Tools & Wizards About Us
waff.com screenshot

Report Summary

  • 18

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    34% of other websites

  • 86

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 61% of websites

  • 83

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    55% of websites

  • 77

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    36% of websites

waff.com

WAFF | Alabama News, Weather, Sports | Huntsville, Alabama

Page Load Speed

4.5 sec in total

First Response

103 ms

Resources Loaded

3.1 sec

Page Rendered

1.3 sec

waff.com screenshot

About Website

Visit waff.com now to see the best up-to-date WAFF content for United States and also check out these interesting facts you probably never knew about waff.com

Huntsville, Alabama latest news, weather & sports from WAFF 48

Visit waff.com

Key Findings

We analyzed Waff.com page load time and found that the first response time was 103 ms and then it took 4.4 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 70% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

waff.com performance score

18

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.8 s

27/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value11.0 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value19.4 s

0/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value9,770 ms

0/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.01

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value45.1 s

0/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

waff.com

103 ms

www.waff.com

241 ms

polyfill.js

54 ms

react.js

71 ms

default.js

73 ms

Our browser made a total of 95 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 8% of them (8 requests) were addressed to the original Waff.com, 42% (40 requests) were made to Gray-waff-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com and 11% (10 requests) were made to Api-esp.piano.io. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1.2 sec) relates to the external source Polyfill.io.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 998.2 kB (28%)

Content Size

3.6 MB

After Optimization

2.6 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript

In fact, the total size of Waff.com main page is 3.6 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 2.2 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-84%

Potential reduce by 522.0 kB

  • Original 621.2 kB
  • After minification 620.4 kB
  • After compression 99.1 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 522.0 kB or 84% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-2%

Potential reduce by 47.3 kB

  • Original 2.2 MB
  • After minification 2.1 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. WAFF images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-56%

Potential reduce by 428.8 kB

  • Original 769.1 kB
  • After minification 769.1 kB
  • After compression 340.3 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 428.8 kB or 56% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 35 (38%)

Requests Now

91

After Optimization

56

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 91 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of WAFF. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 33 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 4 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

waff.com

waff.com

103 ms

www.waff.com

www.waff.com

241 ms

polyfill.js

polyfill.js

54 ms

react.js

react.js

71 ms

default.js

default.js

73 ms

main.css

main.css

82 ms

main.css

main.css

93 ms

all.min.css

all.min.css

73 ms

polyfill.min.js

polyfill.min.js

1214 ms

gtm.js

gtm.js

101 ms

apstag.js

apstag.js

85 ms

u2media-plugin.js

u2media-plugin.js

103 ms

comscore.js

comscore.js

49 ms

chartbeat.js

chartbeat.js

76 ms

chartbeat_mab.js

chartbeat_mab.js

84 ms

queryly.v4.min.js

queryly.v4.min.js

100 ms

v2cyo6jdzTrLVCGuTBLwhTRy_3ThV5534y5z8by0csww1UnjuaWHkr8mw

v2cyo6jdzTrLVCGuTBLwhTRy_3ThV5534y5z8by0csww1UnjuaWHkr8mw

284 ms

v2omaaXRAtHBmSUUbWRCZDunlRfU0kCBwEyna1atCIrjNLuHKYqUtb6jQgRT_v4Jiiu244PgkHA

v2omaaXRAtHBmSUUbWRCZDunlRfU0kCBwEyna1atCIrjNLuHKYqUtb6jQgRT_v4Jiiu244PgkHA

321 ms

pwt.js

pwt.js

191 ms

sdk.js

sdk.js

196 ms

gtm.js

gtm.js

627 ms

loader.js

loader.js

335 ms

newsroom.js

newsroom.js

249 ms

2QZQN-PNAS2-YYSGD-J3NA5-KHLJP

2QZQN-PNAS2-YYSGD-J3NA5-KHLJP

309 ms

waff.jpg

waff.jpg

173 ms

6WTCFFPWVNHWNNADF6WP46YZBU.png

6WTCFFPWVNHWNNADF6WP46YZBU.png

170 ms

doppler.jpg

doppler.jpg

694 ms

waff.svg

waff.svg

157 ms

VWKF5DEOVNFOHJ5UBIP4KVL6HQ.png

VWKF5DEOVNFOHJ5UBIP4KVL6HQ.png

169 ms

ZJ5VH3PXUFFR5DJ7ISVCOPZJ3A.png

ZJ5VH3PXUFFR5DJ7ISVCOPZJ3A.png

205 ms

LTTLLIOZGBHE5D5CEIJMNENU2Y.png

LTTLLIOZGBHE5D5CEIJMNENU2Y.png

205 ms

747GNGOYPFAILH4YUN5YWDVFZQ.jpg

747GNGOYPFAILH4YUN5YWDVFZQ.jpg

205 ms

BKSRKLT3ANCCBBNTK2JASQSRXM.jpg

BKSRKLT3ANCCBBNTK2JASQSRXM.jpg

207 ms

WTSDY2ARQNHR7FMFB5YF3DGBWA.jpg

WTSDY2ARQNHR7FMFB5YF3DGBWA.jpg

208 ms

4F4R77UGIJEN7MA7HCCVYCHVYA.bmp

4F4R77UGIJEN7MA7HCCVYCHVYA.bmp

208 ms

I4YZ75TZYJFSDNHDVBCFQCEXCU.jpg

I4YZ75TZYJFSDNHDVBCFQCEXCU.jpg

299 ms

KTWVP6RTTFGJHM25QEA3WMFE6A.jpg

KTWVP6RTTFGJHM25QEA3WMFE6A.jpg

277 ms

https%3A%2F%2Fdo0bihdskp9dy.cloudfront.net%2F05-04-2024%2Ft_dd87e60d04c248a6913e7a37b6cf527a_name_file_1280x720_2000_v3_1_.jpg

https%3A%2F%2Fdo0bihdskp9dy.cloudfront.net%2F05-04-2024%2Ft_dd87e60d04c248a6913e7a37b6cf527a_name_file_1280x720_2000_v3_1_.jpg

302 ms

https%3A%2F%2Fdo0bihdskp9dy.cloudfront.net%2F05-04-2024%2Ft_173af0059f8647f98a1efaeed56d4e35_name_10PM_forecast.png

https%3A%2F%2Fdo0bihdskp9dy.cloudfront.net%2F05-04-2024%2Ft_173af0059f8647f98a1efaeed56d4e35_name_10PM_forecast.png

300 ms

https%3A%2F%2Fdo0bihdskp9dy.cloudfront.net%2F05-04-2024%2Ft_c461120159d545308b7cd35f41eaec44_name_file_1280x720_2000_v3_1_.jpg

https%3A%2F%2Fdo0bihdskp9dy.cloudfront.net%2F05-04-2024%2Ft_c461120159d545308b7cd35f41eaec44_name_file_1280x720_2000_v3_1_.jpg

298 ms

https%3A%2F%2Fdo0bihdskp9dy.cloudfront.net%2F05-04-2024%2Ft_397443ec80ce40f98d424ed124cf601c_name_file_1280x720_2000_v3_1_.jpg

https%3A%2F%2Fdo0bihdskp9dy.cloudfront.net%2F05-04-2024%2Ft_397443ec80ce40f98d424ed124cf601c_name_file_1280x720_2000_v3_1_.jpg

301 ms

LBSTRVGX25EAREOXEZ57D2UKIA.jpg

LBSTRVGX25EAREOXEZ57D2UKIA.jpg

325 ms

OCLGFXCAQRDAJINB5GFO354YYI.jpg

OCLGFXCAQRDAJINB5GFO354YYI.jpg

616 ms

VBOPNDATRFCHPEXX55C2F4CA2I.jpg

VBOPNDATRFCHPEXX55C2F4CA2I.jpg

614 ms

QWO52RFIKRFMJIFIPNISSMNDRE.jpg

QWO52RFIKRFMJIFIPNISSMNDRE.jpg

613 ms

JJ3D4B6BIVADBESRDGJJH63FVY.png

JJ3D4B6BIVADBESRDGJJH63FVY.png

615 ms

6DKZT7I7CNFEZAIVE6RV3KVBYE.jpg

6DKZT7I7CNFEZAIVE6RV3KVBYE.jpg

616 ms

4IADODHBXFD3DP64DPUV7NPRMI.jpg

4IADODHBXFD3DP64DPUV7NPRMI.jpg

617 ms

5QK7ASG5AVB43B22MHKCZ5SGFU.jpg

5QK7ASG5AVB43B22MHKCZ5SGFU.jpg

686 ms

GBSSL6Z6PBH6LEBI2SQMQRYLJY.jpg

GBSSL6Z6PBH6LEBI2SQMQRYLJY.jpg

688 ms

MRQHDEFXX5FZNMQOQNF6MEFWJ4.jpg

MRQHDEFXX5FZNMQOQNF6MEFWJ4.jpg

688 ms

BDPCVZAWXBCT7CWGDIZKHYKAWQ.bmp

BDPCVZAWXBCT7CWGDIZKHYKAWQ.bmp

690 ms

MNFQOCNNXVH3DK2MK3I4LPGMLA.jpg

MNFQOCNNXVH3DK2MK3I4LPGMLA.jpg

687 ms

3AQ63VDBNVAZXNXKXAAQWMBXVY.jpg

3AQ63VDBNVAZXNXKXAAQWMBXVY.jpg

685 ms

6T3EJ6HKGNGZ3LYSNACW2VLWLI.png

6T3EJ6HKGNGZ3LYSNACW2VLWLI.png

705 ms

5MATDZXKTZCGTLIZNR7UURGSMI.jpg

5MATDZXKTZCGTLIZNR7UURGSMI.jpg

705 ms

KKZHNAYJ35DTJERDCM2KN3I6JU.bmp

KKZHNAYJ35DTJERDCM2KN3I6JU.bmp

709 ms

22QC4VD25JBBJP6YXOEHAKHAVI.png

22QC4VD25JBBJP6YXOEHAKHAVI.png

705 ms

FKSS3JBGAJHYZH7AL42SQE6LPI.jpg

FKSS3JBGAJHYZH7AL42SQE6LPI.jpg

704 ms

SPQARCE5GBEWPKID4BVX7CK3C4.jpg

SPQARCE5GBEWPKID4BVX7CK3C4.jpg

724 ms

BPZPIHI6YJAUJHREQNOVVXKVNQ.png

BPZPIHI6YJAUJHREQNOVVXKVNQ.png

1095 ms

BQ7C3U2KDRBPDGIHUZJN3MNTDA.png

BQ7C3U2KDRBPDGIHUZJN3MNTDA.png

1084 ms

7RSMCTGC7NH45GTHZ5VWQ4S5WE.jpg

7RSMCTGC7NH45GTHZ5VWQ4S5WE.jpg

733 ms

engine.bannersolution.net

engine.bannersolution.net

587 ms

fa-solid-900.ttf

fa-solid-900.ttf

133 ms

fa-regular-400.ttf

fa-regular-400.ttf

167 ms

mab

mab

156 ms

ping

ping

175 ms

jquery-2.2.0.min.js

jquery-2.2.0.min.js

160 ms

grayLogoHorizontal.svg

grayLogoHorizontal.svg

566 ms

skeleton.gif

skeleton.gif

425 ms

get-action

get-action

878 ms

sync

sync

590 ms

load.js

load.js

571 ms

MIN-516670.js

MIN-516670.js

620 ms

impl.20240502-3-RELEASE.es5.js

impl.20240502-3-RELEASE.es5.js

168 ms

engine.bannersolution.net

engine.bannersolution.net

72 ms

config.json

config.json

600 ms

index.html

index.html

556 ms

451

451

452 ms

card-interference-detector.20240502-3-RELEASE.es5.js

card-interference-detector.20240502-3-RELEASE.es5.js

102 ms

skeleton.js

skeleton.js

77 ms

pmk-20220605.56.js

pmk-20220605.56.js

115 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

102 ms

iframeResizer.min.js

iframeResizer.min.js

88 ms

state-machine.min.js

state-machine.min.js

118 ms

displayer.js

displayer.js

118 ms

displayer.js

displayer.js

119 ms

collect

collect

23 ms

collect

collect

36 ms

797

797

72 ms

1170

1170

51 ms

css

css

39 ms

mail-logo.png

mail-logo.png

19 ms

success.png

success.png

22 ms

Accessibility Review

waff.com accessibility score

86

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

button, link, and menuitem elements do not have accessible names.

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

Navigation

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

Impact

Issue

High

Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order

Best Practices

waff.com best practices score

83

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

High

Missing source maps for large first-party JavaScript

SEO Factors

waff.com SEO score

77

Search Engine Optimization Advices

Content Best Practices

Format your HTML in a way that enables crawlers to better understand your app’s content.

Impact

Issue

High

Links do not have descriptive text

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

Crawling and Indexing

To appear in search results, crawlers need access to your app.

Impact

Issue

High

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

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 Waff.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 Waff.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

waff.com

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