Report Summary

  • 28

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    48% of other websites

  • 42

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 18% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    36% of websites

  • 75

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    32% of websites

journal.lecho.be

Journal digital | L’Echo

Page Load Speed

7.1 sec in total

First Response

751 ms

Resources Loaded

6.1 sec

Page Rendered

304 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Journal.lecho.be page load time and found that the first response time was 751 ms and then it took 6.4 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 80% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

journal.lecho.be performance score

28

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.1 s

47/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value10.4 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value7.1 s

31/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value1,310 ms

18/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.101

89/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value11.3 s

19/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

journal.lecho.be

751 ms

dojo.xd.js

58 ms

fonts.css

168 ms

grid.css

172 ms

bump.css

179 ms

Our browser made a total of 234 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 0% of them (1 request) were addressed to the original Journal.lecho.be, 52% (122 requests) were made to Static.lecho.be and 36% (84 requests) were made to Ajax.googleapis.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1.9 sec) relates to the external source Static.lecho.be.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 2.5 MB (30%)

Content Size

8.3 MB

After Optimization

5.8 MB

In fact, the total size of Journal.lecho.be main page is 8.3 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. 65% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 5.4 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-86%

Potential reduce by 178.2 kB

  • Original 206.8 kB
  • After minification 205.0 kB
  • After compression 28.6 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. HTML code on this page is well minified. It is highly recommended that content of this web page should be compressed using GZIP, as it can save up to 178.2 kB or 86% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 0 B

  • Original 5.4 MB
  • After minification 5.4 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. Journal L Echo images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-81%

Potential reduce by 501.4 kB

  • Original 617.9 kB
  • After minification 367.5 kB
  • After compression 116.6 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 501.4 kB or 81% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-88%

Potential reduce by 1.8 MB

  • Original 2.0 MB
  • After minification 1.8 MB
  • After compression 243.9 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. Journal.lecho.be needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 1.8 MB or 88% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 150 (64%)

Requests Now

233

After Optimization

83

The browser has sent 233 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Journal L Echo. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 118 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 19 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Accessibility Review

journal.lecho.be accessibility score

42

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

<frame> or <iframe> elements do not have a title

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

Internationalization and localization

These are opportunities to improve the interpretation of your content by users in different locales.

Impact

Issue

High

<html> element does not have a [lang] attribute

Best practices

These items highlight common accessibility best practices.

Impact

Issue

High

[user-scalable="no"] is used in the <meta name="viewport"> element or the [maximum-scale] attribute is less than 5.

Best Practices

journal.lecho.be 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

High

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

journal.lecho.be SEO score

75

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

Content Best Practices

Format your HTML in a way that enables crawlers to better understand your app’s content.

Impact

Issue

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

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

Language and Encoding

  • Language Detected

    N/A

  • Language Claimed

    FR

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Journal.lecho.be can be misinterpreted by Google and other search engines. Unfortunately we cannot identify language used on the page (probably there is a mix of languages, too little text or something else), while the claimed language is French. Our system also found out that Journal.lecho.be 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

Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of Journal L Echo. 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: