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Report Summary

  • 17

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    32% of other websites

  • 80

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 49% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    35% of websites

  • 86

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    60% of websites

sallemae.com

Sallie Mae | Education Loans, College Planning & Online Banking

Page Load Speed

1.2 sec in total

First Response

38 ms

Resources Loaded

663 ms

Page Rendered

511 ms

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About Website

Visit sallemae.com now to see the best up-to-date Salle Mae content and also check out these interesting facts you probably never knew about sallemae.com

Sallie Mae is the nation’s saving, planning, and paying for college company, offering private education loans, free college planning tools, and online banking.

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Key Findings

We analyzed Sallemae.com page load time and found that the first response time was 38 ms and then it took 1.2 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 25% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

sallemae.com performance score

17

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value4.8 s

11/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value12.0 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value8.6 s

17/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value6,350 ms

0/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.068

96/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value27.6 s

0/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

sallemae.com

38 ms

www.salliemae.com

48 ms

gely-In-there-cause-There-embrangers-Againt-Scho

7 ms

otSDKStub.js

84 ms

utag.sync.js

90 ms

Our browser made a total of 62 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 2% of them (1 request) were addressed to the original Sallemae.com, 90% (56 requests) were made to Salliemae.com and 5% (3 requests) were made to Cdn.cookielaw.org. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (409 ms) relates to the external source Salliemae.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 166.2 kB (8%)

Content Size

2.1 MB

After Optimization

2.0 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript

In fact, the total size of Sallemae.com main page is 2.1 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. 80% of websites need less resources to load and that’s why Accessify’s recommendations for optimization and resource minification can be helpful for this project. Images take 1.8 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-90%

Potential reduce by 121.7 kB

  • Original 135.6 kB
  • After minification 87.6 kB
  • After compression 13.9 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 48.0 kB, which is 35% 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 121.7 kB or 90% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-3%

Potential reduce by 44.5 kB

  • Original 1.8 MB
  • After minification 1.7 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. Salle Mae images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 65 B

  • Original 253.0 kB
  • After minification 253.0 kB
  • After compression 252.9 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.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 14 (26%)

Requests Now

54

After Optimization

40

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 54 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Salle Mae. 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 as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

sallemae.com

sallemae.com

38 ms

www.salliemae.com

www.salliemae.com

48 ms

gely-In-there-cause-There-embrangers-Againt-Scho

gely-In-there-cause-There-embrangers-Againt-Scho

7 ms

otSDKStub.js

otSDKStub.js

84 ms

utag.sync.js

utag.sync.js

90 ms

clientlib-dependencies.min.js

clientlib-dependencies.min.js

65 ms

clientlib-site.min.js

clientlib-site.min.js

409 ms

container.min.js

container.min.js

67 ms

utils.min.js

utils.min.js

69 ms

imageDynamicMedia.min.js

imageDynamicMedia.min.js

100 ms

clientlib-base.min.js

clientlib-base.min.js

81 ms

clientlib-site-leg.min.js

clientlib-site-leg.min.js

316 ms

clientlib-base.min.css

clientlib-base.min.css

75 ms

clientlib-site.min.css

clientlib-site.min.css

113 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

106 ms

utils.min.js

utils.min.js

102 ms

_Incapsula_Resource

_Incapsula_Resource

99 ms

d3e20d65-c19f-44eb-9781-984b078428df.json

d3e20d65-c19f-44eb-9781-984b078428df.json

24 ms

location

location

316 ms

logo-desktop.svg

logo-desktop.svg

190 ms

icon-close.svg

icon-close.svg

360 ms

chevron.svg

chevron.svg

191 ms

icon-log-in.svg

icon-log-in.svg

187 ms

icon-search.svg

icon-search.svg

193 ms

icon-hamburger.svg

icon-hamburger.svg

192 ms

hero_homepage_challenger.jpg

hero_homepage_challenger.jpg

198 ms

We're-changing.png

We're-changing.png

196 ms

Sallie-logo.png

Sallie-logo.png

194 ms

Student-taking-a-photo.png

Student-taking-a-photo.png

200 ms

Two-students-sitting-together.png

Two-students-sitting-together.png

198 ms

Four-students-sitting-together.png

Four-students-sitting-together.png

199 ms

Illustration-of-a-brain-wearing-headphones.png

Illustration-of-a-brain-wearing-headphones.png

196 ms

Student-working-on-a-laptop%20.png

Student-working-on-a-laptop%20.png

200 ms

Campus-building-with-students-in-front.png

Campus-building-with-students-in-front.png

202 ms

Two-students-talking.png

Two-students-talking.png

200 ms

Scholarships.png

Scholarships.png

202 ms

Star-icon.png

Star-icon.png

203 ms

icon_megaphone_color_white.svg

icon_megaphone_color_white.svg

203 ms

social-grid-left-homepage.JPG

social-grid-left-homepage.JPG

208 ms

Illustration-of-a-man-with-a-pencil-behind-his-ear.png

Illustration-of-a-man-with-a-pencil-behind-his-ear.png

207 ms

Hand-lettering-text-saying-you're-on-a-roll.png

Hand-lettering-text-saying-you're-on-a-roll.png

209 ms

Illustration-of-a-woman-holding-a-flower.png

Illustration-of-a-woman-holding-a-flower.png

208 ms

Illustration-of-a-woman-sitting-on-a-book.png

Illustration-of-a-woman-sitting-on-a-book.png

209 ms

icons-social-facebook.svg

icons-social-facebook.svg

210 ms

icons-social-x.svg

icons-social-x.svg

211 ms

icons-social-instagram.svg

icons-social-instagram.svg

214 ms

icons-social-youtube.svg

icons-social-youtube.svg

223 ms

icons-social-linkedin.svg

icons-social-linkedin.svg

212 ms

icon-external-link-footer-white.svg

icon-external-link-footer-white.svg

226 ms

Graphik-Regular.woff

Graphik-Regular.woff

209 ms

_Incapsula_Resource

_Incapsula_Resource

171 ms

pay-less-divider.png

pay-less-divider.png

46 ms

Electric_Blue_Background.png

Electric_Blue_Background.png

47 ms

Inspo-divider.png

Inspo-divider.png

47 ms

bgImage_paleBlue30_solid.jpg

bgImage_paleBlue30_solid.jpg

46 ms

icon_BBB_vertical.svg

icon_BBB_vertical.svg

44 ms

otBannerSdk.js

otBannerSdk.js

29 ms

76 ms

Graphik-Medium.woff

Graphik-Medium.woff

63 ms

Graphik-Semibold.woff

Graphik-Semibold.woff

60 ms

Graphik-Bold.woff

Graphik-Bold.woff

62 ms

Graphik-Light.woff

Graphik-Light.woff

61 ms

Accessibility Review

sallemae.com accessibility score

80

Accessibility Issues

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.

Navigation

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

Impact

Issue

High

Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order

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

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

High

Links do not have a discernible name

Best practices

These items highlight common accessibility best practices.

Impact

Issue

High

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

Best Practices

sallemae.com 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

Missing source maps for large first-party JavaScript

SEO Factors

sallemae.com SEO score

86

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

    EN

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Sallemae.com 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 Sallemae.com 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

sallemae.com

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