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Report Summary

  • 17

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    32% of other websites

  • 82

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 54% of websites

  • 69

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    36% of websites

  • 90

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    68% of websites

darkmatters.org

Forums - DarkMatters

Page Load Speed

4.7 sec in total

First Response

149 ms

Resources Loaded

3.8 sec

Page Rendered

812 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Darkmatters.org page load time and found that the first response time was 149 ms and then it took 4.6 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 70% of websites can load faster. This domain responded with an error, which can significantly jeopardize Darkmatters.org rating and web reputation

Performance Metrics

darkmatters.org performance score

17

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.8 s

28/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value10.8 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value8.6 s

17/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value3,660 ms

2/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.149

76/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value18.0 s

4/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

darkmatters.org

149 ms

index.php

500 ms

index.php

137 ms

prototype.js

40 ms

scriptaculous.js

51 ms

Our browser made a total of 141 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 30% of them (43 requests) were addressed to the original Darkmatters.org, 13% (19 requests) were made to Bh.contextweb.com and 4% (6 requests) were made to Pagead2.googlesyndication.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (2.5 sec) relates to the external source Rdcdn.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 356.2 kB (29%)

Content Size

1.2 MB

After Optimization

893.2 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript

In fact, the total size of Darkmatters.org main page is 1.2 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. 60% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 849.7 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-86%

Potential reduce by 112.1 kB

  • Original 130.0 kB
  • After minification 103.8 kB
  • After compression 17.8 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 26.2 kB, which is 20% 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 112.1 kB or 86% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-8%

Potential reduce by 64.8 kB

  • Original 849.7 kB
  • After minification 784.9 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. Dark Matters images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-66%

Potential reduce by 179.3 kB

  • Original 269.8 kB
  • After minification 267.7 kB
  • After compression 90.5 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 179.3 kB or 66% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 68 (54%)

Requests Now

125

After Optimization

57

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 125 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Dark Matters. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 21 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

darkmatters.org

darkmatters.org

149 ms

index.php

index.php

500 ms

index.php

index.php

137 ms

prototype.js

prototype.js

40 ms

scriptaculous.js

scriptaculous.js

51 ms

index.php

index.php

159 ms

getjs.aspx

getjs.aspx

22 ms

show_ads.js

show_ads.js

22 ms

getjs.aspx

getjs.aspx

11 ms

effects.js

effects.js

12 ms

dragdrop.js

dragdrop.js

19 ms

builder.js

builder.js

20 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

22 ms

bg.jpg

bg.jpg

245 ms

getjs.static.js

getjs.static.js

32 ms

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3bdc235493bd4061fa06ee665833308f

130 ms

user_l.png

user_l.png

44 ms

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user_r.png

43 ms

user.png

user.png

152 ms

facebook.png

facebook.png

134 ms

register.png

register.png

132 ms

banner_darkmatters.org_for_unbended.png

banner_darkmatters.org_for_unbended.png

236 ms

navigation.png

navigation.png

357 ms

icon_quicknav.png

icon_quicknav.png

153 ms

useropts_arrow.png

useropts_arrow.png

150 ms

swicon20px.png

swicon20px.png

237 ms

search.png

search.png

290 ms

advanced_search.png

advanced_search.png

236 ms

bgtd.png

bgtd.png

289 ms

search_icon.png

search_icon.png

288 ms

center.jpg

center.jpg

299 ms

bottom.jpg

bottom.jpg

335 ms

top.jpg

top.jpg

335 ms

f_icon_read.png

f_icon_read.png

332 ms

photo-30538.jpg

photo-30538.jpg

331 ms

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334 ms

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353 ms

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352 ms

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371 ms

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372 ms

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371 ms

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415 ms

photo-thumb-583.gif

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416 ms

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415 ms

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445 ms

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444 ms

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450 ms

photo-thumb-34304.jpg

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478 ms

top.png

top.png

478 ms

feed.png

feed.png

479 ms

index.php

index.php

577 ms

98ce539d9858cbd47fd100b76285566c

98ce539d9858cbd47fd100b76285566c

125 ms

collect

collect

12 ms

GetAd.aspx

GetAd.aspx

16 ms

ca-pub-8489427952471433.js

ca-pub-8489427952471433.js

157 ms

zrt_lookup.html

zrt_lookup.html

171 ms

show_ads_impl.js

show_ads_impl.js

92 ms

p-01-0VIaSjnOLg.gif

p-01-0VIaSjnOLg.gif

70 ms

visitormatch

visitormatch

83 ms

maintitle.png

maintitle.png

394 ms

cat_minimize.png

cat_minimize.png

390 ms

400066.gif

400066.gif

25 ms

subforum_stem.png

subforum_stem.png

425 ms

default_large.png

default_large.png

16 ms

GetAd.aspx

GetAd.aspx

79 ms

cookiematch

cookiematch

83 ms

default_large.png

default_large.png

65 ms

default_large.png

default_large.png

64 ms

ads

ads

282 ms

osd.js

osd.js

75 ms

p-01-0VIaSjnOLg.gif

p-01-0VIaSjnOLg.gif

65 ms

visitormatch

visitormatch

68 ms

contextweb

contextweb

65 ms

ads

ads

298 ms

pp

pp

88 ms

contextweb

contextweb

37 ms

ads

ads

228 ms

pixel.htm

pixel.htm

67 ms

rtset

rtset

22 ms

rtset

rtset

31 ms

rtset

rtset

25 ms

contextmatch.php

contextmatch.php

38 ms

rtset

rtset

20 ms

cw_match

cw_match

19 ms

context_sync

context_sync

42 ms

ecw

ecw

23 ms

pull_sync

pull_sync

16 ms

cse

cse

188 ms

rtset

rtset

30 ms

rtset

rtset

128 ms

pixel

pixel

44 ms

contextweb

contextweb

46 ms

rtset

rtset

37 ms

ecc

ecc

37 ms

rtset

rtset

61 ms

match

match

89 ms

ddc.htm

ddc.htm

44 ms

rtset

rtset

64 ms

pixel

pixel

64 ms

rtset

rtset

57 ms

m

m

186 ms

Pug

Pug

106 ms

rum

rum

79 ms

u.php

u.php

147 ms

146 ms

pixel

pixel

62 ms

rtset

rtset

61 ms

sync

sync

43 ms

rtset

rtset

56 ms

cpush

cpush

2519 ms

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158 ms

abg.js

abg.js

158 ms

m_js_controller.js

m_js_controller.js

164 ms

googlelogo_color_112x36dp.png

googlelogo_color_112x36dp.png

153 ms

rtset

rtset

69 ms

lr.gif

lr.gif

90 ms

rum

rum

71 ms

sd

sd

46 ms

rtset

rtset

59 ms

adServer.bs

adServer.bs

146 ms

pixel.gif

pixel.gif

125 ms

mapuser

mapuser

52 ms

xrefid.xgi

xrefid.xgi

52 ms

rtset

rtset

54 ms

rtset

rtset

41 ms

sync

sync

67 ms

bd

bd

97 ms

bd

bd

79 ms

merge

merge

72 ms

pixel

pixel

24 ms

rtset

rtset

34 ms

tap.php

tap.php

268 ms

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NAX6627622270705459867

70 ms

s

s

33 ms

x_button_blue2.png

x_button_blue2.png

28 ms

MdyApZkAHG2-UELdOwjNjjFZXSz-CGj4o1JtDR7aGgs.js

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16 ms

ebStdBanner.js

ebStdBanner.js

65 ms

Pug

Pug

16 ms

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21 ms

activeview

activeview

26 ms

blank.gif

blank.gif

3 ms

Accessibility Review

darkmatters.org accessibility score

82

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-*] attributes do not match their roles

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

Links do not have a discernible name

Navigation

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

Impact

Issue

High

Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order

Best Practices

darkmatters.org best practices score

69

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

General

Impact

Issue

High

Registers an unload listener

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

High

Issues were logged in the Issues panel in Chrome Devtools

SEO Factors

darkmatters.org SEO score

90

Search Engine Optimization Advices

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

    ISO-8859-1

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Darkmatters.org 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 Darkmatters.org main page’s claimed encoding is iso-8859-1. Changing it to UTF-8 can be a good choice, as this format is commonly used for encoding all over the web and thus their visitors won’t have any troubles with symbol transcription or reading.

Social Sharing Optimization

darkmatters.org

Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of Dark Matters. 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: