Report Summary

  • 77

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    85% of other websites

  • 78

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 46% of websites

  • 92

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    81% of websites

  • 85

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    56% of websites

rgj.com

Reno Gazette-Journal | Reno news, community, entertainment, yellow pages and classifieds

Page Load Speed

90.5 sec in total

First Response

412 ms

Resources Loaded

53 sec

Page Rendered

37.1 sec

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Key Findings

We analyzed Rgj.com page load time and found that the first response time was 412 ms and then it took 90.1 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 95% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

rgj.com performance score

77

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.8 s

27/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value4.0 s

49/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value3.8 s

84/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value0 ms

100/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.009

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value3.8 s

89/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

rgj.com

412 ms

www.rgj.com

351 ms

show_ads.js

370 ms

main_modern.min.css

871 ms

gpt.js

538 ms

Our browser made a total of 142 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 2% of them (3 requests) were addressed to the original Rgj.com, 86% (122 requests) were made to Gannett-cdn.com and 2% (3 requests) were made to Cdn.taboola.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (6.9 sec) relates to the external source Gannett-cdn.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 6.9 MB (53%)

Content Size

13.1 MB

After Optimization

6.2 MB

In fact, the total size of Rgj.com main page is 13.1 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. 85% 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. Images take 4.5 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-83%

Potential reduce by 1.3 MB

  • Original 1.6 MB
  • After minification 1.6 MB
  • After compression 276.6 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. 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 1.3 MB or 83% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-7%

Potential reduce by 326.8 kB

  • Original 4.5 MB
  • After minification 4.1 MB

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. Rgj images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-70%

Potential reduce by 3.1 MB

  • Original 4.4 MB
  • After minification 4.4 MB
  • After compression 1.3 MB

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 3.1 MB or 70% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-82%

Potential reduce by 2.1 MB

  • Original 2.6 MB
  • After minification 2.6 MB
  • After compression 459.3 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. Rgj.com needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 2.1 MB or 82% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 23 (17%)

Requests Now

134

After Optimization

111

The browser has sent 134 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Rgj. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 16 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Accessibility Review

rgj.com accessibility score

78

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

Tables and lists

These are opportunities to improve the experience of reading tabular or list data using assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Impact

Issue

High

Definition list items are not wrapped in <dl> elements

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

<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

Best Practices

rgj.com 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

rgj.com SEO score

85

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

    EN

  • Language Claimed

    EN

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

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

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