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name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value1.7 s

92/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value2.6 s

88/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value2.4 s

98/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value1,400 ms

16/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.026

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value9.6 s

29/100

10%

desktoppub.about.com

11 ms

learn-how-desktop-publishing-4160664

6734 ms

Our browser made a total of 2 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 50% of them (1 request) were addressed to the original Desktoppub.about.com, 50% (1 request) were made to Lifewire.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (6.7 sec) relates to the external source Lifewire.com.

Content Size

1.1 MB

After Optimization

629.5 kB

In fact, the total size of Desktoppub.about.com main page is 1.1 MB. This result falls within the top 5000 of lightweight and thus fast loading web pages. Only a small number of websites need less resources to load. Javascripts take 673.2 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-14%

Potential reduce by 18 B

Original 127 B
After minification 127 B
After compression 109 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 18 B or 14% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-5%

Potential reduce by 21.8 kB

Original 418.9 kB
After minification 397.1 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. Desktoppub About images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-65%

Potential reduce by 440.9 kB

Original 673.2 kB
After minification 668.3 kB
After compression 232.3 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 440.9 kB or 65% of the original size.

Requests Now

After Optimization

Besides the initial HTML request, no CSS, Javascripts, AJAX or image files were requested in the course of web page rendering.

Accessibility Issues

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

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

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

N/A
Encoding

ISO-8859-1

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Desktoppub.about.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 Desktoppub.about.com main page’s claimed encoding is iso-8859-1. 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

desktoppub.about.com

Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of Desktoppub About. 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: