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Report Summary

  • 94

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    93% of other websites

  • 59

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 26% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    35% of websites

  • 67

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    26% of websites

iranicaonline.org

Encyclopædia Iranica

Page Load Speed

2.6 sec in total

First Response

101 ms

Resources Loaded

2.3 sec

Page Rendered

197 ms

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About Website

Visit iranicaonline.org now to see the best up-to-date Iranica Online content for United States and also check out these interesting facts you probably never knew about iranicaonline.org

The Encyclopaedia Iranica is a comprehensive research tool dedicated to the study of Iranian civilization in the Middle East, the Caucasus, Central Asia, and the Indian subcontinent

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Key Findings

We analyzed Iranicaonline.org page load time and found that the first response time was 101 ms and then it took 2.5 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 50% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

iranicaonline.org performance score

94

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value1.6 s

95/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value2.6 s

87/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value2.3 s

99/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value170 ms

93/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value2.8 s

97/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

iranicaonline.org

101 ms

www.iranicaonline.org

1398 ms

global.css

154 ms

jquery-1.3.2.min.js

233 ms

jquery-ui-1.7.2.custom.min.js

265 ms

Our browser made a total of 41 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 93% of them (38 requests) were addressed to the original Iranicaonline.org, 5% (2 requests) were made to Google-analytics.com and 2% (1 request) were made to Js-agent.newrelic.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1.4 sec) belongs to the original domain Iranicaonline.org.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 178.4 kB (42%)

Content Size

421.2 kB

After Optimization

242.8 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Iranicaonline.org main page is 421.2 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. 20% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 190.1 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-67%

Potential reduce by 14.0 kB

  • Original 20.9 kB
  • After minification 19.8 kB
  • After compression 6.9 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 14.0 kB or 67% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-15%

Potential reduce by 28.6 kB

  • Original 190.1 kB
  • After minification 161.5 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, Iranica Online needs image optimization as it can save up to 28.6 kB or 15% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-62%

Potential reduce by 109.9 kB

  • Original 178.1 kB
  • After minification 169.8 kB
  • After compression 68.2 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 109.9 kB or 62% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-80%

Potential reduce by 25.9 kB

  • Original 32.2 kB
  • After minification 26.6 kB
  • After compression 6.3 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. Iranicaonline.org needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 25.9 kB or 80% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 15 (38%)

Requests Now

39

After Optimization

24

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 39 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Iranica Online. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 7 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

iranicaonline.org

iranicaonline.org

101 ms

www.iranicaonline.org

www.iranicaonline.org

1398 ms

global.css

global.css

154 ms

jquery-1.3.2.min.js

jquery-1.3.2.min.js

233 ms

jquery-ui-1.7.2.custom.min.js

jquery-ui-1.7.2.custom.min.js

265 ms

global.js

global.js

78 ms

jquery.autocomplete.m2.js

jquery.autocomplete.m2.js

118 ms

autocompleteAction.js

autocompleteAction.js

127 ms

jquery.autocomplete.css

jquery.autocomplete.css

155 ms

background.jpg

background.jpg

85 ms

ornament.png

ornament.png

114 ms

logo-graphic.png

logo-graphic.png

115 ms

article-table-of-contents.gif

article-table-of-contents.gif

85 ms

navigation-sidebar-background.gif

navigation-sidebar-background.gif

86 ms

navigation-sidebar-resources.gif

navigation-sidebar-resources.gif

86 ms

navigation-sidebar-citing-iranica.gif

navigation-sidebar-citing-iranica.gif

154 ms

navigation-sidebar-authors.gif

navigation-sidebar-authors.gif

155 ms

navigation-sidebar-events.gif

navigation-sidebar-events.gif

156 ms

logo-text.png

logo-text.png

156 ms

top-bar-background.png

top-bar-background.png

192 ms

bttn-search.gif

bttn-search.gif

193 ms

bttn-adv-search.gif

bttn-adv-search.gif

240 ms

jalayer_esmail_ed.jpg

jalayer_esmail_ed.jpg

322 ms

KALILA_wa_DEMNA_i_Redactions_and_circulation_ed.jpg

KALILA_wa_DEMNA_i_Redactions_and_circulation_ed.jpg

329 ms

Recently_Published_May_and_April.jpg

Recently_Published_May_and_April.jpg

358 ms

VaqfenIran.jpg

VaqfenIran.jpg

306 ms

COE9.jpg

COE9.jpg

270 ms

Homa_Nategh-homepage.jpg

Homa_Nategh-homepage.jpg

315 ms

visit-gallery.jpg

visit-gallery.jpg

348 ms

FB-icon_website.jpg

FB-icon_website.jpg

382 ms

academia-icon1.jpg

academia-icon1.jpg

392 ms

twitter-logo.jpg

twitter-logo.jpg

401 ms

CFIS-logo.jpg

CFIS-logo.jpg

403 ms

input-search.gif

input-search.gif

415 ms

advanced-search-background.gif

advanced-search-background.gif

425 ms

bttn-white-tan-l.gif

bttn-white-tan-l.gif

447 ms

bttn-white-tan-r.gif

bttn-white-tan-r.gif

458 ms

divider.gif

divider.gif

468 ms

ga.js

ga.js

29 ms

__utm.gif

__utm.gif

11 ms

nr-768.min.js

nr-768.min.js

46 ms

Accessibility Review

iranicaonline.org accessibility score

59

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.

Navigation

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

Impact

Issue

High

Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order

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

<input type="image"> elements do not have [alt] text

High

Form elements do not have associated labels

High

Links do not have a discernible name

Best Practices

iranicaonline.org best practices score

75

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

SEO Factors

iranicaonline.org SEO score

67

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

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 Iranicaonline.org 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 Iranicaonline.org 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

iranicaonline.org

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