linkedin.png

icon_linkedin.png

904 ms

icon_rss.png

icon_rss.png

266 ms

logo-bt.png

logo-bt.png

320 ms

lpim-banner-design.jpg

lpim-banner-design.jpg

328 ms

gpu-wrap-deformer.png

gpu-wrap-deformer.png

402 ms

ecommerce.js

ecommerce.js

125 ms

collect

collect

54 ms

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l32WtEtQvEPiEm6dns7AMqCWcynf_cDxXwCLxiixG1c.ttf

44 ms

fontawesome-webfont.woff

fontawesome-webfont.woff

45 ms

denmark.ttf

denmark.ttf

107 ms

searchContent.php

searchContent.php

444 ms

landing-page-data.php

landing-page-data.php

452 ms

left.png

left.png

108 ms

right.png

right.png

100 ms

89.gif

89.gif

141 ms

89.gif

89.gif

52 ms

collect

collect

76 ms

1454660560_500.jpg

1454660560_500.jpg

107 ms

1454320567_500.jpg

1454320567_500.jpg

101 ms

1454050184_500.jpg

1454050184_500.jpg

42 ms

1441662751_500.jpg

1441662751_500.jpg

54 ms

traditional-arts.png

traditional-arts.png

37 ms

digital-2d.png

digital-2d.png

61 ms

digital-3d.png

digital-3d.png

71 ms

video.png

video.png

48 ms

scripting.png

scripting.png

39 ms

programming.png

programming.png

46 ms

game-design.png

game-design.png

64 ms

photography.png

photography.png

70 ms

architecture.png

architecture.png

123 ms

web-dev.png

web-dev.png

115 ms

mobile-dev.png

mobile-dev.png

85 ms

Accessibility Review

cgcircuit.com accessibility score

87

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

<frame> or <iframe> elements do not have a title

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.

Navigation

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

Impact

Issue

High

Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order

Best Practices

cgcircuit.com best practices score

67

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

Missing source maps for large first-party JavaScript

High

Issues were logged in the Issues panel in Chrome Devtools

SEO Factors

cgcircuit.com SEO score

77

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

Crawling and Indexing

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

Impact

Issue

High

Page is blocked from indexing

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

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 Cgcircuit.com 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 Cgcircuit.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

cgcircuit.com

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