Report Summary

  • 21

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    39% of other websites

  • 77

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 44% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    35% of websites

  • 62

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    23% of websites

lislinks.ning.com

LIS Links - First and Largest Academic Social Network of LIS Professionals in India

Page Load Speed

5.1 sec in total

First Response

871 ms

Resources Loaded

4 sec

Page Rendered

229 ms

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About Website

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LIS Links is the 1st and largest academic social network of librarians and Library and Information Science (LIS) professionals in India.

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Key Findings

We analyzed Lislinks.ning.com page load time and found that the first response time was 871 ms and then it took 4.2 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

lislinks.ning.com performance score

21

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.8 s

26/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value7.1 s

5/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value7.2 s

29/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value4,560 ms

0/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.095

91/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value16.8 s

5/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

lislinks.com

871 ms

gtm.js

70 ms

common-982.min.css

12 ms

wide-sidebar.min.css

9 ms

component.min.css

22 ms

Our browser made a total of 129 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 0% of them (0 request) were addressed to the original Lislinks.ning.com, 12% (15 requests) were made to Static.ning.com and 12% (15 requests) were made to Googleads.g.doubleclick.net. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (938 ms) relates to the external source Nluassam.ac.in.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 327.8 kB (29%)

Content Size

1.1 MB

After Optimization

820.1 kB

In fact, the total size of Lislinks.ning.com main page is 1.1 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. Javascripts take 876.4 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-83%

Potential reduce by 107.2 kB

  • Original 129.1 kB
  • After minification 113.8 kB
  • After compression 21.9 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 15.3 kB, which is 12% 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 107.2 kB or 83% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-62%

Potential reduce by 64.2 kB

  • Original 103.9 kB
  • After minification 39.7 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, LIS Links Ning needs image optimization as it can save up to 64.2 kB or 62% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-18%

Potential reduce by 155.6 kB

  • Original 876.4 kB
  • After minification 876.4 kB
  • After compression 720.8 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 155.6 kB or 18% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-2%

Potential reduce by 747 B

  • Original 38.6 kB
  • After minification 38.6 kB
  • After compression 37.8 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. Lislinks.ning.com has all CSS files already compressed.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 45 (38%)

Requests Now

118

After Optimization

73

The browser has sent 118 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of LIS Links Ning. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 26 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 5 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Accessibility Review

lislinks.ning.com accessibility score

77

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

Form elements do not have associated labels

High

Links do not have a discernible name

Best Practices

lislinks.ning.com 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

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

High

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

lislinks.ning.com SEO score

62

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

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 Lislinks.ning.com 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 Lislinks.ning.com 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

Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of LIS Links Ning. 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: