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Visit rand.orgWe analyzed Rand.org page load time and found that the first response time was 187 ms and then it took 3.3 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 55% of websites can load faster.
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Our browser made a total of 116 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 9% of them (11 requests) were addressed to the original Rand.org, 55% (64 requests) were made to Wwwassets.rand.org and 16% (18 requests) were made to Use.typekit.net. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1.4 sec) belongs to the original domain Rand.org.
Page size can be reduced by 1.5 MB (17%)
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In fact, the total size of Rand.org main page is 9.2 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. 85% 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. Images take 7.9 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.
Potential reduce by 106.1 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 106.1 kB or 77% of the original size.
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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. RAND images are well optimized though.
Potential reduce by 700.8 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 700.8 kB or 75% of the original size.
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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. Rand.org needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 124.7 kB or 82% of the original size.
Number of requests can be reduced by 23 (24%)
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The browser has sent 97 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of RAND. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 19 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.
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rand.org accessibility score
Contrast
These are opportunities to improve the legibility of your content.
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Issue
Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio.
Navigation
These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.
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Issue
Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order
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
Links do not have a discernible name
rand.org best practices score
Trust and Safety
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Does not use HTTPS
Includes front-end JavaScript libraries with known security vulnerabilities
Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks
General
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Issue
Detected JavaScript libraries
rand.org SEO score
Content Best Practices
Format your HTML in a way that enables crawlers to better understand your app’s content.
Impact
Issue
Links do not have descriptive text
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
Document uses legible font sizes
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UTF-8
Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Rand.org 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 Rand.org 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.
rand.org
Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of RAND. 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: