Report Summary

  • 19

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    36% of other websites

  • 79

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 47% of websites

  • 67

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    24% of websites

  • 84

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    52% of websites

athensmessenger.com

athensmessenger.com | Classified Ads, Jobs, Local News, Sports, and Weather in Athens, Ohio

Page Load Speed

4.7 sec in total

First Response

62 ms

Resources Loaded

4 sec

Page Rendered

714 ms

athensmessenger.com screenshot

About Website

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The Athens Messenger is a multi-media news organization and commercial printing facility that serves Athens County, Ohio and parts of the surrounding seven counties in southeastern Ohio. Established ...

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Key Findings

We analyzed Athensmessenger.com page load time and found that the first response time was 62 ms and then it took 4.7 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

athensmessenger.com performance score

19

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.6 s

33/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value8.5 s

2/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value12.3 s

3/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value6,130 ms

0/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.003

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value39.4 s

0/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

athensmessenger.com

62 ms

www.athensmessenger.com

156 ms

bootstrap.min.87df60d54091cf1e8f8173c2e568260c.css

108 ms

layout.5bce7eb56c23d79d6ab89ab093c281ea.css

122 ms

theme-basic.a7351649a9c39f0af7c6d288a87ef140.css

144 ms

Our browser made a total of 147 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 5% of them (7 requests) were addressed to the original Athensmessenger.com, 15% (22 requests) were made to Bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com and 10% (14 requests) were made to Static.wehaacdn.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1.1 sec) relates to the external source Marketplace.athensmessenger.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 827.1 kB (22%)

Content Size

3.8 MB

After Optimization

3.0 MB

In fact, the total size of Athensmessenger.com main page is 3.8 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. Only a small number of websites need less resources to load. Images take 2.6 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-85%

Potential reduce by 292.2 kB

  • Original 344.5 kB
  • After minification 301.7 kB
  • After compression 52.3 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 42.8 kB, which is 12% 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 292.2 kB or 85% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-13%

Potential reduce by 327.5 kB

  • Original 2.6 MB
  • After minification 2.2 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. Obviously, Athens Messenger needs image optimization as it can save up to 327.5 kB or 13% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-23%

Potential reduce by 194.4 kB

  • Original 847.2 kB
  • After minification 847.1 kB
  • After compression 652.8 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. It is highly recommended that all JavaScript files should be compressed and minified as it can save up to 194.4 kB or 23% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-19%

Potential reduce by 12.9 kB

  • Original 66.8 kB
  • After minification 66.8 kB
  • After compression 53.9 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. Athensmessenger.com needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 12.9 kB or 19% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 74 (60%)

Requests Now

123

After Optimization

49

The browser has sent 123 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Athens Messenger. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 69 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 7 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Accessibility Review

athensmessenger.com accessibility score

79

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

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

High

Links do not have a discernible name

Best Practices

athensmessenger.com best practices score

67

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

Displays images with incorrect aspect ratio

High

Serves images with low resolution

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

athensmessenger.com SEO score

84

Search Engine Optimization Advices

Crawling and Indexing

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

Impact

Issue

High

Links are not crawlable

Content Best Practices

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

Impact

Issue

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

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 Athensmessenger.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 Athensmessenger.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

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