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Report Summary

  • 30

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    50% of other websites

  • 79

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 47% of websites

  • 67

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    24% of websites

  • 64

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    24% of websites

itu.int

ITU: Committed to connecting the world

Page Load Speed

8.2 sec in total

First Response

764 ms

Resources Loaded

7.1 sec

Page Rendered

338 ms

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About Website

Visit itu.int now to see the best up-to-date ITU content for China and also check out these interesting facts you probably never knew about itu.int

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) is the United Nations specialized agency for information and communication technologies – ICTs.

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Key Findings

We analyzed Itu.int page load time and found that the first response time was 764 ms and then it took 7.4 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 85% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

itu.int performance score

30

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value10.9 s

0/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value21.8 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value16.3 s

0/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value600 ms

50/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.029

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value23.3 s

1/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

www.itu.int

764 ms

VariationRoot.aspx

399 ms

en

158 ms

default.aspx

1849 ms

corev15.css

401 ms

Our browser made a total of 78 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 83% of them (65 requests) were addressed to the original Itu.int, 4% (3 requests) were made to Googletagmanager.com and 4% (3 requests) were made to Google-analytics.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1.8 sec) belongs to the original domain Itu.int.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 555.0 kB (34%)

Content Size

1.6 MB

After Optimization

1.1 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Itu.int main page is 1.6 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. 65% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 759.9 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-78%

Potential reduce by 76.2 kB

  • Original 97.1 kB
  • After minification 79.4 kB
  • After compression 20.9 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. This page needs HTML code to be minified as it can gain 17.7 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 76.2 kB or 78% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-8%

Potential reduce by 63.4 kB

  • Original 759.9 kB
  • After minification 696.5 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. ITU images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-48%

Potential reduce by 283.9 kB

  • Original 587.8 kB
  • After minification 565.4 kB
  • After compression 303.9 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 283.9 kB or 48% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-71%

Potential reduce by 131.5 kB

  • Original 185.8 kB
  • After minification 117.4 kB
  • After compression 54.2 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. Itu.int needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 131.5 kB or 71% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 34 (49%)

Requests Now

70

After Optimization

36

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 70 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of ITU. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 18 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 6 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

www.itu.int

www.itu.int

764 ms

VariationRoot.aspx

VariationRoot.aspx

399 ms

en

en

158 ms

default.aspx

default.aspx

1849 ms

corev15.css

corev15.css

401 ms

initstrings.js

initstrings.js

452 ms

init.js

init.js

829 ms

theming.js

theming.js

442 ms

ScriptResource.axd

ScriptResource.axd

599 ms

blank.js

blank.js

428 ms

itu-base.css

itu-base.css

559 ms

itu-main.css

itu-main.css

942 ms

jquery-1.6.4.min.js

jquery-1.6.4.min.js

824 ms

jquery-ui-1.8.16.min.js

jquery-ui-1.8.16.min.js

1158 ms

itu-functions.js

itu-functions.js

862 ms

itu-own-functions.js

itu-own-functions.js

772 ms

ms-rteCustom-ITUv6.css

ms-rteCustom-ITUv6.css

913 ms

js

js

45 ms

ITU-Flexlistviewer.css

ITU-Flexlistviewer.css

865 ms

addthis_widget.js

addthis_widget.js

187 ms

webtrends.js

webtrends.js

780 ms

gtm.js

gtm.js

61 ms

hotjar-768571.js

hotjar-768571.js

125 ms

spcommon.png

spcommon.png

157 ms

itu-logo.png

itu-logo.png

389 ms

blank.gif

blank.gif

190 ms

WTISD-LOGO-en.png

WTISD-LOGO-en.png

287 ms

WebResource.axd

WebResource.axd

189 ms

facebook-round.png

facebook-round.png

156 ms

twitter-round.png

twitter-round.png

284 ms

linkedin-round.png

linkedin-round.png

310 ms

email-round.png

email-round.png

311 ms

UN-Virtual-Worlds-Day-slider.jpg

UN-Virtual-Worlds-Day-slider.jpg

359 ms

photo-exhibition-slider.jpg

photo-exhibition-slider.jpg

597 ms

ai-governance-finding-the-way-forward-slider.jpg

ai-governance-finding-the-way-forward-slider.jpg

450 ms

wtisd-2024-slider.jpg

wtisd-2024-slider.jpg

510 ms

home-feature-active.png

home-feature-active.png

528 ms

UN-Virtual-Worlds-Day-slider.jpg

UN-Virtual-Worlds-Day-slider.jpg

557 ms

photo-exhibition-slider.jpg

photo-exhibition-slider.jpg

702 ms

ai-governance-finding-the-way-forward-slider.jpg

ai-governance-finding-the-way-forward-slider.jpg

674 ms

wtisd-2024-slider.jpg

wtisd-2024-slider.jpg

722 ms

wtisd-digital-innovation-newsviews.jpg

wtisd-digital-innovation-newsviews.jpg

723 ms

Girls-in-ICT-2024-BDT-newsviews.jpg

Girls-in-ICT-2024-BDT-newsviews.jpg

747 ms

ai-governance-newsviews.jpg

ai-governance-newsviews.jpg

750 ms

facts-figures-2023-measuing-digital-development-newsviews.jpg

facts-figures-2023-measuing-digital-development-newsviews.jpg

843 ms

facts-figures-small-island-indepth.jpg

facts-figures-small-island-indepth.jpg

866 ms

itu-news-magazine-wrc23-outcomes-indepth.jpg

itu-news-magazine-wrc23-outcomes-indepth.jpg

900 ms

P2C-homepage-box.jpg

P2C-homepage-box.jpg

906 ms

AI-for-Good-2024-homepage-box.jpg

AI-for-Good-2024-homepage-box.jpg

920 ms

Kaleidoscope-2024-homepage-box.jpg

Kaleidoscope-2024-homepage-box.jpg

912 ms

footer-secretary-general.png

footer-secretary-general.png

991 ms

corev15.css

corev15.css

978 ms

body-top-bg-219x10.png

body-top-bg-219x10.png

1013 ms

top-search-bg.png

top-search-bg.png

1017 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

81 ms

main-nav-bg.gif

main-nav-bg.gif

1007 ms

home.png

home.png

1008 ms

ITU-subnav-new2.png

ITU-subnav-new2.png

1118 ms

joinitu-login-bg.png

joinitu-login-bg.png

1117 ms

body-map-bg.gif

body-map-bg.gif

1173 ms

js

js

50 ms

DroidSans-Bold-webfont.woff

DroidSans-Bold-webfont.woff

1093 ms

collect

collect

106 ms

collect

collect

114 ms

modules.842bcec28f9fd12bb79e.js

modules.842bcec28f9fd12bb79e.js

103 ms

DroidSerif-Regular-webfont.woff

DroidSerif-Regular-webfont.woff

1130 ms

wtid.js

wtid.js

1523 ms

SP.Web.GetContextWebThemeData

SP.Web.GetContextWebThemeData

1105 ms

background-sprite.png

background-sprite.png

1139 ms

rounded-grey-300.png

rounded-grey-300.png

1050 ms

collect

collect

31 ms

quicklinks-arrow.gif

quicklinks-arrow.gif

1140 ms

collect

collect

25 ms

more-arrow.png

more-arrow.png

1285 ms

ITU-Buttons.png

ITU-Buttons.png

1286 ms

large-blue-arrow.png

large-blue-arrow.png

1343 ms

dcs.gif

dcs.gif

331 ms

strings.js

strings.js

392 ms

Accessibility Review

itu.int accessibility score

79

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.

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

<dl>'s do not contain only properly-ordered <dt> and <dd> groups, <script>, <template> or <div> elements.

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

Form elements do not have associated labels

Best Practices

itu.int 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

SEO Factors

itu.int SEO score

64

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

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 Itu.int 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 Itu.int 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

itu.int

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