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Report Summary

  • 31

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    51% 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

  • 98

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    92% of websites

buildersports.com

Southwestern College - Official Athletics Website

Page Load Speed

6.8 sec in total

First Response

22 ms

Resources Loaded

6.4 sec

Page Rendered

396 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Buildersports.com page load time and found that the first response time was 22 ms and then it took 6.8 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

buildersports.com performance score

31

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.1 s

47/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value17.8 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value7.5 s

27/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value320 ms

76/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value1.825

0/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value15.2 s

7/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

buildersports.com

22 ms

www.buildersports.com

247 ms

megamenu.css

70 ms

SIDHelp.css

25 ms

layout.css

34 ms

Our browser made a total of 116 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 70% of them (81 requests) were addressed to the original Buildersports.com, 8% (9 requests) were made to D21gd0ap5v1ndt.cloudfront.net and 6% (7 requests) were made to P.sidhelp.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (5.5 sec) belongs to the original domain Buildersports.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 576.2 kB (17%)

Content Size

3.4 MB

After Optimization

2.9 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Buildersports.com main page is 3.4 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. 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 2.8 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-82%

Potential reduce by 46.8 kB

  • Original 56.8 kB
  • After minification 56.7 kB
  • After compression 10.0 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. 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 46.8 kB or 82% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-3%

Potential reduce by 73.5 kB

  • Original 2.8 MB
  • After minification 2.7 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. Buildersports images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-62%

Potential reduce by 220.6 kB

  • Original 356.4 kB
  • After minification 351.2 kB
  • After compression 135.8 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 220.6 kB or 62% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-83%

Potential reduce by 235.3 kB

  • Original 283.8 kB
  • After minification 278.2 kB
  • After compression 48.5 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. Buildersports.com needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 235.3 kB or 83% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 30 (26%)

Requests Now

114

After Optimization

84

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 114 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Buildersports. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 20 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 12 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

buildersports.com

buildersports.com

22 ms

www.buildersports.com

www.buildersports.com

247 ms

megamenu.css

megamenu.css

70 ms

SIDHelp.css

SIDHelp.css

25 ms

layout.css

layout.css

34 ms

builders2013.css

builders2013.css

40 ms

tickerJS.css

tickerJS.css

26 ms

ui.tabs.css

ui.tabs.css

31 ms

scoreboard.css

scoreboard.css

17 ms

jquery.jtip.css

jquery.jtip.css

26 ms

css

css

15 ms

newsRotator.css

newsRotator.css

34 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

7 ms

jquery.cycle2.min.js

jquery.cycle2.min.js

81 ms

jquery.cycle2.carousel.min.js

jquery.cycle2.carousel.min.js

84 ms

megamenu_plugins.js

megamenu_plugins.js

85 ms

megamenu.min.js

megamenu.min.js

85 ms

ui.core.js

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34 ms

ui.tabs.js

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35 ms

script.js

script.js

46 ms

jquery.form.php

jquery.form.php

36 ms

sidhelp.js

sidhelp.js

87 ms

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jquery.metadata.js

21 ms

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24 ms

jquery.jtip.js

jquery.jtip.js

43 ms

newsticker.jquery.min.js

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40 ms

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83 ms

widgets.js

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77 ms

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590 ms

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analytics.js

94 ms

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43 ms

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133 ms

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29 ms

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26 ms

MediaIcons.png

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29 ms

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81 ms

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29 ms

Moon.png

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28 ms

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29 ms

SC2013BG.jpg

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159 ms

wrapper.jpg

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858 ms

sbArrowPrev.png

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858 ms

sbEventBg.jpg

sbEventBg.jpg

1386 ms

sbDateUpcoming.jpg

sbDateUpcoming.jpg

27 ms

sbMediaUpcomingBg.jpg

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1725 ms

sbTournamentLogo.png

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151 ms

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1858 ms

slidingAdsBg.jpg

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1999 ms

arrowLeft.png

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2828 ms

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2868 ms

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3072 ms

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3812 ms

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3874 ms

MobileAppAd.jpg

MobileAppAd.jpg

3871 ms

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boxBgGradient.jpg

3876 ms

watermark.png

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3901 ms

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4026 ms

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4600 ms

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4410 ms

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4875 ms

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4879 ms

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menuItemBg.jpg

4884 ms

boxLeftTitleWomens.jpg

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4897 ms

boxLeftTitleTwitter.jpg

boxLeftTitleTwitter.jpg

4886 ms

boxLeftTwitterBottom.jpg

boxLeftTwitterBottom.jpg

4890 ms

Stretch-GameCentral-Web.jpg

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4895 ms

FiveStar-Bronze.png

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4896 ms

headerBg.jpg

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4891 ms

catEyes.png

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5188 ms

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108 ms

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326 ms

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363 ms

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336 ms

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348 ms

menuIconEdu.png

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5209 ms

collect

collect

11 ms

www-player-vflMqr8uC.css

www-player-vflMqr8uC.css

47 ms

www-embed-player.js

www-embed-player.js

35 ms

base.js

base.js

42 ms

MSOC-TexasCollege-1.jpg

MSOC-TexasCollege-1.jpg

4776 ms

WSOC-TexasCollege-1.jpg

WSOC-TexasCollege-1.jpg

5475 ms

Wyatt-Hastings-Web.jpg

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4752 ms

id

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249 ms

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260 ms

ad_status.js

ad_status.js

249 ms

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200 ms

logo_ringo-vflOpz8ZI.png

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145 ms

sagu-web-2.jpg

sagu-web-2.jpg

4951 ms

Ndiho-MACU-Web.jpg

Ndiho-MACU-Web.jpg

4834 ms

Gonzalez-WSU-Web.jpg

Gonzalez-WSU-Web.jpg

4467 ms

weatherBg.jpg

weatherBg.jpg

4172 ms

footerLogos2016.jpg

footerLogos2016.jpg

4064 ms

blank.gif

blank.gif

3638 ms

fullWidthBottomStripe.jpg

fullWidthBottomStripe.jpg

3076 ms

logoBottomBar.png

logoBottomBar.png

3050 ms

navMenuBg.png

navMenuBg.png

2747 ms

menuAds.png

menuAds.png

2109 ms

newsRotatorNavBg.jpg

newsRotatorNavBg.jpg

2054 ms

iconSocialMediaFacebook.png

iconSocialMediaFacebook.png

2050 ms

iconSocialMediaTwitter.png

iconSocialMediaTwitter.png

2064 ms

iconSocialMediaYouTube.png

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2033 ms

iconSocialMediaPhotos.png

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1905 ms

iconSocialMediaRSS.png

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1529 ms

iconSocialMediaLiveStats.png

iconSocialMediaLiveStats.png

1522 ms

iconSocialMediaGameCentral.png

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1331 ms

iconSocialMediaInstagram.png

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1222 ms

centerTabs.png

centerTabs.png

1157 ms

sbEventRecentBg.jpg

sbEventRecentBg.jpg

1079 ms

sbDateRecent.jpg

sbDateRecent.jpg

1072 ms

sbMediaRecentBg.jpg

sbMediaRecentBg.jpg

1073 ms

print.css

print.css

21 ms

Accessibility Review

buildersports.com accessibility score

96

Accessibility Issues

ARIA

These are opportunities to improve the usage of ARIA in your application which may enhance the experience for users of assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Impact

Issue

High

[aria-hidden="true"] elements contain focusable descendents

High

ARIA input fields do not have accessible names

Best Practices

buildersports.com 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

buildersports.com SEO score

98

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

High

Tap targets are not sized appropriately

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 Buildersports.com 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 Buildersports.com 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

buildersports.com

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