Tools & Wizards About Us
better.net screenshot

Report Summary

  • 15

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    27% of other websites

  • 79

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 47% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    35% of websites

  • 93

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    83% of websites

better.net

Better Chicago: Live, love, work and play with greater purpose

Page Load Speed

2.3 sec in total

First Response

184 ms

Resources Loaded

1.7 sec

Page Rendered

505 ms

better.net screenshot

About Website

Visit better.net now to see the best up-to-date Better content for United States and also check out these interesting facts you probably never knew about better.net

The premier magazine, website and community resources for Chicagoland. Look no further for the best in food, fashion, fun and giving back.

Visit better.net

Key Findings

We analyzed Better.net page load time and found that the first response time was 184 ms and then it took 2.2 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 45% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

better.net performance score

15

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.0 s

51/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value13.0 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value10.6 s

7/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value7,120 ms

0/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.214

58/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value22.8 s

1/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

better.net

184 ms

autoptimize_ec17cf6381c2412fb38ba05786c8bf93.css

33 ms

css

59 ms

all.css

74 ms

css

78 ms

Our browser made a total of 74 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 31% of them (23 requests) were addressed to the original Better.net, 18% (13 requests) were made to Fonts.gstatic.com and 7% (5 requests) were made to Securepubads.g.doubleclick.net. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (395 ms) relates to the external source S3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 140.4 kB (10%)

Content Size

1.4 MB

After Optimization

1.3 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Better.net main page is 1.4 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. 80% of websites need less resources to load and that’s why Accessify’s recommendations for optimization and resource minification can be helpful for this project. Javascripts take 753.4 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-75%

Potential reduce by 55.3 kB

  • Original 74.1 kB
  • After minification 74.0 kB
  • After compression 18.8 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 55.3 kB or 75% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 0 B

  • Original 467.7 kB
  • After minification 467.7 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. Better images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-11%

Potential reduce by 84.6 kB

  • Original 753.4 kB
  • After minification 753.3 kB
  • After compression 668.8 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 84.6 kB or 11% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 470 B

  • Original 106.9 kB
  • After minification 106.9 kB
  • After compression 106.4 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. Better.net has all CSS files already compressed.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 28 (50%)

Requests Now

56

After Optimization

28

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 56 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Better. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 25 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 5 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

better.net

better.net

184 ms

autoptimize_ec17cf6381c2412fb38ba05786c8bf93.css

autoptimize_ec17cf6381c2412fb38ba05786c8bf93.css

33 ms

css

css

59 ms

all.css

all.css

74 ms

css

css

78 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

59 ms

jquery-migrate.min.js

jquery-migrate.min.js

59 ms

js

js

177 ms

getemails.js

getemails.js

395 ms

adsbygoogle.js

adsbygoogle.js

134 ms

copypastesubscribeformlogic.js

copypastesubscribeformlogic.js

67 ms

autoptimize_single_fbf82bcab286e9fc5cdf863eb067230f.js

autoptimize_single_fbf82bcab286e9fc5cdf863eb067230f.js

67 ms

jquery.matchHeight-min.js

jquery.matchHeight-min.js

65 ms

api.js

api.js

126 ms

autoptimize_53622dffa042f36eb42828e0a281ed76.js

autoptimize_53622dffa042f36eb42828e0a281ed76.js

125 ms

gpt.js

gpt.js

225 ms

w.js

w.js

225 ms

fbevents.js

fbevents.js

198 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

114 ms

quant.js

quant.js

193 ms

Asyncload.js

Asyncload.js

192 ms

vglnk.js

vglnk.js

223 ms

GettyImages-1414387500-320x182.jpg

GettyImages-1414387500-320x182.jpg

75 ms

Philanthropy-Awards-BUILD-Inc-320x182.jpg

Philanthropy-Awards-BUILD-Inc-320x182.jpg

75 ms

GettyImages-2168158884-320x182.jpg

GettyImages-2168158884-320x182.jpg

75 ms

5-Things-to-Do-in-Chicago-Lincoln-Park-Zoo-Fall-Fest-2016-2-320x182.jpg

5-Things-to-Do-in-Chicago-Lincoln-Park-Zoo-Fall-Fest-2016-2-320x182.jpg

75 ms

Midsummer-Actor_1-320x182.jpg

Midsummer-Actor_1-320x182.jpg

76 ms

Mentees-with-Carqueville-and-Breadon-1024x683-1-320x182.jpg

Mentees-with-Carqueville-and-Breadon-1024x683-1-320x182.jpg

75 ms

WAC-320x182.jpg

WAC-320x182.jpg

193 ms

GettyImages-1477492143-320x182.png

GettyImages-1477492143-320x182.png

193 ms

img_9621-320x182.jpg

img_9621-320x182.jpg

193 ms

How-to-Spot-Signs-of-a-Concussion-320x182.png

How-to-Spot-Signs-of-a-Concussion-320x182.png

244 ms

Steppenwolf-Gala-2024-9.-Photo-by-Kyle-Flubacker-320x182.jpg

Steppenwolf-Gala-2024-9.-Photo-by-Kyle-Flubacker-320x182.jpg

193 ms

The-Joffrey-Ballet_The-Nutcracker_Photo-by-Cheryl-Mann-25-320x182.jpg

The-Joffrey-Ballet_The-Nutcracker_Photo-by-Cheryl-Mann-25-320x182.jpg

193 ms

2AE50C30-DA2E-48BF-9FCE-D300AC1896EA-320x182.png

2AE50C30-DA2E-48BF-9FCE-D300AC1896EA-320x182.png

247 ms

Philanthropy-Guide-Shirley-Ryan-AbilityLab-320x182.jpg

Philanthropy-Guide-Shirley-Ryan-AbilityLab-320x182.jpg

246 ms

Screen-Shot-2024-01-22-at-9.22.32-PM-770x433-1-320x182.png

Screen-Shot-2024-01-22-at-9.22.32-PM-770x433-1-320x182.png

283 ms

Logo_MIBF-2019_Text-Only_White.png

Logo_MIBF-2019_Text-Only_White.png

246 ms

kmKhZrc3Hgbbcjq75U4uslyuy4kn0qNcWxEQCQ.ttf

kmKhZrc3Hgbbcjq75U4uslyuy4kn0qNcWxEQCQ.ttf

277 ms

kmKnZrc3Hgbbcjq75U4uslyuy4kn0qNZaxY.ttf

kmKnZrc3Hgbbcjq75U4uslyuy4kn0qNZaxY.ttf

373 ms

kmKiZrc3Hgbbcjq75U4uslyuy4kn0qviTgY3KcU.ttf

kmKiZrc3Hgbbcjq75U4uslyuy4kn0qviTgY3KcU.ttf

375 ms

recaptcha__en.js

recaptcha__en.js

307 ms

collect

collect

86 ms

6xK3dSBYKcSV-LCoeQqfX1RYOo3qOK7g.ttf

6xK3dSBYKcSV-LCoeQqfX1RYOo3qOK7g.ttf

218 ms

6xKydSBYKcSV-LCoeQqfX1RYOo3ik4zwlxdr.ttf

6xKydSBYKcSV-LCoeQqfX1RYOo3ik4zwlxdr.ttf

218 ms

6xKydSBYKcSV-LCoeQqfX1RYOo3i54rwlxdr.ttf

6xKydSBYKcSV-LCoeQqfX1RYOo3i54rwlxdr.ttf

218 ms

6xKydSBYKcSV-LCoeQqfX1RYOo3ig4vwlxdr.ttf

6xKydSBYKcSV-LCoeQqfX1RYOo3ig4vwlxdr.ttf

217 ms

fa-brands-400.woff

fa-brands-400.woff

86 ms

fa-solid-900.woff

fa-solid-900.woff

116 ms

fa-regular-400.woff

fa-regular-400.woff

153 ms

nuFvD-vYSZviVYUb_rj3ij__anPXJzDwcbmjWBN2PKd3vXDXbtY.ttf

nuFvD-vYSZviVYUb_rj3ij__anPXJzDwcbmjWBN2PKd3vXDXbtY.ttf

219 ms

nuFvD-vYSZviVYUb_rj3ij__anPXJzDwcbmjWBN2PKdFvXDXbtY.ttf

nuFvD-vYSZviVYUb_rj3ij__anPXJzDwcbmjWBN2PKdFvXDXbtY.ttf

340 ms

nuFvD-vYSZviVYUb_rj3ij__anPXJzDwcbmjWBN2PKeiunDXbtY.ttf

nuFvD-vYSZviVYUb_rj3ij__anPXJzDwcbmjWBN2PKeiunDXbtY.ttf

339 ms

pubads_impl.js

pubads_impl.js

295 ms

ppub_config

ppub_config

379 ms

loader.min.js

loader.min.js

272 ms

js

js

135 ms

anchor

anchor

227 ms

js

js

167 ms

settings.luckyorange.net

settings.luckyorange.net

83 ms

styles__ltr.css

styles__ltr.css

98 ms

recaptcha__en.js

recaptcha__en.js

100 ms

collect

collect

201 ms

ads

ads

103 ms

ads

ads

262 ms

ads

ads

261 ms

container.html

container.html

347 ms

MiNarUAOgmcBTtb-B9dqJsIEHzGnODmmbX7rqJecvmc.js

MiNarUAOgmcBTtb-B9dqJsIEHzGnODmmbX7rqJecvmc.js

71 ms

webworker.js

webworker.js

226 ms

logo_48.png

logo_48.png

59 ms

KFOmCnqEu92Fr1Mu4mxP.ttf

KFOmCnqEu92Fr1Mu4mxP.ttf

48 ms

KFOlCnqEu92Fr1MmEU9fBBc9.ttf

KFOlCnqEu92Fr1MmEU9fBBc9.ttf

49 ms

KFOlCnqEu92Fr1MmYUtfBBc9.ttf

KFOlCnqEu92Fr1MmYUtfBBc9.ttf

48 ms

ufs_web_display.js

ufs_web_display.js

134 ms

Accessibility Review

better.net accessibility score

79

Accessibility Issues

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

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

High

Links do not have a discernible name

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.

Navigation

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

Impact

Issue

High

Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order

Best Practices

better.net best practices score

75

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

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

High

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

better.net SEO score

93

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

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

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 Better.net 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 Better.net 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

better.net

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