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Report Summary

  • 7

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    22% of other websites

  • 71

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 36% of websites

  • 83

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    55% of websites

  • 80

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    42% of websites

nst.com.my

New Straits Times (NST Online) | Malaysia News & World Updates

Page Load Speed

2.4 sec in total

First Response

104 ms

Resources Loaded

2.2 sec

Page Rendered

87 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Nst.com.my page load time and found that the first response time was 104 ms and then it took 2.3 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 45% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

nst.com.my performance score

7

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.3 s

39/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value32.0 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value24.8 s

0/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value13,040 ms

0/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.453

20/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value51.7 s

0/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

www.nst.com.my

104 ms

css

36 ms

libraries.css

97 ms

app.css

144 ms

rocket-loader.min.js

11 ms

Our browser made a total of 96 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 2% of them (2 requests) were addressed to the original Nst.com.my, 23% (22 requests) were made to Assets.nst.com.my and 6% (6 requests) were made to Googleads.g.doubleclick.net. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (941 ms) relates to the external source Heartbeat.mediaprimaplus.com.my.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 452.4 kB (42%)

Content Size

1.1 MB

After Optimization

630.6 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Nst.com.my main page is 1.1 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. 75% 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. Javascripts take 825.1 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-77%

Potential reduce by 70.9 kB

  • Original 91.8 kB
  • After minification 91.7 kB
  • After compression 20.9 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 70.9 kB or 77% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 0 B

  • Original 118.2 kB
  • After minification 118.2 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. NST images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-46%

Potential reduce by 381.4 kB

  • Original 825.1 kB
  • After minification 825.1 kB
  • After compression 443.6 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 381.4 kB or 46% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 0 B

  • Original 47.9 kB
  • After minification 47.9 kB
  • After compression 47.9 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. Nst.com.my has all CSS files already compressed.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 58 (67%)

Requests Now

87

After Optimization

29

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 87 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of NST. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 44 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 4 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

www.nst.com.my

www.nst.com.my

104 ms

css

css

36 ms

libraries.css

libraries.css

97 ms

app.css

app.css

144 ms

rocket-loader.min.js

rocket-loader.min.js

11 ms

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vedd3670a3b1c4e178fdfb0cc912d969e1713874337387

56 ms

tiktok-logo-white.png

tiktok-logo-white.png

149 ms

tiktok-logo-red.png

tiktok-logo-red.png

178 ms

NST-Logo.png

NST-Logo.png

149 ms

NST-LogoDarkmode.png

NST-LogoDarkmode.png

164 ms

Business-Times-Logo.png

Business-Times-Logo.png

157 ms

Business-Times-LogoDarkmode.png

Business-Times-LogoDarkmode.png

170 ms

audio_plus_master.png

audio_plus_master.png

175 ms

hotfm_red.png

hotfm_red.png

195 ms

buletinfm_master.png

buletinfm_master.png

188 ms

logo_eightfm_master-01.png

logo_eightfm_master-01.png

188 ms

flyfm_master.png

flyfm_master.png

204 ms

molekfm_master.png

molekfm_master.png

228 ms

footer-logo.png

footer-logo.png

206 ms

NSTMobile.png

NSTMobile.png

220 ms

icon-ios.png

icon-ios.png

217 ms

icon-android.png

icon-android.png

222 ms

icon-appgallery.png

icon-appgallery.png

242 ms

NSTepaper.png

NSTepaper.png

233 ms

css

css

18 ms

adsbygoogle.js

adsbygoogle.js

411 ms

gpt.js

gpt.js

305 ms

loader.js

loader.js

175 ms

pwt.js

pwt.js

108 ms

gtm.js

gtm.js

130 ms

js

js

226 ms

fbevents.js

fbevents.js

72 ms

revac.min.js

revac.min.js

410 ms

tag

tag

107 ms

lt.min.js

lt.min.js

71 ms

app.js

app.js

118 ms

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KFOmCnqEu92Fr1Mu4mxP.ttf

84 ms

KFOlCnqEu92Fr1MmEU9fBBc9.ttf

KFOlCnqEu92Fr1MmEU9fBBc9.ttf

96 ms

KFOlCnqEu92Fr1MmWUlfBBc9.ttf

KFOlCnqEu92Fr1MmWUlfBBc9.ttf

105 ms

JTUHjIg1_i6t8kCHKm4532VJOt5-QNFgpCtZ6Hw5aX8.ttf

JTUHjIg1_i6t8kCHKm4532VJOt5-QNFgpCtZ6Hw5aX8.ttf

202 ms

icofont.woff

icofont.woff

104 ms

data

data

298 ms

index.js

index.js

497 ms

js

js

208 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

446 ms

destination

destination

414 ms

chartbeat_mab.js

chartbeat_mab.js

453 ms

beacon.js

beacon.js

411 ms

56l9s1dacx

56l9s1dacx

451 ms

heartbeat.min.js

heartbeat.min.js

941 ms

tag.js

tag.js

521 ms

js

js

348 ms

player_api

player_api

431 ms

399 ms

460 ms

sync

sync

430 ms

impl.20240502-3-RELEASE.es5.js

impl.20240502-3-RELEASE.es5.js

288 ms

pubads_impl.js

pubads_impl.js

397 ms

lt.iframe.html

lt.iframe.html

230 ms

show_ads_impl.js

show_ads_impl.js

580 ms

354 ms

196 ms

optimus_rules.json

optimus_rules.json

96 ms

pixels

pixels

99 ms

www-widgetapi.js

www-widgetapi.js

148 ms

linkid.js

linkid.js

144 ms

clarity.js

clarity.js

94 ms

chartbeat_video.js

chartbeat_video.js

29 ms

ins.js

ins.js

361 ms

pixel

pixel

363 ms

utsync.ashx

utsync.ashx

376 ms

getuid

getuid

365 ms

mab

mab

336 ms

ping

ping

333 ms

137 ms

collect

collect

141 ms

collect

collect

137 ms

collect

collect

82 ms

1009103

1009103

180 ms

112 ms

133 ms

ga-audiences

ga-audiences

112 ms

81 ms

collect

collect

18 ms

qmap

qmap

39 ms

c.gif

c.gif

8 ms

publishertag.ids.js

publishertag.ids.js

49 ms

sync.min.js

sync.min.js

33 ms

uid2SecureSignal.js

uid2SecureSignal.js

48 ms

esp.js

esp.js

51 ms

esp.js

esp.js

72 ms

pubcid.min.js

pubcid.min.js

54 ms

zrt_lookup.html

zrt_lookup.html

38 ms

ads

ads

114 ms

sodar

sodar

84 ms

sodar2.js

sodar2.js

38 ms

Accessibility Review

nst.com.my accessibility score

71

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

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

High

Form elements do not have associated labels

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.

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 IDs are not unique

Best Practices

nst.com.my 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

nst.com.my 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

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

High

Tap targets are not sized appropriately

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 Nst.com.my 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 Nst.com.my 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

nst.com.my

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