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Report Summary

  • 40

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    59% of other websites

  • 70

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 35% of websites

  • 67

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    24% of websites

  • 83

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    46% of websites

ncpdp.org

NCPDP - NCPDP

Page Load Speed

2.3 sec in total

First Response

181 ms

Resources Loaded

1.7 sec

Page Rendered

409 ms

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About Website

Visit ncpdp.org now to see the best up-to-date NCPDP content for United States and also check out these interesting facts you probably never knew about ncpdp.org

National Council for Prescription Drug Programs, (NCPDP) is an ANSI-accredited, standards development organization providing healthcare solutions.

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Key Findings

We analyzed Ncpdp.org page load time and found that the first response time was 181 ms and then it took 2.1 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

ncpdp.org performance score

40

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value4.4 s

16/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value10.8 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value6.7 s

36/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value170 ms

93/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.574

12/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value7.5 s

48/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

ncpdp.org

181 ms

ncpdp.org

426 ms

bootstrap.min.css

95 ms

jquery.min.js

85 ms

popper.min.js

115 ms

Our browser made a total of 51 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 73% of them (37 requests) were addressed to the original Ncpdp.org, 10% (5 requests) were made to Ajax.googleapis.com and 6% (3 requests) were made to Use.fontawesome.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (852 ms) belongs to the original domain Ncpdp.org.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 122.6 kB (13%)

Content Size

960.8 kB

After Optimization

838.2 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Ncpdp.org main page is 960.8 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. 50% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 681.8 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-73%

Potential reduce by 21.8 kB

  • Original 29.7 kB
  • After minification 23.7 kB
  • After compression 7.9 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. This page needs HTML code to be minified as it can gain 6.0 kB, which is 20% 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 21.8 kB or 73% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-14%

Potential reduce by 97.4 kB

  • Original 681.8 kB
  • After minification 584.3 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, NCPDP needs image optimization as it can save up to 97.4 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

-1%

Potential reduce by 3.3 kB

  • Original 237.5 kB
  • After minification 237.5 kB
  • After compression 234.2 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. This website has mostly compressed JavaScripts.

CSS Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 0 B

  • Original 11.8 kB
  • After minification 11.8 kB
  • After compression 11.8 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. Ncpdp.org has all CSS files already compressed.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 15 (33%)

Requests Now

45

After Optimization

30

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 45 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of NCPDP. 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 as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

ncpdp.org

ncpdp.org

181 ms

ncpdp.org

ncpdp.org

426 ms

bootstrap.min.css

bootstrap.min.css

95 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

85 ms

popper.min.js

popper.min.js

115 ms

bootstrap.min.js

bootstrap.min.js

118 ms

GetResource.ashx

GetResource.ashx

92 ms

all.css

all.css

117 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

130 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

86 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

88 ms

jquery-ui.min.js

jquery-ui.min.js

91 ms

json2.js

json2.js

116 ms

js

js

179 ms

WebResource.axd

WebResource.axd

201 ms

GetResource.ashx

GetResource.ashx

271 ms

ScriptResource.axd

ScriptResource.axd

452 ms

ScriptResource.axd

ScriptResource.axd

413 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

88 ms

Login.js

Login.js

344 ms

jquery.cookie.js

jquery.cookie.js

344 ms

NCPDPLogoImage.png

NCPDPLogoImage.png

175 ms

MyNCPDPHeaderLogo.png

MyNCPDPHeaderLogo.png

179 ms

BurgerIcon1.png

BurgerIcon1.png

248 ms

NCPDPLogoFooter.png

NCPDPLogoFooter.png

249 ms

MyNCPDPLogoMain.png

MyNCPDPLogoMain.png

250 ms

HomeHero.jpg

HomeHero.jpg

852 ms

QuickLinks_WorkGroups.png

QuickLinks_WorkGroups.png

397 ms

QuickLinks_TaskGroups.png

QuickLinks_TaskGroups.png

397 ms

QuickLinks_RenewMembership.png

QuickLinks_RenewMembership.png

397 ms

QuickLinks_GetEditNCPDPNumber.png

QuickLinks_GetEditNCPDPNumber.png

398 ms

QuickLinks_ProductsServices.png

QuickLinks_ProductsServices.png

399 ms

QuickLinks_Standards.png

QuickLinks_Standards.png

399 ms

EdSummitHT.png

EdSummitHT.png

548 ms

ImpactReportHT.png

ImpactReportHT.png

549 ms

AnnualReportHT.jpg

AnnualReportHT.jpg

550 ms

ElitePartners.png

ElitePartners.png

486 ms

NCPDPElitePartner.png

NCPDPElitePartner.png

465 ms

covermymedsLogo.png

covermymedsLogo.png

539 ms

PharmacyFocusLogo.png

PharmacyFocusLogo.png

556 ms

EliteSurescriptsLogo.png

EliteSurescriptsLogo.png

614 ms

FDB-Logo.png

FDB-Logo.png

623 ms

NCPDPVision.png

NCPDPVision.png

625 ms

HomeIcon.png

HomeIcon.png

624 ms

TwitterIcon.png

TwitterIcon.png

625 ms

LinkedinIcon.png

LinkedinIcon.png

687 ms

YoutubeIcon.png

YoutubeIcon.png

698 ms

ProximaNova-Regular.otf

ProximaNova-Regular.otf

461 ms

ProximaNova-Bold.otf

ProximaNova-Bold.otf

514 ms

fa-solid-900.woff

fa-solid-900.woff

12 ms

fa-regular-400.woff

fa-regular-400.woff

29 ms

Accessibility Review

ncpdp.org accessibility score

70

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

Form elements do not have associated labels

High

Links do not have a discernible name

Internationalization and localization

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

Impact

Issue

High

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

Best Practices

ncpdp.org 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

Displays images with incorrect aspect ratio

High

Serves images with low resolution

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

ncpdp.org SEO score

83

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

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 Ncpdp.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 Ncpdp.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

ncpdp.org

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