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Visit timescolonist.comWe analyzed Timescolonist.com page load time and found that the first response time was 78 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.
timescolonist.com performance score
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Our browser made a total of 352 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 5% of them (17 requests) were addressed to the original Timescolonist.com, 13% (45 requests) were made to Images.glaciermedia.ca and 6% (20 requests) were made to Um.simpli.fi. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (2.4 sec) relates to the external source Btn.weather.ca.
Page size can be reduced by 2.6 MB (53%)
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In fact, the total size of Timescolonist.com main page is 4.8 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. 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 2.0 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.
Potential reduce by 395.7 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 154.8 kB, which is 33% 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 395.7 kB or 83% of the original size.
Potential reduce by 119.2 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. Times Colonist images are well optimized though.
Potential reduce by 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 1.3 MB or 67% of the original size.
Potential reduce by 754.7 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. Timescolonist.com needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 754.7 kB or 82% of the original size.
Number of requests can be reduced by 183 (60%)
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The browser has sent 305 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Times Colonist. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 69 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 18 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.
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timescolonist.com accessibility score
timescolonist.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
General
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Detected JavaScript libraries
Browser errors were logged to the console
timescolonist.com SEO score
Crawling and Indexing
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robots.txt is not valid
Mobile Friendly
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Document uses legible font sizes
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