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Report Summary

  • 37

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    56% of other websites

  • 51

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 21% of websites

  • 67

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    24% of websites

  • 74

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    31% of websites

discoverfinancial.com

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Page Load Speed

2.1 sec in total

First Response

376 ms

Resources Loaded

1.4 sec

Page Rendered

351 ms

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About Website

Welcome to discoverfinancial.com homepage info - get ready to check Discover Financial best content for United States right away, or after learning these important things about discoverfinancial.com

Get to know Discover Financial Services. Learn about our company, our products, and our corporate culture. Plus, check news, investor relations, and careers.

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Key Findings

We analyzed Discoverfinancial.com page load time and found that the first response time was 376 ms and then it took 1.8 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 35% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

discoverfinancial.com performance score

37

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value2.3 s

73/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value11.0 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value5.4 s

57/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value670 ms

45/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.216

58/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value12.7 s

14/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

376 ms

common.min.css

21 ms

company.min.css

31 ms

visitorAPI.js

21 ms

signal_tms.js

62 ms

Our browser made a total of 63 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 0% of them (0 request) were addressed to the original Discoverfinancial.com, 3% (2 requests) were made to Dpm.demdex.net and 3% (2 requests) were made to Smetrics.discover.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (376 ms) relates to the external source Discover.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 258.2 kB (16%)

Content Size

1.6 MB

After Optimization

1.4 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Discoverfinancial.com main page is 1.6 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. 65% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 1.1 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-81%

Potential reduce by 47.6 kB

  • Original 59.0 kB
  • After minification 44.3 kB
  • After compression 11.3 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 14.7 kB, which is 25% 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 47.6 kB or 81% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-3%

Potential reduce by 32.0 kB

  • Original 1.1 MB
  • After minification 1.1 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. Discover Financial images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-43%

Potential reduce by 178.5 kB

  • Original 418.4 kB
  • After minification 417.4 kB
  • After compression 240.0 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 178.5 kB or 43% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 163 B

  • Original 54.6 kB
  • After minification 54.6 kB
  • After compression 54.5 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. Discoverfinancial.com has all CSS files already compressed.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 25 (49%)

Requests Now

51

After Optimization

26

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 51 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Discover Financial. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 13 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

376 ms

common.min.css

common.min.css

21 ms

company.min.css

company.min.css

31 ms

visitorAPI.js

visitorAPI.js

21 ms

signal_tms.js

signal_tms.js

62 ms

libs.min.js

libs.min.js

70 ms

thirdparty.min.js

thirdparty.min.js

61 ms

common.min.js

common.min.js

60 ms

omu.min.js

omu.min.js

180 ms

vendor.min.js

vendor.min.js

63 ms

company.min.js

company.min.js

63 ms

ofMF8

ofMF8

61 ms

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RL6FP-7VUY8-NDC3K-X55B8-GT8C6

98 ms

discover-logo.png

discover-logo.png

97 ms

icon-spyglass.png

icon-spyglass.png

99 ms

slide-amazing-people.jpg

slide-amazing-people.jpg

288 ms

slide-customer-service.jpg

slide-customer-service.jpg

97 ms

slide-bank-fingertips.jpg

slide-bank-fingertips.jpg

270 ms

callout.jpg

callout.jpg

99 ms

stats.jpg

stats.jpg

104 ms

privacyoptions.svg

privacyoptions.svg

99 ms

Discover_Icon_Facebook.svg

Discover_Icon_Facebook.svg

100 ms

Discover_Icon_Twitter.svg

Discover_Icon_Twitter.svg

102 ms

Discover_Icon_Instagram.svg

Discover_Icon_Instagram.svg

100 ms

Discover_Icon_LinkedIn.svg

Discover_Icon_LinkedIn.svg

116 ms

icon-footer-equal-housing-member.png

icon-footer-equal-housing-member.png

117 ms

icon-footer-bbb.png

icon-footer-bbb.png

120 ms

icon-footer-fdic.png

icon-footer-fdic.png

122 ms

rd

rd

80 ms

DiscoverSans-Bold.woff

DiscoverSans-Bold.woff

183 ms

DiscoverSans-Book.woff

DiscoverSans-Book.woff

183 ms

DiscoverSans-Light.woff

DiscoverSans-Light.woff

182 ms

dest5.html

dest5.html

157 ms

id

id

157 ms

GetPressReleaseList

GetPressReleaseList

280 ms

widgets.js

widgets.js

189 ms

GetStockQuoteList

GetStockQuoteList

275 ms

tags.js

tags.js

331 ms

ajax-loader.gif

ajax-loader.gif

54 ms

icon-spyglass.png

icon-spyglass.png

47 ms

our-company.jpg

our-company.jpg

159 ms

corporate-responsibility.jpg

corporate-responsibility.jpg

127 ms

investor-relations.jpg

investor-relations.jpg

47 ms

careers.jpg

careers.jpg

77 ms

utility-icons.png

utility-icons.png

125 ms

config.json

config.json

70 ms

fontawesome-webfont.woff

fontawesome-webfont.woff

337 ms

slick.woff

slick.woff

75 ms

MetaWebPro-Bold.woff

MetaWebPro-Bold.woff

167 ms

MetaWebPro-Normal.woff

MetaWebPro-Normal.woff

104 ms

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s41354115293361

20 ms

ibs:dpid=411&dpuuid=ZjiLAAAAAMBHfAOj

ibs:dpid=411&dpuuid=ZjiLAAAAAMBHfAOj

20 ms

pixel

pixel

53 ms

widget_iframe.2f70fb173b9000da126c79afe2098f02.html

widget_iframe.2f70fb173b9000da126c79afe2098f02.html

57 ms

icon-spyglass.png

icon-spyglass.png

88 ms

pixel

pixel

23 ms

tap.php

tap.php

27 ms

settings

settings

69 ms

rum

rum

19 ms

clear.png

clear.png

71 ms

tag.js

tag.js

17 ms

icon-spyglass.png

icon-spyglass.png

52 ms

bounce

bounce

8 ms

Accessibility Review

discoverfinancial.com accessibility score

51

Accessibility Issues

ARIA

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.

Impact

Issue

High

[aria-*] attributes do not match their roles

High

[aria-hidden="true"] elements contain focusable descendents

High

ARIA input fields do not have accessible names

High

Elements with an ARIA [role] that require children to contain a specific [role] are missing some or all of those required children.

High

[role]s are not contained by their required parent element

High

[aria-*] attributes do not have valid values

High

ARIA IDs are not unique

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

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

Tables and lists

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

Impact

Issue

High

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

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

discoverfinancial.com best practices score

67

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

High

Includes front-end JavaScript libraries with known security vulnerabilities

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

SEO Factors

discoverfinancial.com SEO score

74

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

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

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

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 Discoverfinancial.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 Discoverfinancial.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

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Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of Discover Financial. 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: