Tools & Wizards About Us
blogs.kqed.org screenshot

Report Summary

  • 17

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    32% of other websites

  • 87

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 66% of websites

  • 83

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    55% of websites

  • 86

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    60% of websites

blogs.kqed.org

KQED | News, Radio, Podcasts, TV | Public Media for Northern California

Page Load Speed

4.3 sec in total

First Response

160 ms

Resources Loaded

3.6 sec

Page Rendered

509 ms

blogs.kqed.org screenshot

About Website

Welcome to blogs.kqed.org homepage info - get ready to check Blogs KQED best content for United States right away, or after learning these important things about blogs.kqed.org

KQED provides public radio, television, and independent reporting on issues that matter to the Bay Area. We’re the NPR and PBS member station for Northern California.

Visit blogs.kqed.org

Key Findings

We analyzed Blogs.kqed.org page load time and found that the first response time was 160 ms and then it took 4.1 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 65% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

blogs.kqed.org performance score

17

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.9 s

25/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value29.0 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value50.2 s

0/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value7,960 ms

0/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.063

97/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value59.1 s

0/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

blogs.kqed.org

160 ms

blogs.kqed.org

276 ms

www.kqed.org

806 ms

index.1557f7ad4013fb0239ae.css

1381 ms

routes-Search.39ca59185a1e8b203f70.css

248 ms

Our browser made a total of 137 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 1% of them (2 requests) were addressed to the original Blogs.kqed.org, 34% (46 requests) were made to Cdn.kqed.org and 26% (36 requests) were made to Kqed.org. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1.4 sec) relates to the external source Kqed.org.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 881.0 kB (21%)

Content Size

4.2 MB

After Optimization

3.3 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript

In fact, the total size of Blogs.kqed.org main page is 4.2 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. 80% of websites need less resources to load and that’s why Accessify’s recommendations for optimization and resource minification can be helpful for this project. Images take 3.0 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-83%

Potential reduce by 770.6 kB

  • Original 924.2 kB
  • After minification 923.3 kB
  • After compression 153.6 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 770.6 kB or 83% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-3%

Potential reduce by 96.7 kB

  • Original 3.0 MB
  • After minification 2.9 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. Blogs KQED images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-5%

Potential reduce by 13.6 kB

  • Original 285.4 kB
  • After minification 281.7 kB
  • After compression 271.8 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 70 (56%)

Requests Now

126

After Optimization

56

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 126 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Blogs KQED. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 51 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 15 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

blogs.kqed.org

blogs.kqed.org

160 ms

blogs.kqed.org

blogs.kqed.org

276 ms

www.kqed.org

www.kqed.org

806 ms

index.1557f7ad4013fb0239ae.css

index.1557f7ad4013fb0239ae.css

1381 ms

routes-Search.39ca59185a1e8b203f70.css

routes-Search.39ca59185a1e8b203f70.css

248 ms

routes-Radio-RadioLayout.79a2e29a36c0f48a30aa.css

routes-Radio-RadioLayout.79a2e29a36c0f48a30aa.css

250 ms

routes-FilmSchoolShorts-FilmSchoolShortsLayout.04898e5c6bd3cc08aaf3.css

routes-FilmSchoolShorts-FilmSchoolShortsLayout.04898e5c6bd3cc08aaf3.css

266 ms

routes-Series-SeriesLayout.49df0959f793eb87779d.css

routes-Series-SeriesLayout.49df0959f793eb87779d.css

246 ms

routes-SponsoredContent-SponsoredContentLayout.ab11882d52e00f2cf6e8.css

routes-SponsoredContent-SponsoredContentLayout.ab11882d52e00f2cf6e8.css

281 ms

routes-TV-TVLayout.1bdcd81bb82753b2cf35.css

routes-TV-TVLayout.1bdcd81bb82753b2cf35.css

288 ms

routes-Careers-CareersLayout.5e616035a697d37f3e1a.css

routes-Careers-CareersLayout.5e616035a697d37f3e1a.css

287 ms

routes-UserAccounts-UserAccountsLayout.b8d2c8f204db998c6594.css

routes-UserAccounts-UserAccountsLayout.b8d2c8f204db998c6594.css

345 ms

routes-Author.4fe4a899f10b0a9adaba.css

routes-Author.4fe4a899f10b0a9adaba.css

359 ms

routes-Staff.16fc8cd5b54efe08fabd.css

routes-Staff.16fc8cd5b54efe08fabd.css

367 ms

routes-Podcasts.98f421321d0ad4c8a929.css

routes-Podcasts.98f421321d0ad4c8a929.css

367 ms

routes-NewsLetterPromo.87973d36a6a2f197649a.css

routes-NewsLetterPromo.87973d36a6a2f197649a.css

423 ms

routes-LiveUpdates.8874c2da4d3362d81ce7.css

routes-LiveUpdates.8874c2da4d3362d81ce7.css

436 ms

routes-MemberStream.c36ba7c2fc9bd6438c95.css

routes-MemberStream.c36ba7c2fc9bd6438c95.css

443 ms

gpt.js

gpt.js

165 ms

SynchroClient2.js

SynchroClient2.js

27 ms

register2.php

register2.php

316 ms

94mldm7e.js

94mldm7e.js

28 ms

sdk.js

sdk.js

27 ms

pubads_impl.js

pubads_impl.js

9 ms

kms.080c3422701e9c9b8773.index.js

kms.080c3422701e9c9b8773.index.js

342 ms

routes-Search.39ca59185a1e8b203f70.chunk.js

routes-Search.39ca59185a1e8b203f70.chunk.js

144 ms

routes-Radio-RadioLayout.79a2e29a36c0f48a30aa.chunk.js

routes-Radio-RadioLayout.79a2e29a36c0f48a30aa.chunk.js

83 ms

routes-FilmSchoolShorts-FilmSchoolShortsLayout.04898e5c6bd3cc08aaf3.chunk.js

routes-FilmSchoolShorts-FilmSchoolShortsLayout.04898e5c6bd3cc08aaf3.chunk.js

81 ms

routes-Series-SeriesLayout.49df0959f793eb87779d.chunk.js

routes-Series-SeriesLayout.49df0959f793eb87779d.chunk.js

81 ms

routes-SponsoredContent-SponsoredContentLayout.ab11882d52e00f2cf6e8.chunk.js

routes-SponsoredContent-SponsoredContentLayout.ab11882d52e00f2cf6e8.chunk.js

181 ms

routes-TV-TVLayout.1bdcd81bb82753b2cf35.chunk.js

routes-TV-TVLayout.1bdcd81bb82753b2cf35.chunk.js

188 ms

routes-Careers-CareersLayout.5e616035a697d37f3e1a.chunk.js

routes-Careers-CareersLayout.5e616035a697d37f3e1a.chunk.js

158 ms

routes-UserAccounts-UserAccountsLayout.b8d2c8f204db998c6594.chunk.js

routes-UserAccounts-UserAccountsLayout.b8d2c8f204db998c6594.chunk.js

222 ms

routes-Author.4fe4a899f10b0a9adaba.chunk.js

routes-Author.4fe4a899f10b0a9adaba.chunk.js

239 ms

routes-Staff.16fc8cd5b54efe08fabd.chunk.js

routes-Staff.16fc8cd5b54efe08fabd.chunk.js

262 ms

routes-Podcasts.98f421321d0ad4c8a929.chunk.js

routes-Podcasts.98f421321d0ad4c8a929.chunk.js

287 ms

routes-PodcastLanding.a77eb5dd008569af629e.chunk.js

routes-PodcastLanding.a77eb5dd008569af629e.chunk.js

296 ms

routes-NewsLetterPromo.87973d36a6a2f197649a.chunk.js

routes-NewsLetterPromo.87973d36a6a2f197649a.chunk.js

314 ms

routes-LiveUpdates.8874c2da4d3362d81ce7.chunk.js

routes-LiveUpdates.8874c2da4d3362d81ce7.chunk.js

340 ms

routes-MemberStream.c36ba7c2fc9bd6438c95.chunk.js

routes-MemberStream.c36ba7c2fc9bd6438c95.chunk.js

364 ms

routes-Page404-Page404Wrapper.a33e957087154c4cb029.chunk.js

routes-Page404-Page404Wrapper.a33e957087154c4cb029.chunk.js

373 ms

121.2d187861ae764b7bdec8.chunk.js

121.2d187861ae764b7bdec8.chunk.js

392 ms

69.708a869657d9291ffaf9.chunk.js

69.708a869657d9291ffaf9.chunk.js

416 ms

441.e76b7235e97d05a6cffa.chunk.js

441.e76b7235e97d05a6cffa.chunk.js

475 ms

gtm.js

gtm.js

251 ms

j.php

j.php

236 ms

240423-BERKELEY-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-07_qut-1020x680.jpg

240423-BERKELEY-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-07_qut-1020x680.jpg

357 ms

093d33baff5354890e29ad83d58d2c49

093d33baff5354890e29ad83d58d2c49

198 ms

240423-BERKELEY-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-07_qut-160x107.jpg

240423-BERKELEY-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-07_qut-160x107.jpg

189 ms

GettyImages-1825462832-1020x680.jpg

GettyImages-1825462832-1020x680.jpg

313 ms

GettyImages-1825462832-160x107.jpg

GettyImages-1825462832-160x107.jpg

312 ms

berkeleyhighschool20120419-1020x765.jpg

berkeleyhighschool20120419-1020x765.jpg

314 ms

berkeleyhighschool20120419-160x120.jpg

berkeleyhighschool20120419-160x120.jpg

312 ms

230808-SanFranciscoCityHall-25-BL_qut-1020x680.jpg

230808-SanFranciscoCityHall-25-BL_qut-1020x680.jpg

383 ms

230808-SanFranciscoCityHall-25-BL_qut-160x107.jpg

230808-SanFranciscoCityHall-25-BL_qut-160x107.jpg

316 ms

GettyImages-1147411300-1020x680.jpg

GettyImages-1147411300-1020x680.jpg

319 ms

GettyImages-1147411300-160x107.jpg

GettyImages-1147411300-160x107.jpg

317 ms

1715038067810-1020x684.jpg

1715038067810-1020x684.jpg

317 ms

1715038067810-160x107.jpg

1715038067810-160x107.jpg

315 ms

AP24127763537127-1020x680.jpg

AP24127763537127-1020x680.jpg

317 ms

AP24127763537127-160x107.jpg

AP24127763537127-160x107.jpg

319 ms

DL1106_Meet_the_Bug_You_Didnt_Know_You_Were_Eating_KQED-A-1020x574.jpg

DL1106_Meet_the_Bug_You_Didnt_Know_You_Were_Eating_KQED-A-1020x574.jpg

379 ms

DL1106_Meet_the_Bug_You_Didnt_Know_You_Were_Eating_KQED-A-160x90.jpg

DL1106_Meet_the_Bug_You_Didnt_Know_You_Were_Eating_KQED-A-160x90.jpg

380 ms

GETTYIMAGES-2003732412-KQED-1020x684.jpg

GETTYIMAGES-2003732412-KQED-1020x684.jpg

381 ms

GETTYIMAGES-2003732412-KQED-160x107.jpg

GETTYIMAGES-2003732412-KQED-160x107.jpg

380 ms

ap24114166775802-5564df6b9d837aeaea086ddd2cc5eb9c4c9ae192-1020x765.jpg

ap24114166775802-5564df6b9d837aeaea086ddd2cc5eb9c4c9ae192-1020x765.jpg

379 ms

ap24114166775802-5564df6b9d837aeaea086ddd2cc5eb9c4c9ae192-160x120.jpg

ap24114166775802-5564df6b9d837aeaea086ddd2cc5eb9c4c9ae192-160x120.jpg

488 ms

unnamed-1020x574.jpg

unnamed-1020x574.jpg

489 ms

unnamed-160x90.jpg

unnamed-160x90.jpg

489 ms

large_digital_jpg-Fashion_Runway-show_SP23-098_2000-1020x680.jpg

large_digital_jpg-Fashion_Runway-show_SP23-098_2000-1020x680.jpg

489 ms

large_digital_jpg-Fashion_Runway-show_SP23-098_2000-160x107.jpg

large_digital_jpg-Fashion_Runway-show_SP23-098_2000-160x107.jpg

488 ms

110722-Secretary-of-State-MG-CM-03-2-1020x680.jpg

110722-Secretary-of-State-MG-CM-03-2-1020x680.jpg

534 ms

110722-Secretary-of-State-MG-CM-03-2-160x107.jpg

110722-Secretary-of-State-MG-CM-03-2-160x107.jpg

530 ms

240502-CaliforniaForever-01-BL_qut-1020x680.jpg

240502-CaliforniaForever-01-BL_qut-1020x680.jpg

534 ms

240502-CaliforniaForever-01-BL_qut-160x107.jpg

240502-CaliforniaForever-01-BL_qut-160x107.jpg

529 ms

14289_transform-1440x960.jpg

14289_transform-1440x960.jpg

757 ms

14289_transform-32x32.jpg

14289_transform-32x32.jpg

752 ms

240331-ManipurIndia-BethLaBerge-027-1020x680.jpg

240331-ManipurIndia-BethLaBerge-027-1020x680.jpg

758 ms

240331-ManipurIndia-BethLaBerge-027-160x107.jpg

240331-ManipurIndia-BethLaBerge-027-160x107.jpg

755 ms

GettyImages-2147888087-1020x680.jpg

GettyImages-2147888087-1020x680.jpg

759 ms

GettyImages-2147888087-160x107.jpg

GettyImages-2147888087-160x107.jpg

663 ms

GettyImages-1244834396-1020x680.jpg

GettyImages-1244834396-1020x680.jpg

948 ms

GettyImages-1244834396-160x107.jpg

GettyImages-1244834396-160x107.jpg

764 ms

94mldm7e.json

94mldm7e.json

159 ms

sdk.js

sdk.js

134 ms

TiemposHeadlineWeb-Semibold.woff

TiemposHeadlineWeb-Semibold.woff

242 ms

TiemposHeadlineWeb-SemiboldItalic.woff

TiemposHeadlineWeb-SemiboldItalic.woff

309 ms

afr.php

afr.php

278 ms

runtime.620a19f.js

runtime.620a19f.js

356 ms

20240426_DEPTOFLABORANNOUNCEMENT-22-GC-KQED-1020x680.jpg

20240426_DEPTOFLABORANNOUNCEMENT-22-GC-KQED-1020x680.jpg

580 ms

js

js

147 ms

js

js

482 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

383 ms

destination

destination

382 ms

quant.js

quant.js

259 ms

destination

destination

258 ms

destination

destination

257 ms

destination

destination

256 ms

destination

destination

255 ms

hotjar-2803926.js

hotjar-2803926.js

466 ms

destination

destination

473 ms

index.js

index.js

248 ms

fbevents.js

fbevents.js

183 ms

bat.js

bat.js

454 ms

events.js

events.js

234 ms

activity;xsp=5248562;ord=1560576343908906

activity;xsp=5248562;ord=1560576343908906

454 ms

embed.js

embed.js

360 ms

20240426_DEPTOFLABORANNOUNCEMENT-22-GC-KQED-160x107.jpg

20240426_DEPTOFLABORANNOUNCEMENT-22-GC-KQED-160x107.jpg

459 ms

Bay-Curious-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg

Bay-Curious-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg

458 ms

Mindshift-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg

Mindshift-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg

455 ms

Rightnowish-Podcast-Tile-500x500-1.jpg

Rightnowish-Podcast-Tile-500x500-1.jpg

459 ms

Political-Breakdown-2024-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg

Political-Breakdown-2024-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg

459 ms

Sold-Out-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg

Sold-Out-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg

456 ms

The-Bay-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg

The-Bay-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg

458 ms

Forum-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg

Forum-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg

456 ms

Perspectives-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg

Perspectives-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg

597 ms

swfobject-2.2.min.js

swfobject-2.2.min.js

386 ms

saq_pxl

saq_pxl

218 ms

collect

collect

203 ms

lg.php

lg.php

189 ms

ajs.php

ajs.php

256 ms

modules.1a30a0a67c3c23c13060.js

modules.1a30a0a67c3c23c13060.js

202 ms

activityi;src=6359315;type=count0;cat=sitev0;ord=1;num=568890357622;npa=0;auiddc=1319997215.1715149009;pscdl=noapi;frm=0;gtm=45fe4510z878134254za201;gcd=13l3l3l3l1;dma=0;epver=2;~oref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.kqed.org%2F

activityi;src=6359315;type=count0;cat=sitev0;ord=1;num=568890357622;npa=0;auiddc=1319997215.1715149009;pscdl=noapi;frm=0;gtm=45fe4510z878134254za201;gcd=13l3l3l3l1;dma=0;epver=2;~oref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.kqed.org%2F

133 ms

collect

collect

46 ms

450636.gif

450636.gif

54 ms

lg.php

lg.php

68 ms

ajs.php

ajs.php

94 ms

src=6359315;type=count0;cat=sitev0;ord=1;num=568890357622;npa=0;auiddc=*;pscdl=noapi;frm=0;gtm=45fe4510z878134254za201;gcd=13l3l3l3l1;dma=0;epver=2;~oref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.kqed.org%2F

src=6359315;type=count0;cat=sitev0;ord=1;num=568890357622;npa=0;auiddc=*;pscdl=noapi;frm=0;gtm=45fe4510z878134254za201;gcd=13l3l3l3l1;dma=0;epver=2;~oref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.kqed.org%2F

79 ms

generic

generic

14 ms

450636.gif

450636.gif

42 ms

lg.php

lg.php

69 ms

appnexus

appnexus

4 ms

generic

generic

4 ms

pixel

pixel

78 ms

chartbeat.js

chartbeat.js

55 ms

collect

collect

55 ms

ping

ping

11 ms

Accessibility Review

blogs.kqed.org accessibility score

87

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

<frame> or <iframe> elements do not have a title

High

Links do not have a discernible name

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

Lists do not contain only <li> elements and script supporting elements (<script> and <template>).

Best Practices

blogs.kqed.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

Missing source maps for large first-party JavaScript

SEO Factors

blogs.kqed.org 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 Blogs.kqed.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.kqed.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

blogs.kqed.org

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