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Report Summary

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value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.8 s

28/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value30.0 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value28.3 s

0/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value29,100 ms

0/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.003

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value55.5 s

0/100

10%

www.washingtonpost.com

1039 ms

main.js

83 ms

tetro.min.js

72 ms

main.js

1071 ms

d21cc98347c3b2e1.css

96 ms

Our browser made a total of 78 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 99% of them (77 requests) were addressed to the original Washingtonpost.com, 1% (1 request) were made to S.go-mpulse.net. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1.2 sec) belongs to the original domain Washingtonpost.com.

Content Size

2.5 MB

After Optimization

499.7 kB

In fact, the total size of Washingtonpost.com main page is 2.5 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. HTML takes 2.3 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-88%

Potential reduce by 2.0 MB

Original 2.3 MB
After minification 2.3 MB
After compression 288.1 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 2.0 MB or 88% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 0 B

Original 211.5 kB
After minification 211.5 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. Washington Post images are well optimized though.

Requests Now

After Optimization

The browser has sent 73 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Washington Post. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 48 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Accessibility Issues

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.

High

[aria-hidden="true"] elements contain focusable descendents

High

[role] values are not valid

High

ARIA IDs are not unique

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.

High

<frame> or <iframe> elements do not have a title

High

Links do not have a discernible name

Areas of Improvement

High

Does not use HTTPS

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

High

Missing source maps for large first-party JavaScript

Search Engine Optimization Advices

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

High

Links are not crawlable

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/).

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 Washingtonpost.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 Washingtonpost.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

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

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Performance

Accessibility

Best Practices

SEO

The Washington Post - Breaking news and latest headlines, U.S. news, world news, and video - The Washington Post

Page Load Speed

First Response

Resources Loaded

Page Rendered

About Website

Key Findings

Performance Metrics

Measured Metrics

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

SI (Speed Index)

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

TTI (Time to Interactive)