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Visit studylink.govt.nzWe analyzed Studylink.govt.nz page load time and found that the first response time was 938 ms and then it took 4.7 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 70% of websites can load faster.
studylink.govt.nz performance score
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Value7.9 s
0/100
10%
Value8.1 s
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Value11.1 s
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Value110 ms
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Value0.885
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Value11.9 s
17/100
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938 ms
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473 ms
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Our browser made a total of 41 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 93% of them (38 requests) were addressed to the original Studylink.govt.nz, 5% (2 requests) were made to Google-analytics.com and 2% (1 request) were made to Stats.g.doubleclick.net. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1.9 sec) belongs to the original domain Studylink.govt.nz.
Page size can be reduced by 388.7 kB (65%)
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In fact, the total size of Studylink.govt.nz main page is 596.0 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. 20% of websites need less resources to load. Javascripts take 293.2 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.
Potential reduce by 15.0 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. 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 15.0 kB or 73% of the original size.
Potential reduce by 17.9 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, Study Link needs image optimization as it can save up to 17.9 kB or 17% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.
Potential reduce by 206.1 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 206.1 kB or 70% of the original size.
Potential reduce by 149.7 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. Studylink.govt.nz needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 149.7 kB or 86% of the original size.
Number of requests can be reduced by 16 (40%)
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The browser has sent 40 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Study Link. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 9 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 4 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.
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main.css
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home.css
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realme.css
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jquery-1.4.2.min.js
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event-listeners.js
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homepage.js
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link-in-new-window.js
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common.js
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padlock-white.png
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first-time-student.png
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studylink.govt.nz accessibility score
studylink.govt.nz best practices score
Trust and Safety
Impact
Issue
Does not use HTTPS
Includes front-end JavaScript libraries with known security vulnerabilities
Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks
General
Impact
Issue
Detected JavaScript libraries
Browser errors were logged to the console
Page has valid source maps
studylink.govt.nz SEO score
Mobile Friendly
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Impact
Issue
Document uses legible font sizes
Tap targets are not sized appropriately
EN
EN
UTF-8
Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Studylink.govt.nz 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 Studylink.govt.nz 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.
studylink.govt.nz
Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of Study Link. 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: