Report Summary

  • 14

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    26% of other websites

  • 75

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 42% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    36% of websites

  • 76

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    35% of websites

rep-am.com

Republican-American | Northwest Connecticut's news and information leader

Page Load Speed

113.3 sec in total

First Response

194 ms

Resources Loaded

88.3 sec

Page Rendered

24.8 sec

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Key Findings

We analyzed Rep-am.com page load time and found that the first response time was 194 ms and then it took 113.1 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 95% of websites can load faster. Unfortunately, there were 20 request timeouts, which can generally increase the web page load time, as the browser stays idle while waiting for website response.

Performance Metrics

rep-am.com performance score

14

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value6.9 s

1/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value29.0 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value13.8 s

1/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value6,290 ms

0/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.078

95/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value28.5 s

0/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

rep-am.com

194 ms

www.rep-am.com

2230 ms

gtm.js

2500 ms

wp-emoji-release.min.js

749 ms

d2d6cc13_ai1ec_parsed_css.css

1585 ms

Our browser made a total of 323 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 30% of them (97 requests) were addressed to the original Rep-am.com, 23% (73 requests) were made to Widgets.print2webcorp.com and 10% (31 requests) were made to I0.wp.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (22.5 sec) relates to the external source Tpc.googlesyndication.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 3.0 MB (41%)

Content Size

7.3 MB

After Optimization

4.3 MB

In fact, the total size of Rep-am.com main page is 7.3 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. 85% 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 3.4 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-86%

Potential reduce by 358.5 kB

  • Original 416.0 kB
  • After minification 397.1 kB
  • After compression 57.5 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. 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 358.5 kB or 86% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-7%

Potential reduce by 239.1 kB

  • Original 3.4 MB
  • After minification 3.1 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. Rep Am images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-68%

Potential reduce by 1.8 MB

  • Original 2.6 MB
  • After minification 2.5 MB
  • After compression 848.7 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 1.8 MB or 68% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-73%

Potential reduce by 629.4 kB

  • Original 862.1 kB
  • After minification 808.4 kB
  • After compression 232.8 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. Rep-am.com needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 629.4 kB or 73% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 132 (47%)

Requests Now

282

After Optimization

150

The browser has sent 282 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Rep Am. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 71 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 41 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Accessibility Review

rep-am.com 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

button, link, and menuitem elements do not have accessible names.

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.

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

High

Form elements do not have associated labels

High

Links do not have a discernible name

Best Practices

rep-am.com best practices score

75

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

User Experience

Impact

Issue

High

Serves images with low resolution

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

High

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

rep-am.com SEO score

76

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

    EN

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Rep-am.com 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 Rep-am.com 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 Rep Am. This is the best way to make the web page social media friendly. Here is how it looks like on Facebook: