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Report Summary

  • 19

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    35% of other websites

  • 82

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 53% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    35% of websites

  • 89

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    66% of websites

aada.org

Acting School for Stage, Film & Television with Campuses in New York and Los Angeles | The American Academy of Dramatic Arts

Page Load Speed

3 sec in total

First Response

58 ms

Resources Loaded

2.5 sec

Page Rendered

456 ms

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About Website

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The American Academy of Dramatic Arts is the first and finest acting school in America, training students to become professional working actors in theatre, film & television with campuses in New York ...

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Key Findings

We analyzed Aada.org page load time and found that the first response time was 58 ms and then it took 3 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 55% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

aada.org performance score

19

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value2.7 s

58/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value11.0 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value6.4 s

41/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value1,010 ms

27/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.842

4/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value16.4 s

5/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

aada.org

58 ms

www.aada.edu

1397 ms

font-awesome.min.css

132 ms

jquery.min.js

32 ms

www.aada.edu_frontend_style_ssl.css

59 ms

Our browser made a total of 87 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 1% of them (1 request) were addressed to the original Aada.org, 84% (73 requests) were made to Aada.edu and 3% (3 requests) were made to Googletagmanager.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1.4 sec) relates to the external source Aada.edu.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 563.8 kB (13%)

Content Size

4.5 MB

After Optimization

3.9 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Aada.org main page is 4.5 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 3.8 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-83%

Potential reduce by 85.9 kB

  • Original 104.0 kB
  • After minification 91.6 kB
  • After compression 18.1 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 12.4 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 85.9 kB or 83% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-2%

Potential reduce by 70.8 kB

  • Original 3.8 MB
  • After minification 3.8 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.

JavaScript Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 50 B

  • Original 21.0 kB
  • After minification 21.0 kB
  • After compression 20.9 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. This website has mostly compressed JavaScripts.

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.org 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 22 (31%)

Requests Now

70

After Optimization

48

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 70 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 13 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

aada.org

aada.org

58 ms

www.aada.edu

www.aada.edu

1397 ms

font-awesome.min.css

font-awesome.min.css

132 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

32 ms

www.aada.edu_frontend_style_ssl.css

www.aada.edu_frontend_style_ssl.css

59 ms

www.aada.edu_frontend_scripts_ssl.js

www.aada.edu_frontend_scripts_ssl.js

454 ms

owl.carousel.min.css

owl.carousel.min.css

174 ms

owl.carousel.min.js

owl.carousel.min.js

176 ms

owl.autoheight.js

owl.autoheight.js

178 ms

logo_only.png

logo_only.png

349 ms

about_featured-faculty.jpg

about_featured-faculty.jpg

348 ms

home_video.jpg

home_video.jpg

349 ms

campuses_new-york.jpg

campuses_new-york.jpg

350 ms

campuses_los-angeles.jpg

campuses_los-angeles.jpg

353 ms

programs_insight.jpg

programs_insight.jpg

349 ms

admission_1.jpg

admission_1.jpg

351 ms

admission_3.jpg

admission_3.jpg

353 ms

admission_4.jpg

admission_4.jpg

351 ms

actors_society_logo.png

actors_society_logo.png

351 ms

alumni_n.jpg

alumni_n.jpg

353 ms

event_square

event_square

372 ms

event_square

event_square

383 ms

giving_image.jpg

giving_image.jpg

354 ms

nav1.jpg

nav1.jpg

355 ms

nav2.jpg

nav2.jpg

355 ms

nav3.jpg

nav3.jpg

355 ms

logo_footer2x.png

logo_footer2x.png

356 ms

head_bg_dummy_mobile.gif

head_bg_dummy_mobile.gif

356 ms

logo_home_head.png

logo_home_head.png

358 ms

place_large.png

place_large.png

357 ms

place_tall_large.png

place_tall_large.png

358 ms

place_med.png

place_med.png

358 ms

place_tall_med.png

place_tall_med.png

359 ms

place_small.png

place_small.png

359 ms

faculty_slider

faculty_slider

371 ms

faculty_slider

faculty_slider

396 ms

faculty_slider

faculty_slider

388 ms

logo_footer2x.png

logo_footer2x.png

360 ms

logo_footer2x.png

logo_footer2x.png

369 ms

tiktok.svg

tiktok.svg

377 ms

gtm.js

gtm.js

389 ms

events.js

events.js

528 ms

home_sum_slide_2021.jpg

home_sum_slide_2021.jpg

244 ms

head_bg_6.jpg

head_bg_6.jpg

121 ms

head_bg_7.jpg

head_bg_7.jpg

338 ms

head_bg_virtual.jpg

head_bg_virtual.jpg

130 ms

ProximaNova-Semibold.woff

ProximaNova-Semibold.woff

131 ms

ProximaNova-Bold.woff

ProximaNova-Bold.woff

68 ms

ProximaNova-Regular.woff

ProximaNova-Regular.woff

68 ms

MercurySSm-Book-Pro.woff

MercurySSm-Book-Pro.woff

96 ms

MercurySSm-Medium-Pro.woff

MercurySSm-Medium-Pro.woff

95 ms

MercurySSm-Light-Pro.woff

MercurySSm-Light-Pro.woff

95 ms

MercurySSm-Bold-Pro.woff

MercurySSm-Bold-Pro.woff

94 ms

fontawesome-webfont.woff

fontawesome-webfont.woff

95 ms

fontawesome-webfont.woff

fontawesome-webfont.woff

94 ms

BrandonText-Bold.woff

BrandonText-Bold.woff

94 ms

BrandonText-Medium.woff

BrandonText-Medium.woff

94 ms

BrandonText-Regular.woff

BrandonText-Regular.woff

161 ms

BrandonText-Light.woff

BrandonText-Light.woff

159 ms

MercurySSm-BookItalic-Pro.woff

MercurySSm-BookItalic-Pro.woff

160 ms

MercurySSm-LightItalic-Pro.woff

MercurySSm-LightItalic-Pro.woff

159 ms

head_bg_1.jpg

head_bg_1.jpg

160 ms

slide_craft_development.jpg

slide_craft_development.jpg

161 ms

head_bg_2.jpg

head_bg_2.jpg

158 ms

head_bg_3.jpg

head_bg_3.jpg

159 ms

arrow_down_white.png

arrow_down_white.png

157 ms

bg_anc.jpg

bg_anc.jpg

160 ms

1.jpg

1.jpg

158 ms

2.jpg

2.jpg

158 ms

3.jpg

3.jpg

159 ms

4.jpg

4.jpg

157 ms

5.jpg

5.jpg

150 ms

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6.jpg

151 ms

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7.jpg

149 ms

cal_bl.png

cal_bl.png

142 ms

arrow-large-thin-left.png

arrow-large-thin-left.png

141 ms

arrow-large-thin-right.png

arrow-large-thin-right.png

134 ms

js

js

60 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

39 ms

destination

destination

258 ms

hotjar-1438523.js

hotjar-1438523.js

259 ms

fbevents.js

fbevents.js

51 ms

main.MTExZjAwMWE5MQ.js

main.MTExZjAwMWE5MQ.js

233 ms

collect

collect

207 ms

collect

collect

67 ms

modules.e5979922753cf3b8b069.js

modules.e5979922753cf3b8b069.js

18 ms

ga-audiences

ga-audiences

26 ms

Accessibility Review

aada.org 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.org 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.org 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.org 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.org 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.org

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: