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Report Summary

  • 42

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    61% of other websites

  • 89

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 71% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    35% of websites

  • 83

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    46% of websites

irrodl.org

The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning

Page Load Speed

3.8 sec in total

First Response

162 ms

Resources Loaded

3.3 sec

Page Rendered

427 ms

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The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning (www.irrodl.org) is a refereed e-journal that aims to advance research, theory and best practice in open and distance education re...

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Key Findings

We analyzed Irrodl.org page load time and found that the first response time was 162 ms and then it took 3.7 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 65% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

irrodl.org performance score

42

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value4.0 s

23/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value9.9 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value6.3 s

42/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value540 ms

54/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value8.2 s

40/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

irrodl.org

162 ms

irrodl

573 ms

element.js

44 ms

js

54 ms

css

254 ms

Our browser made a total of 48 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 79% of them (38 requests) were addressed to the original Irrodl.org, 6% (3 requests) were made to Googletagmanager.com and 4% (2 requests) were made to Google-analytics.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1.9 sec) belongs to the original domain Irrodl.org.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 50.4 kB (17%)

Content Size

290.8 kB

After Optimization

240.3 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Irrodl.org main page is 290.8 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. 45% of websites need less resources to load. Javascripts take 148.7 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-83%

Potential reduce by 36.0 kB

  • Original 43.4 kB
  • After minification 36.9 kB
  • After compression 7.4 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 6.5 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 36.0 kB or 83% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-13%

Potential reduce by 11.2 kB

  • Original 86.7 kB
  • After minification 75.5 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, Irrodl needs image optimization as it can save up to 11.2 kB or 13% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-1%

Potential reduce by 1.7 kB

  • Original 148.7 kB
  • After minification 148.7 kB
  • After compression 147.0 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

-13%

Potential reduce by 1.5 kB

  • Original 11.9 kB
  • After minification 11.9 kB
  • After compression 10.4 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. Irrodl.org needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 1.5 kB or 13% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 11 (25%)

Requests Now

44

After Optimization

33

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 44 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Irrodl. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 12 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

irrodl.org

irrodl.org

162 ms

irrodl

irrodl

573 ms

element.js

element.js

44 ms

js

js

54 ms

css

css

254 ms

fontawesome.css

fontawesome.css

238 ms

styleSheet.css

styleSheet.css

240 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

321 ms

jquery-ui.min.js

jquery-ui.min.js

485 ms

popper.js

popper.js

334 ms

util.js

util.js

470 ms

dropdown.js

dropdown.js

473 ms

main.js

main.js

500 ms

privacynotice.js

privacynotice.js

573 ms

index2.php

index2.php

244 ms

88x31.png

88x31.png

101 ms

sp14.jpg

sp14.jpg

532 ms

sp13.jpg

sp13.jpg

734 ms

sp12.jpg

sp12.jpg

737 ms

sp11.jpg

sp11.jpg

749 ms

sp9.jpg

sp9.jpg

754 ms

sp10.jpg

sp10.jpg

820 ms

sp1.jpg

sp1.jpg

742 ms

sp5.jpg

sp5.jpg

969 ms

sp2.jpg

sp2.jpg

971 ms

sp6.jpg

sp6.jpg

977 ms

sp3.jpg

sp3.jpg

987 ms

sp7.jpg

sp7.jpg

988 ms

sp4.jpg

sp4.jpg

1054 ms

sp8.jpg

sp8.jpg

1203 ms

cider1.jpg

cider1.jpg

1283 ms

oer-knowledge-cloud1.jpg

oer-knowledge-cloud1.jpg

1288 ms

icon_rss.jpg

icon_rss.jpg

1219 ms

52

52

1391 ms

38

38

1309 ms

logo_au.png

logo_au.png

1437 ms

AUP_logo.png

AUP_logo.png

1453 ms

logo_unesco.png

logo_unesco.png

1515 ms

logo_SSHRC.png

logo_SSHRC.png

1521 ms

ojs_brand.png

ojs_brand.png

1542 ms

88x31.png

88x31.png

61 ms

IRRODL-banner-1160x4402.jpg

IRRODL-banner-1160x4402.jpg

1871 ms

fontawesome-webfont.woff

fontawesome-webfont.woff

1743 ms

js

js

31 ms

js

js

47 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

24 ms

collect

collect

12 ms

collect

collect

10 ms

Accessibility Review

irrodl.org accessibility score

89

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

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

High

Links do not have a discernible name

Best Practices

irrodl.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

Displays images with incorrect aspect ratio

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

irrodl.org SEO score

83

Search Engine Optimization Advices

Crawling and Indexing

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

Impact

Issue

High

Links are not crawlable

Content Best Practices

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

Impact

Issue

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

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 Irrodl.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 Irrodl.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

irrodl.org

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