Access eu.desmoinesregister.com. The Des Moines Register

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value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value4.5 s

14/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value13.1 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value4.5 s

71/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value0 ms

100/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value4.5 s

82/100

10%

www.desmoinesregister.com

16 ms

m-oc.svg

7 ms

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27 ms

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27 ms

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22 ms

Our browser made a total of 7 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that all of those requests were addressed to Eu.desmoinesregister.com and no external sources were called. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (44 ms) relates to the external source Desmoinesregister.com.

Content Size

29.7 kB

After Optimization

26.0 kB

In fact, the total size of Eu.desmoinesregister.com main page is 29.7 kB. This result falls within a vast category (top 1 000 000) of heavyweight, probably not optimized, and thus slow loading web pages. Only 5% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 25.0 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-69%

Potential reduce by 3.2 kB

Original 4.7 kB
After minification 4.7 kB
After compression 1.5 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 3.2 kB or 69% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-2%

Potential reduce by 409 B

Original 25.0 kB
After minification 24.6 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. Eu Des Moines Register images are well optimized though.

Requests Now

After Optimization

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

Accessibility Issues

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.

High

[aria-*] attributes do not match their roles

These are opportunities to improve the legibility of your content.

High

Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio.

These are opportunities to improve the experience of reading tabular or list data using assistive technology, like a screen reader.

High

Definition list items are not wrapped in <dl> elements

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

Links do not have a discernible name

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

Page has valid source maps

Search Engine Optimization Advices

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

High

Links are not crawlable

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

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 Eu.desmoinesregister.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 Eu.desmoinesregister.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 Eu Des Moines Register. 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: