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Report Summary

  • 63

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    77% of other websites

  • 96

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 89% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    36% of websites

  • 100

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    95% of websites

stpressbooks.com.sg

Straits Times Press Books – Straits Times Press, SPH Media Limited

Page Load Speed

43 sec in total

First Response

7.2 sec

Resources Loaded

31 sec

Page Rendered

4.9 sec

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About Website

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Key Findings

We analyzed Stpressbooks.com.sg page load time and found that the first response time was 7.2 sec and then it took 35.9 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is an excellent result, as only a small number of websites can load faster. Unfortunately, there were 17 request timeouts, which can generally increase the web page load time, as the browser stays idle while waiting for website response.

Performance Metrics

stpressbooks.com.sg performance score

63

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value2.8 s

57/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value9.3 s

1/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value3.5 s

88/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value50 ms

100/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.001

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value8.6 s

37/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

home.php

7156 ms

common.js

839 ms

browser_identificator.js

573 ms

jquery-min.js

2218 ms

jquery-fix.js

842 ms

Our browser made a total of 66 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that all of those requests were addressed to Stpressbooks.com.sg and no external sources were called. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (20.5 sec) belongs to the original domain Stpressbooks.com.sg.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 457.1 kB (13%)

Content Size

3.5 MB

After Optimization

3.1 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Stpressbooks.com.sg main page is 3.5 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. 25% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 3.1 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-91%

Potential reduce by 193.4 kB

  • Original 212.4 kB
  • After minification 139.5 kB
  • After compression 19.0 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 72.9 kB, which is 34% 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 193.4 kB or 91% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-3%

Potential reduce by 80.8 kB

  • Original 3.1 MB
  • After minification 3.0 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. St Press Books images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-73%

Potential reduce by 104.2 kB

  • Original 142.6 kB
  • After minification 120.2 kB
  • After compression 38.4 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 104.2 kB or 73% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-85%

Potential reduce by 78.7 kB

  • Original 92.1 kB
  • After minification 73.0 kB
  • After compression 13.4 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. Stpressbooks.com.sg needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 78.7 kB or 85% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 29 (62%)

Requests Now

47

After Optimization

18

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 47 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of St Press Books. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 13 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 4 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

home.php

home.php

7156 ms

common.js

common.js

839 ms

browser_identificator.js

browser_identificator.js

573 ms

jquery-min.js

jquery-min.js

2218 ms

jquery-fix.js

jquery-fix.js

842 ms

ajax.js

ajax.js

2145 ms

dropout_buttons_init.js

dropout_buttons_init.js

1126 ms

main.css

main.css

2389 ms

main.FF.css

main.FF.css

2401 ms

main.FF2.css

main.FF2.css

2482 ms

main.css

main.css

2643 ms

anchor_fix.js

anchor_fix.js

2648 ms

check_quantity.js

check_quantity.js

2743 ms

ajax.add2cart.js

ajax.add2cart.js

2937 ms

ajax.product.js

ajax.product.js

2936 ms

ajax.products.js

ajax.products.js

3024 ms

ajax.rating.js

ajax.rating.js

3183 ms

vote_bar.js

vote_bar.js

2896 ms

dialog_bg.gif

dialog_bg.gif

627 ms

WITRB_chi_low.jpg

WITRB_chi_low.jpg

19919 ms

spacer.gif

spacer.gif

785 ms

xct6E2F.tmp.png

xct6E2F.tmp.png

2192 ms

SG100.jpg

SG100.jpg

20489 ms

Colonial%20Spore.jpg

Colonial%20Spore.jpg

3236 ms

Constitution.jpg

Constitution.jpg

1511 ms

Defence.jpg

Defence.jpg

13076 ms

Diplomacy-01.jpg

Diplomacy-01.jpg

5506 ms

Educations.jpg

Educations.jpg

13066 ms

Eurasians.jpg

Eurasians.jpg

5174 ms

Heritage.jpg

Heritage.jpg

13409 ms

Indians.jpg

Indians.jpg

10734 ms

Law.jpg

Law.jpg

15773 ms

Diplomacy.jpg

Diplomacy.jpg

15111 ms

WITRB.jpg

WITRB.jpg

20475 ms

Pocketful%20Cover.jpg

Pocketful%20Cover.jpg

20447 ms

ICML_low.jpg

ICML_low.jpg

20267 ms

Show%20Me%20The%20Money3LR.jpg

Show%20Me%20The%20Money3LR.jpg

16536 ms

LKYQuote3booksLR.jpg

LKYQuote3booksLR.jpg

19204 ms

Hakka%20Cover.jpg

Hakka%20Cover.jpg

19957 ms

stars.png

stars.png

19644 ms

but_main_right.png

but_main_right.png

19860 ms

but_main_left.png

but_main_left.png

19908 ms

50%2BThings.jpg

50%2BThings.jpg

19879 ms

vintagelee%20cover.jpg

vintagelee%20cover.jpg

19764 ms

Legacy_lowres.jpg

Legacy_lowres.jpg

19656 ms

SLC%20CoverLR.jpg

SLC%20CoverLR.jpg

19529 ms

ST170%20CoverLR.jpg

ST170%20CoverLR.jpg

20489 ms

Chasing-Rainbows_low.jpg

Chasing-Rainbows_low.jpg

20421 ms

menu_bg.gif

menu_bg.gif

20352 ms

dingbats_categorie.gif

dingbats_categorie.gif

19899 ms

category_bullet.gif

category_bullet.gif

19905 ms

ajax.minicart.js

ajax.minicart.js

20305 ms

jquery.tooltip.min.js

jquery.tooltip.min.js

20305 ms

menu_arrow.gif

menu_arrow.gif

20221 ms

dingbats_help.gif

dingbats_help.gif

20005 ms

stpb_logo.png

stpb_logo.png

19992 ms

menucart_bg.gif

menucart_bg.gif

526 ms

dingbats_orders.gif

dingbats_orders.gif

511 ms

dingbats_authentification.gif

dingbats_authentification.gif

510 ms

but_menu_right.png

but_menu_right.png

510 ms

but_menu_left.png

but_menu_left.png

509 ms

headmast_bg.gif

headmast_bg.gif

510 ms

tab_r.png

tab_r.png

688 ms

tab_l.png

tab_l.png

755 ms

head_linebg.gif

head_linebg.gif

759 ms

go.gif

go.gif

759 ms

Accessibility Review

stpressbooks.com.sg accessibility score

96

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.

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

Links do not have a discernible name

Best Practices

stpressbooks.com.sg best practices score

75

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

Browser errors were logged to the console

High

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

stpressbooks.com.sg SEO score

100

Search Engine Optimization Advices

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

Language and Encoding

  • Language Detected

    EN

  • Language Claimed

    EN

  • Encoding

    ISO-8859-1

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Stpressbooks.com.sg 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 Stpressbooks.com.sg main page’s claimed encoding is iso-8859-1. Changing it to UTF-8 can be a good choice, as this format is commonly used for encoding all over the web and thus their visitors won’t have any troubles with symbol transcription or reading.

Social Sharing Optimization

stpressbooks.com.sg

Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of St Press Books. 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: