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Report Summary

  • 33

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    53% of other websites

  • 72

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 37% of websites

  • 67

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    24% of websites

  • 82

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    44% of websites

aku.edu

The Aga Khan University

Page Load Speed

3.6 sec in total

First Response

178 ms

Resources Loaded

3.3 sec

Page Rendered

142 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Aku.edu page load time and found that the first response time was 178 ms and then it took 3.4 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 60% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

aku.edu performance score

33

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value7.1 s

1/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value14.8 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value10.5 s

7/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value360 ms

72/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.217

57/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value11.1 s

20/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

aku.edu

178 ms

aku.edu

279 ms

www.aku.edu

298 ms

home.aspx

922 ms

AKUUNIV.uncompressed.css

345 ms

Our browser made a total of 104 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 83% of them (86 requests) were addressed to the original Aku.edu, 5% (5 requests) were made to Youtube.com and 4% (4 requests) were made to Fonts.googleapis.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (922 ms) belongs to the original domain Aku.edu.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 233.1 kB (9%)

Content Size

2.5 MB

After Optimization

2.3 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Aku.edu main page is 2.5 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. Only a small number of websites need less resources to load. Images take 1.5 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-82%

Potential reduce by 147.6 kB

  • Original 180.2 kB
  • After minification 156.6 kB
  • After compression 32.7 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 23.6 kB, which is 13% 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 147.6 kB or 82% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-1%

Potential reduce by 14.3 kB

  • Original 1.5 MB
  • After minification 1.5 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. Aku images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-7%

Potential reduce by 43.8 kB

  • Original 622.0 kB
  • After minification 621.9 kB
  • After compression 578.1 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. This website has mostly compressed JavaScripts.

CSS Optimization

-15%

Potential reduce by 27.4 kB

  • Original 185.4 kB
  • After minification 173.6 kB
  • After compression 157.9 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. Aku.edu needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 27.4 kB or 15% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 58 (61%)

Requests Now

95

After Optimization

37

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 95 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Aku. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 36 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 24 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

aku.edu

aku.edu

178 ms

aku.edu

aku.edu

279 ms

www.aku.edu

www.aku.edu

298 ms

home.aspx

home.aspx

922 ms

AKUUNIV.uncompressed.css

AKUUNIV.uncompressed.css

345 ms

font-awesome.min.css

font-awesome.min.css

280 ms

nivo.css

nivo.css

278 ms

owl.carousel.css

owl.carousel.css

277 ms

prettyphoto.css

prettyphoto.css

281 ms

TwStyles.css

TwStyles.css

331 ms

webpart.css

webpart.css

359 ms

COREV15.css

COREV15.css

414 ms

Custom-StyleSheet.css

Custom-StyleSheet.css

359 ms

Layouts.css

Layouts.css

354 ms

Styles-OtherBrowsers.css

Styles-OtherBrowsers.css

400 ms

businessapps.css

businessapps.css

427 ms

Custom-Styles.css

Custom-Styles.css

430 ms

Megamenu.css

Megamenu.css

429 ms

initstrings.js

initstrings.js

428 ms

init.js

init.js

534 ms

strings.js

strings.js

547 ms

popupscript.js

popupscript.js

484 ms

ie55up.js

ie55up.js

489 ms

deletebutton.js

deletebutton.js

491 ms

ScriptResource.axd

ScriptResource.axd

492 ms

blank.js

blank.js

551 ms

ScriptResource.axd

ScriptResource.axd

558 ms

Burger.css

Burger.css

561 ms

script.js

script.js

72 ms

WebResource.axd

WebResource.axd

499 ms

HPBanner.js

HPBanner.js

476 ms

HP-Banner.css

HP-Banner.css

490 ms

animate.min.css

animate.min.css

495 ms

HP-Carousel.css

HP-Carousel.css

501 ms

news_home.css

news_home.css

502 ms

NewsHome.js

NewsHome.js

503 ms

js

js

48 ms

css

css

36 ms

css

css

51 ms

css

css

331 ms

css

css

380 ms

css

css

17 ms

css

css

22 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

69 ms

jquery-2.2.2.min.js

jquery-2.2.2.min.js

73 ms

jquery-ui.min.js

jquery-ui.min.js

156 ms

owl.carousel.js

owl.carousel.js

70 ms

jquery.prettyPhoto.js

jquery.prettyPhoto.js

69 ms

twitter.mod.js

twitter.mod.js

71 ms

jquery.nivo.slider.js

jquery.nivo.slider.js

84 ms

BindMENU.js

BindMENU.js

138 ms

bootstrap.min.js

bootstrap.min.js

137 ms

BT.js

BT.js

139 ms

fix-responsive-WP8.js

fix-responsive-WP8.js

140 ms

initilizations.js

initilizations.js

150 ms

pagetitle.js

pagetitle.js

204 ms

webpart.js

webpart.js

205 ms

Burger.js

Burger.js

206 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

210 ms

autotrack.js

autotrack.js

220 ms

log

log

702 ms

favicon.ico

favicon.ico

130 ms

spcommon.png

spcommon.png

130 ms

AKU_logo.gif

AKU_logo.gif

130 ms

spcommon-B35BB0A9.themedpng

spcommon-B35BB0A9.themedpng

130 ms

searchresultui-61174269.themedpng

searchresultui-61174269.themedpng

130 ms

40th-logo-white.png

40th-logo-white.png

128 ms

pk-admissions.jpg

pk-admissions.jpg

179 ms

gsmc-comms.jpg

gsmc-comms.jpg

179 ms

Dr%20Tania%20Bubela.jpg

Dr%20Tania%20Bubela.jpg

181 ms

SONAM%20Book%20Launch.JPG

SONAM%20Book%20Launch.JPG

268 ms

IMG_0026.jpg

IMG_0026.jpg

179 ms

Academics-Nursing.jpg

Academics-Nursing.jpg

330 ms

Academics-Mc.jpg

Academics-Mc.jpg

268 ms

Academics-ied.jpg

Academics-ied.jpg

318 ms

Academics-ismc.jpg

Academics-ismc.jpg

554 ms

Academics-Media.jpg

Academics-Media.jpg

554 ms

Academics-fas.jpg

Academics-fas.jpg

335 ms

font

font

99 ms

font

font

100 ms

SMIConBarBackground.png

SMIConBarBackground.png

237 ms

fontawesome-webfont.woff

fontawesome-webfont.woff

301 ms

font

font

116 ms

Video-Pattern.jpg

Video-Pattern.jpg

568 ms

Event-Paralex.jpg

Event-Paralex.jpg

569 ms

UJ_zN0rKGko

UJ_zN0rKGko

149 ms

SMIConBarBackground.png

SMIConBarBackground.png

482 ms

PK-Campus.jpg

PK-Campus.jpg

484 ms

ug-campus.jpg

ug-campus.jpg

485 ms

EA-Campus.jpg

EA-Campus.jpg

484 ms

Impact-Paralax.jpg

Impact-Paralax.jpg

485 ms

items

items

383 ms

www-player.css

www-player.css

9 ms

www-embed-player.js

www-embed-player.js

25 ms

base.js

base.js

51 ms

ad_status.js

ad_status.js

220 ms

g5saOrWd5AVQT1PIm0b70pTp6wPS0RyhX4bW13q4Oa8.js

g5saOrWd5AVQT1PIm0b70pTp6wPS0RyhX4bW13q4Oa8.js

147 ms

embed.js

embed.js

50 ms

2.jpg

2.jpg

82 ms

3.jpg

3.jpg

83 ms

4.jpg

4.jpg

83 ms

1.jpg

1.jpg

82 ms

HPBannerPattern.png

HPBannerPattern.png

74 ms

id

id

43 ms

Accessibility Review

aku.edu accessibility score

72

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

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

Buttons do not have an accessible name

High

Links do not have a discernible name

Navigation

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

Impact

Issue

High

Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order

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

aku.edu best practices score

67

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

aku.edu SEO score

82

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

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

    EN

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

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

aku.edu

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