Report Summary

  • 14

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    26% of other websites

  • 75

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 42% of websites

  • 83

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    56% of websites

  • 84

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    53% of websites

omloophetnieuwsblad.be

Omloop Nieuwsblad

Page Load Speed

4.1 sec in total

First Response

657 ms

Resources Loaded

2.6 sec

Page Rendered

842 ms

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About Website

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Omloop het Nieuwsblad is traditionally the opening classic in the Flemish cycling spring. On 24 February, we kick off the classics in ’t Kuipke in Ghent. The peloton...

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Key Findings

We analyzed Omloophetnieuwsblad.be page load time and found that the first response time was 657 ms and then it took 3.5 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 60% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

omloophetnieuwsblad.be performance score

14

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value9.6 s

0/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value12.9 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value15.0 s

1/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value1,970 ms

8/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.141

78/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value25.9 s

0/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

omloophetnieuwsblad.be

657 ms

fonts.css

164 ms

pro.css

210 ms

modernizr.js

224 ms

5C60415BE2356CD1C.css

64 ms

Our browser made a total of 133 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 2% of them (2 requests) were addressed to the original Omloophetnieuwsblad.be, 29% (39 requests) were made to Ohn.pro.p.assets.flandersclassics.be and 19% (25 requests) were made to Static.flandersclassics.be. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1.4 sec) relates to the external source Ohn.pro.p.assets.flandersclassics.be.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 1.0 MB (25%)

Content Size

3.9 MB

After Optimization

2.9 MB

In fact, the total size of Omloophetnieuwsblad.be main page is 3.9 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. 75% of websites need less resources to load and that’s why Accessify’s recommendations for optimization and resource minification can be helpful for this project. Images take 2.6 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-75%

Potential reduce by 61.4 kB

  • Original 82.1 kB
  • After minification 71.0 kB
  • After compression 20.7 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 11.1 kB, which is 14% 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 61.4 kB or 75% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-7%

Potential reduce by 169.2 kB

  • Original 2.6 MB
  • After minification 2.4 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. Omloop Het Nieuwsblad images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-63%

Potential reduce by 527.4 kB

  • Original 831.2 kB
  • After minification 831.1 kB
  • After compression 303.8 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 527.4 kB or 63% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-58%

Potential reduce by 243.1 kB

  • Original 421.3 kB
  • After minification 419.2 kB
  • After compression 178.3 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. Omloophetnieuwsblad.be needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 243.1 kB or 58% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 33 (27%)

Requests Now

121

After Optimization

88

The browser has sent 121 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Omloop Het Nieuwsblad. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 14 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 6 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Accessibility Review

omloophetnieuwsblad.be accessibility score

75

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 input fields do not have accessible names

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

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

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

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.

Navigation

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

Impact

Issue

High

[id] attributes on active, focusable elements are not unique

Best Practices

omloophetnieuwsblad.be best practices score

83

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

Missing source maps for large first-party JavaScript

SEO Factors

omloophetnieuwsblad.be SEO score

84

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

High

Tap targets are not sized appropriately

Language and Encoding

  • Language Detected

    EN

  • Language Claimed

    NL

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Omloophetnieuwsblad.be can be misinterpreted by Google and other search engines. Our service has detected that English is used on the page, and it does not match the claimed Dutch language. Our system also found out that Omloophetnieuwsblad.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 data is detected on the main page of Omloop Het Nieuwsblad. This is the best way to make the web page social media friendly. Here is how it looks like on Facebook: