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Report Summary

  • 26

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    46% of other websites

  • 85

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 60% of websites

  • 83

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    56% of websites

  • 79

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    40% of websites

tcu.edu

Texas Christian University

Page Load Speed

2.8 sec in total

First Response

242 ms

Resources Loaded

2.3 sec

Page Rendered

185 ms

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About Website

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

Texas Christian University, a private university located in Fort Worth, Texas, was established in 1873 by brothers Addison and Randolph Clark.

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Key Findings

We analyzed Tcu.edu page load time and found that the first response time was 242 ms and then it took 2.5 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 45% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

tcu.edu performance score

26

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value2.8 s

57/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value6.5 s

9/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value6.7 s

35/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value12,290 ms

0/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.015

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value26.8 s

0/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

tcu.edu

242 ms

styles.css

182 ms

jquery-1.3.2.min.js

230 ms

jquery.easing.1.3.js

141 ms

Groject.ImageSwitch.js

178 ms

Our browser made a total of 94 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 87% of them (82 requests) were addressed to the original Tcu.edu, 2% (2 requests) were made to Googleadservices.com and 2% (2 requests) were made to Google-analytics.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1.9 sec) belongs to the original domain Tcu.edu.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 6.5 MB (72%)

Content Size

9.0 MB

After Optimization

2.5 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Tcu.edu main page is 9.0 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 8.7 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-76%

Potential reduce by 21.8 kB

  • Original 28.7 kB
  • After minification 26.5 kB
  • After compression 6.9 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. HTML code on this page is well minified. It is highly recommended that content of this web page should be compressed using GZIP, as it can save up to 21.8 kB or 76% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-72%

Potential reduce by 6.3 MB

  • Original 8.7 MB
  • After minification 2.4 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. Obviously, Tcu needs image optimization as it can save up to 6.3 MB or 72% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-65%

Potential reduce by 162.4 kB

  • Original 248.9 kB
  • After minification 222.1 kB
  • After compression 86.5 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 162.4 kB or 65% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-84%

Potential reduce by 20.0 kB

  • Original 23.9 kB
  • After minification 18.5 kB
  • After compression 3.9 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. Tcu.edu needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 20.0 kB or 84% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 23 (25%)

Requests Now

91

After Optimization

68

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 91 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Tcu. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 10 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 4 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

tcu.edu

tcu.edu

242 ms

styles.css

styles.css

182 ms

jquery-1.3.2.min.js

jquery-1.3.2.min.js

230 ms

jquery.easing.1.3.js

jquery.easing.1.3.js

141 ms

Groject.ImageSwitch.js

Groject.ImageSwitch.js

178 ms

NivoSliderCSS.css

NivoSliderCSS.css

102 ms

SliderStyle.css

SliderStyle.css

154 ms

jquery.nivo.slider.pack.js

jquery.nivo.slider.pack.js

170 ms

swfobject.js

swfobject.js

200 ms

conversion.js

conversion.js

18 ms

chrisdomroll.js

chrisdomroll.js

105 ms

oct.js

oct.js

4 ms

calendar_button.png

calendar_button.png

45 ms

directories_button.png

directories_button.png

81 ms

employment_button.png

employment_button.png

46 ms

giving_button.png

giving_button.png

83 ms

mail_button.png

mail_button.png

55 ms

mytcu_button.png

mytcu_button.png

83 ms

a-z_button.png

a-z_button.png

103 ms

map_button.png

map_button.png

107 ms

videolibrary.png

videolibrary.png

106 ms

payments_icon.png

payments_icon.png

194 ms

logo.jpg

logo.jpg

107 ms

nav_prospective_students.jpg

nav_prospective_students.jpg

142 ms

nav_current_students.jpg

nav_current_students.jpg

161 ms

nav_facultystaff.jpg

nav_facultystaff.jpg

149 ms

nav_alumni.jpg

nav_alumni.jpg

156 ms

nav_parents.jpg

nav_parents.jpg

148 ms

nav_visitors.jpg

nav_visitors.jpg

185 ms

popular_links_arrow_rollover.png

popular_links_arrow_rollover.png

209 ms

popular_links_arrow.png

popular_links_arrow.png

195 ms

go.jpg

go.jpg

206 ms

academics.png

academics.png

1681 ms

admission.png

admission.png

1828 ms

3-athletics.jpg

3-athletics.jpg

437 ms

facilities.png

facilities.png

1879 ms

tcu.edu-getstarted.jpg

tcu.edu-getstarted.jpg

339 ms

button_academics.jpg

button_academics.jpg

252 ms

button_admission.jpg

button_admission.jpg

303 ms

button_athletics.jpg

button_athletics.jpg

348 ms

button_facilities.jpg

button_facilities.jpg

394 ms

getstarted_(1).png

getstarted_(1).png

403 ms

tcu_top_stories.jpg

tcu_top_stories.jpg

438 ms

upcoming_events.jpg

upcoming_events.jpg

446 ms

philanthropic-investments.png

philanthropic-investments.png

496 ms

tcu_a-z.jpg

tcu_a-z.jpg

516 ms

emergency_preparedness.jpg

emergency_preparedness.jpg

493 ms

follow.jpg

follow.jpg

537 ms

73 ms

topbar_bg_repeat.jpg

topbar_bg_repeat.jpg

215 ms

menu_bar_bottom.jpg

menu_bar_bottom.jpg

250 ms

menu_purple.jpg

menu_purple.jpg

211 ms

flash_bg.jpg

flash_bg.jpg

199 ms

flash_gradients.jpg

flash_gradients.jpg

319 ms

flash_bottom_shadow.jpg

flash_bottom_shadow.jpg

202 ms

home_bottom_bg.jpg

home_bottom_bg.jpg

242 ms

home_bottom.jpg

home_bottom.jpg

243 ms

home_bottom_shadow.jpg

home_bottom_shadow.jpg

244 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

27 ms

adsct

adsct

120 ms

adsct

adsct

53 ms

fbds.js

fbds.js

139 ms

facebook.png

facebook.png

752 ms

flickr.png

flickr.png

528 ms

twitter.png

twitter.png

583 ms

collect

collect

24 ms

46 ms

youtube.png

youtube.png

541 ms

itunes.png

itunes.png

584 ms

google.png

google.png

674 ms

tcuweather.jpg

tcuweather.jpg

607 ms

logo_copyright.jpg

logo_copyright.jpg

651 ms

loading.png

loading.png

692 ms

calendar_button_rollover.png

calendar_button_rollover.png

693 ms

44 ms

directories_button_rollover.png

directories_button_rollover.png

698 ms

employment_button_rollover.png

employment_button_rollover.png

693 ms

giving_button_rollover.png

giving_button_rollover.png

695 ms

mail_button_rollover.png

mail_button_rollover.png

797 ms

mytcu_button_rollover.png

mytcu_button_rollover.png

723 ms

110 ms

a-z_button_rollover.png

a-z_button_rollover.png

708 ms

map_button_rollover.png

map_button_rollover.png

732 ms

videolibrary_rollover.png

videolibrary_rollover.png

745 ms

payments_icon_over.png

payments_icon_over.png

770 ms

nav_prospective_students_on.jpg

nav_prospective_students_on.jpg

788 ms

nav_current_students_on.jpg

nav_current_students_on.jpg

754 ms

nav_facultystaff_on.jpg

nav_facultystaff_on.jpg

726 ms

nav_alumni_on.jpg

nav_alumni_on.jpg

703 ms

nav_parents_on.jpg

nav_parents_on.jpg

700 ms

nav_visitors_on.jpg

nav_visitors_on.jpg

677 ms

25 ms

arrows.png

arrows.png

50 ms

SliderStyle.css

SliderStyle.css

44 ms

Accessibility Review

tcu.edu accessibility score

85

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

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

Tables and lists

These are opportunities to improve the experience of reading tabular or list data using assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Impact

Issue

High

Lists do not contain only <li> elements and script supporting elements (<script> and <template>).

Best Practices

tcu.edu best practices score

83

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

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

tcu.edu SEO score

79

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

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

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

    N/A

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

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

tcu.edu

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