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Report Summary

  • 29

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    49% of other websites

  • 83

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 56% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    36% of websites

  • 92

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    75% of websites

futureowls.rice.edu

Office of Admission | Rice University

Page Load Speed

2.5 sec in total

First Response

353 ms

Resources Loaded

1.9 sec

Page Rendered

305 ms

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About Website

Visit futureowls.rice.edu now to see the best up-to-date Futureowls Rice content for United States and also check out these interesting facts you probably never knew about futureowls.rice.edu

There’s an unmistakable sense of joyful exuberance—whether in the pursuit of knowledge or in the company of friends—that’s tightly woven into the very fabric of life at Rice.

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Key Findings

We analyzed Futureowls.rice.edu page load time and found that the first response time was 353 ms and then it took 2.2 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 40% of websites can load faster. This domain responded with an error, which can significantly jeopardize Futureowls.rice.edu rating and web reputation

Performance Metrics

futureowls.rice.edu performance score

29

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value4.2 s

20/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value14.7 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value5.8 s

50/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value1,170 ms

21/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.002

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value18.2 s

3/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

futureowls.rice.edu

353 ms

home.aspx

188 ms

ektron.stylesheet.ashx

89 ms

ektron.javascript.ashx

306 ms

admissionsMainScreen.css

162 ms

Our browser made a total of 67 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 76% of them (51 requests) were addressed to the original Futureowls.rice.edu, 6% (4 requests) were made to Riceadmission.rice.edu and 4% (3 requests) were made to News.rice.edu. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (920 ms) belongs to the original domain Futureowls.rice.edu.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 252.6 kB (5%)

Content Size

4.8 MB

After Optimization

4.5 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Futureowls.rice.edu main page is 4.8 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. 65% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 4.5 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-82%

Potential reduce by 38.9 kB

  • Original 47.5 kB
  • After minification 30.9 kB
  • After compression 8.6 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. This page needs HTML code to be minified as it can gain 16.6 kB, which is 35% 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 38.9 kB or 82% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-2%

Potential reduce by 91.3 kB

  • Original 4.5 MB
  • After minification 4.5 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. Futureowls Rice images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-67%

Potential reduce by 68.7 kB

  • Original 101.8 kB
  • After minification 87.8 kB
  • After compression 33.1 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 68.7 kB or 67% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-85%

Potential reduce by 53.8 kB

  • Original 63.0 kB
  • After minification 47.3 kB
  • After compression 9.2 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. Futureowls.rice.edu needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 53.8 kB or 85% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 15 (24%)

Requests Now

62

After Optimization

47

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 62 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Futureowls Rice. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 8 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 4 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

futureowls.rice.edu

futureowls.rice.edu

353 ms

home.aspx

home.aspx

188 ms

ektron.stylesheet.ashx

ektron.stylesheet.ashx

89 ms

ektron.javascript.ashx

ektron.javascript.ashx

306 ms

admissionsMainScreen.css

admissionsMainScreen.css

162 ms

AC_RunActiveContent.js

AC_RunActiveContent.js

118 ms

rotating_header.js

rotating_header.js

111 ms

swfobject2.js

swfobject2.js

158 ms

tagcloud.js

tagcloud.js

133 ms

ping

ping

99 ms

netweatherV2ex.asp

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12 ms

twitter.png

twitter.png

17 ms

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364 ms

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245 ms

douglas_brinkley_CBS_120x90.jpg

douglas_brinkley_CBS_120x90.jpg

223 ms

student_microscope_120x80.jpg

student_microscope_120x80.jpg

142 ms

facebook.png

facebook.png

30 ms

youtube.jpg

youtube.jpg

40 ms

0302_KINDER.jpg

0302_KINDER.jpg

585 ms

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0125_FOSTER-024-lg-15p6ur1-310x207.jpg

286 ms

RotatingHeader1.jpg

RotatingHeader1.jpg

333 ms

RotatingHeader3.jpg

RotatingHeader3.jpg

157 ms

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RotatingHeader7.jpg

195 ms

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150 ms

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370 ms

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71 ms

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164 ms

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201 ms

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294 ms

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434 ms

RotatingHeader29.jpg

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511 ms

RotatingHeader30.jpg

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341 ms

RotatingHeader31.jpg

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476 ms

RotatingHeader32.jpg

RotatingHeader32.jpg

425 ms

RotatingHeader33.jpg

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435 ms

RotatingHeader34.jpg

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461 ms

RotatingHeader35.jpg

RotatingHeader35.jpg

519 ms

RotatingHeader36.jpg

RotatingHeader36.jpg

527 ms

arches2.jpg

arches2.jpg

529 ms

lovett_flowers.jpg

lovett_flowers.jpg

555 ms

lovett_statue1.jpg

lovett_statue1.jpg

920 ms

pooldeck.jpg

pooldeck.jpg

603 ms

students_walking.jpg

students_walking.jpg

612 ms

students-front-of-lovett2.jpg

students-front-of-lovett2.jpg

667 ms

btn_go.gif

btn_go.gif

576 ms

logoa.jpg

logoa.jpg

604 ms

viewbook.jpg

viewbook.jpg

631 ms

discover.jpg

discover.jpg

656 ms

10Rice_Houston.jpg

10Rice_Houston.jpg

658 ms

owl-column1.jpg

owl-column1.jpg

665 ms

siteanalyze_90784255.js

siteanalyze_90784255.js

30 ms

bg_nav.jpg

bg_nav.jpg

672 ms

btn_mainnav_div.gif

btn_mainnav_div.gif

698 ms

btn_mainnav_end.gif

btn_mainnav_end.gif

700 ms

silver_120x60_bg.jpg

silver_120x60_bg.jpg

19 ms

bg_content_bottom.gif

bg_content_bottom.gif

701 ms

navback-trans.png

navback-trans.png

702 ms

request_information.jpg

request_information.jpg

715 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

18 ms

collect

collect

47 ms

image.aspx

image.aspx

162 ms

gradient_bar.jpg

gradient_bar.jpg

614 ms

newsback.jpg

newsback.jpg

616 ms

54 ms

96 ms

admissionsPrint.css

admissionsPrint.css

54 ms

admissionsHandheld.css

admissionsHandheld.css

53 ms

Accessibility Review

futureowls.rice.edu accessibility score

83

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

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

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

futureowls.rice.edu 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

User Experience

Impact

Issue

High

Serves images with low resolution

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

futureowls.rice.edu SEO score

92

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

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

    N/A

  • Encoding

    ISO-8859-1

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Futureowls.rice.edu can be misinterpreted by Google and other search engines. Our service has detected that English is used on the page, and neither this language nor any other was claimed in <html> or <meta> tags. Our system also found out that Futureowls.rice.edu main page’s claimed encoding is iso-8859-1. Changing it to UTF-8 can be a good choice, as this format is commonly used for encoding all over the web and thus their visitors won’t have any troubles with symbol transcription or reading.

Social Sharing Optimization

futureowls.rice.edu

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