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Report Summary

  • 33

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    53% of other websites

  • 91

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 77% of websites

  • 83

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    56% of websites

  • 75

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    32% of websites

fepblue.org

Home - Blue Cross and Blue Shield's Federal Employee Program

Page Load Speed

4.1 sec in total

First Response

173 ms

Resources Loaded

3 sec

Page Rendered

946 ms

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About Website

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Key Findings

We analyzed Fepblue.org page load time and found that the first response time was 173 ms and then it took 3.9 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 65% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

fepblue.org performance score

33

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value2.7 s

60/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value13.9 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value4.0 s

80/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value1,760 ms

10/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value14.3 s

9/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

www.fepblue.org

173 ms

analytics.js

685 ms

mybluelib.js

364 ms

oct.js

597 ms

2162fa72-6193-4fb5-a1f9-ee0b457df195.css

763 ms

Our browser made a total of 67 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 45% of them (30 requests) were addressed to the original Fepblue.org, 22% (15 requests) were made to Static.fepblue.org and 6% (4 requests) were made to Media.fepblue.org. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1.2 sec) relates to the external source Media.fepblue.org.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 920.3 kB (38%)

Content Size

2.4 MB

After Optimization

1.5 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Fepblue.org main page is 2.4 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. 60% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 1.3 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-83%

Potential reduce by 53.5 kB

  • Original 64.6 kB
  • After minification 56.4 kB
  • After compression 11.1 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 8.2 kB, which is 13% 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 53.5 kB or 83% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-9%

Potential reduce by 116.1 kB

  • Original 1.3 MB
  • After minification 1.1 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. Fep Blue images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-65%

Potential reduce by 530.3 kB

  • Original 818.5 kB
  • After minification 779.1 kB
  • After compression 288.2 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 530.3 kB or 65% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-86%

Potential reduce by 220.4 kB

  • Original 255.6 kB
  • After minification 218.9 kB
  • After compression 35.2 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. Fepblue.org needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 220.4 kB or 86% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 38 (60%)

Requests Now

63

After Optimization

25

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 63 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Fep Blue. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 28 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 4 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

www.fepblue.org

www.fepblue.org

173 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

685 ms

mybluelib.js

mybluelib.js

364 ms

oct.js

oct.js

597 ms

2162fa72-6193-4fb5-a1f9-ee0b457df195.css

2162fa72-6193-4fb5-a1f9-ee0b457df195.css

763 ms

bootstrap.min.css

bootstrap.min.css

468 ms

settings.css

settings.css

590 ms

fep-blue.css

fep-blue.css

643 ms

modernizr.custom.73587.js

modernizr.custom.73587.js

662 ms

lunametrics-youtube.gtm.js

lunametrics-youtube.gtm.js

617 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

759 ms

WebResource.axd

WebResource.axd

617 ms

conversion.js

conversion.js

748 ms

bootstrap.min.js

bootstrap.min.js

720 ms

back-to-top.min.js

back-to-top.min.js

747 ms

jquery.jpanelmenu.min.js

jquery.jpanelmenu.min.js

721 ms

jquery.themepunch.plugins.min.js

jquery.themepunch.plugins.min.js

722 ms

jquery.themepunch.revolution.min.js

jquery.themepunch.revolution.min.js

722 ms

jquery.color-2.1.2.min.js

jquery.color-2.1.2.min.js

746 ms

new-site-alert.js

new-site-alert.js

746 ms

jquery.mobile.custom.min.js

jquery.mobile.custom.min.js

764 ms

jquery-init.js

jquery-init.js

763 ms

jquery.fitvids.js

jquery.fitvids.js

763 ms

smartquotes.min.js

smartquotes.min.js

763 ms

jquery.hashchange.js

jquery.hashchange.js

754 ms

jquery.iframetracker.js

jquery.iframetracker.js

754 ms

script.js

script.js

1157 ms

adsct

adsct

653 ms

adsct

adsct

632 ms

fbevents.js

fbevents.js

885 ms

linkid.js

linkid.js

105 ms

collect

collect

410 ms

iframe_api

iframe_api

775 ms

facebook_button.png

facebook_button.png

255 ms

FEP_Carousel_NewYearBHA_1140x500.jpg

FEP_Carousel_NewYearBHA_1140x500.jpg

812 ms

twitter_button.png

twitter_button.png

215 ms

youtube_button.png

youtube_button.png

231 ms

FEEA.png

FEEA.png

252 ms

NARFE-logo.png

NARFE-logo.png

252 ms

AccreditationSeal_whitebackground100x84.png

AccreditationSeal_whitebackground100x84.png

251 ms

ncqa_1.jpg

ncqa_1.jpg

447 ms

ncqa_2.jpg

ncqa_2.jpg

446 ms

ShieldandCrossIcon_142x70.png

ShieldandCrossIcon_142x70.png

497 ms

slide-2--desktop.png

slide-2--desktop.png

482 ms

slide-2--mobile.png

slide-2--mobile.png

480 ms

slide-3--desktop.png

slide-3--desktop.png

481 ms

slide-3--mobile.png

slide-3--mobile.png

515 ms

slide-4--desktop.png

slide-4--desktop.png

596 ms

slide-4--mobile.png

slide-4--mobile.png

587 ms

FEP_Carousel_WhatsNew_1140x500_2.jpg

FEP_Carousel_WhatsNew_1140x500_2.jpg

759 ms

FEP_Carousel_ColdFlu_1140x500.jpg

FEP_Carousel_ColdFlu_1140x500.jpg

759 ms

FEP_Carousel_MyBlue2_1140x500.jpg

FEP_Carousel_MyBlue2_1140x500.jpg

1229 ms

sprite.png

sprite.png

546 ms

my-blue-bgr.png

my-blue-bgr.png

517 ms

user-nav-bgr.png

user-nav-bgr.png

516 ms

search.gif

search.gif

559 ms

timer.png

timer.png

561 ms

ecf89914-1896-43f6-a0a0-fe733d1db6e7.woff

ecf89914-1896-43f6-a0a0-fe733d1db6e7.woff

238 ms

7b95cb9a-a288-4405-97a0-13095f56a903.woff

7b95cb9a-a288-4405-97a0-13095f56a903.woff

349 ms

295 ms

js

js

70 ms

www-widgetapi.js

www-widgetapi.js

774 ms

i.js

i.js

824 ms

page.gif

page.gif

541 ms

485 ms

loader.gif

loader.gif

215 ms

115 ms

Accessibility Review

fepblue.org accessibility score

91

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

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.

Best Practices

fepblue.org best practices score

83

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

Missing source maps for large first-party JavaScript

SEO Factors

fepblue.org SEO score

75

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

    N/A

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Fepblue.org can be misinterpreted by Google and other search engines. Our service has detected that English is used on the page, and neither this language nor any other was claimed in <html> or <meta> tags. Our system also found out that Fepblue.org 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

fepblue.org

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