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Report Summary

  • 34

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    54% of other websites

  • 95

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 86% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    35% of websites

  • 82

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    44% of websites

aphrc.org

APHRC - African Population and Health Research Center - APHRC %

Page Load Speed

6.7 sec in total

First Response

126 ms

Resources Loaded

6.4 sec

Page Rendered

224 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Aphrc.org page load time and found that the first response time was 126 ms and then it took 6.6 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 80% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

aphrc.org performance score

34

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value6.8 s

2/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value19.7 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value14.0 s

1/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value450 ms

62/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value17.4 s

4/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

aphrc.org

126 ms

aphrc.org

2089 ms

style.min.css

233 ms

magnific-popup.min.css

174 ms

slick.min.css

175 ms

Our browser made a total of 105 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 83% of them (87 requests) were addressed to the original Aphrc.org, 6% (6 requests) were made to Use.fontawesome.com and 3% (3 requests) were made to Gstatic.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (2.6 sec) belongs to the original domain Aphrc.org.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 686.8 kB (32%)

Content Size

2.2 MB

After Optimization

1.5 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Aphrc.org 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. 70% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 1.0 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-85%

Potential reduce by 140.0 kB

  • Original 163.8 kB
  • After minification 142.0 kB
  • After compression 23.8 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 21.8 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 140.0 kB or 85% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-20%

Potential reduce by 203.3 kB

  • Original 1.0 MB
  • After minification 797.8 kB

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, APHRC needs image optimization as it can save up to 203.3 kB or 20% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-46%

Potential reduce by 338.3 kB

  • Original 732.7 kB
  • After minification 732.7 kB
  • After compression 394.4 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 338.3 kB or 46% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-2%

Potential reduce by 5.2 kB

  • Original 259.8 kB
  • After minification 259.8 kB
  • After compression 254.6 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. Aphrc.org has all CSS files already compressed.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 64 (75%)

Requests Now

85

After Optimization

21

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 85 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of APHRC. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 27 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 39 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

aphrc.org

aphrc.org

126 ms

aphrc.org

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320 ms

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Accessibility Review

aphrc.org accessibility score

95

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

aphrc.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

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

High

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

aphrc.org 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 Aphrc.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 Aphrc.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

aphrc.org

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