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Report Summary

  • 19

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    35% of other websites

  • 97

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 92% of websites

  • 83

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    55% of websites

  • 83

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    46% of websites

scouts.ca

Scouts Canada

Page Load Speed

2.3 sec in total

First Response

36 ms

Resources Loaded

1.9 sec

Page Rendered

341 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Scouts.ca page load time and found that the first response time was 36 ms and then it took 2.3 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 45% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

scouts.ca performance score

19

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.4 s

36/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value7.7 s

3/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value8.2 s

20/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value6,870 ms

0/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.124

83/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value29.8 s

0/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

scouts.ca

36 ms

www.scouts.ca

32 ms

www.scouts.ca

927 ms

yjq0eou.css

92 ms

4d27bc0385.js

47 ms

Our browser made a total of 70 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 49% of them (34 requests) were addressed to the original Scouts.ca, 7% (5 requests) were made to Googletagmanager.com and 4% (3 requests) were made to Google-analytics.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (927 ms) belongs to the original domain Scouts.ca.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 307.6 kB (15%)

Content Size

2.1 MB

After Optimization

1.8 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Scouts.ca main page is 2.1 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. 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. Images take 1.5 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-80%

Potential reduce by 61.4 kB

  • Original 77.0 kB
  • After minification 62.8 kB
  • After compression 15.5 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 14.2 kB, which is 18% 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 61.4 kB or 80% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-16%

Potential reduce by 233.2 kB

  • Original 1.5 MB
  • After minification 1.2 MB

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, Scouts needs image optimization as it can save up to 233.2 kB or 16% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-3%

Potential reduce by 11.9 kB

  • Original 469.2 kB
  • After minification 469.2 kB
  • After compression 457.3 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. This website has mostly compressed JavaScripts.

CSS Optimization

-2%

Potential reduce by 1.1 kB

  • Original 48.1 kB
  • After minification 48.1 kB
  • After compression 47.0 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. Scouts.ca has all CSS files already compressed.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 28 (44%)

Requests Now

63

After Optimization

35

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 63 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Scouts. 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 4 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

scouts.ca

scouts.ca

36 ms

www.scouts.ca

www.scouts.ca

32 ms

www.scouts.ca

www.scouts.ca

927 ms

yjq0eou.css

yjq0eou.css

92 ms

4d27bc0385.js

4d27bc0385.js

47 ms

styles_3425fdf320.css

styles_3425fdf320.css

54 ms

modernizr.js

modernizr.js

71 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

34 ms

signup-form-widget.min.js

signup-form-widget.min.js

57 ms

jquery.liMarquee.js

jquery.liMarquee.js

31 ms

page.js

page.js

57 ms

scripts_c4a7420364.js

scripts_c4a7420364.js

79 ms

p.css

p.css

20 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

107 ms

fbevents.js

fbevents.js

74 ms

gtm.js

gtm.js

183 ms

Scouts-Badge.png

Scouts-Badge.png

180 ms

https:/

https:/

51 ms

update.min.js

update.min.js

141 ms

VOL_Home_Slider_Carousel_Hero.c67a641e.jpg

VOL_Home_Slider_Carousel_Hero.c67a641e.jpg

177 ms

Youth_Recruitment_Home_Slider_Carousel_Hero_1.cac8e6f3.jpg

Youth_Recruitment_Home_Slider_Carousel_Hero_1.cac8e6f3.jpg

218 ms

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scholarships-slider-2024.81ff1d8d.jpg

176 ms

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chillymoose-slider-jan2024.89b8c6d3.jpg

217 ms

scholarships-news-2024.fcc7e144.jpg

scholarships-news-2024.fcc7e144.jpg

140 ms

scouts-logo-news-bluebg.c7b447ad.png

scouts-logo-news-bluebg.c7b447ad.png

177 ms

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cubs_cleanup.100747ee.jpg

180 ms

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scouts-logo-news.d6a6fd4d.png

177 ms

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177 ms

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scoutsthrillingkubkarracereturnstostationmall_apr2024.617e5ea7.jpg

178 ms

beaver-scout-cleanup.15e03ce5.jpg

beaver-scout-cleanup.15e03ce5.jpg

218 ms

beaver.png

beaver.png

218 ms

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purchase8.3ace8448.jpg

219 ms

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wolf.png

218 ms

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219 ms

compass-map.png

compass-map.png

219 ms

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venturers-cta.f87428a5.jpg

220 ms

mountains.png

mountains.png

220 ms

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221 ms

canoe.png

canoe.png

221 ms

scouters-side-welcome-back.17683502.jpg

scouters-side-welcome-back.17683502.jpg

221 ms

icon-youth-leadership.png

icon-youth-leadership.png

221 ms

thanks_badge-new.61780b34.png

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294 ms

blsw-lt.woff

blsw-lt.woff

222 ms

underscore-min.js

underscore-min.js

162 ms

sm.25.html

sm.25.html

115 ms

eso.BRQnzO8v.js

eso.BRQnzO8v.js

124 ms

collect

collect

45 ms

blsw-hv.woff

blsw-hv.woff

91 ms

blsw-md.woff

blsw-md.woff

89 ms

update.show.min.js

update.show.min.js

34 ms

collect

collect

343 ms

js

js

110 ms

collect

collect

231 ms

destination

destination

230 ms

destination

destination

269 ms

events.js

events.js

306 ms

api.js

api.js

275 ms

f.png

f.png

420 ms

collect

collect

87 ms

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activityi;src=10350806;type=remar0;cat=gener0;ord=948585399449;npa=0;auiddc=1835131518.1715709000;pscdl=noapi;frm=0;gtm=45fe45d0z8812567082za201;gcd=13l3l3l3l1;dma=0;epver=2;~oref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.scouts.ca%2F

105 ms

main.MWNkMWZjOGNjMQ.js

main.MWNkMWZjOGNjMQ.js

18 ms

recaptcha__en.js

recaptcha__en.js

33 ms

signup-form-widget.css

signup-form-widget.css

33 ms

3eb9bb7c59e5895688dc951a0a746b84.json

3eb9bb7c59e5895688dc951a0a746b84.json

68 ms

events.js

events.js

60 ms

bat.js

bat.js

104 ms

core.js

core.js

83 ms

scevent.min.js

scevent.min.js

102 ms

js

js

82 ms

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src=10350806;type=remar0;cat=gener0;ord=948585399449;npa=0;auiddc=*;pscdl=noapi;frm=0;gtm=45fe45d0z8812567082za201;gcd=13l3l3l3l1;dma=0;epver=2;~oref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.scouts.ca%2F

138 ms

Accessibility Review

scouts.ca accessibility score

97

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.

Navigation

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

Impact

Issue

High

Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order

Best Practices

scouts.ca best practices score

83

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

High

Includes front-end JavaScript libraries with known security vulnerabilities

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

scouts.ca SEO score

83

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

robots.txt is not valid

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 Scouts.ca 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 Scouts.ca 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

scouts.ca

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