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Report Summary

  • 52

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    70% of other websites

  • 80

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 50% of websites

  • 92

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    81% of websites

  • 98

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    92% of websites

westmont.edu

Westmont College | A Christian Liberal Arts College in California

Page Load Speed

3.4 sec in total

First Response

613 ms

Resources Loaded

2.5 sec

Page Rendered

211 ms

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About Website

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Key Findings

We analyzed Westmont.edu page load time and found that the first response time was 613 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

westmont.edu performance score

52

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value4.6 s

13/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value15.1 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value5.8 s

49/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value210 ms

88/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value8.1 s

41/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

westmont.edu

613 ms

5d.css

469 ms

custom.css

365 ms

jquery.min.js

34 ms

search-suggest.js

300 ms

Our browser made a total of 60 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 70% of them (42 requests) were addressed to the original Westmont.edu, 22% (13 requests) were made to Blogs.westmont.edu and 3% (2 requests) were made to Google-analytics.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1.7 sec) belongs to the original domain Westmont.edu.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 106.9 kB (17%)

Content Size

624.0 kB

After Optimization

517.2 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Westmont.edu main page is 624.0 kB. This result falls beyond the top 1M of websites and identifies a large and not optimized web page that may take ages to load. 30% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 490.5 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-85%

Potential reduce by 45.6 kB

  • Original 53.4 kB
  • After minification 28.6 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 24.9 kB, which is 47% 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 45.6 kB or 85% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-8%

Potential reduce by 38.3 kB

  • Original 490.5 kB
  • After minification 452.2 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. Westmont images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-14%

Potential reduce by 8.5 kB

  • Original 61.0 kB
  • After minification 57.4 kB
  • After compression 52.6 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 8.5 kB or 14% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-76%

Potential reduce by 14.5 kB

  • Original 19.1 kB
  • After minification 16.5 kB
  • After compression 4.6 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. Westmont.edu needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 14.5 kB or 76% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 11 (19%)

Requests Now

58

After Optimization

47

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 58 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Westmont. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 6 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

westmont.edu

westmont.edu

613 ms

5d.css

5d.css

469 ms

custom.css

custom.css

365 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

34 ms

search-suggest.js

search-suggest.js

300 ms

jquery.pw-typer.js

jquery.pw-typer.js

367 ms

homepage.js

homepage.js

369 ms

nav.js

nav.js

224 ms

weather.php

weather.php

452 ms

votd.php

votd.php

608 ms

ga.js

ga.js

69 ms

header.png

header.png

89 ms

header.png

header.png

83 ms

gif_sprites_v3_trans.gif

gif_sprites_v3_trans.gif

84 ms

greyhead.png

greyhead.png

150 ms

bg.jpg

bg.jpg

512 ms

page-bg-3col.png

page-bg-3col.png

151 ms

homepage_sprites.jpg

homepage_sprites.jpg

450 ms

png_sprites_trans.png

png_sprites_trans.png

154 ms

dist-desc-bg.png

dist-desc-bg.png

83 ms

facebook.png

facebook.png

151 ms

twitter.png

twitter.png

84 ms

instagram.png

instagram.png

83 ms

youtube.png

youtube.png

145 ms

itunes.png

itunes.png

298 ms

linkedin.png

linkedin.png

155 ms

iphone-app.png

iphone-app.png

157 ms

ipad-app.png

ipad-app.png

159 ms

rss.png

rss.png

221 ms

SFT-Homepage-Btn.png

SFT-Homepage-Btn.png

227 ms

parents-weekend.png

parents-weekend.png

230 ms

request-info.png

request-info.png

232 ms

make-a-gift.png

make-a-gift.png

234 ms

mens-basketball.jpg

mens-basketball.jpg

296 ms

observatory.jpg

observatory.jpg

302 ms

Lounge-from-NE-PRINT-168x168.jpg

Lounge-from-NE-PRINT-168x168.jpg

364 ms

DavidBrooks-photo_Josh-Haner-The-New-York-Times_300ppi-168x168-1454030102.jpg

DavidBrooks-photo_Josh-Haner-The-New-York-Times_300ppi-168x168-1454030102.jpg

363 ms

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435 ms

ElectraPhoto-168x168.jpg

ElectraPhoto-168x168.jpg

364 ms

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FF14_0047-168x168-1456439571.jpg

508 ms

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Harpignies-Saint-Prive-EDITED-1-168x168.jpg

437 ms

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438 ms

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508 ms

BridgeWalk-168x168-1454633528.jpg

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580 ms

Toms-Cynthia-168x168-1454622437.jpg

Toms-Cynthia-168x168-1454622437.jpg

511 ms

SpencerGreg-168x168-1454023626.jpg

SpencerGreg-168x168-1454023626.jpg

513 ms

links.html

links.html

340 ms

footer.jpg

footer.jpg

97 ms

gif_sprites_v3_trans.gif

gif_sprites_v3_trans.gif

248 ms

homepage_sprites.jpg

homepage_sprites.jpg

252 ms

track.jpg

track.jpg

1662 ms

play_button_55.png

play_button_55.png

314 ms

SFT-Homepage-Btn-over.png

SFT-Homepage-Btn-over.png

323 ms

parents-weekend-over.png

parents-weekend-over.png

394 ms

request-info-over.png

request-info-over.png

326 ms

make-a-gift-over.png

make-a-gift-over.png

390 ms

helveticaneueltstd-bdcn-webfont.woff

helveticaneueltstd-bdcn-webfont.woff

792 ms

__utm.gif

__utm.gif

13 ms

collect

collect

57 ms

34.gif

34.gif

8 ms

Accessibility Review

westmont.edu accessibility score

80

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

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.

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 IDs are not unique

Navigation

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

Impact

Issue

High

Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order

Best Practices

westmont.edu best practices score

92

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

SEO Factors

westmont.edu SEO score

98

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

    N/A

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

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

westmont.edu

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