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Report Summary

  • 54

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    72% 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

  • 91

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    71% of websites

forums.channelregister.co.uk

The Register Forums

Page Load Speed

19.4 sec in total

First Response

957 ms

Resources Loaded

18 sec

Page Rendered

476 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Forums.channelregister.co.uk page load time and found that the first response time was 957 ms and then it took 18.4 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is an excellent result, as only a small number of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

forums.channelregister.co.uk performance score

54

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.3 s

39/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value3.5 s

64/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value6.1 s

45/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value780 ms

37/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value9.5 s

30/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

forums.channelregister.co.uk

957 ms

forums.theregister.co.uk

11395 ms

forums

97 ms

design

110 ms

_.js

100 ms

Our browser made a total of 134 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 1% of them (1 request) were addressed to the original Forums.channelregister.co.uk, 16% (22 requests) were made to Regmedia.co.uk and 12% (16 requests) were made to Theregister.co.uk. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (11.4 sec) relates to the external source Forums.theregister.co.uk.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 1.1 MB (61%)

Content Size

1.9 MB

After Optimization

735.2 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Forums.channelregister.co.uk main page is 1.9 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. 70% of websites need less resources to load. Javascripts take 1.3 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-77%

Potential reduce by 102.7 kB

  • Original 133.3 kB
  • After minification 116.4 kB
  • After compression 30.5 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 16.9 kB, which is 13% 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 102.7 kB or 77% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-5%

Potential reduce by 16.8 kB

  • Original 359.5 kB
  • After minification 342.7 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. Forums Channel Register images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-73%

Potential reduce by 942.4 kB

  • Original 1.3 MB
  • After minification 1.3 MB
  • After compression 344.5 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 942.4 kB or 73% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-80%

Potential reduce by 68.2 kB

  • Original 85.7 kB
  • After minification 84.0 kB
  • After compression 17.5 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. Forums.channelregister.co.uk needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 68.2 kB or 80% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 74 (61%)

Requests Now

122

After Optimization

48

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 122 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Forums Channel Register. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 34 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

forums.channelregister.co.uk

forums.channelregister.co.uk

957 ms

forums.theregister.co.uk

forums.theregister.co.uk

11395 ms

forums

forums

97 ms

design

design

110 ms

_.js

_.js

100 ms

nir.theregister.co.uk

nir.theregister.co.uk

181 ms

webkit.css

webkit.css

8 ms

webkit.css

webkit.css

5 ms

gpt.js

gpt.js

6 ms

pubads_impl_81.js

pubads_impl_81.js

10 ms

container.html

container.html

8 ms

ads

ads

311 ms

reg_logo.png

reg_logo.png

17 ms

wifi-trump.jpg

wifi-trump.jpg

2087 ms

agincourt.jpg

agincourt.jpg

2090 ms

gopher.jpg

gopher.jpg

2092 ms

pi_3.jpg

pi_3.jpg

2129 ms

fourth_birthday_teaser.jpg

fourth_birthday_teaser.jpg

2137 ms

snooping_image_via_shutterstock.jpg

snooping_image_via_shutterstock.jpg

2102 ms

bofh.png

bofh.png

2094 ms

ventblockers_dust.jpg

ventblockers_dust.jpg

2100 ms

shutterstock_burning_fire_engine.jpg

shutterstock_burning_fire_engine.jpg

2106 ms

van-cleef-smartphone.jpg

van-cleef-smartphone.jpg

2105 ms

tor.jpg

tor.jpg

2138 ms

things.jpg

things.jpg

2132 ms

monsters_vs_aliens_648_v2.jpg

monsters_vs_aliens_648_v2.jpg

2130 ms

twitter.png

twitter.png

160 ms

facebook.png

facebook.png

18 ms

google_plus.png

google_plus.png

21 ms

linkedin.png

linkedin.png

18 ms

vulture.png

vulture.png

21 ms

vulture_white.png

vulture_white.png

23 ms

search.png

search.png

282 ms

search_white.png

search_white.png

23 ms

www.theregister.co.uk

www.theregister.co.uk

612 ms

rss.png

rss.png

26 ms

nmedianet.js

nmedianet.js

63 ms

osd.js

osd.js

7 ms

px.gif

px.gif

26 ms

bping.php

bping.php

19 ms

rtbspub

rtbspub

106 ms

fcmdynet.js

fcmdynet.js

161 ms

px.gif

px.gif

34 ms

checksync.php

checksync.php

52 ms

container.html

container.html

5 ms

usermatch

usermatch

11 ms

usermatch

usermatch

20 ms

casale

casale

8 ms

VtXmFMAoJJUAAG-CUXAAAAB1%26570

VtXmFMAoJJUAAG-CUXAAAAB1%26570

40 ms

usersync.aspx

usersync.aspx

21 ms

cm

cm

10 ms

ecsync.php

ecsync.php

23 ms

pixel.htm

pixel.htm

37 ms

casale

casale

8 ms

rum

rum

12 ms

5 ms

csync.php

csync.php

124 ms

crum

crum

12 ms

rum

rum

234 ms

crum

crum

13 ms

log.php

log.php

8 ms

ddc.htm

ddc.htm

20 ms

rum

rum

9 ms

ads

ads

302 ms

mediamain.html

mediamain.html

82 ms

jload

jload

38 ms

bping.php

bping.php

32 ms

rtbspub

rtbspub

247 ms

fcmdynet.js

fcmdynet.js

79 ms

mon

mon

22 ms

dt

dt

23 ms

rum

rum

11 ms

mediamain.html

mediamain.html

156 ms

jload

jload

24 ms

adServer.bs

adServer.bs

47 ms

mon

mon

20 ms

ebHtml5PoliteBanner.js

ebHtml5PoliteBanner.js

20 ms

dt

dt

81 ms

NewCo-ThreatReport-v2-300x250-Global-HTML5.html

NewCo-ThreatReport-v2-300x250-Global-HTML5.html

44 ms

jload

jload

70 ms

expansion_embed.js

expansion_embed.js

43 ms

EBLoader.js

EBLoader.js

41 ms

edge.6.0.0.min.js

edge.6.0.0.min.js

41 ms

ads

ads

380 ms

rtblog.php

rtblog.php

25 ms

timeline

timeline

197 ms

27722-218796-36959-639

27722-218796-36959-639

301 ms

push

push

286 ms

abg.js

abg.js

281 ms

EBLoader.js

EBLoader.js

132 ms

abt_a

abt_a

390 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

196 ms

dpm_812ed4562d3211363a7b813aa9cd2cf042b63bb2.min.js

dpm_812ed4562d3211363a7b813aa9cd2cf042b63bb2.min.js

195 ms

mon

mon

84 ms

snooping_image_via_shutterstock.jpg

snooping_image_via_shutterstock.jpg

1078 ms

bofh.png

bofh.png

1100 ms

ventblockers_dust.jpg

ventblockers_dust.jpg

1386 ms

shutterstock_burning_fire_engine.jpg

shutterstock_burning_fire_engine.jpg

1083 ms

van-cleef-smartphone.jpg

van-cleef-smartphone.jpg

1085 ms

tor.jpg

tor.jpg

1087 ms

things.jpg

things.jpg

1099 ms

monsters_vs_aliens_648_v2.jpg

monsters_vs_aliens_648_v2.jpg

1100 ms

Threat300x250_edge.js

Threat300x250_edge.js

23 ms

dt

dt

88 ms

Threat300x250_edge.js

Threat300x250_edge.js

78 ms

collect

collect

60 ms

collect

collect

93 ms

collect

collect

40 ms

728x090_AQ-1_PSBSUPR.jpg

728x090_AQ-1_PSBSUPR.jpg

38 ms

300x250_bg.jpg

300x250_bg.jpg

22 ms

clouds.jpg

clouds.jpg

15 ms

300x250_logo.png

300x250_logo.png

16 ms

300x250_cover.png

300x250_cover.png

18 ms

300x250_your.png

300x250_your.png

17 ms

300x250_cta.png

300x250_cta.png

16 ms

300x250_arrow.png

300x250_arrow.png

16 ms

index.php

index.php

24 ms

pixel

pixel

32 ms

arrow.png

arrow.png

59 ms

nrr.js

nrr.js

46 ms

pixel

pixel

54 ms

footerbranding.png

footerbranding.png

48 ms

timeline

timeline

92 ms

tp.gif

tp.gif

4091 ms

pixel

pixel

27 ms

bql.php

bql.php

8 ms

bqi.php

bqi.php

7 ms

bqi.php

bqi.php

6 ms

activeview

activeview

42 ms

activeview

activeview

14 ms

index.php

index.php

11 ms

30 ms

activeview

activeview

14 ms

activeview

activeview

18 ms

Accessibility Review

forums.channelregister.co.uk 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.

Navigation

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

Impact

Issue

High

Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order

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

Links do not have a discernible name

Best Practices

forums.channelregister.co.uk 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

forums.channelregister.co.uk SEO score

91

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 Forums.channelregister.co.uk 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 Forums.channelregister.co.uk 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

forums.channelregister.co.uk

Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of Forums Channel Register. 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: