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Report Summary

  • 61

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    76% of other websites

  • 88

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 68% of websites

  • 67

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    24% of websites

  • 78

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    39% of websites

www2.ed.gov

Home | U.S. Department of Education

Page Load Speed

2.2 sec in total

First Response

279 ms

Resources Loaded

1.7 sec

Page Rendered

300 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Www2.ed.gov page load time and found that the first response time was 279 ms and then it took 2 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 40% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

www2.ed.gov performance score

61

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value5.1 s

9/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value5.7 s

16/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value5.1 s

62/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value10 ms

100/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.095

91/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value6.6 s

58/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

www.ed.gov

279 ms

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51 ms

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102 ms

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148 ms

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237 ms

Our browser made a total of 45 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 11% of them (5 requests) were addressed to the original Www2.ed.gov, 71% (32 requests) were made to Ed.gov and 4% (2 requests) were made to Google-analytics.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (439 ms) relates to the external source Ed.gov.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 385.6 kB (59%)

Content Size

653.1 kB

After Optimization

267.5 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Www2.ed.gov main page is 653.1 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 319.6 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-77%

Potential reduce by 23.6 kB

  • Original 30.5 kB
  • After minification 28.2 kB
  • After compression 6.9 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 23.6 kB or 77% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-22%

Potential reduce by 26.9 kB

  • Original 121.2 kB
  • After minification 94.3 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, Www 2 Ed needs image optimization as it can save up to 26.9 kB or 22% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-59%

Potential reduce by 187.4 kB

  • Original 319.6 kB
  • After minification 295.1 kB
  • After compression 132.2 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. It is highly recommended that all JavaScript files should be compressed and minified as it can save up to 187.4 kB or 59% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-81%

Potential reduce by 147.7 kB

  • Original 181.8 kB
  • After minification 181.0 kB
  • After compression 34.1 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. Www2.ed.gov needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 147.7 kB or 81% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 24 (60%)

Requests Now

40

After Optimization

16

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 40 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Www 2 Ed. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 15 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.ed.gov

www.ed.gov

279 ms

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51 ms

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css_6zemUaNACzZ5sPLowbJJP0jVAcgeofg1dmXJdb1dfGY.css

102 ms

css_jvBvcKIEU0qA-Tj0WqDTnG55oaY7Rj0sAWfOVg-Laew.css

css_jvBvcKIEU0qA-Tj0WqDTnG55oaY7Rj0sAWfOVg-Laew.css

148 ms

css_13Xnadxaqu8Zgm2zkphzZl6dXFOmBKr7uGV7CTWu38U.css

css_13Xnadxaqu8Zgm2zkphzZl6dXFOmBKr7uGV7CTWu38U.css

237 ms

Universal-Federated-Analytics-Min.js

Universal-Federated-Analytics-Min.js

59 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

431 ms

jquery-extend-3.4.0.js

jquery-extend-3.4.0.js

149 ms

jquery.once.js

jquery.once.js

148 ms

drupal.js

drupal.js

234 ms

video.js

video.js

203 ms

bootstrap.min.js

bootstrap.min.js

289 ms

jquery.magnific-popup.min.js

jquery.magnific-popup.min.js

261 ms

scripts.js

scripts.js

252 ms

bootstrap.js

bootstrap.js

272 ms

9201.js

9201.js

44 ms

foresee-trigger.js

foresee-trigger.js

156 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

27 ms

collect

collect

16 ms

logo.png

logo.png

84 ms

mag-glass.png

mag-glass.png

83 ms

home-banner1.jpg

home-banner1.jpg

82 ms

home-banner2.jpg

home-banner2.jpg

83 ms

home-banner3.jpg

home-banner3.jpg

81 ms

home-banner4_1.jpg

home-banner4_1.jpg

170 ms

feed.png

feed.png

144 ms

arne_pict.png

arne_pict.png

226 ms

efs.png

efs.png

152 ms

coronavirus.png

coronavirus.png

143 ms

school-safety02.png

school-safety02.png

439 ms

fade-seal.png

fade-seal.png

224 ms

facebook.gif

facebook.gif

168 ms

twitter.gif

twitter.gif

168 ms

email.gif

email.gif

227 ms

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226 ms

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148 ms

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192 ms

languageicon.gif

languageicon.gif

83 ms

ga.js

ga.js

74 ms

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9201.js

90 ms

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71 ms

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__utm.gif

29 ms

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55 ms

collect

collect

66 ms

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72 ms

Accessibility Review

www2.ed.gov accessibility score

88

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

Best Practices

www2.ed.gov best practices score

67

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

User Experience

Impact

Issue

High

Serves images with low resolution

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

www2.ed.gov SEO score

78

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

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 Www2.ed.gov 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 Www2.ed.gov 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

www2.ed.gov

Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of Www 2 Ed. 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: