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Report Summary

  • 34

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    54% of other websites

  • 63

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 28% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    36% of websites

  • 91

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    71% of websites

students.royalholloway.ac.uk

Royal Holloway Student Intranet

Page Load Speed

8.5 sec in total

First Response

432 ms

Resources Loaded

4.6 sec

Page Rendered

3.5 sec

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About Website

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Key Findings

We analyzed Students.royalholloway.ac.uk page load time and found that the first response time was 432 ms and then it took 8.1 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 85% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

students.royalholloway.ac.uk performance score

34

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value5.4 s

6/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value22.7 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value12.6 s

3/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value510 ms

57/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value15.3 s

7/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

home.aspx

432 ms

build.css

207 ms

WebResource.axd

243 ms

gtm.js

258 ms

jquery-1.11.1.min.js

340 ms

Our browser made a total of 72 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 0% of them (0 request) were addressed to the original Students.royalholloway.ac.uk, 6% (4 requests) were made to S7.addthis.com and 4% (3 requests) were made to Connect.facebook.net. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1.5 sec) relates to the external source Royalholloway.ac.uk.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 2.6 MB (6%)

Content Size

41.4 MB

After Optimization

38.7 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Students.royalholloway.ac.uk main page is 41.4 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. 80% of websites need less resources to load and that’s why Accessify’s recommendations for optimization and resource minification can be helpful for this project. Images take 39.7 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-81%

Potential reduce by 190.1 kB

  • Original 233.3 kB
  • After minification 205.9 kB
  • After compression 43.2 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 27.4 kB, which is 12% 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 190.1 kB or 81% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-4%

Potential reduce by 1.4 MB

  • Original 39.7 MB
  • After minification 38.3 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. Student S Royal Holloway images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-69%

Potential reduce by 721.1 kB

  • Original 1.0 MB
  • After minification 1.0 MB
  • After compression 325.1 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 721.1 kB or 69% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-87%

Potential reduce by 302.0 kB

  • Original 347.8 kB
  • After minification 288.9 kB
  • After compression 45.8 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. Students.royalholloway.ac.uk needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 302.0 kB or 87% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 28 (44%)

Requests Now

64

After Optimization

36

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 64 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Student S Royal Holloway. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 22 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

home.aspx

home.aspx

432 ms

build.css

build.css

207 ms

WebResource.axd

WebResource.axd

243 ms

gtm.js

gtm.js

258 ms

jquery-1.11.1.min.js

jquery-1.11.1.min.js

340 ms

jquery-ui.min.js

jquery-ui.min.js

424 ms

ScriptResource.axd

ScriptResource.axd

358 ms

addthis_widget.js

addthis_widget.js

20 ms

jquery.menu-aim.js

jquery.menu-aim.js

280 ms

modernizr.js

modernizr.js

308 ms

main.js

main.js

659 ms

gtm.js

gtm.js

73 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

34 ms

conversion_async.js

conversion_async.js

60 ms

collect

collect

4 ms

collect

collect

152 ms

146 ms

145 ms

student-search.png

student-search.png

118 ms

rhul-logo.jpg

rhul-logo.jpg

480 ms

rh-logo-icon.svg

rh-logo-icon.svg

472 ms

kingsfest-4-of-23.jpg

kingsfest-4-of-23.jpg

628 ms

dsc-0172.jpg

dsc-0172.jpg

1184 ms

rhul-bus.jpg

rhul-bus.jpg

625 ms

penrose-dsc9775.jpg

penrose-dsc9775.jpg

659 ms

event-in-a-trendy-space.jpg

event-in-a-trendy-space.jpg

998 ms

security-guards-badge.jpg

security-guards-badge.jpg

843 ms

holding-a-tablet.jpg

holding-a-tablet.jpg

1340 ms

student-at-her-laptop.jpg

student-at-her-laptop.jpg

759 ms

founders-clocktower-framed-by-leaves.jpg

founders-clocktower-framed-by-leaves.jpg

822 ms

students-union.jpg

students-union.jpg

794 ms

students-playing-clarinets-in-the-windsor-auditorium.jpg

students-playing-clarinets-in-the-windsor-auditorium.jpg

884 ms

a-life-preserver.jpg

a-life-preserver.jpg

909 ms

rh-header-pattern.png

rh-header-pattern.png

908 ms

rh-arms.svg

rh-arms.svg

920 ms

istock-000017249770-xxxlarge.jpg

istock-000017249770-xxxlarge.jpg

1522 ms

04-september.jpg

04-september.jpg

970 ms

cars.jpg

cars.jpg

1005 ms

dsc-0172.JPG

dsc-0172.JPG

1390 ms

rh-arms.svg

rh-arms.svg

1059 ms

founders-dining-hall-dinner.JPG

founders-dining-hall-dinner.JPG

1528 ms

get-hired.png

get-hired.png

1142 ms

brillliant-club-topper.JPG

brillliant-club-topper.JPG

1216 ms

killer-cvs.jpg

killer-cvs.jpg

1225 ms

cvs-for-pt-work.JPG

cvs-for-pt-work.JPG

1301 ms

cv-surgery-2017-pic.JPG

cv-surgery-2017-pic.JPG

1305 ms

ptjf-sept-17.jpg

ptjf-sept-17.jpg

1368 ms

what-to-do-when-you-dont-know-what-to-do.JPG

what-to-do-when-you-dont-know-what-to-do.JPG

1385 ms

euro-union-thinkstockphotos-480985277.jpg

euro-union-thinkstockphotos-480985277.jpg

1466 ms

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f12b5dd7-454b-42ae-bc7d-9e36ddf5b731.jpg

1532 ms

IdealSans-Medium-Pro.otf

IdealSans-Medium-Pro.otf

1485 ms

icomoon.ttf

icomoon.ttf

1471 ms

405 ms

406 ms

IdealSans-Bold-Pro.otf

IdealSans-Bold-Pro.otf

1489 ms

IdealSans-Light-Pro.otf

IdealSans-Light-Pro.otf

1501 ms

fbevents.js

fbevents.js

361 ms

iMAWebCookie.js

iMAWebCookie.js

695 ms

uwt.js

uwt.js

399 ms

_ate.track.config_resp

_ate.track.config_resp

164 ms

300lo.json

300lo.json

157 ms

IdealSans-Semibold-Pro.otf

IdealSans-Semibold-Pro.otf

1167 ms

sh.48536d49e4da3bdba54606b4.html

sh.48536d49e4da3bdba54606b4.html

59 ms

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33 ms

adsct

adsct

307 ms

55 ms

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36 ms

25 ms

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26 ms

graph.facebook.com

graph.facebook.com

66 ms

156.fac1590bde51b47be3f1.js

156.fac1590bde51b47be3f1.js

8 ms

adsct

adsct

73 ms

Accessibility Review

students.royalholloway.ac.uk 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-hidden="true"] elements contain focusable descendents

High

ARIA input fields do not have accessible names

High

Elements with an ARIA [role] that require children to contain a specific [role] are missing some or all of those required children.

High

ARIA toggle fields do not have accessible names

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

Links do not have a discernible name

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

students.royalholloway.ac.uk 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

SEO Factors

students.royalholloway.ac.uk SEO score

91

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

    EN

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Students.royalholloway.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 Students.royalholloway.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

students.royalholloway.ac.uk

Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of Student S Royal Holloway. 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: