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Report Summary

  • 36

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    56% of other websites

  • 72

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 38% of websites

  • 67

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    24% of websites

  • 79

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    40% of websites

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Page Load Speed

4.4 sec in total

First Response

314 ms

Resources Loaded

3.9 sec

Page Rendered

200 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Boards.fool.com page load time and found that the first response time was 314 ms and then it took 4.1 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 65% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

boards.fool.com performance score

36

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.8 s

28/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value4.2 s

44/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value5.2 s

60/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value2,310 ms

5/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.142

78/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value9.8 s

28/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

boards.fool.com

314 ms

C

67 ms

M

67 ms

analytics.min.js

19 ms

infocookie.js

91 ms

Our browser made a total of 121 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 4% of them (5 requests) were addressed to the original Boards.fool.com, 14% (17 requests) were made to G.foolcdn.com and 6% (7 requests) were made to H.foolcdn.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1 sec) relates to the external source Pixel.rubiconproject.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 426.2 kB (62%)

Content Size

686.4 kB

After Optimization

260.2 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Boards.fool.com main page is 686.4 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. 50% of websites need less resources to load. Javascripts take 549.0 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-78%

Potential reduce by 58.2 kB

  • Original 74.4 kB
  • After minification 70.2 kB
  • After compression 16.2 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 58.2 kB or 78% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-5%

Potential reduce by 261 B

  • Original 5.6 kB
  • After minification 5.4 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. Boards Fool images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-59%

Potential reduce by 324.4 kB

  • Original 549.0 kB
  • After minification 548.0 kB
  • After compression 224.6 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 324.4 kB or 59% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-75%

Potential reduce by 43.3 kB

  • Original 57.4 kB
  • After minification 57.2 kB
  • After compression 14.1 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. Boards.fool.com needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 43.3 kB or 75% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 93 (82%)

Requests Now

114

After Optimization

21

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 114 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Boards Fool. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 39 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 6 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

boards.fool.com

boards.fool.com

314 ms

C

C

67 ms

M

M

67 ms

analytics.min.js

analytics.min.js

19 ms

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infocookie.js

91 ms

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infotrack_min.js

143 ms

prototype_fool.min.js

prototype_fool.min.js

131 ms

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fx_usmf.min.js

119 ms

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Serif.css

7 ms

Fool.css

Fool.css

121 ms

Usmf.css

Usmf.css

126 ms

Ads.css

Ads.css

124 ms

Boards.css

Boards.css

6 ms

adsWrapper.js

adsWrapper.js

6 ms

predictive-search-results.css

predictive-search-results.css

122 ms

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require.js

177 ms

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51 ms

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43 ms

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41 ms

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boards;pos=;seg=default;src=;sz=3x3;sub=default;port=default;trades=default;reg=false;etfticker=false;ret=default;mgr=default;funds=default;goldticker=false;bureau=default;series=default;buckettarget=default;swap=false;sessionCount=1;tenOrMoreSessions=false;type=default;adtags=default;tickers=default;tile=13;ord=87246948

40 ms

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boards;pos=;seg=default;src=;sz=1x5;sub=default;port=default;trades=default;reg=false;etfticker=false;ret=default;mgr=default;funds=default;goldticker=false;bureau=default;series=default;buckettarget=default;swap=false;sessionCount=1;tenOrMoreSessions=false;type=default;adtags=default;tickers=default;tile=0;ord=87246948

41 ms

quant.js

quant.js

9 ms

slf.js

slf.js

8 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

22 ms

linkid.js

linkid.js

11 ms

bg.jpg

bg.jpg

25 ms

icon-flags.png

icon-flags.png

25 ms

select-arrow.gif

select-arrow.gif

25 ms

navSprite.gif

navSprite.gif

27 ms

tophatArrow.gif

tophatArrow.gif

27 ms

headerBG.jpg

headerBG.jpg

26 ms

headerSprite.gif

headerSprite.gif

26 ms

potd.gif

potd.gif

27 ms

promoteboard.gif

promoteboard.gif

27 ms

hottopics.gif

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29 ms

promoteauthor.gif

promoteauthor.gif

28 ms

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28 ms

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idc.gif

27 ms

tickersearch-main.js

tickersearch-main.js

25 ms

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WRd.js

14 ms

header_bg.gif

header_bg.gif

9 ms

moduleBG.jpg

moduleBG.jpg

12 ms

arrow_f60.gif

arrow_f60.gif

12 ms

jquery-1.7.2.min.js

jquery-1.7.2.min.js

16 ms

domReady.js

domReady.js

17 ms

JumpToSearch.js

JumpToSearch.js

15 ms

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17 ms

r.js

r.js

16 ms

underscore-min.js

underscore-min.js

23 ms

TickerSearch.js

TickerSearch.js

23 ms

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21 ms

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362 ms

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356 ms

collect

collect

30 ms

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112 ms

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vs_track.gif

58 ms

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_Incapsula_Resource

27 ms

klass.min.js

klass.min.js

9 ms

gtm.js

gtm.js

34 ms

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58 ms

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lb

67 ms

conversion_async.js

conversion_async.js

51 ms

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spp.pl

147 ms

beacon.js

beacon.js

50 ms

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148 ms

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get_pitch

232 ms

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227 ms

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252 ms

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tc.min.js

118 ms

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keywee.min.js

39 ms

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158 ms

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lb

58 ms

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91 ms

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56 ms

63 ms

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18 ms

fbevents.js

fbevents.js

49 ms

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19 ms

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82 ms

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30 ms

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80 ms

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34 ms

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17 ms

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32 ms

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349 ms

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20 ms

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14 ms

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32 ms

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Accessibility Review

boards.fool.com accessibility score

72

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

High

Elements with an ARIA [role] that require children to contain a specific [role] are missing some or all of those required children.

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

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

These items highlight common accessibility best practices.

Impact

Issue

High

[user-scalable="no"] is used in the <meta name="viewport"> element or the [maximum-scale] attribute is less than 5.

Best Practices

boards.fool.com best practices score

67

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

High

Includes front-end JavaScript libraries with known security vulnerabilities

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

boards.fool.com SEO score

79

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 doesn't use legible font sizes

High

Tap targets are not sized appropriately

Language and Encoding

  • Language Detected

    EN

  • Language Claimed

    N/A

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Boards.fool.com 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 Boards.fool.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

boards.fool.com

Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of Boards Fool. 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: