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Report Summary

  • 11

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    24% of other websites

  • 90

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 74% of websites

  • 67

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    24% of websites

  • 94

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    90% of websites

bridges.canterbury.ac.nz

Computer Science and Software Engineering | University of Canterbury

Page Load Speed

6.2 sec in total

First Response

869 ms

Resources Loaded

5.1 sec

Page Rendered

217 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Bridges.canterbury.ac.nz page load time and found that the first response time was 869 ms and then it took 5.3 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 75% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

bridges.canterbury.ac.nz performance score

11

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value5.4 s

7/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value5.7 s

16/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value11.2 s

5/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value1,430 ms

15/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value1.065

2/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value16.8 s

5/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

bridges.canterbury.ac.nz

869 ms

siteanalyze_78846.js

238 ms

fbevents.js

32 ms

w.js

59 ms

gtm.js

78 ms

Our browser made a total of 42 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 7% of them (3 requests) were addressed to the original Bridges.canterbury.ac.nz, 71% (30 requests) were made to Static.canterbury.ac.nz and 5% (2 requests) were made to D10lpsik1i8c69.cloudfront.net. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (2.2 sec) relates to the external source Static.canterbury.ac.nz.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 552.4 kB (48%)

Content Size

1.2 MB

After Optimization

605.2 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Bridges.canterbury.ac.nz main page is 1.2 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. 35% of websites need less resources to load. Javascripts take 375.6 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-85%

Potential reduce by 70.4 kB

  • Original 83.2 kB
  • After minification 70.2 kB
  • After compression 12.8 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 13.0 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 70.4 kB or 85% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-1%

Potential reduce by 2.8 kB

  • Original 353.1 kB
  • After minification 350.4 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. Bridges Canterbury images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-49%

Potential reduce by 182.3 kB

  • Original 375.6 kB
  • After minification 357.8 kB
  • After compression 193.3 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 182.3 kB or 49% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-86%

Potential reduce by 296.9 kB

  • Original 345.6 kB
  • After minification 285.6 kB
  • After compression 48.7 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. Bridges.canterbury.ac.nz needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 296.9 kB or 86% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 23 (77%)

Requests Now

30

After Optimization

7

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 30 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Bridges Canterbury. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 19 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 6 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

bridges.canterbury.ac.nz

bridges.canterbury.ac.nz

869 ms

siteanalyze_78846.js

siteanalyze_78846.js

238 ms

fbevents.js

fbevents.js

32 ms

w.js

w.js

59 ms

gtm.js

gtm.js

78 ms

bootstrap.min.css

bootstrap.min.css

1908 ms

main-uc.css

main-uc.css

1510 ms

jquery-1.11.3.min.js

jquery-1.11.3.min.js

1767 ms

bootstrap-tokenfield.css

bootstrap-tokenfield.css

1090 ms

bootstrap-datepicker.css

bootstrap-datepicker.css

1302 ms

7489f6cfa3.js

7489f6cfa3.js

95 ms

styles-uc.css

styles-uc.css

1941 ms

jquery.fancybox.css

jquery.fancybox.css

1302 ms

imagesloaded.min.js

imagesloaded.min.js

1513 ms

evenheights.js

evenheights.js

1514 ms

jquery.dotdotdot.min.js

jquery.dotdotdot.min.js

1719 ms

readmore.min.js

readmore.min.js

1725 ms

jquery.matchHeight-min.js

jquery.matchHeight-min.js

1726 ms

jquery.fancybox.pack.js

jquery.fancybox.pack.js

1939 ms

bootstrap.min.js

bootstrap.min.js

2148 ms

accessibility.js

accessibility.js

1940 ms

nav-sidebar.js

nav-sidebar.js

2008 ms

bootstrap-datepicker.min.js

bootstrap-datepicker.min.js

2117 ms

bootstrap-tokenfield.min.js

bootstrap-tokenfield.min.js

2142 ms

script.js

script.js

2190 ms

ellipsis.js

ellipsis.js

2190 ms

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23 ms

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uc-computer-science-software.png

1275 ms

garden-20231025-001-tn.jpg

garden-20231025-001-tn.jpg

1671 ms

latest-other-pages

latest-other-pages

645 ms

university-of-canterbury-coat-of-arms.svg

university-of-canterbury-coat-of-arms.svg

306 ms

Braided-rivers.png

Braided-rivers.png

358 ms

university-of-canterbury-coat-of-arms-footer.svg

university-of-canterbury-coat-of-arms-footer.svg

386 ms

csse-background.png

csse-background.png

1209 ms

glyphicons-halflings-regular.woff

glyphicons-halflings-regular.woff

432 ms

OpenSans-Regular.woff

OpenSans-Regular.woff

650 ms

OpenSans-Semibold.woff

OpenSans-Semibold.woff

1033 ms

OpenSans-Bold.woff

OpenSans-Bold.woff

816 ms

OpenSans-Italic.woff

OpenSans-Italic.woff

739 ms

OpenSans-SemiboldItalic.woff

OpenSans-SemiboldItalic.woff

772 ms

OpenSans-BoldItalic.woff

OpenSans-BoldItalic.woff

1027 ms

clickstream.legacy.js

clickstream.legacy.js

66 ms

Accessibility Review

bridges.canterbury.ac.nz accessibility score

90

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 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

Links do not have a discernible name

Best Practices

bridges.canterbury.ac.nz best practices score

67

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

Displays images with incorrect aspect ratio

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

SEO Factors

bridges.canterbury.ac.nz SEO score

94

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 Bridges.canterbury.ac.nz 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 Bridges.canterbury.ac.nz 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

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