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Report Summary

  • 81

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    87% of other websites

  • 78

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 46% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    36% of websites

  • 92

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    75% of websites

phdjobs.com

PhD jobs | PhD Positions | PhD Careers | Find College and University PhD Jobs in All 50 States - PhdJobs.com

Page Load Speed

2.2 sec in total

First Response

135 ms

Resources Loaded

1.7 sec

Page Rendered

379 ms

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About Website

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Key Findings

We analyzed Phdjobs.com page load time and found that the first response time was 135 ms and then it took 2.1 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 40% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

phdjobs.com performance score

81

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value2.5 s

66/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value3.3 s

70/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value4.3 s

76/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value180 ms

91/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.036

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value5.9 s

65/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

phdjobs.com

135 ms

www.phdjobs.com

302 ms

style.css

53 ms

getseal

269 ms

analytics.js

26 ms

Our browser made a total of 61 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 69% of them (42 requests) were addressed to the original Phdjobs.com, 13% (8 requests) were made to Academicjobs.co and 5% (3 requests) were made to S.ytimg.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (390 ms) belongs to the original domain Phdjobs.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 494.8 kB (50%)

Content Size

991.0 kB

After Optimization

496.2 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Phdjobs.com main page is 991.0 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. 60% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 407.4 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-90%

Potential reduce by 84.2 kB

  • Original 93.5 kB
  • After minification 64.3 kB
  • After compression 9.3 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 29.2 kB, which is 31% 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 84.2 kB or 90% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-15%

Potential reduce by 59.3 kB

  • Original 407.4 kB
  • After minification 348.2 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, PhD Jobs needs image optimization as it can save up to 59.3 kB or 15% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-59%

Potential reduce by 137.9 kB

  • Original 233.7 kB
  • After minification 233.6 kB
  • After compression 95.8 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 137.9 kB or 59% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-83%

Potential reduce by 213.4 kB

  • Original 256.4 kB
  • After minification 254.6 kB
  • After compression 43.0 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. Phdjobs.com needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 213.4 kB or 83% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 21 (39%)

Requests Now

54

After Optimization

33

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 54 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of PhD Jobs. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 14 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

phdjobs.com

phdjobs.com

135 ms

www.phdjobs.com

www.phdjobs.com

302 ms

style.css

style.css

53 ms

getseal

getseal

269 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

26 ms

a.aspx

a.aspx

226 ms

www.phdjobs.com

www.phdjobs.com

66 ms

bgtop_new.jpg

bgtop_new.jpg

204 ms

logo_phdjbs2e.png

logo_phdjbs2e.png

191 ms

spacer.gif

spacer.gif

183 ms

post_job_phj.png

post_job_phj.png

216 ms

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bar_curve_1.jpg

217 ms

bar_bg.jpg

bar_bg.jpg

121 ms

bar_div.jpg

bar_div.jpg

168 ms

bar_curve_1a.jpg

bar_curve_1a.jpg

215 ms

bar_right.jpg

bar_right.jpg

231 ms

bar_right_bg1.jpg

bar_right_bg1.jpg

238 ms

bar_right_bg.jpg

bar_right_bg.jpg

263 ms

signin.jpg

signin.jpg

302 ms

bar_right_bg2.jpg

bar_right_bg2.jpg

268 ms

bar_right_bottom.jpg

bar_right_bottom.jpg

270 ms

arrow_prle.png

arrow_prle.png

275 ms

bar_div2.jpg

bar_div2.jpg

282 ms

map3c.png

map3c.png

390 ms

search_jobs_btn2.jpg

search_jobs_btn2.jpg

315 ms

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ace2016.jpg

363 ms

spacer.gif

spacer.gif

316 ms

logo_phdjbs_footer2a.png

logo_phdjbs_footer2a.png

336 ms

t_social.jpg

t_social.jpg

345 ms

in_social.jpg

in_social.jpg

363 ms

f_social.jpg

f_social.jpg

362 ms

collect

collect

23 ms

130x705_uab2.gif

130x705_uab2.gif

211 ms

quickSearch.png

quickSearch.png

252 ms

q18b.png

q18b.png

264 ms

a.aspx

a.aspx

51 ms

ut_health_sa.jpg

ut_health_sa.jpg

133 ms

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49 ms

yale_univ.jpg

yale_univ.jpg

78 ms

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50 ms

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48 ms

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49 ms

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umass.jpg

51 ms

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52 ms

univ_buffalo.jpg

univ_buffalo.jpg

49 ms

a.aspx

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49 ms

univ_rochester.jpg

univ_rochester.jpg

58 ms

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70 ms

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180x750_uab2.gif

55 ms

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81 ms

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48 ms

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46 ms

spacer.gif

spacer.gif

22 ms

bar_curve_bot2.jpg

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63 ms

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33 ms

www-embed-player.js

www-embed-player.js

56 ms

base.js

base.js

88 ms

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46 ms

ad_status.js

ad_status.js

41 ms

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42 ms

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86 ms

Accessibility Review

phdjobs.com accessibility score

78

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

Buttons do not have an accessible name

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

High

Links do not have a discernible name

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.

Best Practices

phdjobs.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

phdjobs.com SEO score

92

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

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

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 Phdjobs.com 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 Phdjobs.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

phdjobs.com

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