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Report Summary

  • 8

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    22% of other websites

  • 72

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 38% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    36% of websites

  • 69

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    28% of websites

acg.edu

The American College of Greece

Page Load Speed

2.4 sec in total

First Response

137 ms

Resources Loaded

2 sec

Page Rendered

208 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Acg.edu page load time and found that the first response time was 137 ms and then it took 2.2 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 40% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

acg.edu performance score

8

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value6.5 s

2/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value29.2 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value19.4 s

0/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value7,520 ms

0/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.227

55/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value27.1 s

0/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

acg.edu

137 ms

www.acg.edu

1017 ms

application-c36dcd8c2769badb85a9243bbe474c61.css

282 ms

12.css

83 ms

application-dc3dbd5287085ee100a71244c1c0d179.js

545 ms

Our browser made a total of 67 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 70% of them (47 requests) were addressed to the original Acg.edu, 3% (2 requests) were made to Wd-edge.sharethis.com and 3% (2 requests) were made to T.sharethis.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1 sec) belongs to the original domain Acg.edu.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 656.3 kB (30%)

Content Size

2.2 MB

After Optimization

1.5 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Acg.edu main page is 2.2 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 1.3 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-78%

Potential reduce by 27.8 kB

  • Original 35.6 kB
  • After minification 27.5 kB
  • After compression 7.9 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 8.1 kB, which is 23% 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 27.8 kB or 78% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-4%

Potential reduce by 48.5 kB

  • Original 1.3 MB
  • After minification 1.3 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. Acg images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-68%

Potential reduce by 507.1 kB

  • Original 740.4 kB
  • After minification 738.6 kB
  • After compression 233.3 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 507.1 kB or 68% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-82%

Potential reduce by 73.0 kB

  • Original 89.0 kB
  • After minification 86.8 kB
  • After compression 16.0 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. Acg.edu needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 73.0 kB or 82% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 17 (27%)

Requests Now

63

After Optimization

46

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 63 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Acg. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 10 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

acg.edu

acg.edu

137 ms

www.acg.edu

www.acg.edu

1017 ms

application-c36dcd8c2769badb85a9243bbe474c61.css

application-c36dcd8c2769badb85a9243bbe474c61.css

282 ms

12.css

12.css

83 ms

application-dc3dbd5287085ee100a71244c1c0d179.js

application-dc3dbd5287085ee100a71244c1c0d179.js

545 ms

jquery.easing.1.3-8d014f1881e985ae2d5bd7d9a4ca7388.js

jquery.easing.1.3-8d014f1881e985ae2d5bd7d9a4ca7388.js

110 ms

jquery.animate-enhanced.min-7decd92a1964eb3d5f497fc7874e2973.js

jquery.animate-enhanced.min-7decd92a1964eb3d5f497fc7874e2973.js

112 ms

jquery.superslides-c01ce553282b67cdd472e6780455bb38.js

jquery.superslides-c01ce553282b67cdd472e6780455bb38.js

117 ms

application-ca7be25ca2d610ad0efc85b0349fc585.js

application-ca7be25ca2d610ad0efc85b0349fc585.js

138 ms

buttons.js

buttons.js

13 ms

logo.png

logo.png

189 ms

TeachingLearningArtsBanner.jpg

TeachingLearningArtsBanner.jpg

300 ms

PsychodynamicsBanner.jpg

PsychodynamicsBanner.jpg

301 ms

ArtsFestival2016Banner.jpg

ArtsFestival2016Banner.jpg

223 ms

RoadshowHomepageBanner.jpg

RoadshowHomepageBanner.jpg

369 ms

StudyAbroadBanner.jpg

StudyAbroadBanner.jpg

461 ms

SCGBanner.jpg

SCGBanner.jpg

442 ms

AppBanner.jpg

AppBanner.jpg

461 ms

pic_meet-our-students.jpg

pic_meet-our-students.jpg

301 ms

content_140years_player.jpg

content_140years_player.jpg

336 ms

content_featured_athelitics.jpg

content_featured_athelitics.jpg

377 ms

content_eventschannel.jpg

content_eventschannel.jpg

375 ms

content_content_accreditation-open-university.jpg

content_content_accreditation-open-university.jpg

411 ms

ga.js

ga.js

31 ms

conversion.js

conversion.js

17 ms

content_accreditation-neasc.jpg

content_accreditation-neasc.jpg

409 ms

long-text.png

long-text.png

489 ms

thermometer.png

thermometer.png

489 ms

footer-top-shadow.png

footer-top-shadow.png

489 ms

cfastystd-book-webfont.woff

cfastystd-book-webfont.woff

315 ms

ActivityServer.bs

ActivityServer.bs

23 ms

header-shadow2.png

header-shadow2.png

148 ms

home.png

home.png

140 ms

small-sep.png

small-sep.png

138 ms

library.png

library.png

141 ms

quick-links.png

quick-links.png

140 ms

search.png

search.png

141 ms

virtual-tour.png

virtual-tour.png

142 ms

drop-down-top-arrow.png

drop-down-top-arrow.png

158 ms

giving.png

giving.png

156 ms

treeAlumni.png

treeAlumni.png

157 ms

btn-request.png

btn-request.png

156 ms

slider-blue.png

slider-blue.png

156 ms

news-bg.png

news-bg.png

156 ms

more.png

more.png

186 ms

spotlight-bg.png

spotlight-bg.png

188 ms

career-header-icon.png

career-header-icon.png

185 ms

giving-white.png

giving-white.png

189 ms

athletics-header-icon.png

athletics-header-icon.png

184 ms

events-bg.png

events-bg.png

188 ms

socials.png

socials.png

221 ms

__utm.gif

__utm.gif

115 ms

135 ms

getAllAppDefault.esi

getAllAppDefault.esi

24 ms

getSegment.php

getSegment.php

16 ms

checkOAuth.esi

checkOAuth.esi

16 ms

42 ms

t.dhj

t.dhj

12 ms

t.dhj

t.dhj

12 ms

cm

cm

22 ms

s-3271.xgi

s-3271.xgi

14 ms

7 ms

hbpix

hbpix

30 ms

5 ms

pixel

pixel

56 ms

xrefid.xgi

xrefid.xgi

5 ms

2981

2981

30 ms

Accessibility Review

acg.edu accessibility score

72

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.

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

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

High

Form elements do not have associated labels

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

acg.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

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

High

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

acg.edu SEO score

69

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

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

Crawling and Indexing

To appear in search results, crawlers need access to your app.

Impact

Issue

High

Links are not crawlable

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

    ISO-8859-1

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Acg.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 Acg.edu main page’s claimed encoding is iso-8859-1. Changing it to UTF-8 can be a good choice, as this format is commonly used for encoding all over the web and thus their visitors won’t have any troubles with symbol transcription or reading.

Social Sharing Optimization

acg.edu

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