Report Summary

  • 57

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    74% of other websites

  • 91

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 77% of websites

  • 92

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    81% of websites

  • 91

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    71% of websites

rcog.org.uk

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Page Load Speed

7 sec in total

First Response

546 ms

Resources Loaded

6.2 sec

Page Rendered

239 ms

rcog.org.uk screenshot

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Key Findings

We analyzed Rcog.org.uk page load time and found that the first response time was 546 ms and then it took 6.5 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 80% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

rcog.org.uk performance score

57

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.0 s

50/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value5.5 s

19/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value4.9 s

65/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value40 ms

100/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.431

22/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value5.0 s

76/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

rcog.org.uk

546 ms

www.rcog.org.uk

4076 ms

168258f2-a07b-4fe7-9e3b-501397b2aa5b.js

141 ms

bootstrap.css

311 ms

WebResource.axd

326 ms

Our browser made a total of 41 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 83% of them (34 requests) were addressed to the original Rcog.org.uk, 5% (2 requests) were made to Dl.episerver.net and 5% (2 requests) were made to Google-analytics.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (4.1 sec) belongs to the original domain Rcog.org.uk.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 443.2 kB (39%)

Content Size

1.1 MB

After Optimization

704.7 kB

In fact, the total size of Rcog.org.uk main page is 1.1 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. 25% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 532.7 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-77%

Potential reduce by 38.9 kB

  • Original 50.2 kB
  • After minification 39.2 kB
  • After compression 11.3 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 11.1 kB, which is 22% 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 38.9 kB or 77% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-4%

Potential reduce by 19.5 kB

  • Original 532.7 kB
  • After minification 513.2 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. RCOG images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-64%

Potential reduce by 179.1 kB

  • Original 280.2 kB
  • After minification 273.4 kB
  • After compression 101.1 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 179.1 kB or 64% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-72%

Potential reduce by 205.7 kB

  • Original 284.7 kB
  • After minification 283.6 kB
  • After compression 79.0 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. Rcog.org.uk needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 205.7 kB or 72% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 10 (28%)

Requests Now

36

After Optimization

26

The browser has sent 36 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of RCOG. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 11 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Accessibility Review

rcog.org.uk accessibility score

91

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

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

rcog.org.uk 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

SEO Factors

rcog.org.uk 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 Rcog.org.uk 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 Rcog.org.uk 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

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