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Report Summary

  • 12

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    25% of other websites

  • 71

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 36% of websites

  • 92

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    80% of websites

  • 77

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    36% of websites

sites.saic.edu

School of the Art Institute of Chicago | Top Fine Arts College in The U.S.

Page Load Speed

2.1 sec in total

First Response

113 ms

Resources Loaded

1.2 sec

Page Rendered

830 ms

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Internationally regarded as one of the best art schools in the U.S., SAIC offers a comprehensive education centered in the visual & related arts.

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Key Findings

We analyzed Sites.saic.edu page load time and found that the first response time was 113 ms and then it took 2 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 40% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

sites.saic.edu performance score

12

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value4.5 s

15/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value8.8 s

1/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value15.1 s

1/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value7,690 ms

0/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.185

66/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value36.2 s

0/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

sites.saic.edu

113 ms

www.saic.edu

123 ms

google_tag.script.js

28 ms

css_cD_6Ph_lKFUoyTUrc1w9qe1dHP-0WICPK5Zi5U7pJTA.css

122 ms

css_9qIXqyW4DTlEcuKs-wv9f6_NRmiy6hWLbIoBnvQ-syw.css

190 ms

Our browser made a total of 58 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 2% of them (1 request) were addressed to the original Sites.saic.edu, 60% (35 requests) were made to Saic.edu and 28% (16 requests) were made to . The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (190 ms) relates to the external source Saic.edu.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 296.0 kB (8%)

Content Size

3.6 MB

After Optimization

3.3 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Sites.saic.edu main page is 3.6 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. 75% of websites need less resources to load and that’s why Accessify’s recommendations for optimization and resource minification can be helpful for this project. Images take 2.8 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-90%

Potential reduce by 226.3 kB

  • Original 252.7 kB
  • After minification 213.4 kB
  • After compression 26.4 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 39.3 kB, which is 16% 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 226.3 kB or 90% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 13.5 kB

  • Original 2.8 MB
  • After minification 2.8 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. Sites Saic images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-13%

Potential reduce by 21.5 kB

  • Original 170.9 kB
  • After minification 170.9 kB
  • After compression 149.4 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 21.5 kB or 13% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-9%

Potential reduce by 34.7 kB

  • Original 371.7 kB
  • After minification 371.7 kB
  • After compression 337.0 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. Sites.saic.edu has all CSS files already compressed.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 9 (23%)

Requests Now

39

After Optimization

30

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 39 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Sites Saic. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 10 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

Accessibility Review

sites.saic.edu accessibility score

71

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

[aria-*] attributes do not match their roles

High

ARIA IDs are not unique

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

Buttons do not have an accessible name

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

High

Links do not have a discernible name

Best Practices

sites.saic.edu best practices score

92

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

sites.saic.edu SEO score

77

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

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 Sites.saic.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 Sites.saic.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 Sites Saic. This is the best way to make the web page social media friendly. Here is how it looks like on Facebook: