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Report Summary

  • 27

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    46% of other websites

  • 86

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 61% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    35% of websites

  • 90

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    68% of websites

links.thrillist.com

Thrillist - Find the Best and Most Under-Appreciated Places to Eat, Drink and Travel

Page Load Speed

3.3 sec in total

First Response

85 ms

Resources Loaded

2.3 sec

Page Rendered

905 ms

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About Website

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Key Findings

We analyzed Links.thrillist.com page load time and found that the first response time was 85 ms and then it took 3.2 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 55% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

links.thrillist.com performance score

27

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.1 s

47/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value5.0 s

27/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value11.9 s

4/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value41,390 ms

0/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.001

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value55.4 s

0/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

www.thrillist.com

85 ms

thrillist.css

60 ms

mmcore.js

26 ms

thrillist-1456784170.min.js

63 ms

cc.js

483 ms

Our browser made a total of 132 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 0% of them (0 request) were addressed to the original Links.thrillist.com, 13% (17 requests) were made to V4.moatads.com and 9% (12 requests) were made to Assets-d.thrillist.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (998 ms) relates to the external source Connect.facebook.net.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 1.0 MB (55%)

Content Size

1.9 MB

After Optimization

862.6 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Links.thrillist.com main page is 1.9 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. 70% of websites need less resources to load. Javascripts take 628.6 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-90%

Potential reduce by 464.9 kB

  • Original 516.0 kB
  • After minification 431.8 kB
  • After compression 51.2 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 84.3 kB, which is 16% 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 464.9 kB or 90% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 2.0 kB

  • Original 514.7 kB
  • After minification 512.7 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. Links Thrillist images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-60%

Potential reduce by 377.2 kB

  • Original 628.6 kB
  • After minification 628.6 kB
  • After compression 251.3 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 377.2 kB or 60% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-81%

Potential reduce by 198.6 kB

  • Original 246.0 kB
  • After minification 244.3 kB
  • After compression 47.4 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. Links.thrillist.com needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 198.6 kB or 81% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 72 (61%)

Requests Now

118

After Optimization

46

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 118 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Links Thrillist. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 40 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

www.thrillist.com

www.thrillist.com

85 ms

thrillist.css

thrillist.css

60 ms

mmcore.js

mmcore.js

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thrillist-1456784170.min.js

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998 ms

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308 ms

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286 ms

geoModule

geoModule

536 ms

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392 ms

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394 ms

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393 ms

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392 ms

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498 ms

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498 ms

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497 ms

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127 ms

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174 ms

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206 ms

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355 ms

pubads_impl_81.js

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adsct

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290 ms

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290 ms

ads

ads

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container.html

container.html

82 ms

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49 ms

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29 ms

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29 ms

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94 ms

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moatad.js

42 ms

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ga-audiences

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64 ms

xd_arbiter.php

xd_arbiter.php

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dcmads.js

dcmads.js

16 ms

ads

ads

53 ms

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16 ms

pixel.gif

pixel.gif

2 ms

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82 ms

ads.css

ads.css

33 ms

adServerESI.aspx

adServerESI.aspx

262 ms

ads

ads

280 ms

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39 ms

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38 ms

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18 ms

html_inpage_rendering_lib_200_119.js

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131 ms

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173 ms

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roboto_condensed_700.woff

172 ms

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fontello.woff

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client.js

client.js

134 ms

client:plusone.js

client:plusone.js

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collect

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34 ms

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ads

49 ms

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api.js

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ads

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Accessibility Review

links.thrillist.com accessibility score

86

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.

Navigation

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

Impact

Issue

High

[id] attributes on active, focusable elements are not unique

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

Links do not have a discernible name

Best Practices

links.thrillist.com best practices score

75

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

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

High

Missing source maps for large first-party JavaScript

SEO Factors

links.thrillist.com SEO score

90

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

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

High

Document uses legible font sizes

High

Tap targets are not sized appropriately

Language and Encoding

  • Language Detected

    EN

  • Language Claimed

    N/A

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Links.thrillist.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 Links.thrillist.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

links.thrillist.com

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