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Report Summary

  • 52

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    69% of other websites

  • 78

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 45% of websites

  • 42

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    19% of websites

  • 71

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    30% of websites

thecollegesolutionblog.com

The College Solution Blog by Lynn O'Shaughnessy

Page Load Speed

3.7 sec in total

First Response

455 ms

Resources Loaded

2.3 sec

Page Rendered

915 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Thecollegesolutionblog.com page load time and found that the first response time was 455 ms and then it took 3.2 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 60% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

thecollegesolutionblog.com performance score

52

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.6 s

33/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value5.8 s

15/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value6.9 s

34/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value340 ms

74/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.121

84/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value5.7 s

69/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

www.thecollegesolutionblog.com

455 ms

style.css

358 ms

tabber.js

362 ms

prototype.js

113 ms

glider_effects.js

370 ms

Our browser made a total of 43 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 84% of them (36 requests) were addressed to the original Thecollegesolutionblog.com, 5% (2 requests) were made to Ssl.google-analytics.com and 5% (2 requests) were made to Googleads.g.doubleclick.net. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (692 ms) belongs to the original domain Thecollegesolutionblog.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 286.9 kB (13%)

Content Size

2.1 MB

After Optimization

1.8 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Thecollegesolutionblog.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. 55% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 1.7 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-84%

Potential reduce by 123.2 kB

  • Original 146.8 kB
  • After minification 140.9 kB
  • After compression 23.6 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 123.2 kB or 84% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-1%

Potential reduce by 11.9 kB

  • Original 1.7 MB
  • After minification 1.6 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. The College Solution Blog images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-47%

Potential reduce by 137.8 kB

  • Original 295.1 kB
  • After minification 293.8 kB
  • After compression 157.3 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 137.8 kB or 47% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-48%

Potential reduce by 14.1 kB

  • Original 29.3 kB
  • After minification 21.9 kB
  • After compression 15.2 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. Thecollegesolutionblog.com needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 14.1 kB or 48% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 19 (46%)

Requests Now

41

After Optimization

22

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 41 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of The College Solution Blog. 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.

Network Requests Diagram

www.thecollegesolutionblog.com

www.thecollegesolutionblog.com

455 ms

style.css

style.css

358 ms

tabber.js

tabber.js

362 ms

prototype.js

prototype.js

113 ms

glider_effects.js

glider_effects.js

370 ms

glider.js

glider.js

374 ms

email-css.css

email-css.css

367 ms

sociable.css

sociable.css

205 ms

jquery.js

jquery.js

302 ms

external-tracking.min.js

external-tracking.min.js

396 ms

wpsf-js.js

wpsf-js.js

450 ms

style.min.css

style.min.css

448 ms

101304838.js

101304838.js

55 ms

style.css

style.css

525 ms

show_ads.js

show_ads.js

616 ms

widget.js

widget.js

617 ms

email-js.js

email-js.js

647 ms

ga.js

ga.js

205 ms

wp-emoji-release.min.js

wp-emoji-release.min.js

320 ms

logo.jpg

logo.jpg

325 ms

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325 ms

32.jpg

32.jpg

323 ms

banner468.gif

banner468.gif

307 ms

roulette-wheel_hr1.jpg

roulette-wheel_hr1.jpg

487 ms

turkey_pho_500.jpg

turkey_pho_500.jpg

328 ms

fafsa.jpg

fafsa.jpg

410 ms

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524 ms

The-News-Spy.png

The-News-Spy.png

469 ms

grockit-logo.gif

grockit-logo.gif

467 ms

berkeley.jpg

berkeley.jpg

649 ms

outstretched-hands-300x300.jpg

outstretched-hands-300x300.jpg

470 ms

rensselaer.jpg

rensselaer.jpg

593 ms

banner160_600.jpg

banner160_600.jpg

594 ms

book-cover1.jpg

book-cover1.jpg

692 ms

banner300.gif

banner300.gif

562 ms

email1_trans.gif

email1_trans.gif

632 ms

safesubscribe-light.gif

safesubscribe-light.gif

678 ms

arrow-rt.gif

arrow-rt.gif

683 ms

expansion_embed.js

expansion_embed.js

66 ms

test_domain.js

test_domain.js

115 ms

__utm.gif

__utm.gif

94 ms

in.php

in.php

343 ms

ads

ads

159 ms

Accessibility Review

thecollegesolutionblog.com accessibility score

78

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.

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

<frame> or <iframe> elements do not have a title

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

thecollegesolutionblog.com best practices score

42

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

Browser errors were logged to the console

High

Issues were logged in the Issues panel in Chrome Devtools

SEO Factors

thecollegesolutionblog.com SEO score

71

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

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 Thecollegesolutionblog.com 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 Thecollegesolutionblog.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

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