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Report Summary

  • 24

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    43% of other websites

  • 75

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 41% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    35% of websites

  • 82

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    44% of websites

educationplanner.ca

EducationPlannerBC - B.C. Post-Secondary Program Information and Application Service

Page Load Speed

5.5 sec in total

First Response

70 ms

Resources Loaded

2.6 sec

Page Rendered

2.8 sec

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About Website

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Key Findings

We analyzed Educationplanner.ca page load time and found that the first response time was 70 ms and then it took 5.5 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 75% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

educationplanner.ca performance score

24

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.9 s

24/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value9.8 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value6.9 s

33/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value1,940 ms

8/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.002

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value16.4 s

5/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

www.educationplannerbc.ca

70 ms

www.educationplannerbc.ca

160 ms

gtm.js

457 ms

jquery-ui-1.8.20.custom.css

301 ms

lightbox.css

393 ms

Our browser made a total of 51 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 0% of them (0 request) were addressed to the original Educationplanner.ca, 8% (4 requests) were made to Use.typekit.net and 4% (2 requests) were made to Netdna.bootstrapcdn.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1 sec) relates to the external source Educationplannerbc.ca.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 412.0 kB (4%)

Content Size

9.3 MB

After Optimization

8.9 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Educationplanner.ca main page is 9.3 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. 70% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 9.1 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-79%

Potential reduce by 21.6 kB

  • Original 27.4 kB
  • After minification 23.5 kB
  • After compression 5.8 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 3.9 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 21.6 kB or 79% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-4%

Potential reduce by 381.5 kB

  • Original 9.1 MB
  • After minification 8.8 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. Education Planner images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-7%

Potential reduce by 7.5 kB

  • Original 104.1 kB
  • After minification 104.1 kB
  • After compression 96.6 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

-3%

Potential reduce by 1.5 kB

  • Original 42.2 kB
  • After minification 42.2 kB
  • After compression 40.8 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. Educationplanner.ca has all CSS files already compressed.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 27 (63%)

Requests Now

43

After Optimization

16

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 43 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Education Planner. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 19 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 10 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

www.educationplannerbc.ca

www.educationplannerbc.ca

70 ms

www.educationplannerbc.ca

www.educationplannerbc.ca

160 ms

gtm.js

gtm.js

457 ms

jquery-ui-1.8.20.custom.css

jquery-ui-1.8.20.custom.css

301 ms

lightbox.css

lightbox.css

393 ms

styles.css

styles.css

482 ms

epbconnectsstyles.css

epbconnectsstyles.css

415 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

573 ms

jquery-migrate-1.4.0.min.js

jquery-migrate-1.4.0.min.js

451 ms

kmj6zgj.js

kmj6zgj.js

569 ms

modernizr.js

modernizr.js

411 ms

widget.js

widget.js

56 ms

jquery.fancybox-1.3.4.pack.js

jquery.fancybox-1.3.4.pack.js

410 ms

jcarousellite_1.0.1.min.js

jcarousellite_1.0.1.min.js

410 ms

jquery.stickem.js

jquery.stickem.js

556 ms

jquery.cookie.js

jquery.cookie.js

557 ms

jquery.bxslider.min.js

jquery.bxslider.min.js

555 ms

css3-multi-column.js

css3-multi-column.js

556 ms

j.js

j.js

553 ms

jquery.list.min.js

jquery.list.min.js

539 ms

bootstrap.min.js

bootstrap.min.js

539 ms

refresh.js

refresh.js

538 ms

lightbox.min.js

lightbox.min.js

539 ms

css2

css2

202 ms

bootstrap-glyphicons.css

bootstrap-glyphicons.css

153 ms

ep_logo.png

ep_logo.png

251 ms

6.jpg

6.jpg

715 ms

get_started.jpg

get_started.jpg

1040 ms

apply.jpg

apply.jpg

896 ms

finance.jpg

finance.jpg

891 ms

study.jpg

study.jpg

697 ms

work.jpg

work.jpg

889 ms

map_of_bc.png

map_of_bc.png

887 ms

bc_govt_logo.png

bc_govt_logo.png

887 ms

facebook.png

facebook.png

894 ms

twitter.png

twitter.png

893 ms

youtube2.png

youtube2.png

1014 ms

up.js

up.js

689 ms

widgets.js

widgets.js

706 ms

d

d

499 ms

d

d

501 ms

glyphicons-halflings-regular.woff

glyphicons-halflings-regular.woff

824 ms

glyphicons-halflings-regular.woff

glyphicons-halflings-regular.woff

500 ms

d

d

501 ms

jquery-ui-1.8.20.custom.css

jquery-ui-1.8.20.custom.css

757 ms

lightbox.css

lightbox.css

747 ms

styles.css

styles.css

748 ms

epbconnectsstyles.css

epbconnectsstyles.css

787 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

668 ms

widget_iframe.c4bdc17e77719578b594d5555bee90db.html

widget_iframe.c4bdc17e77719578b594d5555bee90db.html

200 ms

p.gif

p.gif

201 ms

Accessibility Review

educationplanner.ca accessibility score

75

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

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

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.

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 IDs are not unique

Best Practices

educationplanner.ca 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

educationplanner.ca 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 Educationplanner.ca 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 Educationplanner.ca 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

educationplanner.ca

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