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Report Summary

  • 47

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    65% of other websites

  • 74

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 40% of websites

  • 92

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    80% of websites

  • 100

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    94% of websites

al-the-x.me

David Rogers AKA "AL the X" - Raleigh, North Carolina, Pendo.io, Mostly Self-Taught, Clemson University, The Internet | about.me

Page Load Speed

702 ms in total

First Response

78 ms

Resources Loaded

523 ms

Page Rendered

101 ms

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About Website

Visit al-the-x.me now to see the best up-to-date AL The X content and also check out these interesting facts you probably never knew about al-the-x.me

I am a web developer, Technical Trainer, and consultant in Raleigh, North Carolina. Schedule an appointment.

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Key Findings

We analyzed Al-the-x.me page load time and found that the first response time was 78 ms and then it took 624 ms to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 10% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

al-the-x.me performance score

47

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.1 s

47/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value7.5 s

4/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value4.3 s

76/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value630 ms

47/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.002

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value7.8 s

45/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

al-the-x.me

78 ms

al_the_x

100 ms

js

70 ms

geu7rrs.css

35 ms

2971b957.bundle.js

14 ms

Our browser made a total of 19 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 5% of them (1 request) were addressed to the original Al-the-x.me, 58% (11 requests) were made to About.me and 21% (4 requests) were made to Use.typekit.net. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (257 ms) relates to the external source About.me.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 106.8 kB (56%)

Content Size

190.1 kB

After Optimization

83.3 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Al-the-x.me main page is 190.1 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. 20% of websites need less resources to load. HTML takes 139.8 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-76%

Potential reduce by 106.8 kB

  • Original 139.8 kB
  • After minification 139.6 kB
  • After compression 32.9 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 106.8 kB or 76% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 0 B

  • Original 50.4 kB
  • After minification 50.4 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. AL The X images are well optimized though.

CSS Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 0 B

  • Original 5 B

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.

Requests Breakdown

We found no issues to fix!

Requests Now

6

After Optimization

6

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 6 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of AL The X. According to our analytics all requests are already optimized.

Network Requests Diagram

al-the-x.me

al-the-x.me

78 ms

al_the_x

al_the_x

100 ms

js

js

70 ms

geu7rrs.css

geu7rrs.css

35 ms

2971b957.bundle.js

2971b957.bundle.js

14 ms

vcd15cbe7772f49c399c6a5babf22c1241717689176015

vcd15cbe7772f49c399c6a5babf22c1241717689176015

100 ms

p.css

p.css

27 ms

al_the_x_1454439097_71.jpg

al_the_x_1454439097_71.jpg

257 ms

proxima_nova_bold-punc.woff

proxima_nova_bold-punc.woff

18 ms

proxima_nova_bold-latin-a.woff

proxima_nova_bold-latin-a.woff

44 ms

proximanova-bold-webfont.woff

proximanova-bold-webfont.woff

37 ms

proxima_nova_reg-punc.woff

proxima_nova_reg-punc.woff

43 ms

proxima_nova_reg-latin-a.woff

proxima_nova_reg-latin-a.woff

59 ms

proximanova-regular-webfont.woff

proximanova-regular-webfont.woff

30 ms

proximanova-light-webfont.woff

proximanova-light-webfont.woff

45 ms

aboutme-glyphs.woff

aboutme-glyphs.woff

52 ms

d

d

3 ms

d

d

9 ms

d

d

9 ms

Accessibility Review

al-the-x.me accessibility score

74

Accessibility Issues

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

Links do not have a discernible name

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

al-the-x.me best practices score

92

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

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

al-the-x.me SEO score

100

Search Engine Optimization Advices

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

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 Al-the-x.me 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 Al-the-x.me 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

al-the-x.me

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