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Report Summary

  • 37

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    57% of other websites

  • 100

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 97% of websites

  • 92

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    81% of websites

  • 91

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    71% of websites

mdcu.org

Credit Union | Roanoke, Richmond, Surrounding Areas | ValleyStar

Page Load Speed

3.1 sec in total

First Response

334 ms

Resources Loaded

2.6 sec

Page Rendered

228 ms

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About Website

Welcome to mdcu.org homepage info - get ready to check Mdcu best content right away, or after learning these important things about mdcu.org

A central and southwest Virginia credit union, serving Roanoke, Richmond and surrounding areas, offering a full range of products.

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Key Findings

We analyzed Mdcu.org page load time and found that the first response time was 334 ms and then it took 2.8 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

mdcu.org performance score

37

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.7 s

30/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value4.9 s

28/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value5.0 s

63/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value1,080 ms

24/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.163

72/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value10.6 s

23/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

www.valleystar.org

334 ms

twemoji.js

114 ms

wp-emoji.js

169 ms

validationEngine.jquery.css

173 ms

layerslider.css

170 ms

Our browser made a total of 82 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 0% of them (0 request) were addressed to the original Mdcu.org, 11% (9 requests) were made to Mdcu.online-cu.com and 5% (4 requests) were made to Fonts.googleapis.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (647 ms) relates to the external source Valleystar.org.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 1.8 MB (71%)

Content Size

2.5 MB

After Optimization

717.3 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Mdcu.org main page is 2.5 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. CSS take 1.1 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-78%

Potential reduce by 73.4 kB

  • Original 94.0 kB
  • After minification 87.7 kB
  • After compression 20.6 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 73.4 kB or 78% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-5%

Potential reduce by 13.4 kB

  • Original 258.7 kB
  • After minification 245.3 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. Mdcu images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-75%

Potential reduce by 796.5 kB

  • Original 1.1 MB
  • After minification 868.0 kB
  • After compression 266.7 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 796.5 kB or 75% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-83%

Potential reduce by 882.8 kB

  • Original 1.1 MB
  • After minification 954.6 kB
  • After compression 184.7 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. Mdcu.org needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 882.8 kB or 83% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 62 (82%)

Requests Now

76

After Optimization

14

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 76 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Mdcu. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 39 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 25 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

www.valleystar.org

www.valleystar.org

334 ms

twemoji.js

twemoji.js

114 ms

wp-emoji.js

wp-emoji.js

169 ms

validationEngine.jquery.css

validationEngine.jquery.css

173 ms

layerslider.css

layerslider.css

170 ms

css

css

58 ms

styles.css

styles.css

194 ms

go_pricing_styles.css

go_pricing_styles.css

197 ms

mediaelementplayer.min.css

mediaelementplayer.min.css

221 ms

mediaelementplayer.css

mediaelementplayer.css

225 ms

tp_twitter_plugin.css

tp_twitter_plugin.css

228 ms

notifications.css

notifications.css

229 ms

js_composer_front.css

js_composer_front.css

261 ms

style.css

style.css

271 ms

css

css

67 ms

css

css

80 ms

css

css

85 ms

main.css

main.css

489 ms

font-awesome.min.css

font-awesome.min.css

274 ms

custom-36e0f145d2.css

custom-36e0f145d2.css

401 ms

media.css

media.css

277 ms

royalslider.css

royalslider.css

326 ms

style.css

style.css

323 ms

jquery.js

jquery.js

446 ms

jquery-migrate.js

jquery-migrate.js

334 ms

q2w3-fixed-widget.min.js

q2w3-fixed-widget.min.js

389 ms

layerslider.kreaturamedia.jquery.js

layerslider.kreaturamedia.jquery.js

394 ms

greensock.js

greensock.js

448 ms

layerslider.transitions.js

layerslider.transitions.js

453 ms

go_pricing_scripts.js

go_pricing_scripts.js

456 ms

jquery.cookie.js

jquery.cookie.js

448 ms

notifications.js

notifications.js

502 ms

modernizr.js

modernizr.js

503 ms

svg-icons.js

svg-icons.js

508 ms

smartbanner.css

smartbanner.css

516 ms

smartbanner.js

smartbanner.js

519 ms

plugins.js

plugins.js

647 ms

main.js

main.js

608 ms

page_functions.js

page_functions.js

556 ms

jquery.form.min.js

jquery.form.min.js

560 ms

scripts.js

scripts.js

577 ms

mediaelement-and-player.min.js

mediaelement-and-player.min.js

495 ms

wp-mediaelement.js

wp-mediaelement.js

467 ms

core.min.js

core.min.js

467 ms

widget.min.js

widget.min.js

496 ms

tabs.min.js

tabs.min.js

483 ms

jquery-ui-tabs-rotate.js

jquery-ui-tabs-rotate.js

488 ms

js_composer_front.js

js_composer_front.js

467 ms

jquery.royalslider.min.js

jquery.royalslider.min.js

470 ms

animate-elements.js

animate-elements.js

510 ms

desktop-tablet.js

desktop-tablet.js

502 ms

easy-table.css

easy-table.css

469 ms

desktop.js

desktop.js

469 ms

wp-embed.js

wp-embed.js

468 ms

style.css

style.css

424 ms

ga.js

ga.js

85 ms

logo.png

logo.png

64 ms

blank.gif

blank.gif

401 ms

logo-white.png

logo-white.png

400 ms

ehl.png

ehl.png

411 ms

ncua.png

ncua.png

61 ms

IFrameLoginMFABRANDABLE.aspx

IFrameLoginMFABRANDABLE.aspx

543 ms

__utm.gif

__utm.gif

348 ms

skin6.footer-bg-image.png

skin6.footer-bg-image.png

359 ms

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353 ms

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369 ms

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384 ms

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MTP_ySUJH_bn48VBG8sNSonF5uFdDttMLvmWuJdhhgs.ttf

383 ms

fontawesome-webfont.woff

fontawesome-webfont.woff

457 ms

skin.css

skin.css

250 ms

iFrame.css

iFrame.css

165 ms

WebResource.axd

WebResource.axd

167 ms

pm_fp.js

pm_fp.js

173 ms

AC_OETags.js

AC_OETags.js

168 ms

FlashLib.js

FlashLib.js

165 ms

Button.js

Button.js

165 ms

WebResource.axd

WebResource.axd

166 ms

WebResource.axd

WebResource.axd

166 ms

blank.gif

blank.gif

67 ms

skin.png

skin.png

68 ms

HomepageSlider-Golf2016.jpg

HomepageSlider-Golf2016.jpg

510 ms

loading.gif

loading.gif

67 ms

Accessibility Review

mdcu.org accessibility score

100

Accessibility Issues

Best Practices

mdcu.org best practices score

92

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

mdcu.org SEO score

91

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

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 Mdcu.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 Mdcu.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

mdcu.org

Open Graph data is detected on the main page of Mdcu. This is the best way to make the web page social media friendly. Here is how it looks like on Facebook: