Report Summary

  • 47

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    66% of other websites

  • 50

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 20% of websites

  • 67

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    24% of websites

  • 76

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    35% of websites

mit.uloop.com

Resource Hub for Massachusetts Institute of Technology Students | Uloop

Page Load Speed

3 sec in total

First Response

61 ms

Resources Loaded

2 sec

Page Rendered

904 ms

mit.uloop.com screenshot

About Website

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Key Findings

We analyzed Mit.uloop.com page load time and found that the first response time was 61 ms and then it took 2.9 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

mit.uloop.com performance score

47

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value2.4 s

71/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value3.2 s

73/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value5.0 s

64/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value10,430 ms

0/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value17.6 s

4/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

mit.uloop.com

61 ms

mit.uloop.com

281 ms

main-480x148_2.jpg

134 ms

9a73df1c73e439b2a1d8b2b909aa800a%2F90x90xcrop_middle%2F90%2Fhttp%2Fuloop.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuloop%2Fr%3D123%2Fjpg%2Fpost_images%2Fv5%2F1658975914915%2Fsmall.jpg

299 ms

MIT-Housing-Good-1bedroom-and-1bath-for-rent-for-Massachusetts-Institute-of-Technology-Students-in-Cambridge-MA.jpg

297 ms

Our browser made a total of 70 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 9% of them (6 requests) were addressed to the original Mit.uloop.com, 11% (8 requests) were made to D8wtkcdq2b3zq.uloop.com and 11% (8 requests) were made to D6ihkm3scxop5.uloop.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1.5 sec) relates to the external source D2h3bjlv56u1wn.uloop.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 548.2 kB (52%)

Content Size

1.0 MB

After Optimization

496.1 kB

In fact, the total size of Mit.uloop.com main page is 1.0 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. 40% of websites need less resources to load. HTML takes 655.6 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-83%

Potential reduce by 546.5 kB

  • Original 655.6 kB
  • After minification 609.7 kB
  • After compression 109.1 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 546.5 kB or 83% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 882 B

  • Original 352.9 kB
  • After minification 352.0 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. Mit Uloop images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-2%

Potential reduce by 801 B

  • Original 35.8 kB
  • After minification 35.8 kB
  • After compression 35.0 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. This website has mostly compressed JavaScripts.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 10 (15%)

Requests Now

68

After Optimization

58

The browser has sent 68 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Mit Uloop. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 5 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Accessibility Review

mit.uloop.com accessibility score

50

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

High

Links do not have a discernible name

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

Internationalization and localization

These are opportunities to improve the interpretation of your content by users in different locales.

Impact

Issue

High

<html> element does not have a [lang] attribute

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

mit.uloop.com 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

Serves images with low resolution

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

mit.uloop.com SEO score

76

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

High

Tap targets are not sized appropriately

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 Mit.uloop.com 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 Mit.uloop.com 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 description is not detected on the main page of Mit Uloop. 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: