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name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value4.0 s

24/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value4.1 s

47/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value5.9 s

48/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value380 ms

70/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.287

42/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value11.9 s

16/100

10%

themastheadnews.ca

304 ms

style.min.css

187 ms

frontend.css

388 ms

flexslider.css

365 ms

style.min.css

544 ms

Our browser made a total of 71 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that all of those requests were addressed to Themastheadnews.ca and no external sources were called. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (5.2 sec) belongs to the original domain Themastheadnews.ca.

Content Size

638.5 kB

After Optimization

581.3 kB

In fact, the total size of Themastheadnews.ca main page is 638.5 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. 50% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 572.5 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-77%

Potential reduce by 50.5 kB

Original 65.9 kB
After minification 62.9 kB
After compression 15.4 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 50.5 kB or 77% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-1%

Potential reduce by 6.6 kB

Original 572.5 kB
After minification 565.9 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. The Masthead News images are well optimized though.

Requests Now

After Optimization

The browser has sent 70 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of The Masthead News. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 39 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 9 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Accessibility Issues

These are opportunities to improve the legibility of your content.

High

Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio.

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

High

Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order

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.

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

High

Links do not have a discernible name

Areas of Improvement

High

Does not use HTTPS

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Missing source maps for large first-party JavaScript

Search Engine Optimization Advices

Format your HTML in a way that enables crawlers to better understand your app’s content.

High

Links do not have descriptive text

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

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

High

Links are not crawlable

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/).

High

Document uses legible font sizes

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 Themastheadnews.ca 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 Themastheadnews.ca 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

themastheadnews.ca

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

Report Summary

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About Website

Key Findings

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Measured Metrics

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

SI (Speed Index)

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Network Requests Diagram

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style.min.css

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flexslider.css

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Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Content Size

After Optimization

HTML Optimization

Image Optimization

Requests Breakdown

Requests Now

After Optimization

Network Requests Diagram

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