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Report Summary

  • 51

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    69% of other websites

  • 76

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 42% of websites

  • 83

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    55% of websites

  • 89

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    66% of websites

citynewsguide.net

CityNewsGuide | Digital News & Information Community Portal Provider | Visitor Guide Provider | Regional News

Page Load Speed

61.1 sec in total

First Response

298 ms

Resources Loaded

60.5 sec

Page Rendered

326 ms

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About Website

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Key Findings

We analyzed Citynewsguide.net page load time and found that the first response time was 298 ms and then it took 60.8 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 95% of websites can load faster. Unfortunately, there were 3 request timeouts, which can generally increase the web page load time, as the browser stays idle while waiting for website response.

Performance Metrics

citynewsguide.net performance score

51

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value4.0 s

23/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value5.9 s

14/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value6.8 s

35/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value280 ms

81/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.003

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value10.4 s

24/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

citynewsguide.net

298 ms

bootstrap.min.css

122 ms

font-awesome.min.css

157 ms

cubeportfolio.min.css

161 ms

nivo-lightbox.css

147 ms

Our browser made a total of 70 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 73% of them (51 requests) were addressed to the original Citynewsguide.net, 4% (3 requests) were made to Static.addtoany.com and 4% (3 requests) were made to Adserver02.siouxlandfirst.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (20 sec) relates to the external source Adserver02.siouxlandfirst.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 208.1 kB (14%)

Content Size

1.5 MB

After Optimization

1.2 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Citynewsguide.net main page is 1.5 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. 60% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 1.2 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-81%

Potential reduce by 36.3 kB

  • Original 44.9 kB
  • After minification 38.8 kB
  • After compression 8.6 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 6.1 kB, which is 14% 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 36.3 kB or 81% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-12%

Potential reduce by 142.9 kB

  • Original 1.2 MB
  • After minification 1.0 MB

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. Obviously, City News Guide needs image optimization as it can save up to 142.9 kB or 12% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-5%

Potential reduce by 7.3 kB

  • Original 161.8 kB
  • After minification 161.8 kB
  • After compression 154.5 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. This website has mostly compressed JavaScripts.

CSS Optimization

-30%

Potential reduce by 21.5 kB

  • Original 71.0 kB
  • After minification 71.0 kB
  • After compression 49.5 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. Citynewsguide.net needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 21.5 kB or 30% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 35 (59%)

Requests Now

59

After Optimization

24

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 59 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of City News Guide. 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 16 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

citynewsguide.net

citynewsguide.net

298 ms

bootstrap.min.css

bootstrap.min.css

122 ms

font-awesome.min.css

font-awesome.min.css

157 ms

cubeportfolio.min.css

cubeportfolio.min.css

161 ms

nivo-lightbox.css

nivo-lightbox.css

147 ms

default.css

default.css

145 ms

owl.carousel.css

owl.carousel.css

142 ms

owl.theme.css

owl.theme.css

196 ms

animate.css

animate.css

229 ms

style.css

style.css

297 ms

bg2.css

bg2.css

214 ms

blue.css

blue.css

231 ms

carouselsync.js

carouselsync.js

227 ms

carouselcustom.css

carouselcustom.css

268 ms

realtimeclock.js

realtimeclock.js

300 ms

realtimeclock.css

realtimeclock.css

296 ms

page.js

page.js

62 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

414 ms

bootstrap.min.js

bootstrap.min.js

305 ms

jquery.easing.min.js

jquery.easing.min.js

409 ms

wow.min.js

wow.min.js

410 ms

jquery.scrollTo.js

jquery.scrollTo.js

413 ms

jquery.appear.js

jquery.appear.js

412 ms

stellar.js

stellar.js

412 ms

jquery.cubeportfolio.min.js

jquery.cubeportfolio.min.js

446 ms

owl.carousel.min.js

owl.carousel.min.js

532 ms

nivo-lightbox.min.js

nivo-lightbox.min.js

521 ms

custom.js

custom.js

517 ms

css

css

34 ms

weather1.jpg

weather1.jpg

263 ms

small-town-main-street2.jpg

small-town-main-street2.jpg

449 ms

smartcityguide-2.png

smartcityguide-2.png

174 ms

shop-local.png

shop-local.png

388 ms

map-slide.png

map-slide.png

399 ms

welcome-sioux-city-slide1.jpg

welcome-sioux-city-slide1.jpg

354 ms

agnews.jpg

agnews.jpg

275 ms

usd1.jpg

usd1.jpg

342 ms

welcome-sioux-falls-slide1.png

welcome-sioux-falls-slide1.png

493 ms

dining1.jpg

dining1.jpg

417 ms

nightlife2.jpg

nightlife2.jpg

430 ms

welcome-vermillion-slide1.jpg

welcome-vermillion-slide1.jpg

492 ms

events6.jpg

events6.jpg

475 ms

welcome-omaha-slide.jpg

welcome-omaha-slide.jpg

506 ms

shopping2.jpg

shopping2.jpg

508 ms

movies2.jpg

movies2.jpg

522 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

89 ms

feed-reuters-ticker.php

feed-reuters-ticker.php

605 ms

feed-newest-recipes.php

feed-newest-recipes.php

710 ms

sdk.js

sdk.js

40 ms

font

font

41 ms

font

font

47 ms

fontawesome-webfont.woff

fontawesome-webfont.woff

579 ms

glyphicons-halflings-regular.woff

glyphicons-halflings-regular.woff

512 ms

ajs.php

ajs.php

19685 ms

collect

collect

54 ms

sdk.js

sdk.js

7 ms

js

js

72 ms

weather1.jpg

weather1.jpg

469 ms

glyphicons-halflings-regular.ttf

glyphicons-halflings-regular.ttf

86 ms

css

css

21 ms

breakingNews.css

breakingNews.css

79 ms

jQuery.js

jQuery.js

95 ms

breakingNews.js

breakingNews.js

84 ms

bn-arrows.png

bn-arrows.png

77 ms

yql

yql

153 ms

yql

yql

83 ms

ajs.php

ajs.php

19999 ms

ajs.php

ajs.php

19999 ms

sm.25.html

sm.25.html

51 ms

eso.D0Uc7kY6.js

eso.D0Uc7kY6.js

62 ms

Accessibility Review

citynewsguide.net accessibility score

76

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

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

citynewsguide.net 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

General

Impact

Issue

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

SEO Factors

citynewsguide.net SEO score

89

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

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

High

Tap targets are not sized appropriately

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 Citynewsguide.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 Citynewsguide.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

citynewsguide.net

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