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Report Summary

  • 22

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    40% of other websites

  • 94

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 83% of websites

  • 92

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    80% of websites

  • 97

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    91% of websites

go.propublica.org

ProPublica — Investigative Journalism and News in the Public Interest

Page Load Speed

3.3 sec in total

First Response

915 ms

Resources Loaded

1.5 sec

Page Rendered

888 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Go.propublica.org page load time and found that the first response time was 915 ms and then it took 2.3 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 45% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

go.propublica.org performance score

22

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.6 s

31/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value7.3 s

5/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value7.3 s

29/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value2,410 ms

5/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.12

84/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value16.0 s

6/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

go.propublica.org

915 ms

www.propublica.org

156 ms

main.5a4c512c.css

105 ms

donate-photo-a.png

176 ms

medal_franklin_128.png

173 ms

Our browser made a total of 16 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 6% of them (1 request) were addressed to the original Go.propublica.org, 38% (6 requests) were made to Assets.propublica.org and 19% (3 requests) were made to Assets-c3.propublica.org. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (915 ms) belongs to the original domain Go.propublica.org.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 286.2 kB (36%)

Content Size

801.5 kB

After Optimization

515.3 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript

In fact, the total size of Go.propublica.org main page is 801.5 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. 25% of websites need less resources to load. Javascripts take 490.7 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-79%

Potential reduce by 125.8 kB

  • Original 159.2 kB
  • After minification 144.5 kB
  • After compression 33.4 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 125.8 kB or 79% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 0 B

  • Original 151.5 kB
  • After minification 151.5 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. Go Pro Publica images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-33%

Potential reduce by 160.4 kB

  • Original 490.7 kB
  • After minification 490.7 kB
  • After compression 330.3 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 160.4 kB or 33% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 5 (36%)

Requests Now

14

After Optimization

9

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 14 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Go Pro Publica. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 6 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

go.propublica.org

go.propublica.org

915 ms

www.propublica.org

www.propublica.org

156 ms

main.5a4c512c.css

main.5a4c512c.css

105 ms

donate-photo-a.png

donate-photo-a.png

176 ms

medal_franklin_128.png

medal_franklin_128.png

173 ms

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230810-kf-Maui-Fire-129-1x1_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_quality_95_embedColorProfile_true.jpg

203 ms

email-decode.min.js

email-decode.min.js

45 ms

main.7fdd6d4a.js

main.7fdd6d4a.js

83 ms

1004759-1004714.js

1004759-1004714.js

83 ms

events-promo.jpg

events-promo.jpg

172 ms

promo-data-store.gif

promo-data-store.gif

174 ms

20240514-matt-rota-unhoused-engagement-still-life-1x1_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_quality_95_embedColorProfile_true.jpg

20240514-matt-rota-unhoused-engagement-still-life-1x1_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_quality_95_embedColorProfile_true.jpg

296 ms

20240514-schools-callout-1x1_preview_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_embedColorProfile_true_quality_95.jpg

20240514-schools-callout-1x1_preview_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_embedColorProfile_true_quality_95.jpg

331 ms

gtm.js

gtm.js

67 ms

hotjar-3261149.js

hotjar-3261149.js

104 ms

loader.js

loader.js

46 ms

Accessibility Review

go.propublica.org accessibility score

94

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-hidden="true"] elements contain focusable descendents

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.

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

Links do not have a discernible name

Best Practices

go.propublica.org 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

go.propublica.org SEO score

97

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 uses legible font sizes

High

Tap targets are not sized appropriately

Language and Encoding

  • Language Detected

    EN

  • Language Claimed

    EN

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Go.propublica.org 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 Go.propublica.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.

Social Sharing Optimization

go.propublica.org

Open Graph data is detected on the main page of Go Pro Publica. This is the best way to make the web page social media friendly. Here is how it looks like on Facebook: