Access gcd.ie. Griffith College in Ireland with Colleges in Dublin, Cork & Limerick

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.1 s

47/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value10.2 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value6.3 s

42/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value7,410 ms

0/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.003

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value31.9 s

0/100

10%

gcd.ie

131 ms

griffith.ie

277 ms

www.griffith.ie

58 ms

uc.js

38 ms

google_tag.script.js

20 ms

Our browser made a total of 82 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 1% of them (1 request) were addressed to the original Gcd.ie, 85% (70 requests) were made to Griffith.ie and 5% (4 requests) were made to S.swiftypecdn.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (404 ms) relates to the external source Griffith.ie.

Content Size

1.4 MB

After Optimization

1.2 MB

In fact, the total size of Gcd.ie main page is 1.4 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. 75% of websites need less resources to load and that’s why Accessify’s recommendations for optimization and resource minification can be helpful for this project. Javascripts take 861.5 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-78%

Potential reduce by 45.8 kB

Original 58.5 kB
After minification 57.9 kB
After compression 12.7 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 45.8 kB or 78% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 0 B

Original 313.0 kB
After minification 313.0 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. Gcd images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-1%

Potential reduce by 10.4 kB

Original 861.5 kB
After minification 861.5 kB
After compression 851.2 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. This website has mostly compressed JavaScripts.

CSS Optimization

-45%

Potential reduce by 57.4 kB

Original 126.4 kB
After minification 126.1 kB
After compression 69.0 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. Gcd.ie needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 57.4 kB or 45% of the original size.

Requests Now

After Optimization

The browser has sent 76 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Gcd. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 51 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Accessibility Issues

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.

High

[role]s are not contained by their required parent element

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.

High

Buttons do not have an accessible name

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

High

Links do not have a discernible name

These are opportunities to improve the legibility of your content.

High

Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio.

Areas of Improvement

High

Does not use HTTPS

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Page has valid source maps

Search Engine Optimization Advices

To appear in search results, crawlers need access to your app.

High

Links are not crawlable

Format your HTML in a way that enables crawlers to better understand your app’s content.

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

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/).

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 Gcd.ie 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 Gcd.ie 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

gcd.ie

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

Report Summary

Performance

Accessibility

Best Practices

SEO

Griffith College in Ireland with Colleges in Dublin, Cork & Limerick

Page Load Speed

First Response

Resources Loaded

Page Rendered

About Website

Key Findings

Performance Metrics

Measured Metrics

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

SI (Speed Index)

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Network Requests Diagram

gcd.ie

griffith.ie

www.griffith.ie

uc.js

google_tag.script.js

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Content Size

After Optimization

HTML Optimization

Image Optimization

JavaScript Optimization

CSS Optimization

Requests Breakdown

Requests Now

After Optimization

Network Requests Diagram

gcd.ie

griffith.ie

www.griffith.ie

uc.js

google_tag.script.js

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all.js

v4-shims.js

email-decode.min.js

blazy.polyfill.min.js

jquery.min.js

blazy.classlist.min.js

blazy.promise.min.js

blazy.raf.min.js

once.min.js

drupalSettingsLoader.js

drupal.js

drupal.init.js

debounce.js

dblazy.min.js

blazy.once.min.js

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blazy.dom.min.js

blazy.base.min.js

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glider.min.js

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