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Report Summary

  • 9

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    23% of other websites

  • 83

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 54% of websites

  • 83

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    55% of websites

  • 75

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    32% of websites

ndscs.edu

Homepage | North Dakota State College of Science (NDSCS) | Wahpeton/Fargo

Page Load Speed

1.8 sec in total

First Response

108 ms

Resources Loaded

1.3 sec

Page Rendered

426 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Ndscs.edu page load time and found that the first response time was 108 ms and then it took 1.7 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 35% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

ndscs.edu performance score

9

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.7 s

29/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value8.0 s

2/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value6.9 s

34/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value3,360 ms

2/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.805

5/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value15.2 s

7/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

ndscs.edu

108 ms

www.ndscs.edu

41 ms

txh5jyt.css

59 ms

css_mHnhKpxytBSibi1qFFSoPAcX23A-8FZvBpNQC9B3KlA.css

9 ms

css_5lGsQn9ftNFRd9b8MU3m1q5_9hdbHmxcXUR2FMOREqg.css

22 ms

Our browser made a total of 61 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 54% of them (33 requests) were addressed to the original Ndscs.edu, 8% (5 requests) were made to Youtube.com and 7% (4 requests) were made to Google.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (567 ms) relates to the external source Addevent.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 427.7 kB (26%)

Content Size

1.7 MB

After Optimization

1.2 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Ndscs.edu main page is 1.7 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. Only a small number of websites need less resources to load. Images take 815.6 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-76%

Potential reduce by 23.4 kB

  • Original 30.7 kB
  • After minification 24.5 kB
  • After compression 7.3 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 6.2 kB, which is 20% 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 23.4 kB or 76% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-6%

Potential reduce by 48.4 kB

  • Original 815.6 kB
  • After minification 767.1 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. NDSCS images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-6%

Potential reduce by 21.9 kB

  • Original 384.2 kB
  • After minification 384.2 kB
  • After compression 362.3 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. This website has mostly compressed JavaScripts.

CSS Optimization

-77%

Potential reduce by 333.9 kB

  • Original 435.0 kB
  • After minification 434.2 kB
  • After compression 101.0 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. Ndscs.edu needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 333.9 kB or 77% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 20 (38%)

Requests Now

52

After Optimization

32

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 52 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of NDSCS. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 15 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 7 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

ndscs.edu

ndscs.edu

108 ms

www.ndscs.edu

www.ndscs.edu

41 ms

txh5jyt.css

txh5jyt.css

59 ms

css_mHnhKpxytBSibi1qFFSoPAcX23A-8FZvBpNQC9B3KlA.css

css_mHnhKpxytBSibi1qFFSoPAcX23A-8FZvBpNQC9B3KlA.css

9 ms

css_5lGsQn9ftNFRd9b8MU3m1q5_9hdbHmxcXUR2FMOREqg.css

css_5lGsQn9ftNFRd9b8MU3m1q5_9hdbHmxcXUR2FMOREqg.css

22 ms

ND_State_College_of_Science.js

ND_State_College_of_Science.js

54 ms

siteanalyze_66357739.js

siteanalyze_66357739.js

73 ms

cse.js

cse.js

80 ms

atc.min.js

atc.min.js

478 ms

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38 ms

p.css

p.css

47 ms

gtm.js

gtm.js

222 ms

fbevents.js

fbevents.js

90 ms

sdk.js

sdk.js

129 ms

NDSCS_with_Name_LeftAlign.svg

NDSCS_with_Name_LeftAlign.svg

59 ms

CC-yP3WEePY

CC-yP3WEePY

191 ms

search-icon.png

search-icon.png

79 ms

NDSCS%20Hero%20Spot%20ScienceTaught-1.jpg

NDSCS%20Hero%20Spot%20ScienceTaught-1.jpg

80 ms

NDSCS%20Hero%20Spot%20ScienceTaught-2.jpg

NDSCS%20Hero%20Spot%20ScienceTaught-2.jpg

79 ms

NDSCS%20Hero%20Spot%20ScienceTaught-3.jpg

NDSCS%20Hero%20Spot%20ScienceTaught-3.jpg

85 ms

check.png

check.png

82 ms

loc-pin.png

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82 ms

circle-i.png

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82 ms

Ag1.png

Ag1.png

81 ms

Architecture.png

Architecture.png

84 ms

Business.png

Business.png

170 ms

Education.png

Education.png

171 ms

Health.png

Health.png

171 ms

Hospitality.png

Hospitality.png

170 ms

Social.png

Social.png

169 ms

IT.png

IT.png

170 ms

Law.png

Law.png

175 ms

Liberal-Arts.png

Liberal-Arts.png

178 ms

Manufacturing.png

Manufacturing.png

177 ms

STEM.png

STEM.png

175 ms

Transportation.png

Transportation.png

175 ms

Bookstore.jpg

Bookstore.jpg

364 ms

instagram.svg

instagram.svg

290 ms

facebook.svg

facebook.svg

282 ms

youtube.svg

youtube.svg

286 ms

flickr.svg

flickr.svg

288 ms

twitter.svg

twitter.svg

290 ms

cse_element__en.js

cse_element__en.js

166 ms

default+en.css

default+en.css

281 ms

default.css

default.css

314 ms

sdk.js

sdk.js

91 ms

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20 ms

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135 ms

fontawesome-webfont.woff

fontawesome-webfont.woff

211 ms

www-player.css

www-player.css

134 ms

www-embed-player.js

www-embed-player.js

165 ms

base.js

base.js

196 ms

atc.min.js

atc.min.js

567 ms

ad_status.js

ad_status.js

336 ms

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93 ms

embed.js

embed.js

47 ms

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KFOmCnqEu92Fr1Mu4mxPKTU1Kg.ttf

178 ms

KFOlCnqEu92Fr1MmEU9fBBc9AMP6lQ.ttf

KFOlCnqEu92Fr1MmEU9fBBc9AMP6lQ.ttf

186 ms

id

id

26 ms

atc.min.js

atc.min.js

31 ms

Create

Create

31 ms

Accessibility Review

ndscs.edu accessibility score

83

Accessibility Issues

ARIA

These are opportunities to improve the usage of ARIA in your application which may enhance the experience for users of assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Impact

Issue

High

[role]s do not have all required [aria-*] attributes

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

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

Best Practices

ndscs.edu best practices score

83

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

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

ndscs.edu SEO score

75

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

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

Crawling and Indexing

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

Impact

Issue

High

Links are not crawlable

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 Ndscs.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 Ndscs.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

ndscs.edu

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