Report Summary

  • 14

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    26% of other websites

  • 72

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 37% of websites

  • 67

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    24% of websites

  • 85

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    55% of websites

startmedia.gr

Ειδήσεις & Νέα από Κέρκυρα & Ελλάδα | StartTV Ράδιο Κέρκυρα

Page Load Speed

5.7 sec in total

First Response

487 ms

Resources Loaded

3.7 sec

Page Rendered

1.5 sec

startmedia.gr screenshot

About Website

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Ειδήσεις & Νέα από την Κέρκυρα, την Περιφέρεια, την Ελλάδα & τον Κόσμο. Ενημέρωση για όσα συμβαίνουν σε πολιτική, οικονομία & αθλητισμό

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Key Findings

We analyzed Startmedia.gr page load time and found that the first response time was 487 ms and then it took 5.2 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 75% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

startmedia.gr performance score

14

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value6.7 s

2/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value8.6 s

1/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value13.8 s

1/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value127,710 ms

0/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.091

92/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value149.0 s

0/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

startmedia.gr

487 ms

www.startmedia.gr

1063 ms

typography2.php

208 ms

rokbox.css

191 ms

gantry.css

189 ms

Our browser made a total of 187 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 58% of them (108 requests) were addressed to the original Startmedia.gr, 18% (33 requests) were made to Static.xx.fbcdn.net and 4% (8 requests) were made to I3.ytimg.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1.1 sec) belongs to the original domain Startmedia.gr.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 1.1 MB (38%)

Content Size

2.8 MB

After Optimization

1.7 MB

In fact, the total size of Startmedia.gr main page is 2.8 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. 80% 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 1.4 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-82%

Potential reduce by 90.9 kB

  • Original 111.5 kB
  • After minification 95.0 kB
  • After compression 20.6 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. This page needs HTML code to be minified as it can gain 16.5 kB, which is 15% 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 90.9 kB or 82% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-11%

Potential reduce by 158.5 kB

  • Original 1.4 MB
  • After minification 1.2 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, Startmedia needs image optimization as it can save up to 158.5 kB or 11% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-58%

Potential reduce by 618.7 kB

  • Original 1.1 MB
  • After minification 1.1 MB
  • After compression 450.5 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 618.7 kB or 58% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-79%

Potential reduce by 192.8 kB

  • Original 243.8 kB
  • After minification 220.3 kB
  • After compression 51.0 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. Startmedia.gr needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 192.8 kB or 79% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 122 (67%)

Requests Now

183

After Optimization

61

The browser has sent 183 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Startmedia. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 58 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 30 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Accessibility Review

startmedia.gr accessibility score

72

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

button, link, and menuitem elements do not have accessible names.

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.

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

<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

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

startmedia.gr best practices score

67

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

User Experience

Impact

Issue

High

Serves images with low resolution

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

High

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

startmedia.gr SEO score

85

Search Engine Optimization Advices

Crawling and Indexing

To appear in search results, crawlers need access to your app.

Impact

Issue

High

Links are not crawlable

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 uses legible font sizes

High

Tap targets are not sized appropriately

Language and Encoding

  • Language Detected

    N/A

  • Language Claimed

    EL

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Startmedia.gr can be misinterpreted by Google and other search engines. Unfortunately we cannot identify language used on the page (probably there is a mix of languages, too little text or something else), while the claimed language is Greek. Our system also found out that Startmedia.gr 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

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