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Report Summary

  • 56

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    73% of other websites

  • 59

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 26% of websites

  • 67

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    24% of websites

  • 82

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    44% of websites

whatuni.com

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Page Load Speed

3.6 sec in total

First Response

316 ms

Resources Loaded

2.7 sec

Page Rendered

575 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Whatuni.com page load time and found that the first response time was 316 ms and then it took 3.3 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 55% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

whatuni.com performance score

56

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value4.7 s

13/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value9.6 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value5.5 s

54/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value60 ms

100/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value7.9 s

44/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

whatuni.com

316 ms

www.whatuni.com

642 ms

commonvideo_wu548.js

165 ms

common_551.css

365 ms

wu_home_544.css

181 ms

Our browser made a total of 85 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 52% of them (44 requests) were addressed to the original Whatuni.com, 5% (4 requests) were made to Apis.google.com and 5% (4 requests) were made to Google-analytics.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1.2 sec) belongs to the original domain Whatuni.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 758.1 kB (41%)

Content Size

1.9 MB

After Optimization

1.1 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Whatuni.com main page is 1.9 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. 40% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 895.9 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-74%

Potential reduce by 44.8 kB

  • Original 60.3 kB
  • After minification 57.9 kB
  • After compression 15.5 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 44.8 kB or 74% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-4%

Potential reduce by 31.8 kB

  • Original 895.9 kB
  • After minification 864.1 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. Whatuni images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-72%

Potential reduce by 441.6 kB

  • Original 616.8 kB
  • After minification 533.1 kB
  • After compression 175.2 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 441.6 kB or 72% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-81%

Potential reduce by 240.0 kB

  • Original 297.1 kB
  • After minification 258.3 kB
  • After compression 57.1 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. Whatuni.com needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 240.0 kB or 81% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 48 (60%)

Requests Now

80

After Optimization

32

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 80 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Whatuni. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 30 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

whatuni.com

whatuni.com

316 ms

www.whatuni.com

www.whatuni.com

642 ms

commonvideo_wu548.js

commonvideo_wu548.js

165 ms

common_551.css

common_551.css

365 ms

wu_home_544.css

wu_home_544.css

181 ms

flex_slider_544.css

flex_slider_544.css

172 ms

modernizr.js

modernizr.js

179 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

434 ms

jquery.flexslider-2.2.min.js

jquery.flexslider-2.2.min.js

286 ms

home_wu551.js

home_wu551.js

267 ms

heroImage_wu551.js

heroImage_wu551.js

341 ms

switchHeader_wu545.js

switchHeader_wu545.js

286 ms

myFinalChoice_wu551.js

myFinalChoice_wu551.js

386 ms

lazyload.js

lazyload.js

387 ms

socialBox_wu551.js

socialBox_wu551.js

341 ms

jquery-1.3.2.min.js

jquery-1.3.2.min.js

460 ms

iMAWebCookie.js

iMAWebCookie.js

31 ms

ticker.js

ticker.js

416 ms

cpe_stats_logging_wu550.js

cpe_stats_logging_wu550.js

417 ms

client.js

client.js

92 ms

ajax.js

ajax.js

417 ms

ajax-dynamic-list_wu550.js

ajax-dynamic-list_wu550.js

455 ms

common_wu551.js

common_wu551.js

458 ms

all_wu548.js

all_wu548.js

458 ms

commonSearch_wu550.js

commonSearch_wu550.js

501 ms

common_wu551.js

common_wu551.js

475 ms

search_wu551.js

search_wu551.js

646 ms

modal_wu551.js

modal_wu551.js

539 ms

conversion.js

conversion.js

32 ms

j.php

j.php

110 ms

hdr_back.png

hdr_back.png

297 ms

whatuni_logo.svg

whatuni_logo.svg

348 ms

arod.png

arod.png

346 ms

srch_bt.png

srch_bt.png

343 ms

sol_icons.png

sol_icons.png

341 ms

nav_f5bg.png

nav_f5bg.png

333 ms

close_video.jpg

close_video.jpg

143 ms

suitcase.png

suitcase.png

150 ms

hat.png

hat.png

169 ms

uni.png

uni.png

171 ms

books.png

books.png

263 ms

build.png

build.png

262 ms

img_px.gif

img_px.gif

260 ms

myhc_36419_211px.jpg

myhc_36419_211px.jpg

262 ms

myhc_46919_211px.jpg

myhc_46919_211px.jpg

263 ms

myhc_45305_211px.jpg

myhc_45305_211px.jpg

396 ms

myhc_29674_211px.jpg

myhc_29674_211px.jpg

328 ms

wu_load_icon.gif

wu_load_icon.gif

333 ms

bk_2_top.png

bk_2_top.png

333 ms

tml_tab_arw.png

tml_tab_arw.png

358 ms

bg_timeline.png

bg_timeline.png

307 ms

Lato-Black.woff

Lato-Black.woff

403 ms

Lato-Regular.woff

Lato-Regular.woff

497 ms

Lato-Bold.woff

Lato-Bold.woff

464 ms

fontawesome-webfont.woff

fontawesome-webfont.woff

569 ms

v.gif

v.gif

28 ms

myhc_195101.jpg

myhc_195101.jpg

1193 ms

tml_tab_arw1.png

tml_tab_arw1.png

293 ms

bg_time_nl.jpg

bg_time_nl.jpg

280 ms

timeline_nonlog.jpg

timeline_nonlog.jpg

284 ms

icon_features.png

icon_features.png

299 ms

icloud1.png

icloud1.png

274 ms

hesa1.png

hesa1.png

293 ms

ucas1.png

ucas1.png

264 ms

watch.js

watch.js

4 ms

what_foo_lgo.png

what_foo_lgo.png

213 ms

cb=gapi.loaded_0

cb=gapi.loaded_0

40 ms

postmessageRelay

postmessageRelay

95 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

29 ms

96 ms

overlay.png

overlay.png

118 ms

cook_cls.png

cook_cls.png

202 ms

collect

collect

23 ms

collect

collect

77 ms

collect

collect

31 ms

collect

collect

32 ms

1077434459-postmessagerelay.js

1077434459-postmessagerelay.js

23 ms

rpc:shindig_random.js

rpc:shindig_random.js

43 ms

collect

collect

52 ms

89 ms

cb=gapi.loaded_0

cb=gapi.loaded_0

17 ms

dots.png

dots.png

87 ms

dots.png

dots.png

87 ms

dir_arros.png

dir_arros.png

92 ms

dir_arros.png

dir_arros.png

86 ms

Accessibility Review

whatuni.com accessibility score

59

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.

Navigation

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

Impact

Issue

High

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

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

whatuni.com best practices score

67

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

High

Requests the geolocation permission on page load

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

SEO Factors

whatuni.com SEO score

82

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 Whatuni.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 Whatuni.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

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