Report Summary

  • 13

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    25% of other websites

  • 79

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 48% of websites

  • 67

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    24% of websites

  • 82

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    44% of websites

gnc.webmd.com

WebMD - Better information. Better health.

Page Load Speed

2.3 sec in total

First Response

93 ms

Resources Loaded

1.6 sec

Page Rendered

575 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Gnc.webmd.com page load time and found that the first response time was 93 ms and then it took 2.2 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 40% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

gnc.webmd.com performance score

13

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value6.3 s

3/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value10.2 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value50.7 s

0/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value94,710 ms

0/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.127

82/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value127.0 s

0/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

default.htm

93 ms

WebMD_091e9c5e8004a22462.css

15 ms

2_column_layout_harmony22.css

21 ms

template_Harmony%20Flexible%20Layout%20Base%20Template_091e9c5e80edcfbd_tmodules_css_579.css

20 ms

page_Homepage%202014_091e9c5e80eff7b3_pmodules_css_4342.css

23 ms

Our browser made a total of 199 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 0% of them (0 request) were addressed to the original Gnc.webmd.com, 10% (19 requests) were made to Css.webmd.com and 4% (7 requests) were made to Webmd.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (381 ms) relates to the external source Fonts.gstatic.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 1.0 MB (48%)

Content Size

2.1 MB

After Optimization

1.1 MB

In fact, the total size of Gnc.webmd.com main page is 2.1 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. Javascripts take 907.9 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-80%

Potential reduce by 108.2 kB

  • Original 135.5 kB
  • After minification 126.2 kB
  • After compression 27.3 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 108.2 kB or 80% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-15%

Potential reduce by 132.1 kB

  • Original 889.8 kB
  • After minification 757.6 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. Obviously, Gnc WebMD needs image optimization as it can save up to 132.1 kB or 15% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-70%

Potential reduce by 631.2 kB

  • Original 907.9 kB
  • After minification 844.0 kB
  • After compression 276.7 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 631.2 kB or 70% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-83%

Potential reduce by 130.1 kB

  • Original 157.5 kB
  • After minification 141.2 kB
  • After compression 27.4 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. Gnc.webmd.com needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 130.1 kB or 83% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 78 (42%)

Requests Now

187

After Optimization

109

The browser has sent 187 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Gnc WebMD. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 45 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 13 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Accessibility Review

gnc.webmd.com accessibility score

79

Accessibility Issues

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

Buttons do not have an accessible name

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

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.

Best Practices

gnc.webmd.com best practices score

67

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

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

High

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

gnc.webmd.com SEO score

82

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

High

Tap targets are not sized appropriately

Language and Encoding

  • Language Detected

    EN

  • Language Claimed

    EN

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Gnc.webmd.com 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 Gnc.webmd.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

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