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crosswordclub.co.uk

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Page Load Speed

3.2 sec in total

First Response

293 ms

Resources Loaded

2.8 sec

Page Rendered

129 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Crosswordclub.co.uk page load time and found that the first response time was 293 ms and then it took 2.9 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 50% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

crosswordclub.co.uk performance score

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Network Requests Diagram

crosswordclub.co.uk

293 ms

www.crosswordclub.co.uk

459 ms

login

298 ms

cake.generic.css

170 ms

cal.css

234 ms

Our browser made a total of 45 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 84% of them (38 requests) were addressed to the original Crosswordclub.co.uk, 11% (5 requests) were made to Tealium.hs.llnwd.net and 2% (1 request) were made to Ssl.google-analytics.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (579 ms) belongs to the original domain Crosswordclub.co.uk.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 161.7 kB (49%)

Content Size

330.7 kB

After Optimization

169.0 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Crosswordclub.co.uk main page is 330.7 kB. 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. Javascripts take 126.0 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-77%

Potential reduce by 14.6 kB

  • Original 18.9 kB
  • After minification 16.0 kB
  • After compression 4.3 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 2.8 kB, which is 15% 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 14.6 kB or 77% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-14%

Potential reduce by 17.1 kB

  • Original 125.2 kB
  • After minification 108.1 kB

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, Crosswordclub needs image optimization as it can save up to 17.1 kB or 14% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-64%

Potential reduce by 80.9 kB

  • Original 126.0 kB
  • After minification 125.3 kB
  • After compression 45.1 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 80.9 kB or 64% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-81%

Potential reduce by 49.1 kB

  • Original 60.6 kB
  • After minification 44.6 kB
  • After compression 11.5 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. Crosswordclub.co.uk needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 49.1 kB or 81% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 16 (48%)

Requests Now

33

After Optimization

17

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 33 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Crosswordclub. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 5 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 8 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

crosswordclub.co.uk

crosswordclub.co.uk

293 ms

www.crosswordclub.co.uk

www.crosswordclub.co.uk

459 ms

login

login

298 ms

cake.generic.css

cake.generic.css

170 ms

cal.css

cal.css

234 ms

mindgames.css

mindgames.css

330 ms

signed-out.css

signed-out.css

251 ms

jquery-1.4.2.js

jquery-1.4.2.js

493 ms

thickbox.css

thickbox.css

254 ms

jquery-ui.js

jquery-ui.js

515 ms

jqueryValidation.js

jqueryValidation.js

308 ms

thickbox-compressed.js

thickbox-compressed.js

331 ms

jquery.popupWindow.js

jquery.popupWindow.js

340 ms

jquery.blockUI.js

jquery.blockUI.js

461 ms

ipuzzle.nocache.js

ipuzzle.nocache.js

410 ms

utag.js

utag.js

148 ms

scroller.css

scroller.css

412 ms

signup.js

signup.js

424 ms

cycle.js

cycle.js

500 ms

header.jpg

header.jpg

173 ms

crossword_avatar_features.png

crossword_avatar_features.png

126 ms

progress_features.jpg

progress_features.jpg

126 ms

league_tables_features.jpg

league_tables_features.jpg

130 ms

prizes_features.jpg

prizes_features.jpg

121 ms

forum_features.jpg

forum_features.jpg

127 ms

crossword_avatar.png

crossword_avatar.png

308 ms

play_now.jpg

play_now.jpg

167 ms

print.jpg

print.jpg

169 ms

CDG0219_Books_MPU_bkp.jpg

CDG0219_Books_MPU_bkp.jpg

172 ms

arrow_right.jpg

arrow_right.jpg

174 ms

arrow_left.jpg

arrow_left.jpg

249 ms

tick.jpg

tick.jpg

241 ms

utag.5.js

utag.5.js

4 ms

crossword.css

crossword.css

218 ms

utag.2.js

utag.2.js

8 ms

utag.4.js

utag.4.js

14 ms

utag.9.js

utag.9.js

14 ms

loadingAnimation.gif

loadingAnimation.gif

213 ms

F5091693A44FAB3E623EC198DDAF5E8A.cache.html

F5091693A44FAB3E623EC198DDAF5E8A.cache.html

579 ms

__utm.gif

__utm.gif

74 ms

active.jpg

active.jpg

211 ms

inactive.jpg

inactive.jpg

213 ms

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s88242759392596

42 ms

clear.cache.gif

clear.cache.gif

89 ms

print.css

print.css

88 ms

SEO Factors

crosswordclub.co.uk SEO score

0

Language and Encoding

  • Language Detected

    N/A

  • Language Claimed

    N/A

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Crosswordclub.co.uk can be misinterpreted by Google and other search engines. Unfortunately we cannot identify language used on the page (probably there is a mix of languages, too little text or something else) and no language is claimed in <html> or <meta> tags either. Our system also found out that Crosswordclub.co.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

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