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Report Summary

  • 38

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    57% of other websites

  • 90

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 74% of websites

  • 85

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    80% of websites

  • 86

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    60% of websites

directorsnotes.com

Directors Notes // The Home of Independent Filmmaking

Page Load Speed

2.8 sec in total

First Response

503 ms

Resources Loaded

2.1 sec

Page Rendered

236 ms

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About Website

Visit directorsnotes.com now to see the best up-to-date Directors Notes content for United States and also check out these interesting facts you probably never knew about directorsnotes.com

Watch the world's best independent films and & discover how they were made: Animation, Live Action, Documentary, Music Video, Branded, Fashion, Experimental.

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Key Findings

We analyzed Directorsnotes.com page load time and found that the first response time was 503 ms and then it took 2.3 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

directorsnotes.com performance score

38

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.7 s

29/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value9.3 s

1/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value7.0 s

33/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value650 ms

46/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.005

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value10.7 s

23/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

www.directorsnotes.com

503 ms

style.css

165 ms

modernizr.custom.js

171 ms

jetpack.css

169 ms

jquery.js

245 ms

Our browser made a total of 59 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 83% of them (49 requests) were addressed to the original Directorsnotes.com, 5% (3 requests) were made to S.gravatar.com and 3% (2 requests) were made to Google-analytics.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (858 ms) belongs to the original domain Directorsnotes.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 279.7 kB (32%)

Content Size

861.6 kB

After Optimization

581.9 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Directorsnotes.com main page is 861.6 kB. This result falls beyond the top 1M of websites and identifies a large and not optimized web page that may take ages to load. 35% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 547.2 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-77%

Potential reduce by 33.1 kB

  • Original 43.1 kB
  • After minification 37.9 kB
  • After compression 10.0 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 5.2 kB, which is 12% 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 33.1 kB or 77% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-13%

Potential reduce by 71.3 kB

  • Original 547.2 kB
  • After minification 475.9 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. Obviously, Directors Notes needs image optimization as it can save up to 71.3 kB or 13% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-56%

Potential reduce by 100.0 kB

  • Original 179.0 kB
  • After minification 178.7 kB
  • After compression 79.1 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 100.0 kB or 56% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-82%

Potential reduce by 75.4 kB

  • Original 92.4 kB
  • After minification 86.0 kB
  • After compression 16.9 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. Directorsnotes.com needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 75.4 kB or 82% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 34 (61%)

Requests Now

56

After Optimization

22

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 56 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Directors Notes. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 11 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 6 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

www.directorsnotes.com

www.directorsnotes.com

503 ms

style.css

style.css

165 ms

modernizr.custom.js

modernizr.custom.js

171 ms

jetpack.css

jetpack.css

169 ms

jquery.js

jquery.js

245 ms

jquery-migrate.min.js

jquery-migrate.min.js

170 ms

external-tracking.min.js

external-tracking.min.js

170 ms

www.directorsnotes.com

www.directorsnotes.com

366 ms

devicepx-jetpack.js

devicepx-jetpack.js

6 ms

gprofiles.js

gprofiles.js

55 ms

wpgroho.js

wpgroho.js

166 ms

wp-embed.min.js

wp-embed.min.js

231 ms

e-201611.js

e-201611.js

4 ms

compressed.css

compressed.css

86 ms

wp-emoji-release.min.js

wp-emoji-release.min.js

120 ms

ga.js

ga.js

15 ms

branches_of_life_ln.jpg

branches_of_life_ln.jpg

350 ms

topanga_64.jpg

topanga_64.jpg

91 ms

pop_music_64.jpg

pop_music_64.jpg

91 ms

next_to_her_64.jpg

next_to_her_64.jpg

346 ms

worman_of_many_colors_64.jpg

worman_of_many_colors_64.jpg

345 ms

OneTwat_64.jpg

OneTwat_64.jpg

346 ms

change_is_everything_48.jpg

change_is_everything_48.jpg

346 ms

stay_awhile_48.jpg

stay_awhile_48.jpg

347 ms

something_better_to_come_48.jpg

something_better_to_come_48.jpg

346 ms

without_a_word_48.jpg

without_a_word_48.jpg

348 ms

survivalist_48.jpg

survivalist_48.jpg

346 ms

DN_iPhone_App.jpg

DN_iPhone_App.jpg

577 ms

feed-icon-48x48.jpg

feed-icon-48x48.jpg

346 ms

itunes_feed.jpg

itunes_feed.jpg

347 ms

twitter-pepper.png

twitter-pepper.png

347 ms

facebook_badge.jpg

facebook_badge.jpg

347 ms

WeAreDN_Vimeo_Sidebar.jpg

WeAreDN_Vimeo_Sidebar.jpg

496 ms

feedicon12.png

feedicon12.png

380 ms

wp.png

wp.png

405 ms

masterplan.png

masterplan.png

413 ms

80x15.png

80x15.png

81 ms

__utm.gif

__utm.gif

16 ms

body_main.png

body_main.png

341 ms

sitelogo.png

sitelogo.png

391 ms

input.png

input.png

414 ms

submit.png

submit.png

422 ms

home.gif

home.gif

423 ms

info.gif

info.gif

473 ms

hourglass.gif

hourglass.gif

496 ms

favourite.gif

favourite.gif

502 ms

mail.gif

mail.gif

504 ms

home_banner.png

home_banner.png

506 ms

readon.png

readon.png

552 ms

comment.png

comment.png

576 ms

category.png

category.png

581 ms

dot.png

dot.png

582 ms

collect

collect

52 ms

foo.gif

foo.gif

858 ms

bubble.png

bubble.png

579 ms

arrow.png

arrow.png

623 ms

hovercard.css

hovercard.css

27 ms

services.css

services.css

53 ms

g.gif

g.gif

4 ms

Accessibility Review

directorsnotes.com accessibility score

90

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

Links do not have a discernible name

Best practices

These items highlight common accessibility best practices.

Impact

Issue

High

[user-scalable="no"] is used in the <meta name="viewport"> element or the [maximum-scale] attribute is less than 5.

Best Practices

directorsnotes.com best practices score

85

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

directorsnotes.com SEO score

86

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

Crawling and Indexing

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

Impact

Issue

High

Links are not crawlable

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 Directorsnotes.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 Directorsnotes.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

directorsnotes.com

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