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Report Summary

  • 24

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    43% of other websites

  • 95

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 86% of websites

  • 67

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    24% of websites

  • 81

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    42% of websites

libraries.cua.edu

University Libraries - Catholic University of America - Washington, D.C. | CUA

Page Load Speed

2 sec in total

First Response

50 ms

Resources Loaded

1.5 sec

Page Rendered

457 ms

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About Website

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Located in Washington, D.C., The Catholic University of America is the national university of the Catholic Church, founded by the U.S. bishops and the pope, faithful to the teachings of Jesus Christ a...

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Key Findings

We analyzed Libraries.cua.edu page load time and found that the first response time was 50 ms and then it took 1.9 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

libraries.cua.edu performance score

24

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.9 s

25/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value7.5 s

4/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value5.4 s

56/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value6,080 ms

0/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.027

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value24.1 s

0/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

libraries.catholic.edu

50 ms

jquery.min.js

75 ms

header.js

87 ms

style.css

109 ms

custom.css

101 ms

Our browser made a total of 119 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 0% of them (0 request) were addressed to the original Libraries.cua.edu, 17% (20 requests) were made to Catholic.edu and 15% (18 requests) were made to Libraries.catholic.edu. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (469 ms) relates to the external source Instagram.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 1.1 MB (26%)

Content Size

4.4 MB

After Optimization

3.2 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Libraries.cua.edu main page is 4.4 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. Only a small number of websites need less resources to load. Images take 3.3 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-82%

Potential reduce by 492.9 kB

  • Original 601.7 kB
  • After minification 493.5 kB
  • After compression 108.8 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 108.3 kB, which is 18% 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 492.9 kB or 82% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-16%

Potential reduce by 513.2 kB

  • Original 3.3 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. Obviously, Libraries CUA needs image optimization as it can save up to 513.2 kB or 16% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-27%

Potential reduce by 111.5 kB

  • Original 409.1 kB
  • After minification 409.1 kB
  • After compression 297.6 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. It is highly recommended that all JavaScript files should be compressed and minified as it can save up to 111.5 kB or 27% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-21%

Potential reduce by 13.6 kB

  • Original 63.1 kB
  • After minification 63.1 kB
  • After compression 49.5 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. Libraries.cua.edu needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 13.6 kB or 21% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 75 (71%)

Requests Now

105

After Optimization

30

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 105 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Libraries CUA. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 65 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 12 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

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Accessibility Review

libraries.cua.edu accessibility score

95

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

<frame> or <iframe> elements do not have a title

Navigation

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

Impact

Issue

High

Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order

Tables and lists

These are opportunities to improve the experience of reading tabular or list data using assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Impact

Issue

High

List items (<li>) are not contained within <ul> or <ol> parent elements.

Best Practices

libraries.cua.edu 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

Serves images with low resolution

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

libraries.cua.edu SEO score

81

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

    EN

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Libraries.cua.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 Libraries.cua.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

libraries.cua.edu

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