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Visit straitstimes.com.sgWe analyzed Straitstimes.com.sg page load time and found that the first response time was 586 ms and then it took 33.7 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 95% of websites can load faster.
straitstimes.com.sg performance score
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Our browser made a total of 402 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 0% of them (1 request) were addressed to the original Straitstimes.com.sg, 26% (106 requests) were made to Straitstimes.com and 12% (50 requests) were made to Graph.facebook.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (10.3 sec) relates to the external source Bcp.crwdcntrl.net.
Page size can be reduced by 2.4 MB (26%)
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In fact, the total size of Straitstimes.com.sg main page is 9.2 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. 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 6.5 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.
Potential reduce by 382.8 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 382.8 kB or 84% of the original size.
Potential reduce by 497.8 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. Straits Times images are well optimized though.
Potential reduce by 1.1 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 1.1 MB or 65% of the original size.
Potential reduce by 413.9 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. Straitstimes.com.sg needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 413.9 kB or 86% of the original size.
Number of requests can be reduced by 176 (48%)
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The browser has sent 366 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Straits Times. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 81 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 20 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.
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straitstimes.com.sg accessibility score
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.
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Issue
ARIA IDs are not unique
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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Issue
<frame> or <iframe> elements do not have a title
Image elements do not have [alt] attributes
Links do not have a discernible name
Navigation
These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.
Impact
Issue
Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order
Best practices
These items highlight common accessibility best practices.
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Issue
[user-scalable="no"] is used in the <meta name="viewport"> element or the [maximum-scale] attribute is less than 5.
straitstimes.com.sg best practices score
Trust and Safety
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Does not use HTTPS
Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks
General
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Detected JavaScript libraries
Browser errors were logged to the console
Missing source maps for large first-party JavaScript
Issues were logged in the Issues panel in Chrome Devtools
straitstimes.com.sg SEO score
Content Best Practices
Format your HTML in a way that enables crawlers to better understand your app’s content.
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Links do not have descriptive text
Image elements do not have [alt] attributes
Crawling and Indexing
To appear in search results, crawlers need access to your app.
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Issue
Links are not crawlable
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
Document uses legible font sizes
Tap targets are not sized appropriately
EN
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UTF-8
Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Straitstimes.com.sg can be misinterpreted by Google and other search engines. Our service has detected that English is used on the page, and neither this language nor any other was claimed in <html> or <meta> tags. Our system also found out that Straitstimes.com.sg 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.
straitstimes.com.sg
Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of Straits Times. 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: