Report Summary

  • 22

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    40% of other websites

  • 72

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 38% of websites

  • 67

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    24% of websites

  • 88

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    66% of websites

libraries.umw.edu

Home - Simpson Library - Simpson Library at University of Mary Washington

Page Load Speed

2.9 sec in total

First Response

44 ms

Resources Loaded

2.6 sec

Page Rendered

249 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Libraries.umw.edu page load time and found that the first response time was 44 ms and then it took 2.8 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 50% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

libraries.umw.edu performance score

22

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.9 s

25/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value12.4 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value9.5 s

12/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value1,620 ms

12/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value21.7 s

1/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

libraries.umw.edu

44 ms

style.css

32 ms

umw-responsive.css

39 ms

university.min.css

28 ms

umw-flag-styles.css

36 ms

Our browser made a total of 111 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 43% of them (48 requests) were addressed to the original Libraries.umw.edu, 15% (17 requests) were made to Archive.umw.edu and 8% (9 requests) were made to Api2.libcal.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (2.1 sec) relates to the external source Archive.umw.edu.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 1.2 MB (73%)

Content Size

1.7 MB

After Optimization

458.4 kB

In fact, the total size of Libraries.umw.edu main page is 1.7 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. Javascripts take 747.8 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-81%

Potential reduce by 154.5 kB

  • Original 190.9 kB
  • After minification 182.2 kB
  • After compression 36.4 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 154.5 kB or 81% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-15%

Potential reduce by 10.9 kB

  • Original 73.2 kB
  • After minification 62.4 kB

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, Libraries Umw needs image optimization as it can save up to 10.9 kB or 15% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-66%

Potential reduce by 492.2 kB

  • Original 747.8 kB
  • After minification 712.9 kB
  • After compression 255.6 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 492.2 kB or 66% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-85%

Potential reduce by 568.2 kB

  • Original 672.3 kB
  • After minification 563.0 kB
  • After compression 104.1 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. Libraries.umw.edu needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 568.2 kB or 85% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 60 (63%)

Requests Now

95

After Optimization

35

The browser has sent 95 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Libraries Umw. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 36 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 20 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Accessibility Review

libraries.umw.edu accessibility score

72

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

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

High

ARIA IDs are not unique

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

[id] attributes on active, focusable elements are not unique

High

Some elements have a [tabindex] value greater than 0

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

<frame> or <iframe> elements do not have a title

High

Form elements do not have associated labels

High

Links do not have a discernible name

Best Practices

libraries.umw.edu 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

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

High

Page has valid source maps

High

Issues were logged in the Issues panel in Chrome Devtools

SEO Factors

libraries.umw.edu SEO score

88

Search Engine Optimization Advices

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 Libraries.umw.edu 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 Libraries.umw.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

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