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Visit thetrace.orgWe analyzed Thetrace.org page load time and found that the first response time was 73 ms and then it took 5.5 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 75% of websites can load faster.
thetrace.org performance score
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Our browser made a total of 77 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 5% of them (4 requests) were addressed to the original Thetrace.org, 53% (41 requests) were made to Static01.thetrace.org and 23% (18 requests) were made to Use.typekit.net. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (3.4 sec) belongs to the original domain Thetrace.org.
Page size can be reduced by 420.6 kB (23%)
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In fact, the total size of Thetrace.org main page is 1.8 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. 80% 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 1.3 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.
Potential reduce by 64.9 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. 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 64.9 kB or 81% of the original size.
Potential reduce by 61.1 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 Trace images are well optimized though.
Potential reduce by 171.7 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 171.7 kB or 59% of the original size.
Potential reduce by 122.8 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. Thetrace.org needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 122.8 kB or 85% of the original size.
Number of requests can be reduced by 24 (44%)
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The browser has sent 54 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of The Trace. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 15 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 4 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.
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thetrace.org accessibility score
Contrast
These are opportunities to improve the legibility of your content.
Impact
Issue
Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio.
Navigation
These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.
Impact
Issue
Some elements have a [tabindex] value greater than 0
thetrace.org best practices score
Trust and Safety
Impact
Issue
Does not use HTTPS
Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks
General
Impact
Issue
Detected JavaScript libraries
thetrace.org SEO score
Content Best Practices
Format your HTML in a way that enables crawlers to better understand your app’s content.
Impact
Issue
Links do not have descriptive text
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 Thetrace.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 Thetrace.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.
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Open Graph data is detected on the main page of The Trace. This is the best way to make the web page social media friendly. Here is how it looks like on Facebook: