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Report Summary

  • 17

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    32% of other websites

  • 63

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 28% of websites

  • 58

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    20% of websites

  • 82

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    44% of websites

applysquare.com

ApplySquare|International Education_Global University Rankings_Study Abroad Admission Programs

Page Load Speed

14 sec in total

First Response

911 ms

Resources Loaded

12.6 sec

Page Rendered

520 ms

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About Website

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Key Findings

We analyzed Applysquare.com page load time and found that the first response time was 911 ms and then it took 13.1 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

applysquare.com performance score

17

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value5.8 s

5/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value23.1 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value17.7 s

0/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value2,250 ms

6/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value22.9 s

1/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

applysquare.com

911 ms

www.applysquare.com

1787 ms

a2-58ed07f93a4382b26608a134b73c342150b56762.css

2207 ms

vendor_e082fb95.js

3485 ms

page_home_eae67a8e.js

2572 ms

Our browser made a total of 78 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 9% of them (7 requests) were addressed to the original Applysquare.com, 62% (48 requests) were made to Cdn.applysquare.net and 9% (7 requests) were made to Basevistor.s2.udesk.cn. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (4 sec) relates to the external source Cdn.applysquare.net.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 1.6 MB (29%)

Content Size

5.6 MB

After Optimization

4.0 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Applysquare.com main page is 5.6 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. 30% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 2.6 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-89%

Potential reduce by 768.4 kB

  • Original 868.1 kB
  • After minification 866.5 kB
  • After compression 99.6 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 768.4 kB or 89% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-15%

Potential reduce by 382.9 kB

  • Original 2.6 MB
  • After minification 2.2 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, Apply Square needs image optimization as it can save up to 382.9 kB or 15% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-2%

Potential reduce by 38.6 kB

  • Original 1.6 MB
  • After minification 1.6 MB
  • After compression 1.5 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. This website has mostly compressed JavaScripts.

CSS Optimization

-70%

Potential reduce by 402.2 kB

  • Original 574.8 kB
  • After minification 574.8 kB
  • After compression 172.5 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. Applysquare.com needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 402.2 kB or 70% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 26 (37%)

Requests Now

71

After Optimization

45

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 71 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Apply Square. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 11 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 4 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

applysquare.com

applysquare.com

911 ms

www.applysquare.com

www.applysquare.com

1787 ms

a2-58ed07f93a4382b26608a134b73c342150b56762.css

a2-58ed07f93a4382b26608a134b73c342150b56762.css

2207 ms

vendor_e082fb95.js

vendor_e082fb95.js

3485 ms

page_home_eae67a8e.js

page_home_eae67a8e.js

2572 ms

a2-0a08fd185b8eb511d627d8d2d1759c04bea0dfca.js

a2-0a08fd185b8eb511d627d8d2d1759c04bea0dfca.js

2841 ms

share_logo_opaque.png

share_logo_opaque.png

1831 ms

logo_name.png

logo_name.png

2461 ms

logo_name_gray.png

logo_name_gray.png

2462 ms

icon_search.png

icon_search.png

2660 ms

icon_search_f.png

icon_search_f.png

2745 ms

progress.png

progress.png

2712 ms

record.png

record.png

4044 ms

discuss.png

discuss.png

2952 ms

gift.png

gift.png

2963 ms

search_gray.png

search_gray.png

3028 ms

label-new.png

label-new.png

3164 ms

icon_close.png

icon_close.png

3251 ms

icon_close_f.png

icon_close_f.png

3213 ms

qrcode_for_mobile_app_page_v3.jpg

qrcode_for_mobile_app_page_v3.jpg

1845 ms

fontawesome-webfont.woff

fontawesome-webfont.woff

1786 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

96 ms

a.js

a.js

1158 ms

hm.js

hm.js

1365 ms

556 ms

1020 ms

udeskApi.js

udeskApi.js

795 ms

graphql

graphql

1130 ms

collect

collect

11 ms

out_config

out_config

1322 ms

all_v3.png

all_v3.png

288 ms

graphql

graphql

688 ms

graphql

graphql

659 ms

school_icon.png

school_icon.png

287 ms

information_v3.png

information_v3.png

1019 ms

fos_icon.png

fos_icon.png

1573 ms

resource_icon.png

resource_icon.png

1657 ms

qa_icon.png

qa_icon.png

253 ms

case_icon.png

case_icon.png

592 ms

free_v3.png

free_v3.png

556 ms

ljchatu_v3.png

ljchatu_v3.png

628 ms

undergraduate_v3.png

undergraduate_v3.png

789 ms

more_blue_v3.png

more_blue_v3.png

875 ms

major_v3.png

major_v3.png

1542 ms

master_v3.png

master_v3.png

1048 ms

learning_gps_v3.png

learning_gps_v3.png

1165 ms

doctor_v3.png

doctor_v3.png

1303 ms

1v1_v3.png

1v1_v3.png

1303 ms

artboard_v3.png

artboard_v3.png

3609 ms

lecture_v3.png

lecture_v3.png

1585 ms

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phd_v3.png

1605 ms

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all_activities_v3.png

1827 ms

xuejie_v3.png

xuejie_v3.png

2497 ms

zhaosheng_v3.png

zhaosheng_v3.png

1866 ms

jingyan_v3.png

jingyan_v3.png

1929 ms

more_v3.png

more_v3.png

1958 ms

wangshen_v3.png

wangshen_v3.png

2143 ms

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QEGVKXunceuXe776uD3WHs.png

2245 ms

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%E7%94%BB%E6%9D%BF.jpg

957 ms

oxford%20%281%29.jpg

oxford%20%281%29.jpg

2191 ms

banner_pc_v7.jpg

banner_pc_v7.jpg

2287 ms

hm.gif

hm.gif

326 ms

emotion.css

emotion.css

261 ms

key

key

1166 ms

270 ms

Easy@2x_1662522478174_kkfrv.png

Easy@2x_1662522478174_kkfrv.png

1679 ms

free

free

277 ms

860 ms

267 ms

263 ms

588 ms

deps.v1.js

deps.v1.js

575 ms

main.108691ea.js

main.108691ea.js

639 ms

main.cc772ef4.css

main.cc772ef4.css

563 ms

WdatePicker.js

WdatePicker.js

260 ms

541 ms

542 ms

WdatePicker.css

WdatePicker.css

260 ms

Accessibility Review

applysquare.com accessibility score

63

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-*] attributes do not match their roles

High

ARIA input fields do not have accessible names

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

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

High

Links do not have a discernible 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.

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

applysquare.com 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

Displays images with incorrect aspect ratio

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

applysquare.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 Applysquare.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 Applysquare.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

applysquare.com

Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of Apply Square. 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: