Access gcsaa.org. Golf Course Superintendents Association of America

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value4.3 s

18/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value11.3 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value6.6 s

37/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value1,190 ms

21/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.001

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value12.6 s

14/100

10%

gcsaa.org

38 ms

www.gcsaa.org

183 ms

kendo.silver.min.css

71 ms

angular.min.js

41 ms

Telerik.Web.UI.WebResource.axd

47 ms

Our browser made a total of 61 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 72% of them (44 requests) were addressed to the original Gcsaa.org, 5% (3 requests) were made to Tpc.googlesyndication.com and 3% (2 requests) were made to Securepubads.g.doubleclick.net. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (349 ms) relates to the external source Careerwebsite.com.

Content Size

1.7 MB

After Optimization

1.1 MB

In fact, the total size of Gcsaa.org main page is 1.7 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. 70% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 944.4 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-77%

Potential reduce by 45.8 kB

Original 59.8 kB
After minification 51.7 kB
After compression 14.0 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 8.1 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 45.8 kB or 77% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-9%

Potential reduce by 88.1 kB

Original 944.4 kB
After minification 856.4 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. GCSAA images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-67%

Potential reduce by 324.9 kB

Original 484.1 kB
After minification 465.8 kB
After compression 159.2 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 324.9 kB or 67% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-85%

Potential reduce by 222.1 kB

Original 261.6 kB
After minification 238.3 kB
After compression 39.5 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. Gcsaa.org needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 222.1 kB or 85% of the original size.

Requests Now

After Optimization

The browser has sent 57 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of GCSAA. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 16 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 5 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Accessibility Issues

These are opportunities to improve the legibility of your content.

High

Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio.

These are opportunities to improve the interpretation of your content by users in different locales.

High

<html> element does not have a [lang] attribute

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.

High

Links do not have a discernible name

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

High

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

High

List items (<li>) are not contained within <ul> or <ol> parent elements.

These items highlight common accessibility best practices.

High

[user-scalable="no"] is used in the <meta name="viewport"> element or the [maximum-scale] attribute is less than 5.

Areas of Improvement

High

Does not use HTTPS

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

High

Serves images with low resolution

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

High

Page has valid source maps

Search Engine Optimization Advices

To appear in search results, crawlers need access to your app.

High

Links are not crawlable

High

robots.txt is not valid

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/).

High

Document uses legible font sizes

High

Tap targets are not sized appropriately

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 Gcsaa.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 Gcsaa.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

gcsaa.org

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

Report Summary

Performance

Accessibility

Best Practices

SEO

Golf Course Superintendents Association of America | GCSAA

Page Load Speed

First Response

Resources Loaded

Page Rendered

About Website

Key Findings

Performance Metrics

Measured Metrics

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

SI (Speed Index)

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Network Requests Diagram

gcsaa.org

www.gcsaa.org

kendo.silver.min.css

angular.min.js

Telerik.Web.UI.WebResource.axd

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Content Size

After Optimization

HTML Optimization

Image Optimization

JavaScript Optimization

CSS Optimization

Requests Breakdown

Requests Now

After Optimization

Network Requests Diagram

gcsaa.org

www.gcsaa.org

kendo.silver.min.css

angular.min.js

Telerik.Web.UI.WebResource.axd

cf.css

screen-min.css

WebResource.axd

Telerik.Web.UI.WebResource.axd

ScriptResource.axd

Telerik.Web.UI.WebResource.axd

jobs.cfm

kendo.aspnetmvc.min.js

gcsaa-global.js

swfobject.js

cf.async.editor.js

gpt.js

star_on.gif

gcm_march.jpg

mvt_2016_nominate.jpg

3-10-16-maynard.jpg

2016_r4r.jpg

3-16-16-guertal.jpg

job-board.png

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3-23-16-coker-williams.jpg

gis_building_green.jpg

gis_superdogs.jpg

hp-gis-mod.jpg

march-cover.jpg

eifg_home_module.png

prp_15.gif

icon-twitter-24px.gif

icon-facebook-24px.gif

header-upper-bg.gif

pubads_impl_81.js

banner-ad-background.png

nav-main-disclosure.gif

external.png

ad-container-250x250.png

ads

container.html

print.css