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    Performance

    Renders faster than
    26% of other websites

  • 61

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 27% of websites

  • 50

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
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  • 77

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
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theindependent-bd.com

The Independent | Online Edition

Page Load Speed

94.7 sec in total

First Response

8.3 sec

Resources Loaded

49.6 sec

Page Rendered

36.8 sec

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Key Findings

We analyzed Theindependent-bd.com page load time and found that the first response time was 8.3 sec and then it took 86.4 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

theindependent-bd.com performance score

14

Measured Metrics

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value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value7.5 s

1/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value10.7 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value15.2 s

1/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value3,270 ms

2/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.097

90/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value23.7 s

1/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

www.theindependentbd.com

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Our browser made a total of 191 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 0% of them (0 request) were addressed to the original Theindependent-bd.com, 8% (15 requests) were made to Static.xx.fbcdn.net and 6% (11 requests) were made to Scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (8.6 sec) relates to the external source Theindependentbd.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 1.0 MB (24%)

Content Size

4.3 MB

After Optimization

3.2 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Theindependent-bd.com main page is 4.3 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 2.9 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-87%

Potential reduce by 164.2 kB

  • Original 189.0 kB
  • After minification 141.4 kB
  • After compression 24.9 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 47.6 kB, which is 25% 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 164.2 kB or 87% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-2%

Potential reduce by 72.6 kB

  • Original 2.9 MB
  • After minification 2.9 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. The Independent Bd images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-64%

Potential reduce by 579.7 kB

  • Original 906.7 kB
  • After minification 814.2 kB
  • After compression 327.0 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. It is highly recommended that all JavaScript files should be compressed and minified as it can save up to 579.7 kB or 64% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-82%

Potential reduce by 189.4 kB

  • Original 229.9 kB
  • After minification 207.7 kB
  • After compression 40.5 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. Theindependent-bd.com needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 189.4 kB or 82% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 59 (31%)

Requests Now

188

After Optimization

129

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  • CSS

The browser has sent 188 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of The Independent Bd. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 35 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 17 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

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Accessibility Review

theindependent-bd.com accessibility score

61

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

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

<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

Internationalization and localization

These are opportunities to improve the interpretation of your content by users in different locales.

Impact

Issue

High

<html> element does not have a [lang] attribute

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

Lists do not contain only <li> elements and script supporting elements (<script> and <template>).

Best practices

These items highlight common accessibility best practices.

Impact

Issue

High

The document uses <meta http-equiv="refresh">

Best Practices

theindependent-bd.com best practices score

50

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

High

Includes front-end JavaScript libraries with known security vulnerabilities

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

User Experience

Impact

Issue

High

Displays images with incorrect aspect ratio

High

Serves images with low resolution

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

High

Page has valid source maps

High

Issues were logged in the Issues panel in Chrome Devtools

SEO Factors

theindependent-bd.com SEO score

77

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

Language and Encoding

  • Language Detected

    EN

  • Language Claimed

    N/A

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Theindependent-bd.com 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 Theindependent-bd.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

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