Report Summary

  • 18

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    34% of other websites

  • 75

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 41% of websites

  • 67

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    24% of websites

  • 83

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    46% of websites

golem.de

Golem.de: IT-News für Profis

Page Load Speed

3.2 sec in total

First Response

456 ms

Resources Loaded

2.6 sec

Page Rendered

115 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Golem.de page load time and found that the first response time was 456 ms and then it took 2.8 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 50% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

golem.de performance score

18

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value5.2 s

8/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value9.1 s

1/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value15.2 s

1/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value2,250 ms

6/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value32.3 s

0/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

golem.de

456 ms

auswahl.html

220 ms

golem_main-mob_184-min.css

434 ms

logo-g.png

329 ms

golem-hp_bg-blur.jpg

111 ms

Our browser made a total of 10 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 80% of them (8 requests) were addressed to the original Golem.de, 10% (1 request) were made to Cpxl.golem.de and 10% (1 request) were made to Cmp-cdn.golem.de. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (469 ms) relates to the external source Cpxl.golem.de.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 88.8 kB (49%)

Content Size

181.0 kB

After Optimization

92.2 kB

In fact, the total size of Golem.de main page is 181.0 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. Only 10% of websites need less resources to load. CSS take 85.0 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-60%

Potential reduce by 12.4 kB

  • Original 20.5 kB
  • After minification 19.2 kB
  • After compression 8.1 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 12.4 kB or 60% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 0 B

  • Original 12.2 kB
  • After minification 12.2 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. Golem images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-11%

Potential reduce by 7.3 kB

  • Original 63.3 kB
  • After minification 63.3 kB
  • After compression 56.0 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 7.3 kB or 11% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-81%

Potential reduce by 69.1 kB

  • Original 85.0 kB
  • After minification 85.0 kB
  • After compression 15.8 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. Golem.de needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 69.1 kB or 81% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

We found no issues to fix!

Requests Now

6

After Optimization

6

The browser has sent 6 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Golem. According to our analytics all requests are already optimized.

Accessibility Review

golem.de accessibility score

75

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

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

[id] attributes on active, focusable elements are not unique

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

golem.de 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

High

Missing source maps for large first-party JavaScript

SEO Factors

golem.de SEO score

83

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

High

Tap targets are not sized appropriately

Language and Encoding

  • Language Detected

    DE

  • Language Claimed

    DE

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Golem.de can be misinterpreted by Google and other search engines. Our service has detected that German is used on the page, and it matches the claimed language. Our system also found out that Golem.de 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

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