Report Summary

  • 49

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    68% of other websites

  • 78

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 46% of websites

  • 83

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    56% of websites

  • 86

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    60% of websites

lee.net

Lee Enterprises | Leading Provider of Local News

Page Load Speed

2.3 sec in total

First Response

152 ms

Resources Loaded

1.2 sec

Page Rendered

979 ms

lee.net screenshot

About Website

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Leading source of local news, information, and advertising in 73 US markets.

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Key Findings

We analyzed Lee.net page load time and found that the first response time was 152 ms and then it took 2.2 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

lee.net performance score

49

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.1 s

45/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value3.4 s

66/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value3.7 s

86/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value2,620 ms

4/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.029

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value9.9 s

27/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

lee.net

152 ms

bootstrap.min.css

63 ms

font-awesome.min.css

33 ms

layout.css

142 ms

jquery.min.js

201 ms

Our browser made a total of 21 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 29% of them (6 requests) were addressed to the original Lee.net, 52% (11 requests) were made to Bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com and 10% (2 requests) were made to Stats.townnews.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (397 ms) relates to the external source Stats.townnews.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 382.9 kB (58%)

Content Size

663.4 kB

After Optimization

280.5 kB

In fact, the total size of Lee.net main page is 663.4 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. 45% of websites need less resources to load. Javascripts take 246.9 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-80%

Potential reduce by 32.7 kB

  • Original 40.9 kB
  • After minification 35.9 kB
  • After compression 8.2 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 5.0 kB, which is 12% 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 32.7 kB or 80% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-13%

Potential reduce by 24.2 kB

  • Original 180.3 kB
  • After minification 156.1 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. Obviously, Lee needs image optimization as it can save up to 24.2 kB or 13% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-66%

Potential reduce by 162.5 kB

  • Original 246.9 kB
  • After minification 237.4 kB
  • After compression 84.4 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 162.5 kB or 66% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-84%

Potential reduce by 163.5 kB

  • Original 195.3 kB
  • After minification 177.6 kB
  • After compression 31.8 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. Lee.net needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 163.5 kB or 84% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 9 (47%)

Requests Now

19

After Optimization

10

The browser has sent 19 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Lee. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 10 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Accessibility Review

lee.net accessibility score

78

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.

Best Practices

lee.net 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

lee.net 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

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

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 Lee.net 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 Lee.net 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 Lee. This is the best way to make the web page social media friendly. Here is how it looks like on Facebook: