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Report Summary

  • 35

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    55% of other websites

  • 81

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 52% of websites

  • 83

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    56% of websites

  • 79

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    40% of websites

applications.asm.org

ASM Submission Portal Programs

Page Load Speed

2.2 sec in total

First Response

368 ms

Resources Loaded

1.7 sec

Page Rendered

137 ms

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About Website

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Key Findings

We analyzed Applications.asm.org page load time and found that the first response time was 368 ms and then it took 1.9 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 35% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

applications.asm.org performance score

35

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.3 s

40/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value10.3 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value6.0 s

46/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value750 ms

39/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.087

93/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value13.6 s

11/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

index.cfm

368 ms

moo_maximenuhck.css

68 ms

maximenuhck.php

70 ms

beez5-position1.css

73 ms

maximenuhck.php

74 ms

Our browser made a total of 48 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 17% of them (8 requests) were addressed to the original Applications.asm.org, 79% (38 requests) were made to Asm.org and 4% (2 requests) were made to Sealserver.trustwave.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (368 ms) belongs to the original domain Applications.asm.org.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 788.2 kB (73%)

Content Size

1.1 MB

After Optimization

296.2 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Applications.asm.org main page is 1.1 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. 55% of websites need less resources to load. Javascripts take 686.7 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-86%

Potential reduce by 58.4 kB

  • Original 68.2 kB
  • After minification 65.5 kB
  • After compression 9.8 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. 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 58.4 kB or 86% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-30%

Potential reduce by 23.7 kB

  • Original 79.3 kB
  • After minification 55.6 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. Obviously, Applications ASM needs image optimization as it can save up to 23.7 kB or 30% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-72%

Potential reduce by 491.2 kB

  • Original 686.7 kB
  • After minification 667.6 kB
  • After compression 195.5 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. It is highly recommended that all JavaScript files should be compressed and minified as it can save up to 491.2 kB or 72% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-86%

Potential reduce by 214.9 kB

  • Original 250.2 kB
  • After minification 173.8 kB
  • After compression 35.3 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. Applications.asm.org needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 214.9 kB or 86% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 34 (72%)

Requests Now

47

After Optimization

13

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 47 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Applications ASM. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 14 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 22 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

index.cfm

index.cfm

368 ms

moo_maximenuhck.css

moo_maximenuhck.css

68 ms

maximenuhck.php

maximenuhck.php

70 ms

beez5-position1.css

beez5-position1.css

73 ms

maximenuhck.php

maximenuhck.php

74 ms

maximenuhck.php

maximenuhck.php

77 ms

maximenuck.css

maximenuck.css

76 ms

maximenuhck.php

maximenuhck.php

86 ms

maximenuhck.php

maximenuhck.php

78 ms

maximenuhck.php

maximenuhck.php

80 ms

maximenuhck.php

maximenuhck.php

87 ms

acesearch.css

acesearch.css

81 ms

mootools-core.js

mootools-core.js

99 ms

core.js

core.js

89 ms

caption.js

caption.js

95 ms

mootools-more.js

mootools-more.js

126 ms

md_stylechanger.js

md_stylechanger.js

89 ms

moomaximenuck.js

moomaximenuck.js

89 ms

fancymenuck.js

fancymenuck.js

89 ms

autocompleter.js

autocompleter.js

90 ms

system.css

system.css

92 ms

position.css

position.css

90 ms

layout.css

layout.css

93 ms

asm2013.css

asm2013.css

121 ms

jquery-ui.css

jquery-ui.css

93 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

118 ms

jquery-ui.min.js

jquery-ui.min.js

120 ms

general.css

general.css

117 ms

hide.js

hide.js

118 ms

override.css

override.css

207 ms

awardapps.css

awardapps.css

236 ms

calendar.css

calendar.css

239 ms

awardapps.js

awardapps.js

235 ms

simplecalendar.js

simplecalendar.js

305 ms

system.css

system.css

13 ms

seal.js

seal.js

224 ms

print.css

print.css

5 ms

searchicon.png

searchicon.png

6 ms

up.gif

up.gif

104 ms

down.gif

down.gif

77 ms

gobtn.gif

gobtn.gif

71 ms

home.png

home.png

74 ms

for-members-sm.png

for-members-sm.png

70 ms

feedback.jpg

feedback.jpg

72 ms

social2.png

social2.png

72 ms

banner2.jpg

banner2.jpg

71 ms

nav_blank.png

nav_blank.png

33 ms

seal_image.php

seal_image.php

46 ms

Accessibility Review

applications.asm.org accessibility score

81

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

Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order

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

applications.asm.org best practices score

83

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

High

Missing source maps for large first-party JavaScript

SEO Factors

applications.asm.org SEO score

79

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 Applications.asm.org 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 Applications.asm.org 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

applications.asm.org

Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of Applications ASM. 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: