Report Summary

  • 20

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    37% of other websites

  • 70

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 36% of websites

  • 92

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    81% of websites

  • 84

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    53% of websites

independer.nl

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Page Load Speed

3.4 sec in total

First Response

364 ms

Resources Loaded

2.6 sec

Page Rendered

501 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Independer.nl page load time and found that the first response time was 364 ms and then it took 3.1 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 55% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

independer.nl performance score

20

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value4.8 s

12/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value10.7 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value8.0 s

22/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value3,600 ms

1/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value13.2 s

12/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

independer.nl

364 ms

www.independer.nl

928 ms

defaultcss

476 ms

jquery.min.js

67 ms

lib

653 ms

Our browser made a total of 30 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 20% of them (6 requests) were addressed to the original Independer.nl, 50% (15 requests) were made to Independer-static.nl and 10% (3 requests) were made to Google-analytics.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1 sec) relates to the external source Independer-static.nl.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 144.3 kB (32%)

Content Size

451.2 kB

After Optimization

306.9 kB

In fact, the total size of Independer.nl main page is 451.2 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. 20% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 282.4 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-87%

Potential reduce by 117.0 kB

  • Original 133.7 kB
  • After minification 106.2 kB
  • After compression 16.7 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 27.5 kB, which is 21% 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 117.0 kB or 87% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-10%

Potential reduce by 27.2 kB

  • Original 282.4 kB
  • After minification 255.2 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. Independer images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 68 B

  • Original 35.1 kB
  • After minification 35.1 kB
  • After compression 35.0 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. This website has mostly compressed JavaScripts.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 7 (27%)

Requests Now

26

After Optimization

19

The browser has sent 26 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Independer. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 8 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Accessibility Review

independer.nl 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

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

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

independer.nl best practices score

92

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

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

independer.nl SEO score

84

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

High

Tap targets are not sized appropriately

Language and Encoding

  • Language Detected

    NL

  • Language Claimed

    NL

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

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