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Report Summary

  • 98

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    95% of other websites

  • 49

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 20% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    35% of websites

  • 80

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    42% of websites

metrofanatic.com

MetroFanatic.com - MetroStars / Red Bull New York - Major League Soccer

Page Load Speed

1.5 sec in total

First Response

253 ms

Resources Loaded

1.1 sec

Page Rendered

185 ms

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About Website

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MetroFanatic.com: the oldest and largest fan and media site for the MetroStars/Red Bull New York of Major League Soccer

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Key Findings

We analyzed Metrofanatic.com page load time and found that the first response time was 253 ms and then it took 1.2 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 25% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

metrofanatic.com performance score

98

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value0.8 s

100/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value1.7 s

99/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value1.3 s

100/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value160 ms

94/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value1.2 s

100/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

metrofanatic.com

253 ms

main.css

76 ms

dot_bg.gif

73 ms

spacer.gif

143 ms

top.gif

211 ms

Our browser made a total of 49 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that all of those requests were addressed to Metrofanatic.com and no external sources were called. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (563 ms) belongs to the original domain Metrofanatic.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 34.2 kB (66%)

Content Size

52.0 kB

After Optimization

17.8 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Metrofanatic.com main page is 52.0 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. 20% of websites need less resources to load. HTML takes 37.8 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-88%

Potential reduce by 33.4 kB

  • Original 37.8 kB
  • After minification 25.4 kB
  • After compression 4.4 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 12.3 kB, which is 33% 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 33.4 kB or 88% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-6%

Potential reduce by 768 B

  • Original 13.7 kB
  • After minification 12.9 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. Metro Fanatic images are well optimized though.

CSS Optimization

-11%

Potential reduce by 68 B

  • Original 606 B
  • After minification 606 B
  • After compression 538 B

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. Metrofanatic.com needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 68 B or 11% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 16 (33%)

Requests Now

48

After Optimization

32

  • Images
  • CSS

The browser has sent 48 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Metro Fanatic. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

metrofanatic.com

metrofanatic.com

253 ms

main.css

main.css

76 ms

dot_bg.gif

dot_bg.gif

73 ms

spacer.gif

spacer.gif

143 ms

top.gif

top.gif

211 ms

mid1.gif

mid1.gif

145 ms

team_off.gif

team_off.gif

144 ms

news_off.gif

news_off.gif

163 ms

history_off.gif

history_off.gif

164 ms

boards_off.gif

boards_off.gif

211 ms

stuff_off.gif

stuff_off.gif

214 ms

about_off.gif

about_off.gif

214 ms

mid_right.gif

mid_right.gif

227 ms

top_bottom.gif

top_bottom.gif

230 ms

duncan_card.jpg

duncan_card.jpg

282 ms

quick_updates.gif

quick_updates.gif

282 ms

carlos_coronel.gif

carlos_coronel.gif

284 ms

daniel_edelman.gif

daniel_edelman.gif

285 ms

player_ratings.gif

player_ratings.gif

303 ms

boards.gif

boards.gif

306 ms

rumor_mill.gif

rumor_mill.gif

351 ms

games.gif

games.gif

351 ms

teaminfo.gif

teaminfo.gif

424 ms

herobum.gif

herobum.gif

356 ms

cameron_harper.gif

cameron_harper.gif

378 ms

armando_villarreal.gif

armando_villarreal.gif

382 ms

dyk.gif

dyk.gif

422 ms

latest_rumor.gif

latest_rumor.gif

423 ms

hotcold1s.gif

hotcold1s.gif

427 ms

arrow0.gif

arrow0.gif

454 ms

this_day.gif

this_day.gif

459 ms

latest_game.gif

latest_game.gif

493 ms

ny_city.gif

ny_city.gif

494 ms

new_york.gif

new_york.gif

494 ms

next_game.gif

next_game.gif

497 ms

charlotte.gif

charlotte.gif

530 ms

poll_header.gif

poll_header.gif

535 ms

votebutton.gif

votebutton.gif

563 ms

leading_scorers.gif

leading_scorers.gif

501 ms

standings.gif

standings.gif

431 ms

search.gif

search.gif

433 ms

search_button.gif

search_button.gif

470 ms

stadium.gif

stadium.gif

457 ms

team_on.gif

team_on.gif

73 ms

news_on.gif

news_on.gif

72 ms

history_on.gif

history_on.gif

73 ms

boards_on.gif

boards_on.gif

78 ms

stuff_on.gif

stuff_on.gif

78 ms

about_on.gif

about_on.gif

73 ms

Accessibility Review

metrofanatic.com accessibility score

49

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

<input type="image"> elements do not have [alt] text

High

Form elements do not have associated labels

High

Links do not have a discernible name

Best Practices

metrofanatic.com best practices score

75

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

User Experience

Impact

Issue

High

Serves images with low resolution

SEO Factors

metrofanatic.com SEO score

80

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 doesn't use legible font sizes

High

Tap targets are not sized appropriately

Language and Encoding

  • Language Detected

    EN

  • Language Claimed

    N/A

  • Encoding

    ISO-8859-1

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Metrofanatic.com can be misinterpreted by Google and other search engines. Our service has detected that English is used on the page, and neither this language nor any other was claimed in <html> or <meta> tags. Our system also found out that Metrofanatic.com main page’s claimed encoding is iso-8859-1. Changing it to UTF-8 can be a good choice, as this format is commonly used for encoding all over the web and thus their visitors won’t have any troubles with symbol transcription or reading.

Social Sharing Optimization

metrofanatic.com

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