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Visit splashdot.comWe analyzed Splashdot.com page load time and found that the first response time was 182 ms and then it took 786 ms to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 15% of websites can load faster.
splashdot.com performance score
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Value4.1 s
22/100
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Value6.8 s
7/100
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Value4.1 s
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Value250 ms
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Value0.003
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Value6.2 s
62/100
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Our browser made a total of 28 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 75% of them (21 requests) were addressed to the original Splashdot.com, 7% (2 requests) were made to S7.addthis.com and 7% (2 requests) were made to Google-analytics.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (182 ms) belongs to the original domain Splashdot.com.
Page size can be reduced by 357.2 kB (55%)
647.1 kB
290.0 kB
In fact, the total size of Splashdot.com main page is 647.1 kB. This result falls beyond the top 1M of websites and identifies a large and not optimized web page that may take ages to load. 15% of websites need less resources to load. Javascripts take 483.6 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.
Potential reduce by 33.2 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 33.2 kB or 67% of the original size.
Potential reduce by 10.3 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. Splashdot images are well optimized though.
Potential reduce by 302.2 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 302.2 kB or 62% of the original size.
Potential reduce by 11.4 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. Splashdot.com needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 11.4 kB or 79% of the original size.
Number of requests can be reduced by 14 (54%)
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The browser has sent 26 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Splashdot. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 7 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.
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spdwb_2k9_main.css
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jquery-1.3.1.js
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swfobject.js
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addthis_widget.js
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ga.js
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splashdot.com accessibility score
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
Buttons do not have an accessible name
Navigation
These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.
Impact
Issue
[id] attributes on active, focusable elements are not unique
Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order
Tables and lists
These are opportunities to improve the experience of reading tabular or list data using assistive technology, like a screen reader.
Impact
Issue
Lists do not contain only <li> elements and script supporting elements (<script> and <template>).
splashdot.com best practices score
Trust and Safety
Impact
Issue
Does not use HTTPS
Includes front-end JavaScript libraries with known security vulnerabilities
Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks
User Experience
Impact
Issue
Displays images with incorrect aspect ratio
General
Impact
Issue
Detected JavaScript libraries
splashdot.com SEO score
Content Best Practices
Format your HTML in a way that enables crawlers to better understand your app’s content.
Impact
Issue
Links do not have descriptive text
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
Document uses legible font sizes
Tap targets are not sized appropriately
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UTF-8
Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Splashdot.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 Splashdot.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.
splashdot.com
Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of Splashdot. 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: