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Report Summary

  • 12

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    25% of other websites

  • 91

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 77% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    36% of websites

  • 88

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    66% of websites

uvu.edu

Utah Valley University | Utah Valley University

Page Load Speed

2.5 sec in total

First Response

160 ms

Resources Loaded

2.1 sec

Page Rendered

216 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Uvu.edu page load time and found that the first response time was 160 ms and then it took 2.3 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

uvu.edu performance score

12

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value6.3 s

3/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value37.5 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value17.4 s

0/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value15,730 ms

0/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.146

77/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value30.3 s

0/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

uvu.edu

160 ms

www.uvu.edu

417 ms

styleMobile.css

154 ms

styleTablet.css

158 ms

style.css

106 ms

Our browser made a total of 108 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 58% of them (63 requests) were addressed to the original Uvu.edu, 17% (18 requests) were made to Um.simpli.fi and 3% (3 requests) were made to I.simpli.fi. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1 sec) belongs to the original domain Uvu.edu.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 933.5 kB (30%)

Content Size

3.1 MB

After Optimization

2.2 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Uvu.edu main page is 3.1 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. Images take 2.6 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-79%

Potential reduce by 29.3 kB

  • Original 37.2 kB
  • After minification 29.9 kB
  • After compression 7.9 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 7.3 kB, which is 20% 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 29.3 kB or 79% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-23%

Potential reduce by 585.7 kB

  • Original 2.6 MB
  • After minification 2.0 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, Uvu needs image optimization as it can save up to 585.7 kB or 23% 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 99.8 kB

  • Original 152.8 kB
  • After minification 145.0 kB
  • After compression 53.0 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 99.8 kB or 65% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-60%

Potential reduce by 218.8 kB

  • Original 364.2 kB
  • After minification 320.2 kB
  • After compression 145.4 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. Uvu.edu needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 218.8 kB or 60% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 35 (44%)

Requests Now

80

After Optimization

45

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 80 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Uvu. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 11 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 8 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

uvu.edu

uvu.edu

160 ms

www.uvu.edu

www.uvu.edu

417 ms

styleMobile.css

styleMobile.css

154 ms

styleTablet.css

styleTablet.css

158 ms

style.css

style.css

106 ms

bootstrap.css

bootstrap.css

306 ms

flexslider.css

flexslider.css

107 ms

dept.css

dept.css

199 ms

simpleslider.css

simpleslider.css

205 ms

modernizr.js

modernizr.js

255 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

33 ms

dpx.js

dpx.js

7 ms

global.js

global.js

209 ms

bkl8wpg.js

bkl8wpg.js

62 ms

jquery.flexslider-min.js

jquery.flexslider-min.js

258 ms

dept.js

dept.js

204 ms

simpleslider.js

simpleslider.js

258 ms

one_e.jpg

one_e.jpg

107 ms

two_e.jpg

two_e.jpg

106 ms

three_e.jpg

three_e.jpg

111 ms

four_e.jpg

four_e.jpg

108 ms

five_e.jpg

five_e.jpg

112 ms

bodyDiagPattern.png

bodyDiagPattern.png

116 ms

75th_banner.jpg

75th_banner.jpg

257 ms

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154 ms

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155 ms

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560 ms

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458 ms

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662 ms

sliderShadow.png

sliderShadow.png

257 ms

audienceShadow.png

audienceShadow.png

258 ms

dropdownimg.jpg

dropdownimg.jpg

361 ms

arrowTabDown.png

arrowTabDown.png

361 ms

apply_link_arrow.png

apply_link_arrow.png

362 ms

arrowTabUp.png

arrowTabUp.png

466 ms

learn_banner.jpg

learn_banner.jpg

467 ms

apply_banner.jpg

apply_banner.jpg

467 ms

library.png

library.png

560 ms

uvu_mail.png

uvu_mail.png

567 ms

uvu_tv.png

uvu_tv.png

568 ms

uvu_athletics1.png

uvu_athletics1.png

569 ms

social_stream.png

social_stream.png

663 ms

gtm.js

gtm.js

55 ms

leftHeaderShadow.png

leftHeaderShadow.png

656 ms

rightHeaderShadow.png

rightHeaderShadow.png

662 ms

headerBack.png

headerBack.png

663 ms

logo.png

logo.png

664 ms

mobile_drop.png

mobile_drop.png

756 ms

searchButton.png

searchButton.png

757 ms

uvlink.png

uvlink.png

758 ms

deptNavBack.png

deptNavBack.png

764 ms

deptNavBackMobile.png

deptNavBackMobile.png

766 ms

audienceSep.png

audienceSep.png

767 ms

banner.png

banner.png

858 ms

learn.png

learn.png

858 ms

apply.png

apply.png

861 ms

deptFooterBack.png

deptFooterBack.png

866 ms

footersep.png

footersep.png

872 ms

hpob.png

hpob.png

830 ms

p

p

14 ms

6513.js

6513.js

13 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

7 ms

dpx

dpx

4 ms

collect

collect

12 ms

match_redirect

match_redirect

6 ms

collect

collect

64 ms

29931

29931

81 ms

one_e.jpg

one_e.jpg

1021 ms

two_e.jpg

two_e.jpg

969 ms

four_e.jpg

four_e.jpg

1020 ms

three_e.jpg

three_e.jpg

1033 ms

five_e.jpg

five_e.jpg

1032 ms

match_redirect

match_redirect

7 ms

tpid=CD29559E5C3DD456BD19F1360227FE77

tpid=CD29559E5C3DD456BD19F1360227FE77

7 ms

lr

lr

3 ms

footerShadow.png

footerShadow.png

734 ms

lr.gif

lr.gif

5 ms

match_redirect

match_redirect

3 ms

sync

sync

7 ms

match_redirect

match_redirect

3 ms

CD29559E5C3DD456BD19F1360227FE77

CD29559E5C3DD456BD19F1360227FE77

52 ms

alertstripes.png

alertstripes.png

731 ms

exelate

exelate

4 ms

match_redirect

match_redirect

3 ms

engine

engine

91 ms

19 ms

17 ms

22 ms

spotx_match

spotx_match

4 ms

fb_match

fb_match

5 ms

u.php

u.php

39 ms

an

an

4 ms

lj_match

lj_match

4 ms

merge

merge

4 ms

cw_match

cw_match

4 ms

rtset

rtset

18 ms

rb_match

rb_match

4 ms

tap.php

tap.php

7 ms

ox_match

ox_match

4 ms

sd

sd

5 ms

pm_match

pm_match

5 ms

Pug

Pug

42 ms

pixel

pixel

21 ms

g_match

g_match

5 ms

match_redirect

match_redirect

7 ms

pixel

pixel

37 ms

aa_px

aa_px

4 ms

print.css

print.css

105 ms

Accessibility Review

uvu.edu accessibility score

91

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-hidden="true"] elements contain focusable descendents

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.

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>).

High

List items (<li>) are not contained within <ul> or <ol> parent elements.

Best Practices

uvu.edu 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

uvu.edu SEO score

88

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

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 Uvu.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 Uvu.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

uvu.edu

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