Report Summary

  • 48

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    67% of other websites

  • 72

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 38% of websites

  • 83

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    56% of websites

  • 80

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    42% of websites

it.thefreedictionary.com

Dizionario italiano / Italian Dictionary

Page Load Speed

4.3 sec in total

First Response

119 ms

Resources Loaded

3.9 sec

Page Rendered

222 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed It.thefreedictionary.com page load time and found that the first response time was 119 ms and then it took 4.2 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 65% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

it.thefreedictionary.com performance score

48

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value2.6 s

64/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value2.8 s

83/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value7.8 s

23/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value1,600 ms

12/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.006

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value18.5 s

3/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

it.thefreedictionary.com

119 ms

async.js

193 ms

all.css

87 ms

sprite.png

190 ms

wait16.gif

188 ms

Our browser made a total of 138 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 3% of them (4 requests) were addressed to the original It.thefreedictionary.com, 8% (11 requests) were made to Us-u.openx.net and 8% (11 requests) were made to Img.tfd.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (3.6 sec) belongs to the original domain It.thefreedictionary.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 306.3 kB (54%)

Content Size

563.4 kB

After Optimization

257.1 kB

In fact, the total size of It.thefreedictionary.com main page is 563.4 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. 60% of websites need less resources to load. Javascripts take 340.3 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-79%

Potential reduce by 91.2 kB

  • Original 114.9 kB
  • After minification 112.8 kB
  • After compression 23.7 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 91.2 kB or 79% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-2%

Potential reduce by 1.1 kB

  • Original 68.6 kB
  • After minification 67.5 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. It Thefree Dictionary images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-54%

Potential reduce by 183.3 kB

  • Original 340.3 kB
  • After minification 299.3 kB
  • After compression 157.0 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 183.3 kB or 54% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-78%

Potential reduce by 30.8 kB

  • Original 39.7 kB
  • After minification 38.1 kB
  • After compression 8.9 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. It.thefreedictionary.com needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 30.8 kB or 78% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 85 (69%)

Requests Now

124

After Optimization

39

The browser has sent 124 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of It Thefree 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 44 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Accessibility Review

it.thefreedictionary.com 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

[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

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

it.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

it.thefreedictionary.com SEO score

80

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

    IT

  • Language Claimed

    N/A

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise It.thefreedictionary.com can be misinterpreted by Google and other search engines. Our service has detected that Italian 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 It.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

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