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Report Summary

  • 18

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    34% of other websites

  • 78

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 45% of websites

  • 92

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    80% of websites

  • 92

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    74% of websites

aarnet.edu.au

Welcome to AARNet | AARNet

Page Load Speed

14.1 sec in total

First Response

3.2 sec

Resources Loaded

10.3 sec

Page Rendered

577 ms

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About Website

Click here to check amazing AARNet content for Australia. Otherwise, check out these important facts you probably never knew about aarnet.edu.au

Australia's national research and education network. We deliver fast and reliable internet connectivity, cyber security, data and collaboration services.

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Key Findings

We analyzed Aarnet.edu.au page load time and found that the first response time was 3.2 sec and then it took 10.9 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 90% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

aarnet.edu.au performance score

18

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value7.2 s

1/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value18.2 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value14.7 s

1/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value1,870 ms

9/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.002

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value27.2 s

0/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

www.aarnet.edu.au

3247 ms

css

30 ms

app.css

1451 ms

modernizr-2.8.3.min.js

825 ms

gtm.js

119 ms

Our browser made a total of 39 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 87% of them (34 requests) were addressed to the original Aarnet.edu.au, 5% (2 requests) were made to Googletagmanager.com and 5% (2 requests) were made to Google-analytics.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (4.9 sec) belongs to the original domain Aarnet.edu.au.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 987.8 kB (37%)

Content Size

2.7 MB

After Optimization

1.7 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Aarnet.edu.au main page is 2.7 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. 35% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 1.6 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-91%

Potential reduce by 175.8 kB

  • Original 193.0 kB
  • After minification 115.3 kB
  • After compression 17.2 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 77.7 kB, which is 40% 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 175.8 kB or 91% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-12%

Potential reduce by 189.2 kB

  • Original 1.6 MB
  • After minification 1.4 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. Obviously, AARNet needs image optimization as it can save up to 189.2 kB or 12% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-69%

Potential reduce by 482.3 kB

  • Original 703.1 kB
  • After minification 702.6 kB
  • After compression 220.8 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 482.3 kB or 69% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-82%

Potential reduce by 140.5 kB

  • Original 172.0 kB
  • After minification 170.2 kB
  • After compression 31.5 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. Aarnet.edu.au needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 140.5 kB or 82% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 4 (13%)

Requests Now

32

After Optimization

28

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 32 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of AARNet. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 5 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

www.aarnet.edu.au

www.aarnet.edu.au

3247 ms

css

css

30 ms

app.css

app.css

1451 ms

modernizr-2.8.3.min.js

modernizr-2.8.3.min.js

825 ms

gtm.js

gtm.js

119 ms

AARNet_logo_mono.svg

AARNet_logo_mono.svg

286 ms

AARNet_logo_white.svg

AARNet_logo_white.svg

295 ms

menu-background-shape.png

menu-background-shape.png

299 ms

lock.svg

lock.svg

502 ms

aarnet-homepage-banner.jpg

aarnet-homepage-banner.jpg

1890 ms

hero-cards-background-v5.png

hero-cards-background-v5.png

567 ms

network-connectivity-icon.png

network-connectivity-icon.png

683 ms

data-collaboration.png

data-collaboration.png

687 ms

cyber-security.png

cyber-security.png

688 ms

aarnet-international-map-homepage.png

aarnet-international-map-homepage.png

2162 ms

filesender-15-year-anniversary.jpg

filesender-15-year-anniversary.jpg

846 ms

orange-beam.svg

orange-beam.svg

927 ms

news-item-purple.jpg

news-item-purple.jpg

921 ms

aarnet-media-release.jpg

aarnet-media-release.jpg

1202 ms

wsfb-2024-support.jpg

wsfb-2024-support.jpg

1269 ms

aarnet-filesender-transfer.jpg

aarnet-filesender-transfer.jpg

1259 ms

barker-college-robotics-centre-field.jpg

barker-college-robotics-centre-field.jpg

1629 ms

siggraph-asia-2023-volumetric-environment.jpg

siggraph-asia-2023-volumetric-environment.jpg

1646 ms

risk-management-listing.jpg

risk-management-listing.jpg

1679 ms

supl-scientists-university-of-melbourne.jpg

supl-scientists-university-of-melbourne.jpg

1738 ms

faster_data_transfers_casestudy.jpg

faster_data_transfers_casestudy.jpg

1905 ms

large_scale_research_news-bw.jpg

large_scale_research_news-bw.jpg

2134 ms

digital-earth-australia.jpg

digital-earth-australia.jpg

2168 ms

orange-beam.png

orange-beam.png

1956 ms

exljbris%20-%20MuseoSans-300.otf

exljbris%20-%20MuseoSans-300.otf

2262 ms

exljbris%20-%20MuseoSans-500.otf

exljbris%20-%20MuseoSans-500.otf

2269 ms

exljbris%20-%20MuseoSans-700.otf

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2318 ms

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2401 ms

Mark%20Simonson%20-%20Proxima%20Nova%20Bold.otf

Mark%20Simonson%20-%20Proxima%20Nova%20Bold.otf

2647 ms

Mark%20Simonson%20-%20Proxima%20Nova%20Regular.otf

Mark%20Simonson%20-%20Proxima%20Nova%20Regular.otf

2440 ms

app.js

app.js

4902 ms

js

js

41 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

19 ms

collect

collect

74 ms

Accessibility Review

aarnet.edu.au 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-hidden="true"] elements contain focusable descendents

High

[role]s are not contained by their required parent element

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

[id] attributes on active, focusable elements are not unique

High

Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order

Tables and lists

These are opportunities to improve the experience of reading tabular or list data using assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Impact

Issue

High

List items (<li>) are not contained within <ul> or <ol> parent elements.

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

aarnet.edu.au best practices score

92

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Missing source maps for large first-party JavaScript

SEO Factors

aarnet.edu.au SEO score

92

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 Aarnet.edu.au 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 Aarnet.edu.au 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

aarnet.edu.au

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