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Report Summary

  • 30

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    50% of other websites

  • 63

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 28% of websites

  • 50

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    19% of websites

  • 62

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    23% of websites

ugc.ac.lk

University Grants Commission - Sri Lanka

Page Load Speed

28.1 sec in total

First Response

1.6 sec

Resources Loaded

26.3 sec

Page Rendered

234 ms

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About Website

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The University Grants Commission (UGC) is the apex body of the University System in Sri Lanka which was established on 22nd December 1978 under the Universities Act No. 16 of 1978. The functions of th...

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Key Findings

We analyzed Ugc.ac.lk page load time and found that the first response time was 1.6 sec and then it took 26.5 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is an excellent result, as only a small number of websites can load faster. Unfortunately, there were 3 request timeouts, which can generally increase the web page load time, as the browser stays idle while waiting for website response.

Performance Metrics

ugc.ac.lk performance score

30

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value7.3 s

1/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value12.3 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value16.4 s

0/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value490 ms

59/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.128

82/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value20.0 s

2/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

ugc.ac.lk

1553 ms

js

57 ms

js

101 ms

attachments.css

548 ms

style1.css

747 ms

Our browser made a total of 94 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 85% of them (80 requests) were addressed to the original Ugc.ac.lk, 6% (6 requests) were made to Googletagmanager.com and 4% (4 requests) were made to Google-analytics.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (19.8 sec) belongs to the original domain Ugc.ac.lk.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 644.1 kB (30%)

Content Size

2.2 MB

After Optimization

1.5 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Ugc.ac.lk main page is 2.2 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. 55% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 1.5 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-89%

Potential reduce by 133.2 kB

  • Original 149.3 kB
  • After minification 81.4 kB
  • After compression 16.0 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 67.8 kB, which is 45% 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 133.2 kB or 89% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-8%

Potential reduce by 114.6 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. Ugc Ac images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-73%

Potential reduce by 335.4 kB

  • Original 457.0 kB
  • After minification 321.8 kB
  • After compression 121.5 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 335.4 kB or 73% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-83%

Potential reduce by 60.9 kB

  • Original 73.1 kB
  • After minification 50.9 kB
  • After compression 12.1 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. Ugc.ac.lk needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 60.9 kB or 83% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 52 (58%)

Requests Now

89

After Optimization

37

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 89 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Ugc Ac. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 20 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 13 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

ugc.ac.lk

ugc.ac.lk

1553 ms

js

js

57 ms

js

js

101 ms

attachments.css

attachments.css

548 ms

style1.css

style1.css

747 ms

nivo-slider.css

nivo-slider.css

821 ms

default.css

default.css

833 ms

mod_jflanguageselection.css

mod_jflanguageselection.css

842 ms

mootools-uncompressed.js

mootools-uncompressed.js

2382 ms

caption.js

caption.js

994 ms

validate.js

validate.js

1094 ms

tips.script.js

tips.script.js

1107 ms

ja_tabs.js

ja_tabs.js

2462 ms

ja_tabs.css

ja_tabs.css

1895 ms

highslide-styles.css

highslide-styles.css

1368 ms

highslide-full.packed.js

highslide-full.packed.js

1655 ms

swfobject.js

swfobject.js

1594 ms

do_cookie.js

do_cookie.js

1644 ms

system.css

system.css

1868 ms

general.css

general.css

1917 ms

template.css

template.css

1931 ms

typo.css

typo.css

2145 ms

ja.script.js

ja.script.js

2145 ms

ja.moomenu.css

ja.moomenu.css

2192 ms

ja.moomenu.js

ja.moomenu.js

2206 ms

ugc.css

ugc.css

2422 ms

jquery-1.6.1.min.js

jquery-1.6.1.min.js

2888 ms

jquery.nivo.slider.js

jquery.nivo.slider.js

2494 ms

js

js

83 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

44 ms

js

js

44 ms

js

js

84 ms

collect

collect

63 ms

collect

collect

102 ms

collect

collect

39 ms

ga-audiences

ga-audiences

38 ms

ugc.png

ugc.png

275 ms

bullet.gif

bullet.gif

296 ms

wrapper-bg.png

wrapper-bg.png

878 ms

header-bg.gif

header-bg.gif

279 ms

logo.png

logo.png

1100 ms

input-bg.gif

input-bg.gif

571 ms

grad-4.gif

grad-4.gif

572 ms

en.gif

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594 ms

si.gif

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654 ms

ta.gif

ta.gif

824 ms

mainnav-bg.gif

mainnav-bg.gif

836 ms

mainnav-sep.gif

mainnav-sep.gif

890 ms

mainnav-active-2.gif

mainnav-active-2.gif

901 ms

arrow-1.gif

arrow-1.gif

1097 ms

ugc_content_bg_f.png

ugc_content_bg_f.png

1117 ms

english.png

english.png

2792 ms

handbook_slider.jpg

handbook_slider.jpg

1482 ms

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002.jpg

1149 ms

information-centre.jpg

information-centre.jpg

1371 ms

top_scientis_23.jpg

top_scientis_23.jpg

1923 ms

ugc-web-rag.jpg

ugc-web-rag.jpg

2227 ms

unnamed.gif

unnamed.gif

1400 ms

reseach&scholarships.png

reseach&scholarships.png

1646 ms

procurement.png

procurement.png

1647 ms

publications.png

publications.png

1778 ms

careers.png

careers.png

1921 ms

statistics.png

statistics.png

1895 ms

notices.png

notices.png

2074 ms

down.png

down.png

2144 ms

home_divider_hrsntl.png

home_divider_hrsntl.png

2195 ms

3.jpg

3.jpg

19785 ms

uni_admission_2020.JPG

uni_admission_2020.JPG

2945 ms

video%20on%20univarsity%20admission.JPG

video%20on%20univarsity%20admission.JPG

2392 ms

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2495 ms

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0.JPG

19517 ms

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19516 ms

inqaahe_video.png

inqaahe_video.png

4157 ms

10.jpg

10.jpg

2926 ms

collect

collect

12 ms

ga.js

ga.js

18 ms

js

js

48 ms

__utm.gif

__utm.gif

11 ms

icon-16-checkin.png

icon-16-checkin.png

2675 ms

icon-16-language.png

icon-16-language.png

2972 ms

hat.png

hat.png

3546 ms

RSS1.png

RSS1.png

3186 ms

webmail.png

webmail.png

3313 ms

ugc_content_bg.png

ugc_content_bg.png

3598 ms

sep.gif

sep.gif

4072 ms

h3-bg.gif

h3-bg.gif

3839 ms

style1.png

style1.png

4907 ms

border-bottom.png

border-bottom.png

3930 ms

grad-2.gif

grad-2.gif

4126 ms

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rounded-white.png

828 ms

zoomout.cur

zoomout.cur

276 ms

loader.white.gif

loader.white.gif

1320 ms

arrows2.gif

arrows2.gif

554 ms

Accessibility Review

ugc.ac.lk accessibility score

63

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

ugc.ac.lk best practices score

50

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

High

Serves images with low resolution

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

SEO Factors

ugc.ac.lk SEO score

62

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

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 Ugc.ac.lk 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 Ugc.ac.lk 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

ugc.ac.lk

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