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Report Summary

  • 76

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    84% of other websites

  • 81

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 52% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    36% of websites

  • 75

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    32% of websites

search.ilstu.edu

Search | Illinois State

Page Load Speed

1.4 sec in total

First Response

272 ms

Resources Loaded

956 ms

Page Rendered

200 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Search.ilstu.edu page load time and found that the first response time was 272 ms and then it took 1.2 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 20% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

search.ilstu.edu performance score

76

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value2.7 s

59/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value4.8 s

30/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value3.2 s

92/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value50 ms

100/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value4.6 s

82/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

search.illinoisstate.edu

272 ms

iguide-black.css

105 ms

style.13.min.css

147 ms

jquery.min.js

210 ms

modernizr-2.5.3.min.js

110 ms

Our browser made a total of 30 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 0% of them (0 request) were addressed to the original Search.ilstu.edu, 37% (11 requests) were made to Iguides.illinoisstate.edu and 10% (3 requests) were made to Google-analytics.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (417 ms) relates to the external source Analytics.illinoisstate.edu.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 169.0 kB (43%)

Content Size

392.8 kB

After Optimization

223.8 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Search.ilstu.edu main page is 392.8 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. 20% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 176.6 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-79%

Potential reduce by 13.4 kB

  • Original 17.0 kB
  • After minification 14.5 kB
  • After compression 3.6 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 2.5 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 13.4 kB or 79% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-17%

Potential reduce by 30.2 kB

  • Original 176.6 kB
  • After minification 146.4 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, Search Ilstu needs image optimization as it can save up to 30.2 kB or 17% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-58%

Potential reduce by 86.2 kB

  • Original 149.4 kB
  • After minification 144.9 kB
  • After compression 63.3 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 86.2 kB or 58% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-79%

Potential reduce by 39.2 kB

  • Original 49.7 kB
  • After minification 49.1 kB
  • After compression 10.5 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. Search.ilstu.edu needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 39.2 kB or 79% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 13 (46%)

Requests Now

28

After Optimization

15

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 28 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Search Ilstu. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 9 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

search.illinoisstate.edu

search.illinoisstate.edu

272 ms

iguide-black.css

iguide-black.css

105 ms

style.13.min.css

style.13.min.css

147 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

210 ms

modernizr-2.5.3.min.js

modernizr-2.5.3.min.js

110 ms

iguides.illinoisstate.edu

iguides.illinoisstate.edu

89 ms

site.3.min.js

site.3.min.js

104 ms

analytics.illinoisstate.edu

analytics.illinoisstate.edu

417 ms

event-tracking.js

event-tracking.js

81 ms

bg_body.png

bg_body.png

124 ms

footerReggieGrey.png

footerReggieGrey.png

75 ms

wordmark.png

wordmark.png

97 ms

wordmark_print.jpg

wordmark_print.jpg

54 ms

seal_red.jpg

seal_red.jpg

105 ms

customize.php

customize.php

44 ms

divider_dark.png

divider_dark.png

40 ms

my-red-dark.png

my-red-dark.png

87 ms

list1.png

list1.png

95 ms

login_buttons.png

login_buttons.png

221 ms

bg_seal.png

bg_seal.png

104 ms

bg_wrapbody_twocol.jpg

bg_wrapbody_twocol.jpg

108 ms

arrow.png

arrow.png

86 ms

sprite_big.png

sprite_big.png

137 ms

arrow2.png

arrow2.png

172 ms

feedback.png

feedback.png

176 ms

OpenSans-Regular-webfont.woff

OpenSans-Regular-webfont.woff

102 ms

iguide.js

iguide.js

122 ms

ga.js

ga.js

32 ms

__utm.gif

__utm.gif

11 ms

__utm.gif

__utm.gif

12 ms

Accessibility Review

search.ilstu.edu accessibility score

81

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

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

High

Links do not have a discernible name

Best Practices

search.ilstu.edu 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

search.ilstu.edu SEO score

75

Search Engine Optimization Advices

Crawling and Indexing

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

Impact

Issue

High

Page is blocked from indexing

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 Search.ilstu.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 Search.ilstu.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

search.ilstu.edu

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