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explore.cuchicago.edu

Concordia University Chicago

Page Load Speed

1.9 sec in total

First Response

402 ms

Resources Loaded

922 ms

Page Rendered

546 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Explore.cuchicago.edu page load time and found that the first response time was 402 ms and then it took 1.5 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

explore.cuchicago.edu performance score

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Network Requests Diagram

402 ms

undergrad_request_info_schools.js

112 ms

validationFuncs.js

111 ms

ug_request_information.css

113 ms

ga.js

59 ms

Our browser made a total of 8 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 0% of them (0 request) were addressed to the original Explore.cuchicago.edu, 38% (3 requests) were made to Ssl.google-analytics.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (402 ms) relates to the external source Apps.cuchicago.edu.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 89.7 kB (25%)

Content Size

353.2 kB

After Optimization

263.5 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Explore.cuchicago.edu main page is 353.2 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. Only 5% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 248.9 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-84%

Potential reduce by 63.8 kB

  • Original 76.3 kB
  • After minification 70.0 kB
  • After compression 12.6 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. 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 63.8 kB or 84% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-7%

Potential reduce by 16.9 kB

  • Original 248.9 kB
  • After minification 232.0 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. Explore Cu Chicago images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-25%

Potential reduce by 6.2 kB

  • Original 24.3 kB
  • After minification 21.8 kB
  • After compression 18.1 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 6.2 kB or 25% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-77%

Potential reduce by 2.8 kB

  • Original 3.6 kB
  • After minification 2.3 kB
  • After compression 825 B

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. Explore.cuchicago.edu needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 2.8 kB or 77% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

We found no issues to fix!

Requests Now

7

After Optimization

7

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 7 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Explore Cu Chicago. According to our analytics all requests are already optimized.

Network Requests Diagram

402 ms

undergrad_request_info_schools.js

undergrad_request_info_schools.js

112 ms

validationFuncs.js

validationFuncs.js

111 ms

ug_request_information.css

ug_request_information.css

113 ms

ga.js

ga.js

59 ms

books_header.jpg

books_header.jpg

139 ms

__utm.gif

__utm.gif

35 ms

__utm.gif

__utm.gif

27 ms

SEO Factors

explore.cuchicago.edu SEO score

0

Language and Encoding

  • Language Detected

    EN

  • Language Claimed

    N/A

  • Encoding

    ISO-8859-1

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Explore.cuchicago.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 Explore.cuchicago.edu main page’s claimed encoding is iso-8859-1. Changing it to UTF-8 can be a good choice, as this format is commonly used for encoding all over the web and thus their visitors won’t have any troubles with symbol transcription or reading.

Social Sharing Optimization

explore.cuchicago.edu

Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of Explore Cu Chicago. 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: