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Visit kirkus.comWe analyzed Kirkus.com page load time and found that the first response time was 198 ms and then it took 3.6 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 60% of websites can load faster.
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Our browser made a total of 72 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 0% of them (0 request) were addressed to the original Kirkus.com, 15% (11 requests) were made to D3eoifnsb8kxf0.cloudfront.net and 11% (8 requests) were made to D3myrwj42s63no.cloudfront.net. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1.2 sec) relates to the external source D3eoifnsb8kxf0.cloudfront.net.
Page size can be reduced by 489.4 kB (40%)
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In fact, the total size of Kirkus.com main page is 1.2 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. 45% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 484.4 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.
Potential reduce by 100.5 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 100.5 kB or 80% of the original size.
Potential reduce by 9.9 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. Kirkus images are well optimized though.
Potential reduce by 236.4 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 236.4 kB or 54% of the original size.
Potential reduce by 142.6 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. Kirkus.com needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 142.6 kB or 82% of the original size.
Number of requests can be reduced by 18 (28%)
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The browser has sent 64 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Kirkus. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 15 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 5 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.
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kirkus.com accessibility score
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These are opportunities to improve the legibility of your content.
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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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Image elements do not have [alt] attributes
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These are opportunities to improve the experience of reading tabular or list data using assistive technology, like a screen reader.
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Lists do not contain only <li> elements and script supporting elements (<script> and <template>).
List items (<li>) are not contained within <ul> or <ol> parent elements.
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Does not use HTTPS
Includes front-end JavaScript libraries with known security vulnerabilities
Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks
User Experience
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Displays images with incorrect aspect ratio
Serves images with low resolution
General
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Detected JavaScript libraries
Missing source maps for large first-party JavaScript
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Format your HTML in a way that enables crawlers to better understand your app’s content.
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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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Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Kirkus.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 Kirkus.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.
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