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Report Summary

  • 39

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    59% of other websites

  • 67

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 32% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    36% of websites

  • 69

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    28% of websites

h2g2.com

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Page Load Speed

17.3 sec in total

First Response

8 sec

Resources Loaded

8.8 sec

Page Rendered

443 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed H2g2.com page load time and found that the first response time was 8 sec and then it took 9.2 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 85% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

h2g2.com performance score

39

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value1.4 s

97/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value2.3 s

94/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value19.1 s

0/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value7,640 ms

0/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.302

39/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value18.9 s

3/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

h2g2.com

8038 ms

cloudflare.min.js

13 ms

eddie.css

14 ms

pliny.css

9 ms

plusone.js

121 ms

Our browser made a total of 28 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 64% of them (18 requests) were addressed to the original H2g2.com, 7% (2 requests) were made to Apis.google.com and 7% (2 requests) were made to Google-analytics.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (8 sec) belongs to the original domain H2g2.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 566.7 kB (43%)

Content Size

1.3 MB

After Optimization

741.3 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of H2g2.com main page is 1.3 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. 40% of websites need less resources to load. Javascripts take 746.8 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-76%

Potential reduce by 26.0 kB

  • Original 34.1 kB
  • After minification 28.9 kB
  • After compression 8.1 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. This page needs HTML code to be minified as it can gain 5.2 kB, which is 15% 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 26.0 kB or 76% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-5%

Potential reduce by 27.3 kB

  • Original 509.6 kB
  • After minification 482.2 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. H 2 G images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-67%

Potential reduce by 499.6 kB

  • Original 746.8 kB
  • After minification 746.8 kB
  • After compression 247.2 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 499.6 kB or 67% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-78%

Potential reduce by 13.7 kB

  • Original 17.5 kB
  • After minification 16.6 kB
  • After compression 3.8 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. H2g2.com needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 13.7 kB or 78% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 9 (33%)

Requests Now

27

After Optimization

18

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 27 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of H 2 G. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 10 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

h2g2.com

h2g2.com

8038 ms

cloudflare.min.js

cloudflare.min.js

13 ms

eddie.css

eddie.css

14 ms

pliny.css

pliny.css

9 ms

plusone.js

plusone.js

121 ms

gpt.js

gpt.js

36 ms

ga.js

ga.js

67 ms

bg_bottom.jpg

bg_bottom.jpg

29 ms

img.gif

img.gif

26 ms

bg_top.jpg

bg_top.jpg

30 ms

white_trans.png

white_trans.png

57 ms

top_nav_divider.jpg

top_nav_divider.jpg

41 ms

Digital_Single_Lens_Reflex_Camera_promo.jpeg

Digital_Single_Lens_Reflex_Camera_promo.jpeg

596 ms

Linear_Algebra_book_promo.jpg

Linear_Algebra_book_promo.jpg

850 ms

chronology_time_promo.jpg

chronology_time_promo.jpg

728 ms

February_2016_Create_Tears_in_the_Rain.jpg

February_2016_Create_Tears_in_the_Rain.jpg

612 ms

pubads_impl_81.js

pubads_impl_81.js

15 ms

container.html

container.html

29 ms

__utm.gif

__utm.gif

28 ms

post_front.jpg

post_front.jpg

539 ms

ckeditor.js

ckeditor.js

27 ms

common.js

common.js

27 ms

iid_logo.png

iid_logo.png

84 ms

quote_open.jpg

quote_open.jpg

83 ms

quote_closed.jpg

quote_closed.jpg

88 ms

ads

ads

254 ms

cb=gapi.loaded_0

cb=gapi.loaded_0

13 ms

expansion_embed.js

expansion_embed.js

13 ms

Accessibility Review

h2g2.com accessibility score

67

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

[aria-*] attributes do not match their roles

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

Form elements do not have associated labels

Navigation

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

Impact

Issue

High

Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order

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

h2g2.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

User Experience

Impact

Issue

High

Serves images with low resolution

SEO Factors

h2g2.com SEO score

69

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

Language and Encoding

  • Language Detected

    EN

  • Language Claimed

    N/A

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise H2g2.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 H2g2.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 H 2 G. This is the best way to make the web page social media friendly. Here is how it looks like on Facebook: