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Report Summary

  • 31

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    51% of other websites

  • 82

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 52% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    35% of websites

  • 86

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    60% of websites

skype.it

Skype | Stay connected with free video calls worldwide

Page Load Speed

1.3 sec in total

First Response

39 ms

Resources Loaded

1.1 sec

Page Rendered

156 ms

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About Website

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Key Findings

We analyzed Skype.it page load time and found that the first response time was 39 ms and then it took 1.3 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

skype.it performance score

31

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.6 s

31/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value33.6 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value10.2 s

9/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value750 ms

39/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value20.1 s

2/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

39 ms

ms.analytics-web-3.min.js

74 ms

main-v4.css

61 ms

vendors~app.chunk.css

61 ms

app.css

66 ms

Our browser made a total of 26 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 0% of them (0 request) were addressed to the original Skype.it, 4% (1 request) were made to Skype.com and 4% (1 request) were made to Js.monitor.azure.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (374 ms) relates to the external source Secure.skypeassets.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 1.0 MB (17%)

Content Size

6.0 MB

After Optimization

5.0 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Skype.it main page is 6.0 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. Only a small number of websites need less resources to load. Images take 5.3 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-78%

Potential reduce by 81.1 kB

  • Original 103.8 kB
  • After minification 96.6 kB
  • After compression 22.8 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 81.1 kB or 78% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-13%

Potential reduce by 671.5 kB

  • Original 5.3 MB
  • After minification 4.7 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. Obviously, Skype needs image optimization as it can save up to 671.5 kB or 13% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-50%

Potential reduce by 241.4 kB

  • Original 482.6 kB
  • After minification 482.6 kB
  • After compression 241.1 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 241.4 kB or 50% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-44%

Potential reduce by 24.1 kB

  • Original 54.5 kB
  • After minification 54.5 kB
  • After compression 30.4 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. Skype.it needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 24.1 kB or 44% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 16 (67%)

Requests Now

24

After Optimization

8

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 24 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Skype. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 14 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 4 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

39 ms

ms.analytics-web-3.min.js

ms.analytics-web-3.min.js

74 ms

main-v4.css

main-v4.css

61 ms

vendors~app.chunk.css

vendors~app.chunk.css

61 ms

app.css

app.css

66 ms

uhf.css

uhf.css

63 ms

jquery-3.4.1.min.js

jquery-3.4.1.min.js

98 ms

bundle.js

bundle.js

67 ms

modernizr.min.js

modernizr.min.js

67 ms

home.js

home.js

299 ms

vendors~app.chunk.js

vendors~app.chunk.js

374 ms

app.bundle.js

app.bundle.js

94 ms

wcp-consent.js

wcp-consent.js

297 ms

2b-8e0ae6

2b-8e0ae6

373 ms

re1mu3b.png

re1mu3b.png

151 ms

groupnewhero.png

groupnewhero.png

146 ms

cake.png

cake.png

137 ms

coffee.png

coffee.png

151 ms

island.gif

island.gif

138 ms

1.js

1.js

91 ms

9.js

9.js

91 ms

4.js

4.js

91 ms

7.js

7.js

91 ms

SkypeAssets-Light_web.woff

SkypeAssets-Light_web.woff

83 ms

2.js

2.js

8 ms

MSACallback

MSACallback

24 ms

Accessibility Review

skype.it accessibility score

82

Accessibility Issues

ARIA

These are opportunities to improve the usage of ARIA in your application which may enhance the experience for users of assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Impact

Issue

High

Elements with an ARIA [role] that require children to contain a specific [role] are missing some or all of those required children.

High

[role]s are not contained by their required parent element

Tables and lists

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

Impact

Issue

High

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

Navigation

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

Impact

Issue

High

Some elements have a [tabindex] value greater than 0

Best Practices

skype.it 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

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

skype.it SEO score

86

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

    EN

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

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

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