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Report Summary

  • 31

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    51% of other websites

  • 91

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 76% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    35% of websites

  • 82

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    44% of websites

bsa.org.uk

Home | The Building Societies Association | BSA

Page Load Speed

13.4 sec in total

First Response

5.6 sec

Resources Loaded

7.4 sec

Page Rendered

486 ms

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About Website

Visit bsa.org.uk now to see the best up-to-date BSA content for United Kingdom and also check out these interesting facts you probably never knew about bsa.org.uk

The Building Societies Association (BSA) is the voice for all 43 UK building societies as well as 6 credit unions. We push for the best outcomes.

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Key Findings

We analyzed Bsa.org.uk page load time and found that the first response time was 5.6 sec and then it took 7.9 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 85% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

bsa.org.uk performance score

31

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value4.3 s

18/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value5.7 s

16/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value14.2 s

1/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value940 ms

30/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.029

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value15.2 s

7/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

www.bsa.org.uk

5566 ms

cd.js

113 ms

Logger.js

159 ms

Logger.js

244 ms

jquery-3.5.1.min.js

402 ms

Our browser made a total of 61 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 61% of them (37 requests) were addressed to the original Bsa.org.uk, 28% (17 requests) were made to Bsalive.blob.core.windows.net and 5% (3 requests) were made to Consent.cookiebot.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (5.6 sec) belongs to the original domain Bsa.org.uk.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 382.3 kB (18%)

Content Size

2.1 MB

After Optimization

1.7 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Bsa.org.uk 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. 40% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 1.7 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-91%

Potential reduce by 144.5 kB

  • Original 159.5 kB
  • After minification 87.8 kB
  • After compression 15.0 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 71.7 kB, which is 45% 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 144.5 kB or 91% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-10%

Potential reduce by 169.0 kB

  • Original 1.7 MB
  • After minification 1.5 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. BSA images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-28%

Potential reduce by 45.6 kB

  • Original 165.6 kB
  • After minification 165.4 kB
  • After compression 120.0 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 45.6 kB or 28% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-34%

Potential reduce by 23.2 kB

  • Original 67.8 kB
  • After minification 67.7 kB
  • After compression 44.5 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. Bsa.org.uk needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 23.2 kB or 34% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 23 (42%)

Requests Now

55

After Optimization

32

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 55 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of BSA. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 12 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 5 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

www.bsa.org.uk

www.bsa.org.uk

5566 ms

cd.js

cd.js

113 ms

Logger.js

Logger.js

159 ms

Logger.js

Logger.js

244 ms

jquery-3.5.1.min.js

jquery-3.5.1.min.js

402 ms

bootstrap.css

bootstrap.css

388 ms

slick.css

slick.css

312 ms

style.css

style.css

399 ms

bsa.css

bsa.css

322 ms

print.css

print.css

321 ms

bootstrap.bundle.min.js

bootstrap.bundle.min.js

394 ms

slick.js

slick.js

371 ms

scripts.js

scripts.js

327 ms

cdreport.js

cdreport.js

170 ms

gtm.js

gtm.js

61 ms

uc.js

uc.js

22 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

19 ms

collect

collect

4 ms

digitalmortgage_resized_1_jpg_250_110.jpg

digitalmortgage_resized_1_jpg_250_110.jpg

397 ms

customer-journey_jpg_250_167.jpg

customer-journey_jpg_250_167.jpg

394 ms

bank-of-england_resized_jpg_250_167.jpg

bank-of-england_resized_jpg_250_167.jpg

393 ms

manchester-central_png_250_125.png

manchester-central_png_250_125.png

539 ms

1_jpg_250_141.jpg

1_jpg_250_141.jpg

392 ms

buying-a-home_resized_jpg_250_167.jpg

buying-a-home_resized_jpg_250_167.jpg

391 ms

darlingtonbuildingsociety.jpg

darlingtonbuildingsociety.jpg

468 ms

tiptoncoseleybuildingsociety.jpg

tiptoncoseleybuildingsociety.jpg

468 ms

logo.png

logo.png

468 ms

hinckleyrugbybuildingsociety.jpg

hinckleyrugbybuildingsociety.jpg

470 ms

footer-good-business-charter-(1).png

footer-good-business-charter-(1).png

473 ms

footer-women-in-finance-(1).png

footer-women-in-finance-(1).png

545 ms

footer-living-wage-(1).png

footer-living-wage-(1).png

619 ms

plain_numbers_working_together_colour.png

plain_numbers_working_together_colour.png

618 ms

blood-bank-supporter-badge.png

blood-bank-supporter-badge.png

621 ms

progress-together.jpg

progress-together.jpg

623 ms

prompt-payment-code-jpg_ppc_logo_s_1.jpg

prompt-payment-code-jpg_ppc_logo_s_1.jpg

615 ms

bsa-logo.svg

bsa-logo.svg

142 ms

angle-right-icon.svg

angle-right-icon.svg

146 ms

search-icon.svg

search-icon.svg

145 ms

arrow-icon.svg

arrow-icon.svg

147 ms

magazine-icon.svg

magazine-icon.svg

168 ms

press-relese-icon.svg

press-relese-icon.svg

169 ms

right-arrow-icon.svg

right-arrow-icon.svg

195 ms

NEW-kerv-logo1.png

NEW-kerv-logo1.png

195 ms

calendar-icon.svg

calendar-icon.svg

296 ms

bsa-location-icon.svg

bsa-location-icon.svg

297 ms

Eligible-image1-(resized).png

Eligible-image1-(resized).png

750 ms

The-Cambridge-Logo.aspx

The-Cambridge-Logo.aspx

306 ms

SBS-Logo_XL.png

SBS-Logo_XL.png

336 ms

front-cover-image.png

front-cover-image.png

380 ms

files-icon.svg

files-icon.svg

307 ms

arrow-icon.svg

arrow-icon.svg

317 ms

twitter-icon.svg

twitter-icon.svg

384 ms

in-img.png

in-img.png

386 ms

GAIN-logo.jpg

GAIN-logo.jpg

785 ms

pg-14-FairLife-Logo-JPEG.png

pg-14-FairLife-Logo-JPEG.png

563 ms

banner-bg.jpg

banner-bg.jpg

437 ms

dots-yellow-bg.jpg

dots-yellow-bg.jpg

442 ms

bsa-championing-img.jpg

bsa-championing-img.jpg

440 ms

mulish.ttf

mulish.ttf

644 ms

slider-arrow-icon.svg

slider-arrow-icon.svg

401 ms

destination

destination

57 ms

Accessibility Review

bsa.org.uk accessibility score

91

Accessibility Issues

Navigation

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

Impact

Issue

High

Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order

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

High

Links do not have a discernible name

Best Practices

bsa.org.uk best practices score

75

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

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

SEO Factors

bsa.org.uk SEO score

82

Search Engine Optimization Advices

Crawling and Indexing

To appear in search results, crawlers need access to your app.

Impact

Issue

High

Links are not crawlable

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

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 Bsa.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 Bsa.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

bsa.org.uk

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