Report Summary

  • 10

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    23% of other websites

  • 70

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 36% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    36% of websites

  • 86

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    60% of websites

faz.de

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Page Load Speed

6.9 sec in total

First Response

293 ms

Resources Loaded

5.2 sec

Page Rendered

1.3 sec

faz.de screenshot

About Website

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News, Nachrichten und aktuelle Meldungen aus allen Ressorts. Politik, Wirtschaft, Sport, Feuilleton und Finanzen im Überblick.

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Key Findings

We analyzed Faz.de page load time and found that the first response time was 293 ms and then it took 6.6 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 80% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

faz.de performance score

10

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value6.9 s

1/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value7.8 s

3/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value12.0 s

4/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value1,920 ms

8/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.29

41/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value18.8 s

3/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

faz.de

293 ms

www.faz.net

658 ms

smarttag.js

367 ms

jquery-ui-1.11.1.min.a51b8eb6.css

280 ms

all_styles.min.185c6f66.css

466 ms

Our browser made a total of 326 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 0% of them (1 request) were addressed to the original Faz.de, 40% (131 requests) were made to Faz.net and 17% (55 requests) were made to Media1.faz.net. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (740 ms) relates to the external source Faz.net.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 1.7 MB (72%)

Content Size

2.4 MB

After Optimization

664.9 kB

In fact, the total size of Faz.de main page is 2.4 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. 80% 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. Javascripts take 856.3 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-85%

Potential reduce by 562.1 kB

  • Original 659.6 kB
  • After minification 532.9 kB
  • After compression 97.6 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 126.8 kB, which is 19% 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 562.1 kB or 85% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-16%

Potential reduce by 10.7 kB

  • Original 66.6 kB
  • After minification 55.9 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. Obviously, FAZ needs image optimization as it can save up to 10.7 kB or 16% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-55%

Potential reduce by 468.2 kB

  • Original 856.3 kB
  • After minification 836.0 kB
  • After compression 388.1 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 468.2 kB or 55% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-84%

Potential reduce by 651.0 kB

  • Original 774.3 kB
  • After minification 724.8 kB
  • After compression 123.4 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. Faz.de needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 651.0 kB or 84% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 105 (35%)

Requests Now

304

After Optimization

199

The browser has sent 304 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of FAZ. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 55 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 22 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Accessibility Review

faz.de accessibility score

70

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

High

<frame> or <iframe> elements do not have a title

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

High

Links do not have a discernible 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

[id] attributes on active, focusable elements are not unique

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

faz.de best practices score

75

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

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

faz.de SEO score

86

Search Engine Optimization Advices

Crawling and Indexing

To appear in search results, crawlers need access to your app.

Impact

Issue

High

Links are not crawlable

Content Best Practices

Format your HTML in a way that enables crawlers to better understand your app’s content.

Impact

Issue

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

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

Language and Encoding

  • Language Detected

    DE

  • Language Claimed

    DE

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Faz.de can be misinterpreted by Google and other search engines. Our service has detected that German is used on the page, and it matches the claimed language. Our system also found out that Faz.de 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

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