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Report Summary

  • 17

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    32% of other websites

  • 89

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 71% of websites

  • 83

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    55% of websites

  • 98

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    92% of websites

contests.edmontonsun.com

Contests, Prizes and Announcements | Edmonton Sun

Page Load Speed

1.8 sec in total

First Response

39 ms

Resources Loaded

775 ms

Page Rendered

983 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Contests.edmontonsun.com page load time and found that the first response time was 39 ms and then it took 1.8 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 35% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

contests.edmontonsun.com performance score

17

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.5 s

34/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value57.9 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value28.5 s

0/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value6,900 ms

0/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.084

93/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value56.4 s

0/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

39 ms

advertising.js

81 ms

output.6e1442a4ed58.css

105 ms

output.24bca4b7c1f5.css

142 ms

output.4b3ba56ae1bd.css

109 ms

Our browser made a total of 44 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 0% of them (0 request) were addressed to the original Contests.edmontonsun.com, 34% (15 requests) were made to Smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital and 11% (5 requests) were made to Fonts.gstatic.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (336 ms) relates to the external source Smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 501.2 kB (44%)

Content Size

1.1 MB

After Optimization

635.7 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Contests.edmontonsun.com main page is 1.1 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. 30% of websites need less resources to load. Javascripts take 707.5 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-89%

Potential reduce by 273.6 kB

  • Original 308.6 kB
  • After minification 306.7 kB
  • After compression 35.0 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 273.6 kB or 89% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-1%

Potential reduce by 1.2 kB

  • Original 86.8 kB
  • After minification 85.6 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. Contests Edmonton Sun images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-32%

Potential reduce by 224.7 kB

  • Original 707.5 kB
  • After minification 707.5 kB
  • After compression 482.8 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 224.7 kB or 32% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-5%

Potential reduce by 1.7 kB

  • Original 34.1 kB
  • After minification 34.1 kB
  • After compression 32.3 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. Contests.edmontonsun.com has all CSS files already compressed.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 22 (58%)

Requests Now

38

After Optimization

16

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 38 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Contests Edmonton Sun. 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 from 5 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

39 ms

advertising.js

advertising.js

81 ms

output.6e1442a4ed58.css

output.6e1442a4ed58.css

105 ms

output.24bca4b7c1f5.css

output.24bca4b7c1f5.css

142 ms

output.4b3ba56ae1bd.css

output.4b3ba56ae1bd.css

109 ms

output.65010f712d7d.css

output.65010f712d7d.css

147 ms

bootstrapper

bootstrapper

92 ms

css

css

98 ms

LoginRadiusV2.js

LoginRadiusV2.js

98 ms

ms_auth_client.min.js

ms_auth_client.min.js

104 ms

main.e90f319cb5da.js

main.e90f319cb5da.js

103 ms

flipptag.js

flipptag.js

44 ms

SSG-Sunny-9.jpg

SSG-Sunny-9.jpg

166 ms

carousel-previous.svg

carousel-previous.svg

46 ms

carousel-next.svg

carousel-next.svg

44 ms

icon-generic-play.svg

icon-generic-play.svg

43 ms

save-article-button--default.svg

save-article-button--default.svg

45 ms

icon-fire.svg

icon-fire.svg

45 ms

icon-soc-fb.svg

icon-soc-fb.svg

110 ms

icon-soc-tw-white.svg

icon-soc-tw-white.svg

115 ms

icon-soc-yt.svg

icon-soc-yt.svg

113 ms

icon-soc-ig.svg

icon-soc-ig.svg

114 ms

logo-postmedia.svg

logo-postmedia.svg

116 ms

icon-close-black.svg

icon-close-black.svg

112 ms

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20240102db017.jpg

125 ms

SSGVicky.jpg

SSGVicky.jpg

159 ms

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20230915db010.jpg

134 ms

cp172967267.jpg

cp172967267.jpg

159 ms

Edmonton-Contest-Tile-1000x750-1.jpg

Edmonton-Contest-Tile-1000x750-1.jpg

211 ms

EHGS24_1000x750_X_P2.jpg

EHGS24_1000x750_X_P2.jpg

271 ms

ERS24_1000x750_WIN4_Bryan_N_P1.jpg

ERS24_1000x750_WIN4_Bryan_N_P1.jpg

263 ms

23_EFHS_1000x750_WIN4_W_P1.jpg

23_EFHS_1000x750_WIN4_W_P1.jpg

273 ms

23-326-Readers-Choice-Edmonton-1000x750_digital-VOTE-NOW3.jpg

23-326-Readers-Choice-Edmonton-1000x750_digital-VOTE-NOW3.jpg

327 ms

lfp_Western-Fair.png

lfp_Western-Fair.png

194 ms

GTC1300076H_Gatineau_ON_06.24.24_MARKET_SPECIFIC_Web_Full_Run_Ottawa_Citizen_Contest_Ad_-_Enter_for_your_chance_to_win_a_VIP_experience_1000Wx750H_0.jpg

GTC1300076H_Gatineau_ON_06.24.24_MARKET_SPECIFIC_Web_Full_Run_Ottawa_Citizen_Contest_Ad_-_Enter_for_your_chance_to_win_a_VIP_experience_1000Wx750H_0.jpg

213 ms

24-235-Harold-and-the-Purple-Crayon-contest_JUNE14_R2_VOTE2.jpg

24-235-Harold-and-the-Purple-Crayon-contest_JUNE14_R2_VOTE2.jpg

294 ms

CA_EN_HRZN_Main_PostMedia_1000x750.jpg

CA_EN_HRZN_Main_PostMedia_1000x750.jpg

336 ms

FIJM24_Concours_Postmedia_MtlGazette_Web1000x750_Tile.jpg

FIJM24_Concours_Postmedia_MtlGazette_Web1000x750_Tile.jpg

281 ms

KFOmCnqEu92Fr1Mu4mxP.ttf

KFOmCnqEu92Fr1Mu4mxP.ttf

135 ms

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KFOlCnqEu92Fr1MmWUlfBBc9.ttf

168 ms

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NGSpv5_NC0k9P_v6ZUCbLRAHxK1EbiusdUmj.ttf

158 ms

beacon.js

beacon.js

73 ms

PN_xRfK9oXHga0XdZsg6.ttf

PN_xRfK9oXHga0XdZsg6.ttf

68 ms

PN_yRfK9oXHga0XV3e0qghzT.ttf

PN_yRfK9oXHga0XV3e0qghzT.ttf

68 ms

Accessibility Review

contests.edmontonsun.com accessibility score

89

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

Buttons do not have an accessible 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

Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order

Best Practices

contests.edmontonsun.com best practices score

83

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

High

Missing source maps for large first-party JavaScript

SEO Factors

contests.edmontonsun.com SEO score

98

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

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Contests.edmontonsun.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 Contests.edmontonsun.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

contests.edmontonsun.com

Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of Contests Edmonton Sun. 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: