Report Summary

  • 24

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    43% of other websites

  • 93

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 80% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    35% of websites

  • 96

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    90% of websites

iamnorse.nku.edu

Northern Kentucky University | Future Norse | Class of 2021 | NKU

Page Load Speed

2.9 sec in total

First Response

401 ms

Resources Loaded

1.4 sec

Page Rendered

1 sec

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Key Findings

We analyzed Iamnorse.nku.edu page load time and found that the first response time was 401 ms and then it took 2.5 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 50% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

iamnorse.nku.edu performance score

24

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value2.5 s

68/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value16.9 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value7.8 s

24/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value8,970 ms

0/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value27.0 s

0/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

iamnorse.nku.edu

401 ms

bootstrap.min.css

104 ms

font-awesome.min.css

6 ms

custom.css

86 ms

ie-emulation-modes-warning.js

97 ms

Our browser made a total of 37 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 84% of them (31 requests) were addressed to the original Iamnorse.nku.edu, 8% (3 requests) were made to Google-analytics.com and 5% (2 requests) were made to Maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (840 ms) belongs to the original domain Iamnorse.nku.edu.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 775.9 kB (20%)

Content Size

3.9 MB

After Optimization

3.2 MB

In fact, the total size of Iamnorse.nku.edu main page is 3.9 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 3.6 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-85%

Potential reduce by 24.2 kB

  • Original 28.6 kB
  • After minification 20.0 kB
  • After compression 4.4 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 8.6 kB, which is 30% 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 24.2 kB or 85% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-16%

Potential reduce by 573.5 kB

  • Original 3.6 MB
  • After minification 3.1 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. Obviously, Iam Norse NKU needs image optimization as it can save up to 573.5 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

-48%

Potential reduce by 58.4 kB

  • Original 122.4 kB
  • After minification 122.4 kB
  • After compression 64.0 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 58.4 kB or 48% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-82%

Potential reduce by 119.8 kB

  • Original 145.9 kB
  • After minification 145.1 kB
  • After compression 26.1 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. Iamnorse.nku.edu needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 119.8 kB or 82% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

We found no issues to fix!

Requests Now

33

After Optimization

33

The browser has sent 33 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Iam Norse NKU. According to our analytics all requests are already optimized.

Accessibility Review

iamnorse.nku.edu accessibility score

93

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

<frame> or <iframe> elements do not have a title

High

Links do not have a discernible name

Best Practices

iamnorse.nku.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

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

SEO Factors

iamnorse.nku.edu SEO score

96

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 Iamnorse.nku.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 Iamnorse.nku.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 Iam Norse NKU. 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: