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Report Summary

  • 37

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    56% of other websites

  • 84

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 56% of websites

  • 83

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    55% of websites

  • 86

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    60% of websites

go.blackspectacles.com

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Page Load Speed

1.6 sec in total

First Response

42 ms

Resources Loaded

1.1 sec

Page Rendered

529 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Go.blackspectacles.com page load time and found that the first response time was 42 ms and then it took 1.6 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 35% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

go.blackspectacles.com performance score

37

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value2.9 s

52/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value3.7 s

58/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value8.8 s

16/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value2,770 ms

3/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.026

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value24.4 s

0/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

42 ms

aos.css

43 ms

main.min.css

35 ms

bks-atlas.min.css

54 ms

module_-35056501883_Video.min.css

66 ms

Our browser made a total of 56 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 0% of them (0 request) were addressed to the original Go.blackspectacles.com, 4% (2 requests) were made to Unpkg.com and 4% (2 requests) were made to Cdn2.hubspot.net. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (329 ms) relates to the external source Blackspectacles.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 105.4 kB (4%)

Content Size

2.7 MB

After Optimization

2.6 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Go.blackspectacles.com main page is 2.7 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. 60% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 2.5 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-86%

Potential reduce by 87.8 kB

  • Original 102.1 kB
  • After minification 87.9 kB
  • After compression 14.2 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 14% 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 87.8 kB or 86% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 8.3 kB

  • Original 2.5 MB
  • After minification 2.5 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. Go Black Spectacles images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-4%

Potential reduce by 3.7 kB

  • Original 97.9 kB
  • After minification 97.9 kB
  • After compression 94.2 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

-22%

Potential reduce by 5.6 kB

  • Original 25.8 kB
  • After minification 25.8 kB
  • After compression 20.2 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. Go.blackspectacles.com needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 5.6 kB or 22% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 25 (47%)

Requests Now

53

After Optimization

28

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 53 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Go Black Spectacles. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 22 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 5 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

42 ms

aos.css

aos.css

43 ms

main.min.css

main.min.css

35 ms

bks-atlas.min.css

bks-atlas.min.css

54 ms

module_-35056501883_Video.min.css

module_-35056501883_Video.min.css

66 ms

module_88897981220_Simple_Pass_Rate_Card.min.css

module_88897981220_Simple_Pass_Rate_Card.min.css

60 ms

tp.widget.bootstrap.min.js

tp.widget.bootstrap.min.js

41 ms

embed.js

embed.js

48 ms

aos.js

aos.js

48 ms

main.min.js

main.min.js

46 ms

helper.min.js

helper.min.js

56 ms

bks-atlas.min.js

bks-atlas.min.js

52 ms

project.js

project.js

105 ms

module_92078585622_Simple_Navbar.min.js

module_92078585622_Simple_Navbar.min.js

106 ms

module_-35056501883_Video.min.js

module_-35056501883_Video.min.js

108 ms

loader.js

loader.js

57 ms

module_90894494745_Product_Features_04.min.js

module_90894494745_Product_Features_04.min.js

106 ms

module_85555362824_FAQ.min.js

module_85555362824_FAQ.min.js

108 ms

8822583.js

8822583.js

111 ms

index.js

index.js

111 ms

8822583.js

8822583.js

57 ms

small_logo.webp

small_logo.webp

27 ms

Perkins%26Will.png

Perkins%26Will.png

28 ms

HKS.png

HKS.png

35 ms

Stantec.png

Stantec.png

329 ms

SOM.png

SOM.png

205 ms

Perkins%20Eastman.png

Perkins%20Eastman.png

46 ms

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Assets17b.png

53 ms

Practice%20Exams.png

Practice%20Exams.png

46 ms

Practice%20Exams%20Image.png

Practice%20Exams%20Image.png

91 ms

Expert%20Tier%20Membership%20Icons.png

Expert%20Tier%20Membership%20Icons.png

92 ms

Video%20Lectures.png

Video%20Lectures.png

93 ms

Video%20LEcture.png

Video%20LEcture.png

98 ms

Study%20Guides.png

Study%20Guides.png

113 ms

Study%20Guides-2.png

Study%20Guides-2.png

98 ms

Pro%20tier%20membership%20icons.png

Pro%20tier%20membership%20icons.png

106 ms

Practical%20Application%20-%20Icon.png

Practical%20Application%20-%20Icon.png

127 ms

Practical%20Application.png

Practical%20Application.png

127 ms

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Flashcards-1.png

128 ms

Flash%20Cards.png

Flash%20Cards.png

143 ms

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150 ms

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Virtual%20Workshops%20Image.png

151 ms

Expert%20tier%20membership%20icons-2.png

Expert%20tier%20membership%20icons-2.png

178 ms

NCARB%20Badges%202023.png

NCARB%20Badges%202023.png

185 ms

ARE%20Community.png

ARE%20Community.png

171 ms

Logo_BKS_white.png

Logo_BKS_white.png

179 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

38 ms

insight.min.js

insight.min.js

32 ms

collectedforms.js

collectedforms.js

72 ms

banner.js

banner.js

71 ms

8822583.js

8822583.js

95 ms

insight_tag_errors.gif

insight_tag_errors.gif

179 ms

js

js

44 ms

FreightDispProBook-Regular.woff

FreightDispProBook-Regular.woff

97 ms

Flama.woff

Flama.woff

120 ms

rm29b11q

rm29b11q

30 ms

Accessibility Review

go.blackspectacles.com accessibility score

84

Accessibility Issues

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

Buttons do not have an accessible name

High

Links do not have a discernible name

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

Tables and lists

These are opportunities to improve the experience of reading tabular or list data using assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Impact

Issue

High

Lists do not contain only <li> elements and script supporting elements (<script> and <template>).

Best Practices

go.blackspectacles.com best practices score

83

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

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

go.blackspectacles.com SEO score

86

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

Links are not crawlable

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

    UTF-8

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

go.blackspectacles.com

Open Graph data is detected on the main page of Go Black Spectacles. This is the best way to make the web page social media friendly. Here is how it looks like on Facebook: