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Visit theirishtimes.comWe analyzed Theirishtimes.com page load time and found that the first response time was 309 ms and then it took 8.9 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 85% of websites can load faster.
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Our browser made a total of 336 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 0% of them (1 request) were addressed to the original Theirishtimes.com, 32% (108 requests) were made to Irishtimes.com and 4% (14 requests) were made to Dsum.casalemedia.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (880 ms) relates to the external source Irishtimes.com.
Page size can be reduced by 1.9 MB (54%)
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In fact, the total size of Theirishtimes.com main page is 3.5 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. Javascripts take 1.6 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.
Potential reduce by 319.6 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. This page needs HTML code to be minified as it can gain 75.1 kB, which is 19% 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 319.6 kB or 80% of the original size.
Potential reduce by 87.3 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. The Irish Times images are well optimized though.
Potential reduce by 1.0 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 1.0 MB or 65% of the original size.
Potential reduce by 461.0 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. Theirishtimes.com needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 461.0 kB or 63% of the original size.
Number of requests can be reduced by 179 (58%)
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The browser has sent 308 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of The Irish 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 64 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 8 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.
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theirishtimes.com accessibility score
Contrast
These are opportunities to improve the legibility of your content.
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Issue
Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio.
Navigation
These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.
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Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order
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
Links do not have a discernible name
theirishtimes.com best practices score
Trust and Safety
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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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Serves images with low resolution
General
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Detected JavaScript libraries
Browser errors were logged to the console
Issues were logged in the Issues panel in Chrome Devtools
theirishtimes.com 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
Crawling and Indexing
To appear in search results, crawlers need access to your app.
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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
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Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Theirishtimes.com can be misinterpreted by Google and other search engines. Unfortunately we cannot identify language used on the page (probably there is a mix of languages, too little text or something else), while the claimed language is English. Our system also found out that Theirishtimes.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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Open Graph data is detected on the main page of The Irish Times. This is the best way to make the web page social media friendly. Here is how it looks like on Facebook: