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Report Summary

  • 35

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    55% of other websites

  • 81

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 51% of websites

  • 83

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    55% of websites

  • 98

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    92% of websites

media.nrc.nl

NRC - Nieuws, achtergronden en onderzoeksjournalistiek

Page Load Speed

3.3 sec in total

First Response

201 ms

Resources Loaded

2.2 sec

Page Rendered

941 ms

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About Website

Welcome to media.nrc.nl homepage info - get ready to check Media NRC best content for Netherlands right away, or after learning these important things about media.nrc.nl

Nieuws, duiding, analyse en onderzoeksjournalistiek over onderwerpen die er echt toe doen. Feitelijk, betrouwbaar, diepgravend en genuanceerd.

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Key Findings

We analyzed Media.nrc.nl page load time and found that the first response time was 201 ms and then it took 3.1 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 55% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

media.nrc.nl performance score

35

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.8 s

27/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value4.6 s

34/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value6.0 s

46/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value1,650 ms

11/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.007

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value13.7 s

10/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

media.nrc.nl

201 ms

www.nrc.nl

586 ms

main.b07d05351.css

486 ms

header-and-footer.5d942ee46.css

419 ms

vorm-variables.15527c33f.css

429 ms

Our browser made a total of 34 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 3% of them (1 request) were addressed to the original Media.nrc.nl, 85% (29 requests) were made to Assets.nrc.nl and 6% (2 requests) were made to Images.nrc.nl. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (933 ms) relates to the external source Assets.nrc.nl.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 282.6 kB (23%)

Content Size

1.2 MB

After Optimization

963.4 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Media.nrc.nl main page is 1.2 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. 50% of websites need less resources to load. Javascripts take 625.3 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-83%

Potential reduce by 282.4 kB

  • Original 341.7 kB
  • After minification 323.0 kB
  • After compression 59.3 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 282.4 kB or 83% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 0 B

  • Original 237.1 kB
  • After minification 237.1 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. Media NRC images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 42 B

  • Original 625.3 kB
  • After minification 625.3 kB
  • After compression 625.3 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.

CSS Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 113 B

  • Original 41.8 kB
  • After minification 41.8 kB
  • After compression 41.7 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. Media.nrc.nl has all CSS files already compressed.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 5 (42%)

Requests Now

12

After Optimization

7

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 12 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Media NRC. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 6 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

media.nrc.nl

media.nrc.nl

201 ms

www.nrc.nl

www.nrc.nl

586 ms

main.b07d05351.css

main.b07d05351.css

486 ms

header-and-footer.5d942ee46.css

header-and-footer.5d942ee46.css

419 ms

vorm-variables.15527c33f.css

vorm-variables.15527c33f.css

429 ms

index.36ded9bd0.css

index.36ded9bd0.css

430 ms

dossier-themes.346108b0e.css

dossier-themes.346108b0e.css

439 ms

layout-home.9ff904089.css

layout-home.9ff904089.css

438 ms

web-1905buiiran.jpg

web-1905buiiran.jpg

134 ms

foksuk.png

foksuk.png

177 ms

web-1905buicongo.jpg

web-1905buicongo.jpg

104 ms

LFT_Etica_Book.2c0ad0536.woff

LFT_Etica_Book.2c0ad0536.woff

311 ms

LFT_Etica_Light.706f08a79.woff

LFT_Etica_Light.706f08a79.woff

280 ms

LFT_EticaDisplay_Thin.9a3da8c02.woff

LFT_EticaDisplay_Thin.9a3da8c02.woff

312 ms

LFT_Etica_Reg.d833f35d4.woff

LFT_Etica_Reg.d833f35d4.woff

311 ms

LFT_Etica_Semibold.a7561b8d6.woff

LFT_Etica_Semibold.a7561b8d6.woff

312 ms

LFT_Etica_Bold.d0dcbfd76.woff

LFT_Etica_Bold.d0dcbfd76.woff

311 ms

LFT_Etica_Extrabold.04712015b.woff

LFT_Etica_Extrabold.04712015b.woff

396 ms

LFT_EticaDisplay_Heavy.99dc2b21f.woff

LFT_EticaDisplay_Heavy.99dc2b21f.woff

374 ms

GuardianTextEgyp-Regular-Web.58680308b.woff

GuardianTextEgyp-Regular-Web.58680308b.woff

488 ms

GuardianTextEgyp-Medium-Web.6765a8faf.woff

GuardianTextEgyp-Medium-Web.6765a8faf.woff

489 ms

GuardianTextEgyp-Bold-Web.29e8762e1.woff

GuardianTextEgyp-Bold-Web.29e8762e1.woff

489 ms

GuardianTextEgyp-Black-Web.b923037c6.woff

GuardianTextEgyp-Black-Web.b923037c6.woff

488 ms

GuardianEgyp-Semibold-Web.3b810d06e.woff

GuardianEgyp-Semibold-Web.3b810d06e.woff

467 ms

GuardianEgyp-Bold-Web.41f1da05b.woff

GuardianEgyp-Bold-Web.41f1da05b.woff

488 ms

GuardianEgyp-Black-Web.89aa446e7.woff

GuardianEgyp-Black-Web.89aa446e7.woff

561 ms

GuardianEgyp-Medium-Web.233f0570e.woff

GuardianEgyp-Medium-Web.233f0570e.woff

585 ms

GuardianEgyp-Regular-Web.1bb260957.woff

GuardianEgyp-Regular-Web.1bb260957.woff

584 ms

GuardianEgyp-Light-Web.a2f313f99.woff

GuardianEgyp-Light-Web.a2f313f99.woff

585 ms

GuardianEgyp-Thin-Web.e03578096.woff

GuardianEgyp-Thin-Web.e03578096.woff

585 ms

GuardianEgyp-Hairline-Web.559b5d668.woff

GuardianEgyp-Hairline-Web.559b5d668.woff

586 ms

vendor.465762dc4.js

vendor.465762dc4.js

933 ms

main.f8f33069e.js

main.f8f33069e.js

753 ms

tag.js

tag.js

18 ms

Accessibility Review

media.nrc.nl accessibility score

81

Accessibility Issues

ARIA

These are opportunities to improve the usage of ARIA in your application which may enhance the experience for users of assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Impact

Issue

High

[aria-hidden="true"] elements contain focusable descendents

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

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.

Navigation

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

Impact

Issue

High

Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order

Best Practices

media.nrc.nl best practices score

83

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

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

SEO Factors

media.nrc.nl SEO score

98

Search Engine Optimization Advices

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

    NL

  • Language Claimed

    NL

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Media.nrc.nl can be misinterpreted by Google and other search engines. Our service has detected that Dutch is used on the page, and it matches the claimed language. Our system also found out that Media.nrc.nl 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

media.nrc.nl

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