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Report Summary

  • 26

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    45% of other websites

  • 100

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 97% of websites

  • 83

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    55% of websites

  • 91

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    70% of websites

ucf.com

University of Central Florida | A University for the Future

Page Load Speed

2.9 sec in total

First Response

123 ms

Resources Loaded

1.3 sec

Page Rendered

1.5 sec

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About Website

Visit ucf.com now to see the best up-to-date Ucf content for United States and also check out these interesting facts you probably never knew about ucf.com

UCF is unleashing the potential of students & faculty. UCF is one of America's best colleges for academics, research, impact & value. Main campus: Orlando.

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Key Findings

We analyzed Ucf.com page load time and found that the first response time was 123 ms and then it took 2.8 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 50% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

ucf.com performance score

26

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.3 s

41/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value25.7 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value12.1 s

3/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value1,110 ms

23/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.054

98/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value31.7 s

0/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

ucf.com

123 ms

ucf.com

211 ms

www.ucf.edu

34 ms

gtm.js

126 ms

athena-gf.min.css

24 ms

Our browser made a total of 68 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 3% of them (2 requests) were addressed to the original Ucf.com, 69% (47 requests) were made to Ucf.edu and 7% (5 requests) were made to Googletagmanager.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (413 ms) relates to the external source Siteimproveanalytics.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 150.1 kB (13%)

Content Size

1.2 MB

After Optimization

1.1 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Ucf.com main page is 1.2 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. 70% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 793.6 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-76%

Potential reduce by 113.9 kB

  • Original 149.1 kB
  • After minification 144.2 kB
  • After compression 35.2 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 113.9 kB or 76% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 44 B

  • Original 793.6 kB
  • After minification 793.6 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. Ucf images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-5%

Potential reduce by 4.9 kB

  • Original 108.4 kB
  • After minification 108.4 kB
  • After compression 103.5 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

-21%

Potential reduce by 31.3 kB

  • Original 149.5 kB
  • After minification 149.5 kB
  • After compression 118.2 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. Ucf.com needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 31.3 kB or 21% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 33 (58%)

Requests Now

57

After Optimization

24

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 57 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Ucf. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 21 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 14 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

ucf.com

ucf.com

123 ms

ucf.com

ucf.com

211 ms

www.ucf.edu

www.ucf.edu

34 ms

gtm.js

gtm.js

126 ms

athena-gf.min.css

athena-gf.min.css

24 ms

ucf-events.min.css

ucf-events.min.css

44 ms

ucf-faq.min.css

ucf-faq.min.css

49 ms

ucf-post-list.min.css

ucf-post-list.min.css

48 ms

ucf-rss.min.css

ucf-rss.min.css

47 ms

ucf-weather.min.css

ucf-weather.min.css

54 ms

style.min.css

style.min.css

55 ms

section-menu.min.css

section-menu.min.css

54 ms

ucf-social.min.css

ucf-social.min.css

97 ms

ucf-resource-search.min.css

ucf-resource-search.min.css

97 ms

home-page-min-height-600.css

home-page-min-height-600.css

97 ms

v2-Homepage-Nursing-Vr-Students-desktop-1600x500-1.jpg

v2-Homepage-Nursing-Vr-Students-desktop-1600x500-1.jpg

111 ms

ucf-college-arts-humanities-orlando-florida-2.jpg

ucf-college-arts-humanities-orlando-florida-2.jpg

112 ms

ucf-college-business-orlando-florida-2.jpg

ucf-college-business-orlando-florida-2.jpg

123 ms

ucf-burnett-honors-college-orlando-flordia-2.jpg

ucf-burnett-honors-college-orlando-flordia-2.jpg

126 ms

1805MCA891-College-Profile-Pages-collegesquares-600x600-ccie-2.jpg

1805MCA891-College-Profile-Pages-collegesquares-600x600-ccie-2.jpg

126 ms

ucf-college-engineering-computer-science-orlando-florida-2.jpg

ucf-college-engineering-computer-science-orlando-florida-2.jpg

123 ms

1805MCA891-College-Profile-Pages-collegesquares-600x600-chps-2.jpg

1805MCA891-College-Profile-Pages-collegesquares-600x600-chps-2.jpg

123 ms

College-Pages-Nav-Images-600x600-medicine-2.jpg

College-Pages-Nav-Images-600x600-medicine-2.jpg

126 ms

ucf-college-nursing-orlando-florida-2.jpg

ucf-college-nursing-orlando-florida-2.jpg

268 ms

ucf-college-optics-photonics-orlando-florida-2.jpg

ucf-college-optics-photonics-orlando-florida-2.jpg

128 ms

ucf-rosen-college-hospitality-management-orlando-florida.jpg

ucf-rosen-college-hospitality-management-orlando-florida.jpg

169 ms

ucf-college-sciences-orlando-florida-2.jpg

ucf-college-sciences-orlando-florida-2.jpg

269 ms

ucf-college-graduate-studies-orlando-florida-2.jpg

ucf-college-graduate-studies-orlando-florida-2.jpg

268 ms

ucf-college-undergraduate-studies-orlando-florida-2.jpg

ucf-college-undergraduate-studies-orlando-florida-2.jpg

268 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

109 ms

tether.min.js

tether.min.js

124 ms

script.min.js

script.min.js

167 ms

ucf-alert.min.js

ucf-alert.min.js

267 ms

university-header.js

university-header.js

367 ms

new-tab.js

new-tab.js

271 ms

lazysizes.min.js

lazysizes.min.js

270 ms

ls.unveilhooks.min.js

ls.unveilhooks.min.js

270 ms

section-menu.min.js

section-menu.min.js

269 ms

typeahead.bundle.min.js

typeahead.bundle.min.js

165 ms

handlebars.min.js

handlebars.min.js

270 ms

ucf-degree-search.min.js

ucf-degree-search.min.js

267 ms

degree-search-typeahead.min.js

degree-search-typeahead.min.js

271 ms

ucfsansserifalt-medium-webfont.woff

ucfsansserifalt-medium-webfont.woff

169 ms

ucfsansserifalt-semibold-webfont.woff

ucfsansserifalt-semibold-webfont.woff

170 ms

ucfsansserifalt-light-webfont.woff

ucfsansserifalt-light-webfont.woff

170 ms

ucfsansserifalt-bold-webfont.woff

ucfsansserifalt-bold-webfont.woff

169 ms

ucfsansserifalt-extrabold-webfont.woff

ucfsansserifalt-extrabold-webfont.woff

168 ms

ucfsansserifalt-black-webfont.woff

ucfsansserifalt-black-webfont.woff

170 ms

267 ms

js

js

237 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

234 ms

siteanalyze_36185.js

siteanalyze_36185.js

413 ms

ucfcondensedalt-regular-webfont.woff

ucfcondensedalt-regular-webfont.woff

147 ms

bar.css

bar.css

257 ms

1200-breakpoint.css

1200-breakpoint.css

328 ms

js

js

258 ms

js

js

342 ms

BC29-MostInnovative-2024.png

BC29-MostInnovative-2024.png

224 ms

collect

collect

125 ms

collect

collect

128 ms

ucf-footer.min.css

ucf-footer.min.css

41 ms

spritesheet-v2.png

spritesheet-v2.png

36 ms

plasmonic-paint.jpg

plasmonic-paint.jpg

31 ms

Olfaction-1.jpg

Olfaction-1.jpg

30 ms

js

js

53 ms

ga-audiences

ga-audiences

70 ms

social-links-gray.svg

social-links-gray.svg

31 ms

chartbeat.js

chartbeat.js

18 ms

Accessibility Review

ucf.com accessibility score

100

Accessibility Issues

Best Practices

ucf.com best practices score

83

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

SEO Factors

ucf.com SEO score

91

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 Ucf.com 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 Ucf.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

ucf.com

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