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Report Summary

  • 89

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    90% of other websites

  • 57

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 24% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    35% of websites

  • 69

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    28% of websites

lastchancetoread.com

Last Chance to Read: 18th and 19th Century Newspapers

Page Load Speed

2.3 sec in total

First Response

381 ms

Resources Loaded

1.8 sec

Page Rendered

108 ms

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About Website

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Searchable collection of thousands of scarce British and Irish newspapers mostly from 1710 - 1870 available to buy online

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Key Findings

We analyzed Lastchancetoread.com page load time and found that the first response time was 381 ms and then it took 1.9 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 40% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

lastchancetoread.com performance score

89

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value2.4 s

70/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value3.3 s

71/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value2.8 s

96/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value0 ms

100/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value2.4 s

98/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

www.lastchancetoread.com

381 ms

wf_v1.css

90 ms

global_v1.css

198 ms

home.css

285 ms

core.js

356 ms

Our browser made a total of 43 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that all of those requests were addressed to Lastchancetoread.com and no external sources were called. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (598 ms) belongs to the original domain Lastchancetoread.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 106.8 kB (44%)

Content Size

244.1 kB

After Optimization

137.3 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Lastchancetoread.com main page is 244.1 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. 20% of websites need less resources to load. Javascripts take 115.4 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-82%

Potential reduce by 11.0 kB

  • Original 13.4 kB
  • After minification 10.0 kB
  • After compression 2.4 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 3.4 kB, which is 26% 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 11.0 kB or 82% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-2%

Potential reduce by 2.1 kB

  • Original 95.2 kB
  • After minification 93.1 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. Last Chance To Read images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-67%

Potential reduce by 76.9 kB

  • Original 115.4 kB
  • After minification 109.9 kB
  • After compression 38.5 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 76.9 kB or 67% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-83%

Potential reduce by 16.7 kB

  • Original 20.0 kB
  • After minification 12.9 kB
  • After compression 3.3 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. Lastchancetoread.com needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 16.7 kB or 83% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 13 (31%)

Requests Now

42

After Optimization

29

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 42 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Last Chance To Read. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 4 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

www.lastchancetoread.com

www.lastchancetoread.com

381 ms

wf_v1.css

wf_v1.css

90 ms

global_v1.css

global_v1.css

198 ms

home.css

home.css

285 ms

core.js

core.js

356 ms

jquery-1.10.2.min.js

jquery-1.10.2.min.js

569 ms

jquery.string.1.1.0-min.js

jquery.string.1.1.0-min.js

380 ms

always-include.js

always-include.js

375 ms

sitebg.gif

sitebg.gif

87 ms

lastchancetoread-logo.gif

lastchancetoread-logo.gif

108 ms

menubg.gif

menubg.gif

106 ms

home.gif

home.gif

112 ms

spacer.gif

spacer.gif

108 ms

advsearch.gif

advsearch.gif

114 ms

timeline.gif

timeline.gif

174 ms

news.gif

news.gif

194 ms

paymentmethods.gif

paymentmethods.gif

196 ms

faq.gif

faq.gif

197 ms

about.gif

about.gif

200 ms

contact.gif

contact.gif

202 ms

topredlinebg.gif

topredlinebg.gif

259 ms

sign-up-for-an-account-today.jpg

sign-up-for-an-account-today.jpg

412 ms

homeboxhead-green-brown.gif

homeboxhead-green-brown.gif

317 ms

titles-included.gif

titles-included.gif

294 ms

documents-available.gif

documents-available.gif

298 ms

home2boxfill.gif

home2boxfill.gif

317 ms

titles-included.jpg

titles-included.jpg

347 ms

documents-available.jpg

documents-available.jpg

398 ms

home2boxfoot.gif

home2boxfoot.gif

402 ms

homeboxhead-fullwidthlblue.gif

homeboxhead-fullwidthlblue.gif

414 ms

about.gif

about.gif

414 ms

homefullwidthboxfill.gif

homefullwidthboxfill.gif

432 ms

about-last-chance-to-read.gif

about-last-chance-to-read.gif

498 ms

homefullwidthboxfoot.gif

homefullwidthboxfoot.gif

502 ms

askaq-header.gif

askaq-header.gif

506 ms

rcol-box-fill.gif

rcol-box-fill.gif

507 ms

go-button-green.gif

go-button-green.gif

509 ms

rcol-box-foot.gif

rcol-box-foot.gif

518 ms

reader_icon_special.jpg

reader_icon_special.jpg

587 ms

footer-topfill.gif

footer-topfill.gif

588 ms

footer-fill.gif

footer-fill.gif

591 ms

LCTR-footer-logo.gif

LCTR-footer-logo.gif

598 ms

footer-endfill.gif

footer-endfill.gif

598 ms

Accessibility Review

lastchancetoread.com accessibility score

57

Accessibility Issues

Internationalization and localization

These are opportunities to improve the interpretation of your content by users in different locales.

Impact

Issue

High

<html> element does not have a [lang] attribute

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

lastchancetoread.com best practices score

75

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

SEO Factors

lastchancetoread.com SEO score

69

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

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 Lastchancetoread.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 Lastchancetoread.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

lastchancetoread.com

Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of Last Chance To Read. 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: