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Report Summary

  • 66

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    79% of other websites

  • 45

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 19% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    35% of websites

  • 69

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    28% of websites

sikhtimes.com

The Sikh Times | News and Analysis from Around the World

Page Load Speed

4.9 sec in total

First Response

280 ms

Resources Loaded

4.2 sec

Page Rendered

416 ms

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About Website

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In-Depth Coverage of Issues Concerning the Global Sikh Community Including Self-Determination, Democracy, Human Rights, Civil Liberties, Geopolitics

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Key Findings

We analyzed Sikhtimes.com page load time and found that the first response time was 280 ms and then it took 4.6 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 70% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

sikhtimes.com performance score

66

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value2.2 s

77/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value2.2 s

94/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value2.8 s

95/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value2,220 ms

6/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value4.6 s

81/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

sikhtimes.com

280 ms

sikhtimes.css

105 ms

jquery-3.5.1.min.js

18 ms

sikhtimes.js

124 ms

urchin.js

9 ms

Our browser made a total of 7 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 57% of them (4 requests) were addressed to the original Sikhtimes.com, 29% (2 requests) were made to Google-analytics.com and 14% (1 request) were made to Code.jquery.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (3.8 sec) belongs to the original domain Sikhtimes.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 456.4 kB (15%)

Content Size

3.1 MB

After Optimization

2.6 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Sikhtimes.com main page is 3.1 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. Only 5% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 3.0 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-74%

Potential reduce by 32.4 kB

  • Original 44.0 kB
  • After minification 43.9 kB
  • After compression 11.6 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 32.4 kB or 74% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-14%

Potential reduce by 420.4 kB

  • Original 3.0 MB
  • After minification 2.6 MB

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, Sikh Times needs image optimization as it can save up to 420.4 kB or 14% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-30%

Potential reduce by 2.9 kB

  • Original 9.5 kB
  • After minification 8.5 kB
  • After compression 6.6 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 2.9 kB or 30% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-71%

Potential reduce by 657 B

  • Original 931 B
  • After minification 407 B
  • After compression 274 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. Sikhtimes.com needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 657 B or 71% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

We found no issues to fix!

Requests Now

6

After Optimization

6

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 6 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Sikh Times. According to our analytics all requests are already optimized.

Network Requests Diagram

sikhtimes.com

sikhtimes.com

280 ms

sikhtimes.css

sikhtimes.css

105 ms

jquery-3.5.1.min.js

jquery-3.5.1.min.js

18 ms

sikhtimes.js

sikhtimes.js

124 ms

urchin.js

urchin.js

9 ms

discussion-forum.png

discussion-forum.png

3846 ms

__utm.gif

__utm.gif

4 ms

Accessibility Review

sikhtimes.com accessibility score

45

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

Form elements do not have associated labels

High

Links do not have a discernible name

Best Practices

sikhtimes.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

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

SEO Factors

sikhtimes.com SEO score

69

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

Language and Encoding

  • Language Detected

    EN

  • Language Claimed

    N/A

  • Encoding

    N/A

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Sikhtimes.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 Sikhtimes.com main page’s claimed encoding is . 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

sikhtimes.com

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