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Report Summary

  • 31

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    51% of other websites

  • 89

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 72% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    36% of websites

  • 54

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    19% of websites

headsprout.com

Headsprout

Page Load Speed

23.9 sec in total

First Response

350 ms

Resources Loaded

15.5 sec

Page Rendered

8 sec

headsprout.com screenshot

About Website

Click here to check amazing Headsprout content for United States. Otherwise, check out these important facts you probably never knew about headsprout.com

Headsprout is a kids reading program that uses effective, interactive online episodes to teach K-5 students the skills they need become successful readers.

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Key Findings

We analyzed Headsprout.com page load time and found that the first response time was 350 ms and then it took 23.5 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 95% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

headsprout.com performance score

31

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value5.8 s

4/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value10.0 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value7.0 s

32/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value700 ms

42/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.087

93/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value12.9 s

13/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

headsprout.com

350 ms

www.headsprout.com

879 ms

layerslider--clt_17_08_011-1503948935.css

189 ms

filterLoader--clt_17_08_011-1503948935.js

276 ms

prototype--clt_17_08_011-1503948935.js

899 ms

Our browser made a total of 65 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 92% of them (60 requests) were addressed to the original Headsprout.com, 5% (3 requests) were made to Ssl.google-analytics.com and 2% (1 request) were made to Bat.bing.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (7.6 sec) belongs to the original domain Headsprout.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 2.4 MB (73%)

Content Size

3.2 MB

After Optimization

889.6 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Headsprout.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. 75% of websites need less resources to load and that’s why Accessify’s recommendations for optimization and resource minification can be helpful for this project. CSS take 1.4 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-75%

Potential reduce by 53.2 kB

  • Original 71.0 kB
  • After minification 65.2 kB
  • After compression 17.8 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 53.2 kB or 75% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-19%

Potential reduce by 104.7 kB

  • Original 556.0 kB
  • After minification 451.3 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, Headsprout needs image optimization as it can save up to 104.7 kB or 19% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-74%

Potential reduce by 931.2 kB

  • Original 1.3 MB
  • After minification 1.1 MB
  • After compression 324.8 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 931.2 kB or 74% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-93%

Potential reduce by 1.3 MB

  • Original 1.4 MB
  • After minification 469.4 kB
  • After compression 95.7 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. Headsprout.com needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 1.3 MB or 93% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 29 (50%)

Requests Now

58

After Optimization

29

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 58 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Headsprout. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 26 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 5 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

headsprout.com

headsprout.com

350 ms

www.headsprout.com

www.headsprout.com

879 ms

layerslider--clt_17_08_011-1503948935.css

layerslider--clt_17_08_011-1503948935.css

189 ms

filterLoader--clt_17_08_011-1503948935.js

filterLoader--clt_17_08_011-1503948935.js

276 ms

prototype--clt_17_08_011-1503948935.js

prototype--clt_17_08_011-1503948935.js

899 ms

scriptaculous--clt_17_08_011-1503948935.js

scriptaculous--clt_17_08_011-1503948935.js

708 ms

popoutcontroller--clt_17_08_011-1503948935.js

popoutcontroller--clt_17_08_011-1503948935.js

680 ms

common--clt_17_08_011-1503948935.js

common--clt_17_08_011-1503948935.js

246 ms

commonUtils--clt_17_08_011-1503948935.js

commonUtils--clt_17_08_011-1503948935.js

679 ms

lightwindow--clt_17_08_011-1503948935.js

lightwindow--clt_17_08_011-1503948935.js

867 ms

bannercontroller--clt_17_08_011-1503948935.js

bannercontroller--clt_17_08_011-1503948935.js

678 ms

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scroller--clt_17_08_011-1503948935.js

868 ms

popoutmenu--clt_17_08_011-1503948935.js

popoutmenu--clt_17_08_011-1503948935.js

851 ms

jquery-1.9.1.min--clt_17_08_011-1503948935.js

jquery-1.9.1.min--clt_17_08_011-1503948935.js

1379 ms

greensock--clt_17_08_011-1503948935.js

greensock--clt_17_08_011-1503948935.js

1463 ms

layerslider.transitions--clt_17_08_011-1503948935.js

layerslider.transitions--clt_17_08_011-1503948935.js

1381 ms

layerslider.kreaturamedia.jquery--clt_17_08_011-1503948935.js

layerslider.kreaturamedia.jquery--clt_17_08_011-1503948935.js

1352 ms

jquery.accordion-1.2.2.source.js

jquery.accordion-1.2.2.source.js

1349 ms

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styles-eng--clt_17_08_011-1503948935.css

1351 ms

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styles1--clt_17_08_011-1503948935.css

1434 ms

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styles2--clt_17_08_011-1503948935.css

1454 ms

styles--clt_17_08_011-1503948935.css

styles--clt_17_08_011-1503948935.css

1552 ms

ordernow.js

ordernow.js

1467 ms

readingStatistics--clt_17_08_011-1503948935.js

readingStatistics--clt_17_08_011-1503948935.js

1551 ms

svgeezy.min--clt_17_08_011-1503948935.js

svgeezy.min--clt_17_08_011-1503948935.js

1419 ms

builder.js

builder.js

307 ms

effects.js

effects.js

297 ms

dragdrop.js

dragdrop.js

297 ms

controls.js

controls.js

501 ms

slider.js

slider.js

342 ms

sound.js

sound.js

342 ms

ga.js

ga.js

1499 ms

bat.js

bat.js

6612 ms

bg-bundlebar-clouds.png

bg-bundlebar-clouds.png

5105 ms

logo-learninga-z.svg

logo-learninga-z.svg

6051 ms

logo-headsprout.svg

logo-headsprout.svg

5521 ms

Roboto-Condensed-regular.woff

Roboto-Condensed-regular.woff

5521 ms

Roboto-Condensed-300.woff

Roboto-Condensed-300.woff

5519 ms

Roboto-Condensed-700.woff

Roboto-Condensed-700.woff

5520 ms

686.jpg

686.jpg

6868 ms

tab1-screenshot2014.jpg

tab1-screenshot2014.jpg

6718 ms

tab2-screenshot2014.png

tab2-screenshot2014.png

6719 ms

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tab3-screenshot2014.png

6719 ms

tab4-screenshot2014.png

tab4-screenshot2014.png

6718 ms

logo-learninga-z-gray.png

logo-learninga-z-gray.png

5738 ms

social-facebook.png

social-facebook.png

6602 ms

social-twitter.png

social-twitter.png

7217 ms

social-youtube.png

social-youtube.png

7572 ms

HeadsproutReadingStatisticsJson.php

HeadsproutReadingStatisticsJson.php

7108 ms

__utm.gif

__utm.gif

3071 ms

__utm.gif

__utm.gif

2629 ms

loginBannerRobot.png

loginBannerRobot.png

5104 ms

loginBannerBg.png

loginBannerBg.png

5105 ms

loginBannerBtnSprite.png

loginBannerBtnSprite.png

3936 ms

homebanner-bg.jpg

homebanner-bg.jpg

4694 ms

button-tab-freesamples-166.png

button-tab-freesamples-166.png

4696 ms

button-tab-trial-166.png

button-tab-trial-166.png

4696 ms

button-tab-order-166.png

button-tab-order-166.png

4696 ms

Signika-700.woff

Signika-700.woff

4619 ms

arrow-sample-tabs.png

arrow-sample-tabs.png

4502 ms

bg-home-tabber-shadow.jpg

bg-home-tabber-shadow.jpg

4618 ms

bg-home-tabber.jpg

bg-home-tabber.jpg

4655 ms

bullet2.png

bullet2.png

4655 ms

collect

collect

2390 ms

black.png

black.png

2291 ms

Accessibility Review

headsprout.com accessibility score

89

Accessibility Issues

ARIA

These are opportunities to improve the usage of ARIA in your application which may enhance the experience for users of assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Impact

Issue

High

ARIA IDs are not unique

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

Best Practices

headsprout.com 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

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

SEO Factors

headsprout.com SEO score

54

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

Links are not crawlable

Language and Encoding

  • Language Detected

    EN

  • Language Claimed

    N/A

  • Encoding

    ISO-8859-1

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Headsprout.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 Headsprout.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

headsprout.com

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