Report Summary

  • 54

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    72% of other websites

  • 100

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 97% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    36% of websites

  • 86

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    60% of websites

webapps.nccu.edu

Home | North Carolina Central University

Page Load Speed

322 ms in total

First Response

84 ms

Resources Loaded

155 ms

Page Rendered

83 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Webapps.nccu.edu page load time and found that the first response time was 84 ms and then it took 238 ms to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is an excellent result, as only a small number of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

webapps.nccu.edu performance score

54

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value4.1 s

21/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value5.7 s

16/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value4.1 s

79/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value350 ms

74/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.014

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value10.1 s

26/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

webapps.nccu.edu

84 ms

style.css

15 ms

functions.js

20 ms

mm_menu.js

37 ms

nccu_logo.png

12 ms

Our browser made a total of 5 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that all of those requests were addressed to Webapps.nccu.edu and no external sources were called. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (84 ms) belongs to the original domain Webapps.nccu.edu.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 71.5 kB (85%)

Content Size

84.6 kB

After Optimization

13.1 kB

In fact, the total size of Webapps.nccu.edu main page is 84.6 kB. This result falls within a vast category (top 1 000 000) of heavyweight, probably not optimized, and thus slow loading web pages. Only a small number of websites need less resources to load. Javascripts take 74.7 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-52%

Potential reduce by 1.1 kB

  • Original 2.2 kB
  • After minification 2.2 kB
  • After compression 1.0 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 1.1 kB or 52% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-18%

Potential reduce by 387 B

  • Original 2.1 kB
  • After minification 1.7 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, Webapps Nccu needs image optimization as it can save up to 387 B or 18% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-88%

Potential reduce by 65.5 kB

  • Original 74.7 kB
  • After minification 46.1 kB
  • After compression 9.2 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 65.5 kB or 88% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-80%

Potential reduce by 4.4 kB

  • Original 5.5 kB
  • After minification 3.8 kB
  • After compression 1.1 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. Webapps.nccu.edu needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 4.4 kB or 80% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

We found no issues to fix!

Requests Now

4

After Optimization

4

The browser has sent 4 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Webapps Nccu. According to our analytics all requests are already optimized.

Accessibility Review

webapps.nccu.edu accessibility score

100

Accessibility Issues

Best Practices

webapps.nccu.edu best practices score

75

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

High

Issues were logged in the Issues panel in Chrome Devtools

SEO Factors

webapps.nccu.edu SEO score

86

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

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

    N/A

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Webapps.nccu.edu can be misinterpreted by Google and other search engines. Our service has detected that English is used on the page, and neither this language nor any other was claimed in <html> or <meta> tags. Our system also found out that Webapps.nccu.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

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