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Explore Sri Lanka that began in 1987, celebrates 35 years of offering readers articles on travel destinations, off-the-beaten-track, retreats and getaways, serendipitous discoveries, cultural events, ...
Visit explore.lkWe analyzed Explore.lk page load time and found that the first response time was 1.8 sec and then it took 4.1 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 65% of websites can load faster.
explore.lk performance score
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Our browser made a total of 75 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 1% of them (1 request) were addressed to the original Explore.lk, 67% (50 requests) were made to Exploresrilanka.lk and 13% (10 requests) were made to Static.xx.fbcdn.net. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1.8 sec) belongs to the original domain Explore.lk.
Page size can be reduced by 311.8 kB (11%)
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In fact, the total size of Explore.lk main page is 2.9 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. 50% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 2.5 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.
Potential reduce by 67.1 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. This page needs HTML code to be minified as it can gain 39.2 kB, which is 51% 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 67.1 kB or 87% of the original size.
Potential reduce by 45.7 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. Explore images are well optimized though.
Potential reduce by 173.9 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 173.9 kB or 64% of the original size.
Potential reduce by 25.2 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. Explore.lk needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 25.2 kB or 74% of the original size.
Number of requests can be reduced by 32 (43%)
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The browser has sent 74 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Explore. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 17 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 17 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.
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explore.lk accessibility score
Contrast
These are opportunities to improve the legibility of your content.
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Issue
Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio.
Navigation
These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.
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Issue
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.
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Issue
Image elements do not have [alt] attributes
Links do not have a discernible name
Tables and lists
These are opportunities to improve the experience of reading tabular or list data using assistive technology, like a screen reader.
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Issue
Lists do not contain only <li> elements and script supporting elements (<script> and <template>).
explore.lk best practices score
Trust and Safety
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Does not use HTTPS
Includes front-end JavaScript libraries with known security vulnerabilities
Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks
User Experience
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Serves images with low resolution
General
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Detected JavaScript libraries
Browser errors were logged to the console
explore.lk SEO score
Content Best Practices
Format your HTML in a way that enables crawlers to better understand your app’s content.
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Issue
Links do not have descriptive text
Image elements do not have [alt] attributes
Crawling and Indexing
To appear in search results, crawlers need access to your app.
Impact
Issue
Links are not crawlable
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Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Explore.lk 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 Explore.lk 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.
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Open Graph data is detected on the main page of Explore. This is the best way to make the web page social media friendly. Here is how it looks like on Facebook: