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Report Summary

  • 31

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    51% of other websites

  • 70

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 35% of websites

  • 58

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    20% of websites

  • 72

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    31% of websites

library.ufs.ac.za

Library and Information Services Home

Page Load Speed

12.8 sec in total

First Response

690 ms

Resources Loaded

8.9 sec

Page Rendered

3.1 sec

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Key Findings

We analyzed Library.ufs.ac.za page load time and found that the first response time was 690 ms and then it took 12.1 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 90% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

library.ufs.ac.za performance score

31

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value34.7 s

0/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value67.3 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value45.7 s

0/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value470 ms

61/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.123

83/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value64.2 s

0/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

library.ufs.ac.za

690 ms

library.ufs.ac.za

870 ms

library

2258 ms

all.min.css

625 ms

YouTubePopUp.css

837 ms

Our browser made a total of 71 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 3% of them (2 requests) were addressed to the original Library.ufs.ac.za, 79% (56 requests) were made to Ufs.ac.za and 10% (7 requests) were made to Imageserver.ebscohost.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (3.5 sec) relates to the external source Ufs.ac.za.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 4.9 MB (70%)

Content Size

7.0 MB

After Optimization

2.1 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Library.ufs.ac.za main page is 7.0 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. 60% of websites need less resources to load. Javascripts take 6.0 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-100%

Potential reduce by 4.1 kB

  • Original 4.1 kB
  • After compression 8 B

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. It is highly recommended that content of this web page should be compressed using GZIP, as it can save up to 4.1 kB or 100% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-24%

Potential reduce by 26.9 kB

  • Original 112.4 kB
  • After minification 85.5 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, Library Ufs needs image optimization as it can save up to 26.9 kB or 24% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-69%

Potential reduce by 4.1 MB

  • Original 6.0 MB
  • After minification 6.0 MB
  • After compression 1.9 MB

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 4.1 MB or 69% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-85%

Potential reduce by 768.8 kB

  • Original 908.7 kB
  • After minification 843.5 kB
  • After compression 139.9 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. Library.ufs.ac.za needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 768.8 kB or 85% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 40 (63%)

Requests Now

64

After Optimization

24

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 64 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Library Ufs. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 24 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 18 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

library.ufs.ac.za

library.ufs.ac.za

690 ms

library.ufs.ac.za

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870 ms

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2258 ms

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625 ms

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837 ms

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1507 ms

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891 ms

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1509 ms

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44 ms

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79 ms

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1519 ms

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1730 ms

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1731 ms

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1733 ms

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1744 ms

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1917 ms

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1942 ms

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2931 ms

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1047 ms

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3507 ms

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1595 ms

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1653 ms

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1760 ms

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1760 ms

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1853 ms

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493 ms

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139 ms

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35 ms

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16 ms

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61 ms

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216 ms

Accessibility Review

library.ufs.ac.za accessibility score

70

Accessibility Issues

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.

Internationalization and localization

These are opportunities to improve the interpretation of your content by users in different locales.

Impact

Issue

High

<html> element does not have a [lang] attribute

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

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

High

Form elements do not have associated labels

High

Links do not have a discernible name

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

library.ufs.ac.za best practices score

58

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

Browser errors were logged to the console

High

Missing source maps for large first-party JavaScript

High

Issues were logged in the Issues panel in Chrome Devtools

SEO Factors

library.ufs.ac.za SEO score

72

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

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

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

High

Tap targets are not sized appropriately

Language and Encoding

  • Language Detected

    EN

  • Language Claimed

    N/A

  • Encoding

    N/A

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Library.ufs.ac.za 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 Library.ufs.ac.za main page’s claimed encoding is . Changing it to UTF-8 can be a good choice, as this format is commonly used for encoding all over the web and thus their visitors won’t have any troubles with symbol transcription or reading.

Social Sharing Optimization

library.ufs.ac.za

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