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Visit explorechicago.orgWe analyzed Explorechicago.org page load time and found that the first response time was 302 ms and then it took 2.6 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 50% of websites can load faster.
explorechicago.org performance score
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Our browser made a total of 213 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 0% of them (0 request) were addressed to the original Explorechicago.org, 22% (46 requests) were made to Choosechicago.com and 15% (33 requests) were made to Scontent.cdninstagram.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (703 ms) relates to the external source Static.xx.fbcdn.net.
Page size can be reduced by 1.5 MB (20%)
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In fact, the total size of Explorechicago.org main page is 7.8 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 5.8 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.
Potential reduce by 280.7 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 72.1 kB, which is 22% 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 280.7 kB or 85% of the original size.
Potential reduce by 110.5 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. Explore Chicago images are well optimized though.
Potential reduce by 856.1 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 856.1 kB or 66% of the original size.
Potential reduce by 301.6 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. Explorechicago.org needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 301.6 kB or 84% of the original size.
Number of requests can be reduced by 70 (34%)
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The browser has sent 204 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Explore Chicago. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 35 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 12 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.
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explorechicago.org accessibility score
Contrast
These are opportunities to improve the legibility of your content.
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Issue
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.
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<frame> or <iframe> elements do not have a title
Navigation
These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.
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Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order
Best practices
These items highlight common accessibility best practices.
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Issue
[user-scalable="no"] is used in the <meta name="viewport"> element or the [maximum-scale] attribute is less than 5.
explorechicago.org best practices score
Trust and Safety
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Does not use HTTPS
Includes front-end JavaScript libraries with known security vulnerabilities
Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks
General
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Detected JavaScript libraries
Browser errors were logged to the console
Missing source maps for large first-party JavaScript
explorechicago.org SEO score
Content Best Practices
Format your HTML in a way that enables crawlers to better understand your app’s content.
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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/).
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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 Explorechicago.org can be misinterpreted by Google and other search engines. Our service has detected that English is used on the page, and neither this language nor any other was claimed in <html> or <meta> tags. Our system also found out that Explorechicago.org 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.
explorechicago.org
Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of Explore Chicago. 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: