Report Summary

  • 59

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    75% of other websites

  • 96

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 89% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    36% of websites

  • 90

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    68% of websites

libguides.astate.edu

Home - LibGuides at Dean B. Ellis Library - Arkansas State University

Page Load Speed

1.2 sec in total

First Response

252 ms

Resources Loaded

765 ms

Page Rendered

155 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Libguides.astate.edu page load time and found that the first response time was 252 ms and then it took 920 ms to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 15% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

libguides.astate.edu performance score

59

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value2.7 s

59/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value3.8 s

56/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value2.7 s

96/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value760 ms

38/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.202

61/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value4.2 s

85/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

libguides.astate.edu

252 ms

1.8.24_themes_base_jquery-ui.css

37 ms

bootstrap.min.css

16 ms

bootstrap-accessibility_1.0.3.css

72 ms

springshare.public.min.css

70 ms

Our browser made a total of 26 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 62% of them (16 requests) were addressed to the original Libguides.astate.edu, 19% (5 requests) were made to S3.amazonaws.com and 12% (3 requests) were made to Maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (277 ms) relates to the external source Astate.edu.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 578.1 kB (73%)

Content Size

790.0 kB

After Optimization

211.9 kB

In fact, the total size of Libguides.astate.edu main page is 790.0 kB. This result falls beyond the top 1M of websites and identifies a large and not optimized web page that may take ages to load. 40% of websites need less resources to load. Javascripts take 380.5 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-92%

Potential reduce by 142.1 kB

  • Original 153.6 kB
  • After minification 135.6 kB
  • After compression 11.5 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 18.0 kB, which is 12% 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 142.1 kB or 92% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-13%

Potential reduce by 8.1 kB

  • Original 62.4 kB
  • After minification 54.3 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, Lib Guides A State needs image optimization as it can save up to 8.1 kB or 13% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-71%

Potential reduce by 271.0 kB

  • Original 380.5 kB
  • After minification 380.4 kB
  • After compression 109.5 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 271.0 kB or 71% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-81%

Potential reduce by 157.0 kB

  • Original 193.5 kB
  • After minification 193.4 kB
  • After compression 36.6 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. Libguides.astate.edu needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 157.0 kB or 81% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 11 (44%)

Requests Now

25

After Optimization

14

The browser has sent 25 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Lib Guides A State. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 7 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 6 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Accessibility Review

libguides.astate.edu accessibility score

96

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

Links do not have a discernible name

Best Practices

libguides.astate.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

SEO Factors

libguides.astate.edu SEO score

90

Search Engine Optimization Advices

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 Libguides.astate.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 Libguides.astate.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

Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of Lib Guides A State. 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: