Lighthouse Mobile
· 0 checks — Mobile Lighthouse audit -- Performance, Accessibility, Best Practices, and SEO category breakdown.Detailed Report
Audit breakdown by category with detailed findings.
Performance
Insights
Remove large, duplicate JavaScript modules from bundles to reduce unnecessary bytes consumed by network activity.
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
Polyfills and transforms enable older browsers to use new JavaScript features. However, many aren't necessary for modern browsers. Consider modifying your JavaScript build process to not transpile Baseline features, unless you know you must support older browsers. Learn why most sites can deploy ES6+ code without transpiling
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
3rd party code can significantly impact load performance. Reduce and defer loading of 3rd party code to prioritize your page's content.
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
Layout shifts occur when elements move absent any user interaction. Investigate the causes of layout shifts, such as elements being added, removed, or their fonts changing as the page loads.
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
Your first network request is the most important. Reduce its latency by avoiding redirects, ensuring a fast server response, and enabling text compression.
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
Consider setting font-display to swap or optional to ensure text is consistently visible. swap can be further optimized to mitigate layout shifts with font metric overrides.
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
Reducing the download time of images can improve the perceived load time of the page and LCP. Learn more about optimizing image size
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
| URL | Resource Size | Est Savings | |
|---|---|---|---|
div.feature-image > div > picture.imgproxy > img div.feature-image > div > picture.imgproxy > img | /img/450x254/uploads/news/images/features/Nuart_Cruicksha... | 68.4 KiB | 49.8 KiB |
div.feature-image > div > picture.imgproxy > img div.feature-image > div > picture.imgproxy > img | www.abdn.ac.uk/img/450x254/uploads/news/images/features/Jenna_Gregory2.jpg | 55.4 KiB | 36.8 KiB |
four female students walking through a park with huge model letters spelling ab… div > div.hero-slide-wrapper > picture.imgproxy > img | www.abdn.ac.uk/img/600x214/media/site/home/parkpage-vibrant-sq2.jpg | 52.6 KiB | 31.7 KiB |
A female student in a medieval building looking at painted ceiling div > div.hero-slide-wrapper > picture.imgproxy > img | www.abdn.ac.uk/img/600x214/media/site/home/provost-house-sq.jpg | 48.0 KiB | 27.1 KiB |
Leading the transition in Europe's Energy capital
We spark urgent conversation… body.has-overlay-header > main#main > div.section | /img/300x/media/university-of-aberdeen/content-assets/ima... | 16.6 KiB | 10.3 KiB |
li > a > div > img li > a > div > img | www.abdn.ac.uk/img/100,sc/uploads/news/images/thumbs/meston_new.jpg | 9.8 KiB | 8.2 KiB |
li > a > div > img li > a > div > img | www.abdn.ac.uk/img/100,sc/uploads/news/images/thumbs/Wolde_Highlands_crop_1.jpg | 8.2 KiB | 6.5 KiB |
li > a > div > img li > a > div > img | /img/100,sc/uploads/news/images/thumbs/Pembroke_2024_exca... | 7.8 KiB | 6.2 KiB |
li > a > div > img li > a > div > img | /img/100,sc/uploads/news/images/thumbs/phil-hearing-bu27Y... | 7.3 KiB | 5.7 KiB |
li > a > div > img li > a > div > img | www.abdn.ac.uk/img/100,sc/uploads/news/images/thumbs/covid_gardens.jpg | 6.7 KiB | 5.1 KiB |
Optimize LCP by making the LCP image discoverable from the HTML immediately, and avoiding lazy-loading
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
HTTP/2 and HTTP/3 offer many benefits over HTTP/1.1, such as multiplexing. Learn more about using modern HTTP.
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
Avoid chaining critical requests by reducing the length of chains, reducing the download size of resources, or deferring the download of unnecessary resources to improve page load.
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
Requests are blocking the page's initial render, which may delay LCP. Deferring or inlining can move these network requests out of the critical path.
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
| URL | Transfer Size | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| /abdn-design-system/releases/3.0.5/dist/css/abdn-design-s... | 145.8 KiB | 1.5 s |
| code.jquery.com/jquery-3.6.0.min.js | 30.5 KiB | 1.1 s |
A long cache lifetime can speed up repeat visits to your page. Learn more about caching.
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
| Request | Cache TTL | Transfer Size |
|---|---|---|
| i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/YjwWEBZzcZM/maxresdefault.webp | 7200.0 s | 102.8 KiB |
| i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/YjwWEBZzcZM/sddefault.webp | 7200.0 s | 40.7 KiB |
| cc.cdn.civiccomputing.com/9/cookieControl-9.x.min.js | 604800.0 s | 123.3 KiB |
| /s/resources-global/js/typeahead.bundle-0.11.1.min.js | 1800.0 s | 12.1 KiB |
| /s/resources-global/js/funnelback.autocompletion-2.6.0.js | 1800.0 s | 8.2 KiB |
| static.doubleclick.net/instream/ad_status.js | 900.0 s | 495 B |
| static.doubleclick.net/instream/ad_status.js | 900.0 s | 0 B |
These insights are also available in the Chrome DevTools Performance Panel - record a trace to view more detailed information.
Redirects introduce additional delays before the page can be loaded. Learn how to avoid page redirects.
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
| URL | Time Spent |
|---|---|
| abdn.ac.uk/ | 945 ms |
| www.abdn.ac.uk/ | 0.0 ms |
Keep the server response time for the main document short because all other requests depend on it. Learn more about the Time to First Byte metric.
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
| URL | Time Spent |
|---|---|
| www.abdn.ac.uk/ | 727 ms |
These are the largest layout shifts observed on the page. Each table item represents a single layout shift, and shows the element that shifted the most. Below each item are possible root causes that led to the layout shift. Some of these layout shifts may not be included in the CLS metric value due to windowing. Learn how to improve CLS
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
| Element | Layout shift score |
|---|---|
UK TOP 20
3rd in Scotland and Top 20 in the UK in the Guardian University Guid… body.has-overlay-header > main#main > div.section | 0.151 |
SATISFACTION
3rd in Scotland, Wales and N Ireland for student satisfaction in … div.section > div.container > div.flexible-tile-container > div | 0.127 |
UK TOP 20
3rd in Scotland and Top 20 in the UK in the Guardian University Guid… body.has-overlay-header > main#main > div.section | 0.027 |
Menu and search div.col > div.global-header > div.clearfix > div.toggle-controls | 0.000 |
Time to Interactive is the amount of time it takes for the page to become fully interactive. Learn more about the Time to Interactive metric.
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
The maximum potential First Input Delay that your users could experience is the duration of the longest task. Learn more about the Maximum Potential First Input Delay metric.
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
Diagnostics
Reduce unused rules from stylesheets and defer CSS not used for above-the-fold content to decrease bytes consumed by network activity. Learn how to reduce unused CSS.
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
| URL | Transfer Size | Est Savings |
|---|---|---|
| /abdn-design-system/releases/3.0.5/dist/css/abdn-design-s... | 145.2 KiB | 134.8 KiB |
Reduce unused JavaScript and defer loading scripts until they are required to decrease bytes consumed by network activity. Learn how to reduce unused JavaScript.
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
| URL | Transfer Size | Est Savings |
|---|---|---|
| cc.cdn.civiccomputing.com/9/cookieControl-9.x.min.js | 122.9 KiB | 56.9 KiB |
| /abdn-design-system/releases/3.0.5/dist/js/abdn-design-sy... | 47.6 KiB | 33.0 KiB |
Consider reducing the time spent parsing, compiling and executing JS. You may find delivering smaller JS payloads helps with this. Learn how to minimize main-thread work
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
| Category | Time Spent |
|---|---|
| Other | 823 ms |
| Style & Layout | 617 ms |
| Script Evaluation | 439 ms |
| Rendering | 304 ms |
| Parse HTML & CSS | 99 ms |
| Script Parsing & Compilation | 70 ms |
Minifying JavaScript files can reduce payload sizes and script parse time. Learn how to minify JavaScript.
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
| URL | Transfer Size | Est Savings |
|---|---|---|
| /s/resources-global/js/funnelback.autocompletion-2.6.0.js | 7.6 KiB | 2.7 KiB |
Large network payloads cost users real money and are highly correlated with long load times. Learn how to reduce payload sizes.
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
Set an explicit width and height on image elements to reduce layout shifts and improve CLS. Learn how to set image dimensions
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
| URL | |
|---|---|
map of UK with 20 and an arrow div.flexible-tile > div.flexible-tile-highlight > picture.flexible-tile-image > img | www.abdn.ac.uk/img/450x/media/site/home/top-20-icon.png |
NSS Stat div.flexible-tile > div.flexible-tile-highlight > picture.flexible-tile-image > img | /img/450x/media/university-of-aberdeen/content-assets/ima... |
Sustainable Icon div.flexible-tile > div.flexible-tile-highlight > picture.flexible-tile-image > img | /img/450x/media/university-of-aberdeen/content-assets/ima... |
div.feature-image > div > picture.imgproxy > img div.feature-image > div > picture.imgproxy > img | /img/450x254/uploads/news/images/features/Nuart_Cruicksha... |
div.feature-image > div > picture.imgproxy > img div.feature-image > div > picture.imgproxy > img | www.abdn.ac.uk/img/450x254/uploads/news/images/features/Jenna_Gregory2.jpg |
four female students walking through a park with huge model letters spelling ab… div > div.hero-slide-wrapper > picture.imgproxy > img | www.abdn.ac.uk/img/600x214/media/site/home/parkpage-vibrant-sq2.jpg |
A female student in a medieval building looking at painted ceiling div > div.hero-slide-wrapper > picture.imgproxy > img | www.abdn.ac.uk/img/600x214/media/site/home/provost-house-sq.jpg |
div.feature-image > div > picture.imgproxy > img div.feature-image > div > picture.imgproxy > img |
More information about the performance of your application. These numbers don't directly affect the Performance score.
Accessibility
These checks highlight opportunities to improve the accessibility of your web app. Automatic detection can only detect a subset of issues and does not guarantee the accessibility of your web app, so manual testing is also encouraged.
Names and labels
Form elements without effective labels can create frustrating experiences for screen reader users. Learn more about the `select` element.
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
| Failing Elements |
|---|
Undergraduate
Postgraduate Taught
Postgraduate Research fieldset > div.search-box > div > select#prospectus_study_type |
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.
Best Practices
General
Errors logged to the console indicate unresolved problems. They can come from network request failures and other browser concerns. Learn more about this errors in console diagnostic audit
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
| Source | Description |
|---|---|
code.jquery.com/jquery-3.6.0.min.js line 1, col 31702 | Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read properties of null (reading 'classList') |
SEO
These checks ensure that your page is following basic search engine optimization advice. There are many additional factors Lighthouse does not score here that may affect your search ranking, including performance on Core Web Vitals. Learn more about Google Search Essentials.