Report Summary

  • 44

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    63% of other websites

  • 88

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 68% of websites

  • 83

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    55% of websites

  • 84

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    52% of websites

blogs.hbr.org

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Page Load Speed

454 ms in total

First Response

33 ms

Resources Loaded

421 ms

Page Rendered

0 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Blogs.hbr.org page load time and found that the first response time was 33 ms and then it took 421 ms to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is an excellent result, as only 5% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

blogs.hbr.org performance score

44

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value2.4 s

70/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value2.6 s

88/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value23.5 s

0/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value10,590 ms

0/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.024

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value28.0 s

0/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

blogs.hbr.org

33 ms

hbr.org

8 ms

hbr.org

203 ms

launch-67dbffcc16ef.min.js

103 ms

gpt.js

152 ms

Our browser made a total of 29 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 3% of them (1 request) were addressed to the original Blogs.hbr.org, 90% (26 requests) were made to Hbr.org and 3% (1 request) were made to Assets.adobedtm.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (203 ms) relates to the external source Hbr.org.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 284.7 kB (51%)

Content Size

561.6 kB

After Optimization

276.9 kB

In fact, the total size of Blogs.hbr.org main page is 561.6 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. 70% of websites need less resources to load. HTML takes 333.1 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-81%

Potential reduce by 268.3 kB

  • Original 333.1 kB
  • After minification 333.0 kB
  • After compression 64.8 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 268.3 kB or 81% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-60%

Potential reduce by 16.4 kB

  • Original 27.2 kB
  • After minification 10.8 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, Blogs Hbr needs image optimization as it can save up to 16.4 kB or 60% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 0 B

  • Original 201.3 kB
  • After minification 201.3 kB
  • After compression 201.3 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.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 12 (57%)

Requests Now

21

After Optimization

9

The browser has sent 21 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Blogs Hbr. 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.

Accessibility Review

blogs.hbr.org accessibility score

88

Accessibility Issues

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.

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

High

Links do not have a discernible name

Best Practices

blogs.hbr.org 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

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

High

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

blogs.hbr.org SEO score

84

Search Engine Optimization Advices

Crawling and Indexing

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

Impact

Issue

High

Links are not crawlable

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

    EN

  • Language Claimed

    EN

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Blogs.hbr.org 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 Blogs.hbr.org 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 data is detected on the main page of Blogs Hbr. This is the best way to make the web page social media friendly. Here is how it looks like on Facebook: