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Report Summary

  • 48

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    67% of other websites

  • 70

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 36% of websites

  • 83

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    56% of websites

  • 81

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    43% of websites

acronys.thefreedictionary.com

Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary

Page Load Speed

2.3 sec in total

First Response

460 ms

Resources Loaded

1.6 sec

Page Rendered

267 ms

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About Website

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Key Findings

We analyzed Acronys.thefreedictionary.com page load time and found that the first response time was 460 ms and then it took 1.9 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 35% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

acronys.thefreedictionary.com performance score

48

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value2.7 s

62/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value3.0 s

79/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value5.5 s

54/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value2,100 ms

7/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.012

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value31.0 s

0/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

www.thefreedictionary.com

460 ms

all.css

356 ms

async.js

383 ms

adsbygoogle.js

64 ms

ads.js

301 ms

Our browser made a total of 28 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 0% of them (0 request) were addressed to the original Acronys.thefreedictionary.com, 18% (5 requests) were made to Youtube.com and 7% (2 requests) were made to Googleads.g.doubleclick.net. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (460 ms) relates to the external source Thefreedictionary.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 105.0 kB (24%)

Content Size

440.6 kB

After Optimization

335.7 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Acronys.thefreedictionary.com main page is 440.6 kB. This result falls beyond the top 1M of websites and identifies a large and not optimized web page that may take ages to load. 25% of websites need less resources to load. Javascripts take 195.4 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-80%

Potential reduce by 97.8 kB

  • Original 122.6 kB
  • After minification 120.5 kB
  • After compression 24.9 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 97.8 kB or 80% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-7%

Potential reduce by 3.6 kB

  • Original 53.9 kB
  • After minification 50.4 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. Acronys The Free Dictionary images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-2%

Potential reduce by 3.3 kB

  • Original 195.4 kB
  • After minification 195.4 kB
  • After compression 192.1 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 327 B

  • Original 68.6 kB
  • After minification 68.6 kB
  • After compression 68.3 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. Acronys.thefreedictionary.com has all CSS files already compressed.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 8 (32%)

Requests Now

25

After Optimization

17

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 25 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Acronys The Free Dictionary. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 9 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

www.thefreedictionary.com

www.thefreedictionary.com

460 ms

all.css

all.css

356 ms

async.js

async.js

383 ms

adsbygoogle.js

adsbygoogle.js

64 ms

ads.js

ads.js

301 ms

sprite.png

sprite.png

95 ms

wait16.gif

wait16.gif

95 ms

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94 ms

HollyMonument.jpg

HollyMonument.jpg

134 ms

Gertrude_Stein_1935-01-04.jpg

Gertrude_Stein_1935-01-04.jpg

135 ms

james.jpg

james.jpg

135 ms

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180 ms

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wordhub-logo.png

180 ms

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Setsubun_2006_Kobe.jpg

195 ms

zrt_lookup.html

zrt_lookup.html

47 ms

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90 ms

hangman.png

hangman.png

109 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

17 ms

www-player.css

www-player.css

6 ms

www-embed-player.js

www-embed-player.js

30 ms

base.js

base.js

55 ms

ad_status.js

ad_status.js

134 ms

jz7nBWcXoC6PzFPxSGBK-EbGk4-kUqTnoXZXIXcr3eQ.js

jz7nBWcXoC6PzFPxSGBK-EbGk4-kUqTnoXZXIXcr3eQ.js

97 ms

embed.js

embed.js

32 ms

id

id

16 ms

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KFOmCnqEu92Fr1Mu4mxPKTU1Kg.ttf

115 ms

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KFOlCnqEu92Fr1MmEU9fBBc9AMP6lQ.ttf

116 ms

Create

Create

92 ms

Accessibility Review

acronys.thefreedictionary.com accessibility score

70

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-*] attributes do not match their roles

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

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

Best Practices

acronys.thefreedictionary.com 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

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

High

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

acronys.thefreedictionary.com SEO score

81

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

    EN

  • Language Claimed

    EN

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Acronys.thefreedictionary.com 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 Acronys.thefreedictionary.com 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

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