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Report Summary

  • 60

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    75% of other websites

  • 50

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 21% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    35% of websites

  • 76

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    35% of websites

ncsu.uloop.com

Resource Hub for North Carolina State University Students | Uloop

Page Load Speed

1.5 sec in total

First Response

56 ms

Resources Loaded

994 ms

Page Rendered

440 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Ncsu.uloop.com page load time and found that the first response time was 56 ms and then it took 1.4 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 30% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

ncsu.uloop.com performance score

60

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value1.9 s

87/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value2.9 s

80/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value3.3 s

91/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value1,780 ms

10/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value8.6 s

37/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

ncsu.uloop.com

56 ms

ncsu.uloop.com

330 ms

gtm.js

189 ms

main-480x148_2.jpg

133 ms

uloop-v17217397971356.svg

83 ms

Our browser made a total of 57 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 11% of them (6 requests) were addressed to the original Ncsu.uloop.com, 25% (14 requests) were made to Images3.uloop.com and 11% (6 requests) were made to Doikmin2nht2v.cloudfront.net. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (574 ms) relates to the external source D377478qf8r8is.uloop.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 526.4 kB (63%)

Content Size

840.6 kB

After Optimization

314.2 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript

In fact, the total size of Ncsu.uloop.com main page is 840.6 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. 30% of websites need less resources to load. HTML takes 633.5 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-83%

Potential reduce by 525.2 kB

  • Original 633.5 kB
  • After minification 596.7 kB
  • After compression 108.3 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. HTML code on this page is well minified. It is highly recommended that content of this web page should be compressed using GZIP, as it can save up to 525.2 kB or 83% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-1%

Potential reduce by 1.2 kB

  • Original 192.5 kB
  • After minification 191.3 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. Ncsu Uloop images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 0 B

  • Original 14.6 kB
  • After minification 14.6 kB
  • After compression 14.6 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.

Requests Breakdown

We found no issues to fix!

Requests Now

42

After Optimization

42

  • Images
  • JavaScript

The browser has sent 42 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Ncsu Uloop. According to our analytics all requests are already optimized.

Network Requests Diagram

Accessibility Review

ncsu.uloop.com accessibility score

50

Accessibility Issues

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

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.

Navigation

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

Impact

Issue

High

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

Internationalization and localization

These are opportunities to improve the interpretation of your content by users in different locales.

Impact

Issue

High

<html> element does not have a [lang] attribute

Best practices

These items highlight common accessibility best practices.

Impact

Issue

High

[user-scalable="no"] is used in the <meta name="viewport"> element or the [maximum-scale] attribute is less than 5.

Best Practices

ncsu.uloop.com 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

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

ncsu.uloop.com SEO score

76

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

    N/A

  • Language Claimed

    N/A

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Ncsu.uloop.com can be misinterpreted by Google and other search engines. Unfortunately we cannot identify language used on the page (probably there is a mix of languages, too little text or something else) and no language is claimed in <html> or <meta> tags either. Our system also found out that Ncsu.uloop.com 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 Ncsu Uloop. 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: