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Report Summary

  • 23

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    42% of other websites

  • 86

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 62% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    36% of websites

  • 85

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    56% of websites

apsu.edu

Austin Peay State University

Page Load Speed

3.7 sec in total

First Response

210 ms

Resources Loaded

3.3 sec

Page Rendered

226 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Apsu.edu page load time and found that the first response time was 210 ms and then it took 3.5 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

apsu.edu performance score

23

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value4.8 s

11/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value16.7 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value7.1 s

31/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value1,620 ms

12/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value15.7 s

6/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

apsu.edu

210 ms

www.apsu.edu

719 ms

css_e6ab8caa961f236aeee1c8f363e93179.css

203 ms

js_193fddb496f73bdc896b8c792fdf8319.js

750 ms

js_828cd8286dddf9736b087acdd3ac0362.js

446 ms

Our browser made a total of 55 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 98% of them (54 requests) were addressed to the original Apsu.edu, 2% (1 request) were made to Google-analytics.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1.6 sec) belongs to the original domain Apsu.edu.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 717.3 kB (18%)

Content Size

4.1 MB

After Optimization

3.3 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Apsu.edu main page is 4.1 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. 30% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 3.3 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-75%

Potential reduce by 25.1 kB

  • Original 33.4 kB
  • After minification 29.8 kB
  • After compression 8.2 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 3.6 kB, which is 11% 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 25.1 kB or 75% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-5%

Potential reduce by 160.0 kB

  • Original 3.3 MB
  • After minification 3.2 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. Apsu images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-75%

Potential reduce by 382.5 kB

  • Original 511.3 kB
  • After minification 438.8 kB
  • After compression 128.8 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 382.5 kB or 75% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-81%

Potential reduce by 149.7 kB

  • Original 184.7 kB
  • After minification 180.2 kB
  • After compression 35.0 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. Apsu.edu needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 149.7 kB or 81% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 13 (25%)

Requests Now

53

After Optimization

40

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 53 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Apsu. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

apsu.edu

apsu.edu

210 ms

www.apsu.edu

www.apsu.edu

719 ms

css_e6ab8caa961f236aeee1c8f363e93179.css

css_e6ab8caa961f236aeee1c8f363e93179.css

203 ms

js_193fddb496f73bdc896b8c792fdf8319.js

js_193fddb496f73bdc896b8c792fdf8319.js

750 ms

js_828cd8286dddf9736b087acdd3ac0362.js

js_828cd8286dddf9736b087acdd3ac0362.js

446 ms

bg-browning-winter-reduced.jpg

bg-browning-winter-reduced.jpg

914 ms

header_bkg_front.jpg

header_bkg_front.jpg

113 ms

bg-blue-footer-new.png

bg-blue-footer-new.png

113 ms

header.jpg

header.jpg

962 ms

spacer.gif

spacer.gif

727 ms

divider_white.gif

divider_white.gif

732 ms

ask-the-gov.png

ask-the-gov.png

184 ms

search.gif

search.gif

182 ms

button-apply-now.png

button-apply-now.png

316 ms

top_bar_shadow.png

top_bar_shadow.png

253 ms

opportunities_page_button.png

opportunities_page_button.png

320 ms

toplevel_linksbkg.jpg

toplevel_linksbkg.jpg

516 ms

theallstate.jpg

theallstate.jpg

1107 ms

symposium_scroll.jpg

symposium_scroll.jpg

1248 ms

ROTC_scroll.jpg

ROTC_scroll.jpg

1490 ms

ashlee_spearman_scroll.jpg

ashlee_spearman_scroll.jpg

1296 ms

480px-Shakespeare_Droeshout_1623.jpeg

480px-Shakespeare_Droeshout_1623.jpeg

1503 ms

university_growth_scroll.jpg

university_growth_scroll.jpg

1576 ms

GraduationGala_logo_.jpg

GraduationGala_logo_.jpg

1307 ms

previous.png

previous.png

390 ms

next.png

next.png

458 ms

alert-icon.gif

alert-icon.gif

525 ms

facebook-16px.gif

facebook-16px.gif

581 ms

rss_12px_white.gif

rss_12px_white.gif

592 ms

pinterest.png

pinterest.png

655 ms

fb.png

fb.png

661 ms

tw.png

tw.png

723 ms

youtube.png

youtube.png

728 ms

instagram.png

instagram.png

786 ms

tumblr.png

tumblr.png

796 ms

mobile.png

mobile.png

810 ms

250r_homepage.jpg

250r_homepage.jpg

1314 ms

raffle_feature_0.jpg

raffle_feature_0.jpg

1358 ms

tour_homepage.jpg

tour_homepage.jpg

1367 ms

tour_daily.jpg

tour_daily.jpg

1380 ms

transfer_logo.png

transfer_logo.png

776 ms

ga.js

ga.js

816 ms

channel1-grab.php

channel1-grab.php

1014 ms

rodp_footer.jpg

rodp_footer.jpg

689 ms

warning_icon.gif

warning_icon.gif

706 ms

youtube-16px.gif

youtube-16px.gif

707 ms

twitter-16px.gif

twitter-16px.gif

644 ms

googleplus32.png

googleplus32.png

660 ms

Features_banner_12.png

Features_banner_12.png

601 ms

window_shade.png

window_shade.png

815 ms

bg-features.png

bg-features.png

498 ms

bg-front-feature-image.png

bg-front-feature-image.png

498 ms

onestop_box.png

onestop_box.png

473 ms

__utm.gif

__utm.gif

20 ms

css_be2132d5c58424a16e747a964e2a7942.css

css_be2132d5c58424a16e747a964e2a7942.css

68 ms

Accessibility Review

apsu.edu accessibility score

86

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

button, link, and menuitem elements do not have accessible names.

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

Links do not have a discernible name

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

Lists do not contain only <li> elements and script supporting elements (<script> and <template>).

High

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

Best Practices

apsu.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

User Experience

Impact

Issue

High

Serves images with low resolution

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

apsu.edu SEO score

85

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

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

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 Apsu.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 Apsu.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

apsu.edu

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