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Report Summary

  • 51

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    69% of other websites

  • 98

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 94% of websites

  • 67

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    24% of websites

  • 85

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    55% of websites

library.rgu.ac.uk

Home - RGU Library - LibGuides at Robert Gordon University

Page Load Speed

3.3 sec in total

First Response

312 ms

Resources Loaded

1.8 sec

Page Rendered

1.1 sec

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Key Findings

We analyzed Library.rgu.ac.uk page load time and found that the first response time was 312 ms and then it took 3 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 55% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

library.rgu.ac.uk performance score

51

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value5.0 s

9/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value7.2 s

5/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value5.0 s

63/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value240 ms

85/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.003

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value11.7 s

17/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

library.rgu.ac.uk

312 ms

home

151 ms

jquery-ui.min.css

28 ms

font-awesome.min.css

48 ms

slick.css

30 ms

Our browser made a total of 46 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 4% of them (2 requests) were addressed to the original Library.rgu.ac.uk, 52% (24 requests) were made to Libapps-eu.s3.amazonaws.com and 15% (7 requests) were made to Static-assets-eu.libguides.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (580 ms) relates to the external source Rgu.ac.uk.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 424.6 kB (7%)

Content Size

6.4 MB

After Optimization

6.0 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Library.rgu.ac.uk main page is 6.4 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. 45% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 6.0 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-84%

Potential reduce by 55.8 kB

  • Original 66.7 kB
  • After minification 55.1 kB
  • After compression 10.9 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 11.6 kB, which is 17% 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 55.8 kB or 84% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-4%

Potential reduce by 223.4 kB

  • Original 6.0 MB
  • After minification 5.8 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. Library RGU images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-28%

Potential reduce by 38.1 kB

  • Original 137.1 kB
  • After minification 135.0 kB
  • After compression 99.0 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 38.1 kB or 28% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-64%

Potential reduce by 107.3 kB

  • Original 166.8 kB
  • After minification 114.3 kB
  • After compression 59.4 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. Library.rgu.ac.uk needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 107.3 kB or 64% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 25 (61%)

Requests Now

41

After Optimization

16

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 41 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Library RGU. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 13 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 14 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

library.rgu.ac.uk

library.rgu.ac.uk

312 ms

home

home

151 ms

jquery-ui.min.css

jquery-ui.min.css

28 ms

font-awesome.min.css

font-awesome.min.css

48 ms

slick.css

slick.css

30 ms

slick-theme.css

slick-theme.css

32 ms

lg-public.min.css

lg-public.min.css

40 ms

1.12.4_jquery.min.js

1.12.4_jquery.min.js

46 ms

jquery-ui.min.js

jquery-ui.min.js

46 ms

lg-public.min.js

lg-public.min.js

47 ms

all.css

all.css

75 ms

GeneralStyle.css

GeneralStyle.css

383 ms

CustomBoxesButtons.css

CustomBoxesButtons.css

321 ms

DatabaseGuides.css

DatabaseGuides.css

319 ms

MobileCompatibility.css

MobileCompatibility.css

321 ms

chat_widget_buttons.css

chat_widget_buttons.css

319 ms

allPages.js

allPages.js

322 ms

load_chat.php

load_chat.php

395 ms

hide_libchat.js

hide_libchat.js

401 ms

NavBar_position_calculation.js

NavBar_position_calculation.js

400 ms

newLayout.css

newLayout.css

476 ms

webpages_mobile_js.js

webpages_mobile_js.js

408 ms

webpages_quicklinks_and_mobile_css.css

webpages_quicklinks_and_mobile_css.css

422 ms

webpages_breadcrumb_settings_css.css

webpages_breadcrumb_settings_css.css

459 ms

sa.min.js

sa.min.js

43 ms

rgu_logo.png

rgu_logo.png

580 ms

homepage-banner-1920x700.jpg

homepage-banner-1920x700.jpg

451 ms

services-and-facilities-banner-1920x700.jpg

services-and-facilities-banner-1920x700.jpg

447 ms

subject-resources-banner-799x600.jpg

subject-resources-banner-799x600.jpg

235 ms

workshops-and-dropins-banner-1920x700.jpg

workshops-and-dropins-banner-1920x700.jpg

381 ms

online-learners-banner-799x600.jpg

online-learners-banner-799x600.jpg

309 ms

support-for-academic-staff-banner-1920x700.jpg

support-for-academic-staff-banner-1920x700.jpg

444 ms

research-support-banner-799x600.jpg

research-support-banner-799x600.jpg

351 ms

referencing-and-refworks-banner-1920x700.jpg

referencing-and-refworks-banner-1920x700.jpg

484 ms

reading-lists-banner-799x600.jpg

reading-lists-banner-799x600.jpg

533 ms

art-and-heritage-banner-1920x700.jpg

art-and-heritage-banner-1920x700.jpg

495 ms

opening-hours-and-contact-banner-799x600.jpg

opening-hours-and-contact-banner-799x600.jpg

554 ms

TEiLA.jpg

TEiLA.jpg

529 ms

fa-solid-900.woff

fa-solid-900.woff

79 ms

fa-regular-400.woff

fa-regular-400.woff

102 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

72 ms

widgets.php

widgets.php

310 ms

widgets.php

widgets.php

319 ms

fa-brands-400.woff

fa-brands-400.woff

27 ms

collect

collect

12 ms

js

js

68 ms

Accessibility Review

library.rgu.ac.uk accessibility score

98

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.

Best Practices

library.rgu.ac.uk best practices score

67

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

SEO Factors

library.rgu.ac.uk SEO score

85

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

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 Library.rgu.ac.uk 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 Library.rgu.ac.uk 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

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Open Graph data is detected on the main page of Library RGU. This is the best way to make the web page social media friendly. Here is how it looks like on Facebook: