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Report Summary

  • 37

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    57% of other websites

  • 98

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 94% of websites

  • 83

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    56% of websites

  • 83

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    46% of websites

educationuk.org

Study UK Homepage | Study UK

Page Load Speed

15 sec in total

First Response

6.5 sec

Resources Loaded

8.2 sec

Page Rendered

268 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Educationuk.org page load time and found that the first response time was 6.5 sec and then it took 8.5 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 85% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

educationuk.org performance score

37

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value4.5 s

14/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value9.1 s

1/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value5.5 s

54/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value800 ms

36/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.001

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value8.6 s

37/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

6474 ms

eduk_fr_master_311.css

7224 ms

eduk_fr_lang_311.css

7220 ms

eduk_fr_nssl_master_311.css

7222 ms

ajax-dynamic-lists_306.js

92 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 Educationuk.org, 19% (7 requests) were made to Images1.content-bc.com and 16% (6 requests) were made to Js.content-bc.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (7.2 sec) relates to the external source Css.content-bc.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 376.4 kB (32%)

Content Size

1.2 MB

After Optimization

787.1 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Educationuk.org main page is 1.2 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. 45% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 769.3 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-80%

Potential reduce by 55.9 kB

  • Original 69.8 kB
  • After minification 68.9 kB
  • After compression 13.9 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. 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 55.9 kB or 80% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-11%

Potential reduce by 86.4 kB

  • Original 769.3 kB
  • After minification 683.0 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, Education UK needs image optimization as it can save up to 86.4 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

-67%

Potential reduce by 132.6 kB

  • Original 197.0 kB
  • After minification 170.8 kB
  • After compression 64.4 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 132.6 kB or 67% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-80%

Potential reduce by 101.5 kB

  • Original 127.4 kB
  • After minification 111.5 kB
  • After compression 25.9 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. Educationuk.org needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 101.5 kB or 80% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 19 (53%)

Requests Now

36

After Optimization

17

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 36 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Education UK. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 13 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

6474 ms

eduk_fr_master_311.css

eduk_fr_master_311.css

7224 ms

eduk_fr_lang_311.css

eduk_fr_lang_311.css

7220 ms

eduk_fr_nssl_master_311.css

eduk_fr_nssl_master_311.css

7222 ms

ajax-dynamic-lists_306.js

ajax-dynamic-lists_306.js

92 ms

common-sync_311.js

common-sync_311.js

91 ms

search_311.js

search_311.js

98 ms

common_311.js

common_311.js

87 ms

google_service.js

google_service.js

51 ms

dc.js

dc.js

40 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

26 ms

tpbg.png

tpbg.png

190 ms

twit_gs.png

twit_gs.png

190 ms

fb_lgo.png

fb_lgo.png

169 ms

flag-1.png

flag-1.png

166 ms

slide_04.jpg

slide_04.jpg

166 ms

16641.jpg

16641.jpg

129 ms

16697.jpg

16697.jpg

131 ms

bc_logo.png

bc_logo.png

187 ms

youtube_lgo.png

youtube_lgo.png

170 ms

eduk_logo.png

eduk_logo.png

166 ms

img_px.gif

img_px.gif

168 ms

17172.jpg

17172.jpg

167 ms

great-logo.jpg

great-logo.jpg

186 ms

icon_sprite_310.png

icon_sprite_310.png

167 ms

16857.jpg

16857.jpg

128 ms

14234.jpg

14234.jpg

186 ms

sprite_305.png

sprite_305.png

162 ms

google_ads.js

google_ads.js

59 ms

collect

collect

27 ms

collect

collect

81 ms

__utm.gif

__utm.gif

12 ms

ads

ads

37 ms

osd.js

osd.js

42 ms

webtrends.min.js

webtrends.min.js

23 ms

webtrends.hm.js

webtrends.hm.js

35 ms

wtid.js

wtid.js

8 ms

Accessibility Review

educationuk.org accessibility score

98

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.

Best Practices

educationuk.org best practices score

83

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

SEO Factors

educationuk.org SEO score

83

Search Engine Optimization Advices

Crawling and Indexing

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

Impact

Issue

High

Links are not crawlable

Content Best Practices

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

Impact

Issue

High

Document doesn't have a valid hreflang

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

    EN

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Educationuk.org can be misinterpreted by Google and other search engines. Our service has detected that English is used on the page, and it matches the claimed language. Our system also found out that Educationuk.org 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

educationuk.org

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