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Report Summary

  • 21

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    39% of other websites

  • 88

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 68% of websites

  • 67

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    24% of websites

  • 92

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    74% of websites

nsu.edu

Norfolk State University - Norfolk State University

Page Load Speed

4.4 sec in total

First Response

62 ms

Resources Loaded

3.7 sec

Page Rendered

708 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Nsu.edu page load time and found that the first response time was 62 ms and then it took 4.4 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 70% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

nsu.edu performance score

21

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value7.6 s

1/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value19.6 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value16.8 s

0/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value1,220 ms

20/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.014

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value27.5 s

0/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

nsu.edu

62 ms

www.nsu.edu

43 ms

www.nsu.edu

2516 ms

owl.carousel.min.css

44 ms

page-home.css

90 ms

Our browser made a total of 85 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 40% of them (34 requests) were addressed to the original Nsu.edu, 12% (10 requests) were made to Cdnjs.cloudflare.com and 11% (9 requests) were made to Use.typekit.net. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (2.5 sec) belongs to the original domain Nsu.edu.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 904.7 kB (9%)

Content Size

9.7 MB

After Optimization

8.8 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Nsu.edu main page is 9.7 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 8.7 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-54%

Potential reduce by 327.8 kB

  • Original 612.4 kB
  • After minification 606.7 kB
  • After compression 284.6 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. HTML code on this page is well minified. It is highly recommended that content of this web page should be compressed using GZIP, as it can save up to 327.8 kB or 54% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-5%

Potential reduce by 456.2 kB

  • Original 8.7 MB
  • After minification 8.3 MB

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. Nsu images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-17%

Potential reduce by 33.6 kB

  • Original 198.0 kB
  • After minification 188.7 kB
  • After compression 164.4 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 33.6 kB or 17% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-88%

Potential reduce by 87.1 kB

  • Original 98.9 kB
  • After minification 73.3 kB
  • After compression 11.7 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. Nsu.edu needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 87.1 kB or 88% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 41 (59%)

Requests Now

70

After Optimization

29

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 70 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Nsu. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 38 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 5 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

nsu.edu

nsu.edu

62 ms

www.nsu.edu

www.nsu.edu

43 ms

www.nsu.edu

www.nsu.edu

2516 ms

owl.carousel.min.css

owl.carousel.min.css

44 ms

page-home.css

page-home.css

90 ms

fgp0vqk.js

fgp0vqk.js

54 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

48 ms

jquery.cycle2.core.min.js

jquery.cycle2.core.min.js

42 ms

jquery.cycle2.pager.min.js

jquery.cycle2.pager.min.js

46 ms

owl.carousel.min.js

owl.carousel.min.js

47 ms

TweenMax.min.js

TweenMax.min.js

46 ms

TimelineMax.min.js

TimelineMax.min.js

62 ms

AttrPlugin.min.js

AttrPlugin.min.js

62 ms

DrawSVGPlugin.min.js

DrawSVGPlugin.min.js

70 ms

MorphSVGPlugin.min.js

MorphSVGPlugin.min.js

72 ms

ScrollMagic.min.js

ScrollMagic.min.js

54 ms

animation.gsap.min.js

animation.gsap.min.js

58 ms

jquery.uniform.standalone.js

jquery.uniform.standalone.js

69 ms

GetResource.ashx

GetResource.ashx

70 ms

js

js

74 ms

js

js

235 ms

track.js

track.js

355 ms

WebResource.axd

WebResource.axd

181 ms

GetResource.ashx

GetResource.ashx

24 ms

ScriptResource.axd

ScriptResource.axd

180 ms

ScriptResource.axd

ScriptResource.axd

26 ms

siteanalyze_66356713.js

siteanalyze_66356713.js

313 ms

site.es5.js

site.es5.js

12 ms

boxes.js

boxes.js

161 ms

homepage.es5.js

homepage.es5.js

161 ms

gtm.js

gtm.js

144 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

191 ms

ns.html

ns.html

169 ms

nsu-logo.svg

nsu-logo.svg

145 ms

scroll-indicator.svg

scroll-indicator.svg

146 ms

Audience2019_Prospective_v-01.png

Audience2019_Prospective_v-01.png

491 ms

Audience2017_transfer-students_v01_1.png

Audience2017_transfer-students_v01_1.png

521 ms

Audience2019_graduate-student_v01_1.png

Audience2019_graduate-student_v01_1.png

488 ms

Audience-Military-10-4-2019.png.aspx

Audience-Military-10-4-2019.png.aspx

490 ms

Audience2019_current-students_v01_2.png

Audience2019_current-students_v01_2.png

203 ms

alumni-photo-fall2018.png

alumni-photo-fall2018.png

375 ms

Audience-Parents-Panel-2024-02.png

Audience-Parents-Panel-2024-02.png

213 ms

NSU-Event-Calendar.jpg

NSU-Event-Calendar.jpg

247 ms

NSU-Admissions-Home-01.jpg

NSU-Admissions-Home-01.jpg

262 ms

NSU-Athletics-Home-01.jpg

NSU-Athletics-Home-01.jpg

263 ms

js

js

74 ms

activityi;src=6637120;type=gener0;cat=nsugl0;ord=1;num=15377692;~oref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nsu.edu%2F

activityi;src=6637120;type=gener0;cat=nsugl0;ord=1;num=15377692;~oref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nsu.edu%2F

144 ms

collect

collect

14 ms

collect

collect

14 ms

icon-home.svg

icon-home.svg

67 ms

icon-search.svg

icon-search.svg

68 ms

tower-banner-jpg.jpg

tower-banner-jpg.jpg

70 ms

Lifelong-Friends-side.jpg

Lifelong-Friends-side.jpg

130 ms

NSU-banner-graduation.jpg

NSU-banner-graduation.jpg

504 ms

Engaged-Faculty-3.jpg

Engaged-Faculty-3.jpg

316 ms

bebdbb99-f293-4999-8873-4b6063b9.js

bebdbb99-f293-4999-8873-4b6063b9.js

117 ms

gtm.js

gtm.js

106 ms

up.js

up.js

178 ms

src=6637120;type=gener0;cat=nsugl0;ord=1;num=15377692;~oref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nsu.edu%2F

src=6637120;type=gener0;cat=nsugl0;ord=1;num=15377692;~oref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nsu.edu%2F

460 ms

player_api

player_api

193 ms

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109 ms

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141 ms

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312 ms

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199 ms

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199 ms

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184 ms

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197 ms

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198 ms

curator.embed.css

curator.embed.css

48 ms

js

js

106 ms

destination

destination

52 ms

insight.min.js

insight.min.js

227 ms

munchkin.js

munchkin.js

225 ms

fbevents.js

fbevents.js

224 ms

bebdbb99-f293-4999-8873-4b6063b9.css

bebdbb99-f293-4999-8873-4b6063b9.css

50 ms

www-widgetapi.js

www-widgetapi.js

56 ms

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145 ms

curator.embed.js

curator.embed.js

129 ms

triangle-sprite.svg

triangle-sprite.svg

57 ms

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119 ms

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75 ms

munchkin.js

munchkin.js

25 ms

p.gif

p.gif

24 ms

visitWebPage

visitWebPage

21 ms

li_sync

li_sync

13 ms

Accessibility Review

nsu.edu accessibility score

88

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

[aria-*] attributes do not match their roles

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

Links do not have a discernible name

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

Lists do not contain only <li> elements and script supporting elements (<script> and <template>).

Best Practices

nsu.edu 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

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

High

Issues were logged in the Issues panel in Chrome Devtools

SEO Factors

nsu.edu SEO score

92

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

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

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 Nsu.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 Nsu.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

nsu.edu

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