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Report Summary

  • 28

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    47% of other websites

  • 85

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 58% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    35% of websites

  • 80

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    42% of websites

journal.siu.edu

Journalism | Communication and Media Programs | SIU

Page Load Speed

1.5 sec in total

First Response

91 ms

Resources Loaded

1.3 sec

Page Rendered

141 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Journal.siu.edu page load time and found that the first response time was 91 ms and then it took 1.4 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 30% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

journal.siu.edu performance score

28

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value4.8 s

11/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value10.7 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value5.2 s

59/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value950 ms

29/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.151

76/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value16.2 s

6/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

journal.siu.edu

91 ms

journal.siu.edu

144 ms

256 ms

gtm.js

176 ms

js

358 ms

Our browser made a total of 55 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 4% of them (2 requests) were addressed to the original Journal.siu.edu, 40% (22 requests) were made to Asset.siu.edu and 11% (6 requests) were made to Google.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (358 ms) relates to the external source Googletagmanager.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 62.7 kB (10%)

Content Size

610.6 kB

After Optimization

547.9 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Journal.siu.edu main page is 610.6 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. 50% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 263.8 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-78%

Potential reduce by 31.2 kB

  • Original 40.1 kB
  • After minification 32.0 kB
  • After compression 8.9 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 8.1 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 31.2 kB or 78% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-8%

Potential reduce by 22.1 kB

  • Original 263.8 kB
  • After minification 241.7 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. Journal SIU images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-1%

Potential reduce by 1.3 kB

  • Original 249.2 kB
  • After minification 249.2 kB
  • After compression 247.9 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

-14%

Potential reduce by 8.1 kB

  • Original 57.5 kB
  • After minification 57.5 kB
  • After compression 49.4 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. Journal.siu.edu needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 8.1 kB or 14% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 25 (58%)

Requests Now

43

After Optimization

18

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 43 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Journal SIU. 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 12 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

journal.siu.edu

journal.siu.edu

91 ms

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144 ms

256 ms

gtm.js

gtm.js

176 ms

js

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358 ms

all.css

all.css

42 ms

css

css

45 ms

css

css

61 ms

base.css

base.css

257 ms

secondary.css

secondary.css

228 ms

jquery.min.js

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32 ms

slideshow.css

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230 ms

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230 ms

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235 ms

hh-calculator.css

hh-calculator.css

234 ms

bootstrap.bundle.min.js

bootstrap.bundle.min.js

55 ms

alpine.js

alpine.js

334 ms

secondary-mods.css

secondary-mods.css

274 ms

mmenu.js

mmenu.js

286 ms

jquery.mmenu.all.css

jquery.mmenu.all.css

287 ms

responsive-nav.js

responsive-nav.js

287 ms

modernizr.js

modernizr.js

333 ms

respond.min.js

respond.min.js

354 ms

siu-logo.png

siu-logo.png

334 ms

siu-logo-horizontal.png

siu-logo-horizontal.png

322 ms

cse.js

cse.js

80 ms

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193 ms

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69 ms

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68 ms

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68 ms

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155 ms

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43 ms

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84 ms

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84 ms

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125 ms

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107 ms

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100 ms

check-mark.png

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89 ms

dollar-sign.png

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89 ms

globe.png

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89 ms

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89 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

105 ms

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12 ms

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57 ms

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56 ms

async-ads.js

async-ads.js

79 ms

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32 ms

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24 ms

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14 ms

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22 ms

js

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136 ms

Accessibility Review

journal.siu.edu accessibility score

85

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

<frame> or <iframe> elements do not have a title

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

High

Links do not have a discernible name

Navigation

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

Impact

Issue

High

Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order

Best Practices

journal.siu.edu 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

User Experience

Impact

Issue

High

Serves images with low resolution

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

journal.siu.edu SEO score

80

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

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 Journal.siu.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 Journal.siu.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

journal.siu.edu

Open Graph data is detected on the main page of Journal SIU. This is the best way to make the web page social media friendly. Here is how it looks like on Facebook: