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Report Summary

  • 21

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    39% of other websites

  • 75

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 41% of websites

  • 50

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    19% of websites

  • 69

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    28% of websites

schoolssports.com

Schools Sports Portals | SOCS

Page Load Speed

2.7 sec in total

First Response

200 ms

Resources Loaded

2.2 sec

Page Rendered

297 ms

schoolssports.com screenshot

About Website

Visit schoolssports.com now to see the best up-to-date Schools Sports content for United Kingdom and also check out these interesting facts you probably never knew about schoolssports.com

Follow the latest schools sports competitions, fixtures and results here The SOCS sport portals are the go-to-place for the latest results, competitions…

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Key Findings

We analyzed Schoolssports.com page load time and found that the first response time was 200 ms and then it took 2.5 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

schoolssports.com performance score

21

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value5.1 s

9/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value9.8 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value8.9 s

15/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value1,760 ms

10/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.043

99/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value15.3 s

7/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

schoolssports.com

200 ms

www.schoolssports.com

179 ms

default.aspx

430 ms

adsbygoogle.js

167 ms

jquery-3.5.1.min.js

585 ms

Our browser made a total of 75 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 68% of them (51 requests) were addressed to the original Schoolssports.com, 15% (11 requests) were made to Platform.twitter.com and 5% (4 requests) were made to Static.socscms.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (737 ms) relates to the external source Static.socscms.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 465.2 kB (33%)

Content Size

1.4 MB

After Optimization

940.5 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Schoolssports.com main page is 1.4 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. 50% of websites need less resources to load. Javascripts take 747.0 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-75%

Potential reduce by 30.1 kB

  • Original 40.2 kB
  • After minification 38.8 kB
  • After compression 10.1 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 30.1 kB or 75% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-2%

Potential reduce by 12.1 kB

  • Original 582.4 kB
  • After minification 570.3 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. Schools Sports images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-54%

Potential reduce by 399.9 kB

  • Original 747.0 kB
  • After minification 743.2 kB
  • After compression 347.1 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 399.9 kB or 54% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-64%

Potential reduce by 23.1 kB

  • Original 36.1 kB
  • After minification 30.6 kB
  • After compression 13.0 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. Schoolssports.com needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 23.1 kB or 64% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 19 (26%)

Requests Now

72

After Optimization

53

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 72 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Schools Sports. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 17 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 4 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

schoolssports.com

schoolssports.com

200 ms

www.schoolssports.com

www.schoolssports.com

179 ms

default.aspx

default.aspx

430 ms

adsbygoogle.js

adsbygoogle.js

167 ms

jquery-3.5.1.min.js

jquery-3.5.1.min.js

585 ms

jquery-ui.min.js

jquery-ui.min.js

737 ms

jquery-ui.min.css

jquery-ui.min.css

445 ms

Main.css

Main.css

148 ms

SportTopBanner.css

SportTopBanner.css

225 ms

js

js

55 ms

jquery.timelinr-0.9.51.js

jquery.timelinr-0.9.51.js

302 ms

SS_Home.css

SS_Home.css

316 ms

show_ads_impl.js

show_ads_impl.js

377 ms

ss_page_bg.gif

ss_page_bg.gif

80 ms

3342.png

3342.png

351 ms

SS_TOPBar.gif

SS_TOPBar.gif

120 ms

SS_TOPBarGoldWhistle.gif

SS_TOPBarGoldWhistle.gif

119 ms

Grass_bg.png

Grass_bg.png

222 ms

LogoGrass_SS.png

LogoGrass_SS.png

225 ms

SOCS_findoutmore.png

SOCS_findoutmore.png

163 ms

SS_TopBarTwitter.gif

SS_TopBarTwitter.gif

120 ms

SS_TopBarSupport.gif

SS_TopBarSupport.gif

119 ms

SS_TopBarPadLock.gif

SS_TopBarPadLock.gif

121 ms

lightbox-ico-loading.gif

lightbox-ico-loading.gif

163 ms

ss_bg_shadow.png

ss_bg_shadow.png

163 ms

Welcome.png

Welcome.png

381 ms

FPRO.png

FPRO.png

381 ms

SaveTime.png

SaveTime.png

301 ms

Customization.jpg

Customization.jpg

302 ms

UploadOnce.png

UploadOnce.png

449 ms

TeamSheetBuilder.png

TeamSheetBuilder.png

380 ms

TeamTrainingPlanner.png

TeamTrainingPlanner.png

381 ms

BigScreen.png

BigScreen.png

527 ms

CompetitionBuilder.png

CompetitionBuilder.png

451 ms

rugby247.gif

rugby247.gif

452 ms

football247.gif

football247.gif

451 ms

cricket247.gif

cricket247.gif

452 ms

hockeyB247.gif

hockeyB247.gif

524 ms

hockeyG247.gif

hockeyG247.gif

525 ms

netball247.gif

netball247.gif

526 ms

arrowright.gif

arrowright.gif

157 ms

RPNationalSevensvHowdens.png

RPNationalSevensvHowdens.png

174 ms

71.gif

71.gif

160 ms

Schools-Cup-Logo.png

Schools-Cup-Logo.png

174 ms

24.gif

24.gif

223 ms

28183.png

28183.png

223 ms

26.gif

26.gif

225 ms

SurreyRugby.jpg

SurreyRugby.jpg

241 ms

St-Jos-Crest.png

St-Jos-Crest.png

241 ms

81.gif

81.gif

296 ms

922.png

922.png

341 ms

widgets.js

widgets.js

115 ms

SSHomeFeaturesGrass.jpg

SSHomeFeaturesGrass.jpg

187 ms

line.gif

line.gif

186 ms

Grass4.gif

Grass4.gif

277 ms

next.png

next.png

202 ms

prev.png

prev.png

202 ms

ui-icons_222222_256x240.png

ui-icons_222222_256x240.png

88 ms

PaleGradient.gif

PaleGradient.gif

371 ms

SS_TopBar.gif

SS_TopBar.gif

222 ms

widget_iframe.2f70fb173b9000da126c79afe2098f02.html

widget_iframe.2f70fb173b9000da126c79afe2098f02.html

62 ms

settings

settings

105 ms

timeline.e108540dddc96e4b707f5cf259a582d7.js

timeline.e108540dddc96e4b707f5cf259a582d7.js

23 ms

SchoolsSports

SchoolsSports

140 ms

sodar

sodar

76 ms

selected.gif

selected.gif

77 ms

polyfills-a40ef1678bae11e696dba45124eadd70.js

polyfills-a40ef1678bae11e696dba45124eadd70.js

24 ms

runtime-b1c52fd0a13ead5fcf6b.js

runtime-b1c52fd0a13ead5fcf6b.js

48 ms

modules-96ebc7ac3ad66d681a3d.js

modules-96ebc7ac3ad66d681a3d.js

81 ms

main-babd9234dc048fb47339.js

main-babd9234dc048fb47339.js

97 ms

_app-a9c9f1a99e4414675fb1.js

_app-a9c9f1a99e4414675fb1.js

95 ms

%5BscreenName%5D-0517bdda27d5006a5a2d.js

%5BscreenName%5D-0517bdda27d5006a5a2d.js

95 ms

_buildManifest.js

_buildManifest.js

139 ms

_ssgManifest.js

_ssgManifest.js

137 ms

sodar2.js

sodar2.js

24 ms

Accessibility Review

schoolssports.com accessibility score

75

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.

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

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

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

Best Practices

schoolssports.com best practices score

50

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

User Experience

Impact

Issue

High

Displays images with incorrect aspect ratio

High

Serves images with low resolution

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

High

Issues were logged in the Issues panel in Chrome Devtools

SEO Factors

schoolssports.com SEO score

69

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

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

Language and Encoding

  • Language Detected

    EN

  • Language Claimed

    N/A

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

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

schoolssports.com

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