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Visit eb.comWe analyzed Eb.com page load time and found that the first response time was 81 ms and then it took 2.6 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 50% of websites can load faster.
eb.com performance score
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Our browser made a total of 92 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 1% of them (1 request) were addressed to the original Eb.com, 34% (31 requests) were made to Media-2.web.britannica.com and 12% (11 requests) were made to Britannica.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (549 ms) relates to the external source Britannica.com.
Page size can be reduced by 833.5 kB (27%)
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In fact, the total size of Eb.com main page is 3.1 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. 70% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 1.9 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.
Potential reduce by 65.3 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. 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 65.3 kB or 67% of the original size.
Potential reduce by 16.0 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. Eb images are well optimized though.
Potential reduce by 483.5 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. It is highly recommended that all JavaScript files should be compressed and minified as it can save up to 483.5 kB or 64% of the original size.
Potential reduce by 268.7 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. Eb.com needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 268.7 kB or 81% of the original size.
Number of requests can be reduced by 36 (44%)
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The browser has sent 82 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Eb. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 27 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 4 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.
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eb.com accessibility score
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.
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Issue
Buttons do not have an accessible name
Image elements do not have [alt] attributes
Links do not have a discernible name
eb.com best practices score
Trust and Safety
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Does not use HTTPS
Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks
General
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Detected JavaScript libraries
Browser errors were logged to the console
Missing source maps for large first-party JavaScript
eb.com SEO score
Content Best Practices
Format your HTML in a way that enables crawlers to better understand your app’s content.
Impact
Issue
Links do not have descriptive text
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
Document uses legible font sizes
Tap targets are not sized appropriately
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Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Eb.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 Eb.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.
eb.com
Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of Eb. 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: