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Report Summary

  • 20

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    37% 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

  • 89

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    66% of websites

aada.edu

Acting School for Stage, Film & Television in New York | The American Academy of Dramatic Arts

Page Load Speed

4.1 sec in total

First Response

54 ms

Resources Loaded

3.5 sec

Page Rendered

560 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Aada.edu page load time and found that the first response time was 54 ms and then it took 4 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 65% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

aada.edu performance score

20

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value2.8 s

58/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value11.1 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value5.8 s

50/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value1,010 ms

27/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value1.108

1/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value15.8 s

6/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

aada.edu

54 ms

www.aada.edu

1387 ms

font-awesome.min.css

153 ms

jquery.min.js

22 ms

www.aada.edu_frontend_style_ssl.css

74 ms

Our browser made a total of 77 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 96% of them (74 requests) were addressed to the original Aada.edu, 1% (1 request) were made to Cdnjs.cloudflare.com and 1% (1 request) were made to Googletagmanager.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1.8 sec) relates to the external source Analytics.tiktok.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 583.3 kB (12%)

Content Size

5.0 MB

After Optimization

4.5 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Aada.edu main page is 5.0 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. 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 4.4 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-83%

Potential reduce by 83.5 kB

  • Original 100.7 kB
  • After minification 88.3 kB
  • After compression 17.1 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 12.3 kB, which is 12% 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 83.5 kB or 83% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-2%

Potential reduce by 92.7 kB

  • Original 4.4 MB
  • After minification 4.4 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. Aada images are well optimized though.

CSS Optimization

-84%

Potential reduce by 407.0 kB

  • Original 485.4 kB
  • After minification 485.4 kB
  • After compression 78.4 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. Aada.edu needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 407.0 kB or 84% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 14 (23%)

Requests Now

60

After Optimization

46

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 60 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Aada. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 6 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

aada.edu

aada.edu

54 ms

www.aada.edu

www.aada.edu

1387 ms

font-awesome.min.css

font-awesome.min.css

153 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

22 ms

www.aada.edu_frontend_style_ssl.css

www.aada.edu_frontend_style_ssl.css

74 ms

www.aada.edu_frontend_scripts_ssl.js

www.aada.edu_frontend_scripts_ssl.js

480 ms

owl.carousel.min.css

owl.carousel.min.css

132 ms

owl.carousel.min.js

owl.carousel.min.js

199 ms

owl.autoheight.js

owl.autoheight.js

140 ms

logo_only.png

logo_only.png

339 ms

about_featured-faculty.jpg

about_featured-faculty.jpg

340 ms

home_video.jpg

home_video.jpg

341 ms

campuses_new-york.jpg

campuses_new-york.jpg

341 ms

campuses_los-angeles.jpg

campuses_los-angeles.jpg

345 ms

programs_insight.jpg

programs_insight.jpg

340 ms

admission_1.jpg

admission_1.jpg

343 ms

admission_3.jpg

admission_3.jpg

341 ms

admission_4.jpg

admission_4.jpg

342 ms

actors_society_logo.png

actors_society_logo.png

343 ms

alumni_n.jpg

alumni_n.jpg

343 ms

event_square

event_square

352 ms

event_square

event_square

387 ms

giving_image.jpg

giving_image.jpg

347 ms

nav1.jpg

nav1.jpg

344 ms

nav2.jpg

nav2.jpg

344 ms

nav3.jpg

nav3.jpg

345 ms

logo_footer2x.png

logo_footer2x.png

346 ms

head_bg_dummy_mobile.gif

head_bg_dummy_mobile.gif

347 ms

logo_home_head.png

logo_home_head.png

347 ms

place_large.png

place_large.png

352 ms

place_tall_large.png

place_tall_large.png

351 ms

place_med.png

place_med.png

350 ms

place_tall_med.png

place_tall_med.png

351 ms

place_small.png

place_small.png

362 ms

faculty_slider

faculty_slider

521 ms

faculty_slider

faculty_slider

633 ms

faculty_slider

faculty_slider

487 ms

logo_footer2x.png

logo_footer2x.png

362 ms

logo_footer2x.png

logo_footer2x.png

374 ms

tiktok.svg

tiktok.svg

371 ms

gtm.js

gtm.js

355 ms

events.js

events.js

1820 ms

home_sum_slide_2021.jpg

home_sum_slide_2021.jpg

148 ms

head_bg_6.jpg

head_bg_6.jpg

140 ms

head_bg_7.jpg

head_bg_7.jpg

188 ms

head_bg_virtual.jpg

head_bg_virtual.jpg

187 ms

ProximaNova-Regular.woff

ProximaNova-Regular.woff

162 ms

ProximaNova-Semibold.woff

ProximaNova-Semibold.woff

127 ms

ProximaNova-Bold.woff

ProximaNova-Bold.woff

149 ms

MercurySSm-Book-Pro.woff

MercurySSm-Book-Pro.woff

148 ms

MercurySSm-Medium-Pro.woff

MercurySSm-Medium-Pro.woff

147 ms

MercurySSm-Light-Pro.woff

MercurySSm-Light-Pro.woff

147 ms

MercurySSm-Bold-Pro.woff

MercurySSm-Bold-Pro.woff

147 ms

fontawesome-webfont.woff

fontawesome-webfont.woff

182 ms

fontawesome-webfont.woff

fontawesome-webfont.woff

179 ms

BrandonText-Bold.woff

BrandonText-Bold.woff

180 ms

BrandonText-Medium.woff

BrandonText-Medium.woff

178 ms

BrandonText-Regular.woff

BrandonText-Regular.woff

180 ms

BrandonText-Light.woff

BrandonText-Light.woff

180 ms

MercurySSm-BookItalic-Pro.woff

MercurySSm-BookItalic-Pro.woff

232 ms

MercurySSm-LightItalic-Pro.woff

MercurySSm-LightItalic-Pro.woff

233 ms

head_bg_1.jpg

head_bg_1.jpg

237 ms

slide_craft_development.jpg

slide_craft_development.jpg

234 ms

head_bg_2.jpg

head_bg_2.jpg

232 ms

head_bg_3.jpg

head_bg_3.jpg

236 ms

arrow_down_white.png

arrow_down_white.png

229 ms

bg_anc.jpg

bg_anc.jpg

233 ms

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1.jpg

234 ms

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2.jpg

236 ms

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3.jpg

234 ms

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4.jpg

226 ms

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5.jpg

225 ms

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6.jpg

215 ms

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7.jpg

216 ms

cal_bl.png

cal_bl.png

205 ms

arrow-large-thin-left.png

arrow-large-thin-left.png

176 ms

arrow-large-thin-right.png

arrow-large-thin-right.png

169 ms

Accessibility Review

aada.edu accessibility score

82

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

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

aada.edu 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

User Experience

Impact

Issue

High

Serves images with low resolution

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Missing source maps for large first-party JavaScript

SEO Factors

aada.edu SEO score

89

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

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

    EN

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

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

aada.edu

Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of Aada. 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: