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Report Summary

  • 0

    Performance

  • 33

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 18% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    36% of websites

  • 73

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    31% of websites

webdesignref.com

Web Design: The Complete Reference - Second Edition

Page Load Speed

2.4 sec in total

First Response

472 ms

Resources Loaded

1.8 sec

Page Rendered

118 ms

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About Website

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Key Findings

We analyzed Webdesignref.com page load time and found that the first response time was 472 ms and then it took 1.9 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 35% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

webdesignref.com performance score

0

Network Requests Diagram

webdesignref.com

472 ms

default_main.htm

447 ms

default_bot.htm

122 ms

show_ads.js

26 ms

HNRoverview.gif

130 ms

Our browser made a total of 31 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 84% of them (26 requests) were addressed to the original Webdesignref.com, 10% (3 requests) were made to Pagead2.googlesyndication.com and 6% (2 requests) were made to Googleads.g.doubleclick.net. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (911 ms) belongs to the original domain Webdesignref.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 13.2 kB (5%)

Content Size

278.9 kB

After Optimization

265.8 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript

In fact, the total size of Webdesignref.com main page is 278.9 kB. This result falls beyond the top 1M of websites and identifies a large and not optimized web page that may take ages to load. 15% of websites need less resources to load. Javascripts take 245.8 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-47%

Potential reduce by 522 B

  • Original 1.1 kB
  • After minification 1.1 kB
  • After compression 578 B

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 B or 47% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-39%

Potential reduce by 12.6 kB

  • Original 32.0 kB
  • After minification 19.4 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, Web Design Ref needs image optimization as it can save up to 12.6 kB or 39% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 36 B

  • Original 245.8 kB
  • After minification 245.8 kB
  • After compression 245.8 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. This website has mostly compressed JavaScripts.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 16 (53%)

Requests Now

30

After Optimization

14

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript

The browser has sent 30 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Web Design Ref. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

webdesignref.com

webdesignref.com

472 ms

default_main.htm

default_main.htm

447 ms

default_bot.htm

default_bot.htm

122 ms

show_ads.js

show_ads.js

26 ms

HNRoverview.gif

HNRoverview.gif

130 ms

HNoverview.gif

HNoverview.gif

130 ms

HNRchapters.gif

HNRchapters.gif

131 ms

HNchapters.gif

HNchapters.gif

130 ms

HNRexamples.gif

HNRexamples.gif

439 ms

HNexamples.gif

HNexamples.gif

130 ms

HNRresources.gif

HNRresources.gif

250 ms

HNresources.gif

HNresources.gif

250 ms

Htile.gif

Htile.gif

249 ms

Hlogo.gif

Hlogo.gif

250 ms

Hbooktop.gif

Hbooktop.gif

275 ms

HNblank.gif

HNblank.gif

353 ms

Hnavlines.gif

Hnavlines.gif

353 ms

Hbookad_2nd_ed.gif

Hbookad_2nd_ed.gif

696 ms

space.gif

space.gif

696 ms

Htextareatop.gif

Htextareatop.gif

365 ms

Hadareatop.gif

Hadareatop.gif

769 ms

Hallbooksad.gif

Hallbooksad.gif

492 ms

Hredline.gif

Hredline.gif

487 ms

Htextarealine.gif

Htextarealine.gif

870 ms

Htheultimate.gif

Htheultimate.gif

911 ms

zinggrid.png

zinggrid.png

682 ms

Htextareabot.gif

Htextareabot.gif

796 ms

adsbygoogle.js

adsbygoogle.js

54 ms

show_ads_impl.js

show_ads_impl.js

81 ms

zrt_lookup.html

zrt_lookup.html

24 ms

ads

ads

145 ms

Accessibility Review

webdesignref.com accessibility score

33

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

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

Internationalization and localization

These are opportunities to improve the interpretation of your content by users in different locales.

Impact

Issue

High

<html> element does not have a [lang] attribute

Best Practices

webdesignref.com best practices score

75

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

General

Impact

Issue

High

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

webdesignref.com SEO score

73

Search Engine Optimization Advices

Language and Encoding

  • Language Detected

    EN

  • Language Claimed

    N/A

  • Encoding

    N/A

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Webdesignref.com can be misinterpreted by Google and other search engines. Our service has detected that English is used on the page, and neither this language nor any other was claimed in <html> or <meta> tags. Our system also found out that Webdesignref.com main page’s claimed encoding is . Changing it to UTF-8 can be a good choice, as this format is commonly used for encoding all over the web and thus their visitors won’t have any troubles with symbol transcription or reading.

Social Sharing Optimization

webdesignref.com

Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of Web Design Ref. Lack of Open Graph description can be counter-productive for their social media presence, as such a description allows converting a website homepage (or other pages) into good-looking, rich and well-structured posts, when it is being shared on Facebook and other social media. For example, adding the following code snippet into HTML <head> tag will help to represent this web page correctly in social networks: