Access horacemann.com. Horace Mann Educators Corporation

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value6.2 s

3/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value7.7 s

3/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value7.4 s

28/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value150 ms

95/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.188

65/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value13.3 s

12/100

10%

horacemann.com

237 ms

stylesheet.css

180 ms

menu.css

280 ms

swfobject.js

121 ms

swap_image.js

279 ms

Our browser made a total of 87 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 85% of them (74 requests) were addressed to the original Horacemann.com, 5% (4 requests) were made to Facebook.com and 3% (3 requests) were made to Stats.g.doubleclick.net. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (699 ms) belongs to the original domain Horacemann.com.

Content Size

1.3 MB

After Optimization

977.2 kB

In fact, the total size of Horacemann.com main page is 1.3 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. 35% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 929.0 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-68%

Potential reduce by 31.5 kB

Original 46.7 kB
After minification 40.3 kB
After compression 15.2 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 6.4 kB, which is 14% 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 31.5 kB or 68% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-7%

Potential reduce by 64.6 kB

Original 929.0 kB
After minification 864.5 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. Horace Mann images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-60%

Potential reduce by 122.2 kB

Original 205.4 kB
After minification 200.4 kB
After compression 83.1 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 122.2 kB or 60% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-85%

Potential reduce by 84.0 kB

Original 98.3 kB
After minification 70.1 kB
After compression 14.4 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. Horacemann.com needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 84.0 kB or 85% of the original size.

Requests Now

After Optimization

The browser has sent 86 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Horace Mann. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 14 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 14 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Accessibility Issues

These are opportunities to improve the legibility of your content.

High

Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio.

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

High

[id] attributes on active, focusable elements are not unique

High

Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order

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.

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

High

Form elements do not have associated labels

High

Links do not have a discernible name

These are opportunities to improve the experience of reading tabular or list data using assistive technology, like a screen reader.

High

Lists do not contain only <li> elements and script supporting elements (<script> and <template>).

High

List items (<li>) are not contained within <ul> or <ol> parent elements.

Areas of Improvement

High

Does not use HTTPS

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

High

Displays images with incorrect aspect ratio

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

High

Page has valid source maps

High

Issues were logged in the Issues panel in Chrome Devtools

Search Engine Optimization Advices

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

High

Links do not have descriptive text

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

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

High

Links are not crawlable

High

robots.txt is not valid

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/).

High

Document uses legible font sizes

Language and Encoding

Language Detected

EN
Language Claimed

FR
Encoding

UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Horacemann.com can be misinterpreted by Google and other search engines. Our service has detected that English is used on the page, and it does not match the claimed French language. Our system also found out that Horacemann.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

horacemann.com

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

Report Summary

Performance

Accessibility

Best Practices

SEO

Horace Mann Educators Corporation | Insurance and Retirement Annuities

Page Load Speed

First Response

Resources Loaded

Page Rendered

About Website

Key Findings

Performance Metrics

Measured Metrics

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

SI (Speed Index)

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Network Requests Diagram

horacemann.com

stylesheet.css

menu.css

swfobject.js

swap_image.js

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Content Size

After Optimization

HTML Optimization

Image Optimization

JavaScript Optimization

CSS Optimization

Requests Breakdown

Requests Now

After Optimization

Network Requests Diagram

horacemann.com

stylesheet.css

menu.css

swfobject.js

swap_image.js

nav.js

jquery-1.8.3.min.js

ezpz_tooltip.js

acsysHomeContentBox.js

home.css

homepage-features.css

jquery.bxslider.min.js

homepage-features.js

WebResource.axd

navigation.css

footer.css

content.css

sitemap.css

forms.css

tables.css

toggle.css

slider.css

tabs.css

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img_menu_property.ashx

img_menu_life.ashx

img_menu_annuities.ashx

img_menu_funds.ashx

img_menu_college.ashx

img_menu_teachers_lounge.ashx

img_menu_laptop.ashx

logo_horace_mann.png

bg_global_search_btn.gif

img_customer_login.png

btn_customer_login.gif

HMcomBannerExtraCreditGiveaway.ashx

HMcomBannerLifeInsurance.ashx

Severe%20Weather%20Preparedness.ashx

hdr_commitment_to_service.ashx

AllSchoolEmployees_teaser.ashx

img_home_teachers_lounge.png

img_home_teachers_lounge_btm.png

hdr_request_quote.gif