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value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value9.4 s

0/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value16.3 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value46.1 s

0/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value29,970 ms

0/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.046

99/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value68.1 s

0/100

10%

extras.mercurynews.com

236 ms

Our browser made a total of 1 request to load all elements on the main page. We found that all of those requests were addressed to Extras.mercurynews.com and no external sources were called. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (236 ms) belongs to the original domain Extras.mercurynews.com.

Content Size

173 B

After Optimization

109 B

In fact, the total size of Extras.mercurynews.com main page is 173 B. 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. HTML takes 173 B which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-37%

Potential reduce by 64 B

Original 173 B
After minification 124 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. This page needs HTML code to be minified as it can gain 49 B, which is 28% 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 64 B or 37% 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

Buttons do not have an accessible name

High

<frame> or <iframe> elements do not have a title

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

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

High

Lists do not contain only <li> elements and script supporting elements (<script> and <template>).

High

List items (<li>) are not contained within <ul> or <ol> parent elements.

Search Engine Optimization Advices

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

High

Links are not crawlable

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

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

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

N/A

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Extras.mercurynews.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 Extras.mercurynews.com main page’s claimed encoding is . 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

Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of Extras Mercury News. 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: