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Report Summary

  • 63

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    77% of other websites

  • 78

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 46% of websites

  • 85

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    81% of websites

  • 99

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    93% of websites

helpdesk.wisc.edu

DoIT Help Desk Knowledgebase

Page Load Speed

21.5 sec in total

First Response

545 ms

Resources Loaded

20.8 sec

Page Rendered

205 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Helpdesk.wisc.edu page load time and found that the first response time was 545 ms and then it took 21 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 95% of websites can load faster. Unfortunately, there was 1 request timeout, which can generally increase the web page load time, as the browser stays idle while waiting for website response.

Performance Metrics

helpdesk.wisc.edu performance score

63

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value4.6 s

14/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value6.5 s

9/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value4.6 s

71/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value40 ms

100/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value5.5 s

71/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

545 ms

common.js

132 ms

default_layout1.css

141 ms

jquery-1.11.1.min.js

225 ms

chevron.js

129 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 Helpdesk.wisc.edu, 88% (23 requests) were made to Kb.wisc.edu and 8% (2 requests) were made to Ssl.google-analytics.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (19.7 sec) relates to the external source .

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 150.4 kB (57%)

Content Size

264.7 kB

After Optimization

114.3 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Helpdesk.wisc.edu main page is 264.7 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. 15% of websites need less resources to load. Javascripts take 134.3 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-73%

Potential reduce by 20.0 kB

  • Original 27.4 kB
  • After minification 26.2 kB
  • After compression 7.4 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 20.0 kB or 73% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-33%

Potential reduce by 22.2 kB

  • Original 67.7 kB
  • After minification 45.4 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, Help Desk Wisc needs image optimization as it can save up to 22.2 kB or 33% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-59%

Potential reduce by 79.2 kB

  • Original 134.3 kB
  • After minification 133.3 kB
  • After compression 55.1 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 79.2 kB or 59% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-82%

Potential reduce by 29.0 kB

  • Original 35.4 kB
  • After minification 29.2 kB
  • After compression 6.4 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. Helpdesk.wisc.edu needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 29.0 kB or 82% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 10 (42%)

Requests Now

24

After Optimization

14

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

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

Network Requests Diagram

545 ms

common.js

common.js

132 ms

default_layout1.css

default_layout1.css

141 ms

jquery-1.11.1.min.js

jquery-1.11.1.min.js

225 ms

chevron.js

chevron.js

129 ms

wordmark.gif

wordmark.gif

145 ms

hd_logo.png

hd_logo.png

160 ms

icon_01_phones.png

icon_01_phones.png

145 ms

icon_02_email.png

icon_02_email.png

192 ms

icon_03_chat.png

icon_03_chat.png

211 ms

icon_04_wihd.png

icon_04_wihd.png

255 ms

icon_05_online.png

icon_05_online.png

305 ms

orange_alert.png

orange_alert.png

303 ms

default.aspx

default.aspx

19704 ms

main_bg.png

main_bg.png

286 ms

link_bar_bg.jpg

link_bar_bg.jpg

289 ms

link_bar_button_border.gif

link_bar_button_border.gif

319 ms

bb2.gif

bb2.gif

382 ms

header_divider_shade_tr.png

header_divider_shade_tr.png

402 ms

facebook.png

facebook.png

402 ms

twitter.png

twitter.png

410 ms

youtube.png

youtube.png

412 ms

rss.png

rss.png

446 ms

ga.js

ga.js

88 ms

__utm.gif

__utm.gif

26 ms

print.css

print.css

71 ms

Accessibility Review

helpdesk.wisc.edu accessibility score

78

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

[aria-*] attributes do not match their roles

High

[aria-*] attributes do not have valid values

Best practices

These items highlight common accessibility best practices.

Impact

Issue

High

The document uses <meta http-equiv="refresh">

Best Practices

helpdesk.wisc.edu best practices score

85

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

SEO Factors

helpdesk.wisc.edu SEO score

99

Search Engine Optimization Advices

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

High

Tap targets are not sized appropriately

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 Helpdesk.wisc.edu 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 Helpdesk.wisc.edu 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

helpdesk.wisc.edu

Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of Help Desk Wisc. 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: