Report Summary

  • 23

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    42% of other websites

  • 78

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 46% of websites

  • 62

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    24% of websites

  • 84

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    53% of websites

swau.edu

Southwestern Adventist University Homepage | Southwestern Adventist University

Page Load Speed

4 sec in total

First Response

459 ms

Resources Loaded

3.4 sec

Page Rendered

160 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Swau.edu page load time and found that the first response time was 459 ms and then it took 3.6 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 60% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

swau.edu performance score

23

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value2.8 s

56/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value12.3 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value12.3 s

4/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value2,400 ms

5/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.015

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value24.1 s

1/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

swau.edu

459 ms

stylesheet_fad97d0aa7.css

406 ms

jquery-1.7.min.js

560 ms

javascript_0b12553063.js

407 ms

css

24 ms

Our browser made a total of 38 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 79% of them (30 requests) were addressed to the original Swau.edu, 5% (2 requests) were made to Google-analytics.com and 5% (2 requests) were made to V2.zopim.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (2.2 sec) belongs to the original domain Swau.edu.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 1.1 MB (42%)

Content Size

2.7 MB

After Optimization

1.5 MB

In fact, the total size of Swau.edu main page is 2.7 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. 35% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 2.5 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-80%

Potential reduce by 23.5 kB

  • Original 29.3 kB
  • After minification 22.0 kB
  • After compression 5.8 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 7.3 kB, which is 25% 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 23.5 kB or 80% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-40%

Potential reduce by 989.9 kB

  • Original 2.5 MB
  • After minification 1.5 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. Obviously, Swau needs image optimization as it can save up to 989.9 kB or 40% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-61%

Potential reduce by 83.1 kB

  • Original 137.4 kB
  • After minification 127.7 kB
  • After compression 54.3 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. It is highly recommended that all JavaScript files should be compressed and minified as it can save up to 83.1 kB or 61% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-80%

Potential reduce by 19.8 kB

  • Original 24.8 kB
  • After minification 18.5 kB
  • After compression 5.1 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. Swau.edu needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 19.8 kB or 80% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 14 (42%)

Requests Now

33

After Optimization

19

The browser has sent 33 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Swau. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 5 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 5 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Accessibility Review

swau.edu accessibility score

78

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 input fields do not have accessible names

High

[role]s are not contained by their required parent element

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

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

[id] attributes on active, focusable elements are not unique

Best practices

These items highlight common accessibility best practices.

Impact

Issue

High

[user-scalable="no"] is used in the <meta name="viewport"> element or the [maximum-scale] attribute is less than 5.

Best Practices

swau.edu best practices score

62

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

Displays images with incorrect aspect ratio

High

Serves images with low resolution

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Page has valid source maps

High

Issues were logged in the Issues panel in Chrome Devtools

SEO Factors

swau.edu SEO score

84

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

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 Swau.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 Swau.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 Swau. 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: