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Report Summary

  • 19

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    36% of other websites

  • 95

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 86% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    35% of websites

  • 85

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    55% of websites

cottey.edu

Home - Cottey College | Women’s College Education in Missouri

Page Load Speed

2.9 sec in total

First Response

843 ms

Resources Loaded

1.8 sec

Page Rendered

230 ms

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About Website

Visit cottey.edu now to see the best up-to-date Cottey content for United States and also check out these interesting facts you probably never knew about cottey.edu

Cottey College is an independent, liberal arts and sciences women’s college in Nevada, Missouri. Since 1884, the College has offered young women the opportunity to learn and grow into leaders, role mo...

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Key Findings

We analyzed Cottey.edu page load time and found that the first response time was 843 ms and then it took 2.1 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

cottey.edu performance score

19

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.3 s

40/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value29.7 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value17.3 s

0/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value19,300 ms

0/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.003

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value28.3 s

0/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

cottey.edu

843 ms

plusone.js

93 ms

reset.css

105 ms

960_24_col.css

168 ms

sitestyle.css

266 ms

Our browser made a total of 57 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 93% of them (53 requests) were addressed to the original Cottey.edu, 4% (2 requests) were made to Apis.google.com and 4% (2 requests) were made to Google-analytics.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (843 ms) belongs to the original domain Cottey.edu.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 244.7 kB (25%)

Content Size

993.6 kB

After Optimization

748.9 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Cottey.edu main page is 993.6 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. Images take 810.0 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-84%

Potential reduce by 44.3 kB

  • Original 52.9 kB
  • After minification 44.9 kB
  • After compression 8.6 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 8.0 kB, which is 15% 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 44.3 kB or 84% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-14%

Potential reduce by 116.0 kB

  • Original 810.0 kB
  • After minification 694.1 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, Cottey needs image optimization as it can save up to 116.0 kB or 14% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-57%

Potential reduce by 52.2 kB

  • Original 91.5 kB
  • After minification 83.1 kB
  • After compression 39.2 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 52.2 kB or 57% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-82%

Potential reduce by 32.2 kB

  • Original 39.2 kB
  • After minification 31.8 kB
  • After compression 7.0 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. Cottey.edu needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 32.2 kB or 82% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 10 (18%)

Requests Now

56

After Optimization

46

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 56 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Cottey. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 8 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 4 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

cottey.edu

cottey.edu

843 ms

plusone.js

plusone.js

93 ms

reset.css

reset.css

105 ms

960_24_col.css

960_24_col.css

168 ms

sitestyle.css

sitestyle.css

266 ms

pikachoose.css

pikachoose.css

112 ms

jquery-1.3.2.min.js

jquery-1.3.2.min.js

270 ms

dropdownnew.js

dropdownnew.js

209 ms

css_browser_selector.js

css_browser_selector.js

171 ms

jquery.easing.1.3.js

jquery.easing.1.3.js

206 ms

utilities.js

utilities.js

172 ms

cb=gapi.loaded_0

cb=gapi.loaded_0

16 ms

ga.js

ga.js

32 ms

cottey-blue-55.jpg

cottey-blue-55.jpg

56 ms

dm-daisy.png

dm-daisy.png

47 ms

search.png

search.png

53 ms

cottey-logo-large.png

cottey-logo-large.png

62 ms

spacer.gif

spacer.gif

43 ms

cottey-logo.png

cottey-logo.png

52 ms

academic-programs-icon-copy.png

academic-programs-icon-copy.png

86 ms

apply-online-icon-copy.png

apply-online-icon-copy.png

98 ms

peo-icon-copy.png

peo-icon-copy.png

102 ms

peo-alumna-icon-copy.png

peo-alumna-icon-copy.png

103 ms

virtual-tour-icon-copy.png

virtual-tour-icon-copy.png

104 ms

contact-us-icon-copy.png

contact-us-icon-copy.png

103 ms

refer-a-student-copy.png

refer-a-student-copy.png

128 ms

life-on-campus-icon-copy.png

life-on-campus-icon-copy.png

143 ms

comet-athletics-icon-copy.png

comet-athletics-icon-copy.png

144 ms

library-icon-copy.png

library-icon-copy.png

150 ms

international-experience-icon-copy.png

international-experience-icon-copy.png

152 ms

give-icon-copy.png

give-icon-copy.png

147 ms

gray-gradient-55.jpg

gray-gradient-55.jpg

180 ms

top-shadow.png

top-shadow.png

197 ms

spacer.png

spacer.png

201 ms

plus.jpg

plus.jpg

199 ms

leadership_60.jpg

leadership_60.jpg

293 ms

leadership-essential-right.png

leadership-essential-right.png

198 ms

chemistry_60.jpg

chemistry_60.jpg

322 ms

experience-guaranteed-right.png

experience-guaranteed-right.png

239 ms

learning_60.jpg

learning_60.jpg

370 ms

learning-everywhere-right.png

learning-everywhere-right.png

579 ms

environment_60.jpg

environment_60.jpg

385 ms

environment-ideal-right.png

environment-ideal-right.png

302 ms

ambitions_60.jpg

ambitions_60.jpg

362 ms

ambitions-realized-right.png

ambitions-realized-right.png

343 ms

going_places_logo_55.jpg

going_places_logo_55.jpg

388 ms

fb.png

fb.png

402 ms

twitter.png

twitter.png

413 ms

youtube.png

youtube.png

402 ms

__utm.gif

__utm.gif

24 ms

snow-320-180.jpg

snow-320-180.jpg

822 ms

blue-fabric-55.jpg

blue-fabric-55.jpg

410 ms

resume-paper-55.jpg

resume-paper-55.jpg

421 ms

gold-seal.png

gold-seal.png

432 ms

fb-no-color.png

fb-no-color.png

431 ms

twitter-no-background.png

twitter-no-background.png

444 ms

youtube-no-background.png

youtube-no-background.png

443 ms

Accessibility Review

cottey.edu accessibility score

95

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

Links do not have a discernible name

Best Practices

cottey.edu best practices score

75

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

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

High

Missing source maps for large first-party JavaScript

SEO Factors

cottey.edu SEO score

85

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

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

    N/A

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Cottey.edu can be misinterpreted by Google and other search engines. Our service has detected that English is used on the page, and neither this language nor any other was claimed in <html> or <meta> tags. Our system also found out that Cottey.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

cottey.edu

Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of Cottey. 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: