Report Summary

  • 39

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    58% of other websites

  • 72

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 37% of websites

  • 83

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    55% of websites

  • 46

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    18% of websites

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Page Load Speed

4.8 sec in total

First Response

78 ms

Resources Loaded

4.5 sec

Page Rendered

201 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Source.alibaba.com page load time and found that the first response time was 78 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

source.alibaba.com performance score

39

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.3 s

41/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value4.6 s

34/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value7.0 s

33/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value1,260 ms

19/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.034

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value10.0 s

26/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

source.alibaba.com

78 ms

source.alibaba.com

57 ms

log.js

40 ms

index.css

1541 ms

loader.js

1251 ms

Our browser made a total of 54 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 4% of them (2 requests) were addressed to the original Source.alibaba.com, 26% (14 requests) were made to I.alicdn.com and 17% (9 requests) were made to Img.alicdn.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1.8 sec) relates to the external source B.alicdn.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 678.6 kB (54%)

Content Size

1.2 MB

After Optimization

567.2 kB

In fact, the total size of Source.alibaba.com main page is 1.2 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. 55% of websites need less resources to load. Javascripts take 777.3 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-85%

Potential reduce by 242.0 kB

  • Original 283.3 kB
  • After minification 251.9 kB
  • After compression 41.3 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 31.4 kB, which is 11% 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 242.0 kB or 85% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-7%

Potential reduce by 9.6 kB

  • Original 135.8 kB
  • After minification 126.2 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. Source Alibaba images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-54%

Potential reduce by 418.3 kB

  • Original 777.3 kB
  • After minification 777.3 kB
  • After compression 359.0 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 418.3 kB or 54% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-18%

Potential reduce by 8.8 kB

  • Original 49.4 kB
  • After minification 49.4 kB
  • After compression 40.6 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. Source.alibaba.com needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 8.8 kB or 18% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 25 (56%)

Requests Now

45

After Optimization

20

The browser has sent 45 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Source Alibaba. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 21 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 6 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Accessibility Review

source.alibaba.com accessibility score

72

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.

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

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

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

High

Links do not have a discernible name

Best Practices

source.alibaba.com best practices score

83

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

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

SEO Factors

source.alibaba.com SEO score

46

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

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

Crawling and Indexing

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

Impact

Issue

High

Links are not crawlable

High

robots.txt is not valid

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 Source.alibaba.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 Source.alibaba.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 description is not detected on the main page of Source Alibaba. 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: