Report Summary

  • 75

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    84% of other websites

  • 69

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 35% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    36% of websites

  • 58

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    20% of websites

thevwindependent.com

The VW independent

Page Load Speed

3.6 sec in total

First Response

494 ms

Resources Loaded

2.5 sec

Page Rendered

599 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Thevwindependent.com page load time and found that the first response time was 494 ms and then it took 3.1 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

thevwindependent.com performance score

75

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.3 s

41/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value3.6 s

62/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value3.9 s

82/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value300 ms

79/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value3.9 s

88/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

www.thevwindependent.com

494 ms

style.css

63 ms

searchforms.css

117 ms

widgets.css

136 ms

jquery.js

206 ms

Our browser made a total of 77 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 84% of them (65 requests) were addressed to the original Thevwindependent.com, 6% (5 requests) were made to Img.weather.weatherbug.com and 3% (2 requests) were made to Stats.wordpress.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1 sec) belongs to the original domain Thevwindependent.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 275.4 kB (27%)

Content Size

1.0 MB

After Optimization

745.1 kB

In fact, the total size of Thevwindependent.com main page is 1.0 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. 40% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 761.5 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-72%

Potential reduce by 35.4 kB

  • Original 49.1 kB
  • After minification 47.6 kB
  • After compression 13.7 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 35.4 kB or 72% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-13%

Potential reduce by 99.5 kB

  • Original 761.5 kB
  • After minification 661.9 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. Obviously, The VW Independent needs image optimization as it can save up to 99.5 kB or 13% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-66%

Potential reduce by 127.3 kB

  • Original 193.6 kB
  • After minification 193.5 kB
  • After compression 66.3 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 127.3 kB or 66% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-81%

Potential reduce by 13.2 kB

  • Original 16.3 kB
  • After minification 10.9 kB
  • After compression 3.1 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. Thevwindependent.com needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 13.2 kB or 81% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 14 (19%)

Requests Now

74

After Optimization

60

The browser has sent 74 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of The VW Independent. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 5 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 5 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Accessibility Review

thevwindependent.com accessibility score

69

Accessibility Issues

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

<input type="image"> elements do not have [alt] text

High

Form elements do not have associated labels

High

Links do not have a discernible name

Best Practices

thevwindependent.com best practices score

75

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

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

SEO Factors

thevwindependent.com SEO score

58

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

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 Thevwindependent.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 Thevwindependent.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 The VW Independent. This is the best way to make the web page social media friendly. Here is how it looks like on Facebook: