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Report Summary

  • 53

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    70% of other websites

  • 83

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 54% of websites

  • 83

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    55% of websites

  • 85

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    55% of websites

voa.gov

VOA - Voice of America English News

Page Load Speed

2 sec in total

First Response

59 ms

Resources Loaded

1.6 sec

Page Rendered

289 ms

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About Website

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Accurate, objective news coverage from the U.S. and around the world.

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Key Findings

We analyzed Voa.gov page load time and found that the first response time was 59 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 40% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

voa.gov performance score

53

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value2.5 s

66/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value8.3 s

2/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value3.5 s

88/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value470 ms

61/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.004

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value8.2 s

41/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

www.voanews.com

59 ms

VOA-en-US.css

86 ms

utag.sync.js

29 ms

iframe_api

61 ms

infographics.b

42 ms

Our browser made a total of 59 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 0% of them (0 request) were addressed to the original Voa.gov, 19% (11 requests) were made to Tags.tiqcdn.com and 12% (7 requests) were made to Gdb.voanews.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1 sec) relates to the external source Gdb.voanews.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 129.3 kB (22%)

Content Size

576.9 kB

After Optimization

447.6 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Voa.gov main page is 576.9 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. 45% of websites need less resources to load. Javascripts take 244.6 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-81%

Potential reduce by 77.2 kB

  • Original 95.8 kB
  • After minification 95.5 kB
  • After compression 18.6 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 77.2 kB or 81% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 654 B

  • Original 187.1 kB
  • After minification 186.4 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. VOA images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-21%

Potential reduce by 51.2 kB

  • Original 244.6 kB
  • After minification 243.6 kB
  • After compression 193.4 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 51.2 kB or 21% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 187 B

  • Original 49.4 kB
  • After minification 49.4 kB
  • After compression 49.2 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. Voa.gov has all CSS files already compressed.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 40 (74%)

Requests Now

54

After Optimization

14

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 54 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of VOA. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 31 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

www.voanews.com

www.voanews.com

59 ms

VOA-en-US.css

VOA-en-US.css

86 ms

utag.sync.js

utag.sync.js

29 ms

iframe_api

iframe_api

61 ms

infographics.b

infographics.b

42 ms

loader.b

loader.b

50 ms

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widget-v3.php

357 ms

serviceWorkerInstall.js

serviceWorkerInstall.js

39 ms

conf.js

conf.js

40 ms

chartbeat_mab.js

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128 ms

aksb.min.js

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196 ms

gtm.js

gtm.js

202 ms

utag.js

utag.js

98 ms

res

res

84 ms

logo-compact.svg

logo-compact.svg

71 ms

logo.svg

logo.svg

73 ms

logo-print.gif

logo-print.gif

71 ms

logo-print_color.png

logo-print_color.png

74 ms

image-placeholder.svg

image-placeholder.svg

98 ms

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52 ms

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317 ms

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458 ms

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450 ms

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1027 ms

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405 ms

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409 ms

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431 ms

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129 ms

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151 ms

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66 ms

icons-custom.woff

icons-custom.woff

65 ms

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42 ms

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106 ms

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81 ms

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utag.20.js

105 ms

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105 ms

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127 ms

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126 ms

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162 ms

hljson

hljson

73 ms

quant.js

quant.js

65 ms

ga.js

ga.js

53 ms

fbevents.js

fbevents.js

119 ms

rd

rd

29 ms

3540.js

3540.js

137 ms

dest5.html

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147 ms

id

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153 ms

rules-p-BgErSP_RLcMf_.js

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125 ms

chartbeat_video.js

chartbeat_video.js

8 ms

utag.v.js

utag.v.js

8 ms

mab

mab

131 ms

ping

ping

128 ms

__utm.gif

__utm.gif

84 ms

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100 ms

www.voanews.com.json

www.voanews.com.json

26 ms

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Accessibility Review

voa.gov accessibility score

83

Accessibility Issues

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

Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order

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

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

High

Links do not have a discernible name

Best Practices

voa.gov 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

User Experience

Impact

Issue

High

Serves images with low resolution

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

voa.gov SEO score

85

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 Voa.gov 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 Voa.gov 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

voa.gov

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