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Report Summary

  • 19

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    37% of other websites

  • 84

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 58% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    36% of websites

  • 93

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    84% of websites

ara.ac.nz

Home - Ara

Page Load Speed

12.2 sec in total

First Response

582 ms

Resources Loaded

7.5 sec

Page Rendered

4.1 sec

ara.ac.nz screenshot

About Website

Click here to check amazing Ara content for New Zealand. Otherwise, check out these important facts you probably never knew about ara.ac.nz

Ara is the largest vocational training institute in the South Island of New Zealand. Our practical, hands-on learning is provided in a supportive, welcoming environment. When you graduate from Ara you...

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Key Findings

We analyzed Ara.ac.nz page load time and found that the first response time was 582 ms and then it took 11.6 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

ara.ac.nz performance score

19

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value5.3 s

7/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value6.6 s

8/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value20.6 s

0/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value820 ms

35/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.3

40/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value33.0 s

0/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

ara.ac.nz

582 ms

www.ara.ac.nz

836 ms

html5reset-1.css

195 ms

structure_new.css

599 ms

s_style.css

395 ms

Our browser made a total of 92 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 79% of them (73 requests) were addressed to the original Ara.ac.nz, 3% (3 requests) were made to Match.adsrvr.org and 2% (2 requests) were made to Js.adsrvr.org. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (4 sec) belongs to the original domain Ara.ac.nz.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 661.5 kB (29%)

Content Size

2.3 MB

After Optimization

1.7 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Ara.ac.nz main page is 2.3 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 1.5 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-81%

Potential reduce by 48.2 kB

  • Original 59.6 kB
  • After minification 50.2 kB
  • After compression 11.4 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. This page needs HTML code to be minified as it can gain 9.4 kB, which is 16% of the original size. It is highly recommended that content of this web page should be compressed using GZIP, as it can save up to 48.2 kB or 81% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-3%

Potential reduce by 38.4 kB

  • Original 1.5 MB
  • After minification 1.4 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. Ara images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-70%

Potential reduce by 403.2 kB

  • Original 573.8 kB
  • After minification 512.4 kB
  • After compression 170.6 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 403.2 kB or 70% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-85%

Potential reduce by 171.6 kB

  • Original 202.8 kB
  • After minification 166.3 kB
  • After compression 31.2 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. Ara.ac.nz needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 171.6 kB or 85% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 32 (50%)

Requests Now

64

After Optimization

32

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 64 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Ara. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 15 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 5 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

ara.ac.nz

ara.ac.nz

582 ms

www.ara.ac.nz

www.ara.ac.nz

836 ms

html5reset-1.css

html5reset-1.css

195 ms

structure_new.css

structure_new.css

599 ms

s_style.css

s_style.css

395 ms

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jquery-ui-1.9.2.custom.css

386 ms

jbarrie-2016.css

jbarrie-2016.css

436 ms

jquery.min.js

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659 ms

functions.js

functions.js

647 ms

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592 ms

custom-slider.js

custom-slider.js

711 ms

custom-gallery.js

custom-gallery.js

724 ms

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jquery-ui-1.9.2.custom.min.js

1170 ms

event-tracking.js

event-tracking.js

791 ms

jquery.funnelback-completion-12.4.0.js

jquery.funnelback-completion-12.4.0.js

789 ms

up_loader.1.1.0.js

up_loader.1.1.0.js

60 ms

2016_script_updates_jbarrie.js

2016_script_updates_jbarrie.js

788 ms

jquery.form.js

jquery.form.js

53 ms

vcu6hnq.js

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395 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

37 ms

all.js

all.js

49 ms

Home-btn.png

Home-btn.png

384 ms

Search-btn-header.png

Search-btn-header.png

357 ms

AddToMyList-Header.png

AddToMyList-Header.png

355 ms

Logo.png

Logo.png

356 ms

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1105 ms

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482 ms

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Search-btn-header-white.png

473 ms

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SideMenu-arrow.png

492 ms

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491 ms

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491 ms

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757 ms

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756 ms

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ApplyNow.png

752 ms

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03290-A-and-E-Scholarships_WebBanner-2017.png

765 ms

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1327 ms

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2814 ms

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1483 ms

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2421 ms

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2789 ms

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Rotator.jpg

1325 ms

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1560 ms

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1560 ms

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1861 ms

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1705 ms

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2273 ms

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2477 ms

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2425 ms

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2667 ms

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3430 ms

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3050 ms

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52 ms

Banner-rolling-arrow.png

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2695 ms

3BOX-Arrow.png

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2848 ms

ImageArrow-Left-dark.png

ImageArrow-Left-dark.png

2848 ms

SideMenu-arrow-rotated.png

SideMenu-arrow-rotated.png

2861 ms

up

up

322 ms

slide-dot-active_home.png

slide-dot-active_home.png

2697 ms

slide-dot-small.png

slide-dot-small.png

2850 ms

398 ms

299 ms

StagSans-Light-Web.woff

StagSans-Light-Web.woff

3136 ms

Stag-Thin-Web.woff

Stag-Thin-Web.woff

3979 ms

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Stag-Book-Web.woff

3136 ms

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StagSans-Medium-Web.woff

2706 ms

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StagSans-Semibold-Web.woff

3136 ms

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3136 ms

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3136 ms

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3500 ms

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183 ms

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295 ms

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3296 ms

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3284 ms

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StagSansRound-Semibold-Web.woff

3283 ms

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universal_pixel.1.1.1.js

183 ms

StagSansRound-Bold-Web.woff

StagSansRound-Bold-Web.woff

3322 ms

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pixel

664 ms

rum

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771 ms

StagSansRound-Black-Web.woff

StagSansRound-Black-Web.woff

2990 ms

Stag-Black-Web.woff

Stag-Black-Web.woff

2764 ms

Stag-Bold-Web.woff

Stag-Bold-Web.woff

2745 ms

Stag-Semibold-Web.woff

Stag-Semibold-Web.woff

2606 ms

Stag-Medium-Web.woff

Stag-Medium-Web.woff

2511 ms

Stag-BoldDot-Web.woff

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2851 ms

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109 ms

Stag-Light-Web.woff

Stag-Light-Web.woff

2814 ms

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20 ms

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57 ms

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48 ms

Stag-ThinDot-Web.woff

Stag-ThinDot-Web.woff

2659 ms

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1392 ms

roundtrip.js

roundtrip.js

235 ms

Accessibility Review

ara.ac.nz accessibility score

84

Accessibility Issues

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

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.

Navigation

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

Impact

Issue

High

Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order

Best Practices

ara.ac.nz best practices score

75

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

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

High

Missing source maps for large first-party JavaScript

SEO Factors

ara.ac.nz SEO score

93

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

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 Ara.ac.nz 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 Ara.ac.nz 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

ara.ac.nz

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