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Report Summary

  • 25

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    44% of other websites

  • 91

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 76% of websites

  • 83

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    55% of websites

  • 90

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    68% of websites

ku.edu

Explore the home of the Jayhawks | The University of Kansas

Page Load Speed

1.8 sec in total

First Response

96 ms

Resources Loaded

1.3 sec

Page Rendered

450 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Ku.edu page load time and found that the first response time was 96 ms and then it took 1.7 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 35% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

ku.edu performance score

25

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.3 s

40/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value8.3 s

2/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value7.9 s

22/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value930 ms

30/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.235

53/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value12.6 s

14/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

ku.edu

96 ms

ku.edu

210 ms

analytics.js

74 ms

ally.ui.js

112 ms

css_QXisx42fjMWjGUMgzJ9aqVHrJ3H5nRc61YaFClcrRK4.css

119 ms

Our browser made a total of 55 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 29% of them (16 requests) were addressed to the original Ku.edu, 38% (21 requests) were made to Use.typekit.net and 5% (3 requests) were made to Google-analytics.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (950 ms) relates to the external source Cdn.ku.edu.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 131.7 kB (13%)

Content Size

1.0 MB

After Optimization

894.7 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Ku.edu main page is 1.0 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. 55% of websites need less resources to load. Javascripts take 789.7 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-82%

Potential reduce by 55.5 kB

  • Original 67.4 kB
  • After minification 59.2 kB
  • After compression 11.9 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 8.2 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 55.5 kB or 82% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-16%

Potential reduce by 7.8 kB

  • Original 48.8 kB
  • After minification 41.1 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, Ku needs image optimization as it can save up to 7.8 kB or 16% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-3%

Potential reduce by 26.1 kB

  • Original 789.7 kB
  • After minification 789.7 kB
  • After compression 763.6 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

-35%

Potential reduce by 42.4 kB

  • Original 120.6 kB
  • After minification 120.6 kB
  • After compression 78.2 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. Ku.edu needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 42.4 kB or 35% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 20 (61%)

Requests Now

33

After Optimization

13

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 33 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Ku. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 16 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 6 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

Accessibility Review

ku.edu accessibility score

91

Accessibility Issues

Navigation

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

Impact

Issue

High

[id] attributes on active, focusable elements are not unique

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 IDs are not unique

Best Practices

ku.edu best practices score

83

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

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

ku.edu SEO score

90

Search Engine Optimization Advices

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