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Report Summary

  • 18

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    34% of other websites

  • 94

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 83% of websites

  • 67

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    24% of websites

  • 86

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    60% of websites

ab.weather.com

National and Local Weather Radar, Daily Forecast, Hurricane and information from The Weather Channel and weather.com

Page Load Speed

3.1 sec in total

First Response

244 ms

Resources Loaded

1.6 sec

Page Rendered

1.3 sec

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About Website

Visit ab.weather.com now to see the best up-to-date Ab Weather content for United States and also check out these interesting facts you probably never knew about ab.weather.com

The Weather Channel and weather.com provide a national and local weather forecast for cities, as well as weather radar, report and hurricane coverage

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Key Findings

We analyzed Ab.weather.com page load time and found that the first response time was 244 ms and then it took 2.8 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

ab.weather.com performance score

18

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.5 s

33/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value16.4 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value29.2 s

0/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value15,060 ms

0/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.056

98/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value61.8 s

0/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

ab.weather.com

244 ms

weather.com

225 ms

eum.min.js

42 ms

helios.js

84 ms

main.b918e9aaf6247d09c9bc.js

29 ms

Our browser made a total of 55 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 2% of them (1 request) were addressed to the original Ab.weather.com, 71% (39 requests) were made to S.w-x.co and 9% (5 requests) were made to Weather.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (943 ms) relates to the external source Cdnjs.cloudflare.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 2.1 MB (42%)

Content Size

5.0 MB

After Optimization

2.9 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript

In fact, the total size of Ab.weather.com main page is 5.0 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. 30% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 2.5 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-89%

Potential reduce by 1.6 MB

  • Original 1.8 MB
  • After minification 1.8 MB
  • After compression 204.1 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 1.6 MB or 89% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-5%

Potential reduce by 132.9 kB

  • Original 2.5 MB
  • After minification 2.4 MB

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. Ab Weather images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-49%

Potential reduce by 324.5 kB

  • Original 662.6 kB
  • After minification 662.6 kB
  • After compression 338.1 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 324.5 kB or 49% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 12 (23%)

Requests Now

53

After Optimization

41

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript

The browser has sent 53 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Ab Weather. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 13 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

ab.weather.com

ab.weather.com

244 ms

weather.com

weather.com

225 ms

eum.min.js

eum.min.js

42 ms

helios.js

helios.js

84 ms

main.b918e9aaf6247d09c9bc.js

main.b918e9aaf6247d09c9bc.js

29 ms

46202.lodash.55a8916909e3b87126db.js

46202.lodash.55a8916909e3b87126db.js

31 ms

dprSdkScript.js

dprSdkScript.js

31 ms

launch-a955fe322648.min.js

launch-a955fe322648.min.js

40 ms

gpt.js

gpt.js

210 ms

peel1.ext.df9c55.js

peel1.ext.df9c55.js

26 ms

websdk.appsflyer.com

websdk.appsflyer.com

35 ms

2065240ac7f15c139954c40530c4.module.js

2065240ac7f15c139954c40530c4.module.js

92 ms

polyfill.min.js

polyfill.min.js

943 ms

pubads_impl.js

pubads_impl.js

8 ms

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S83YR-ULSS7-PCGQM-QZZQF-582ZW

114 ms

DCT_SPECIAL104_1280x720.jpg

DCT_SPECIAL104_1280x720.jpg

122 ms

DCT_SPECIAL106_1280x720.jpg

DCT_SPECIAL106_1280x720.jpg

139 ms

Labor%20Day%20Weekend%20Sat%20Forecast_0.png

Labor%20Day%20Weekend%20Sat%20Forecast_0.png

109 ms

IdaSatellite.jpg

IdaSatellite.jpg

106 ms

september-weather-promo.jpg

september-weather-promo.jpg

107 ms

AnimalsAirportTherapy2_0.jpg

AnimalsAirportTherapy2_0.jpg

110 ms

TRAVELTIPS1.jpg

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110 ms

PARK3.jpg

PARK3.jpg

110 ms

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COLORADO%20FIRE%20STARTED%20BY%20FALLING%20ELECTROCUTED%20BIRDS%250A.jpg

111 ms

us_wxhi1_1280x720.jpg

us_wxhi1_1280x720.jpg

112 ms

sunscreenandbugspraythumb2.jpg

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112 ms

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113 ms

sunburnskin1.jpg

sunburnskin1.jpg

112 ms

whentotossyourskincarethumb2.jpg

whentotossyourskincarethumb2.jpg

113 ms

AlbinoHumpbackWhale3.jpg

AlbinoHumpbackWhale3.jpg

114 ms

SKINCLIMATE7.jpg

SKINCLIMATE7.jpg

115 ms

skinrefrigerate1.jpg

skinrefrigerate1.jpg

115 ms

1013dryskin.jpeg

1013dryskin.jpeg

116 ms

DOES_SUNSCREEN_MAKE_YOU_SWEAT.00_00_09_10.Still002.jpg

DOES_SUNSCREEN_MAKE_YOU_SWEAT.00_00_09_10.Still002.jpg

117 ms

dynamic

dynamic

114 ms

DCT_SPECIAL104_1280x720.jpg

DCT_SPECIAL104_1280x720.jpg

54 ms

DCT_SPECIAL106_1280x720.jpg

DCT_SPECIAL106_1280x720.jpg

73 ms

Labor%20Day%20Weekend%20Sat%20Forecast_0.png

Labor%20Day%20Weekend%20Sat%20Forecast_0.png

31 ms

IdaSatellite.jpg

IdaSatellite.jpg

31 ms

september-weather-promo.jpg

september-weather-promo.jpg

33 ms

AnimalsAirportTherapy2_0.jpg

AnimalsAirportTherapy2_0.jpg

32 ms

TRAVELTIPS1.jpg

TRAVELTIPS1.jpg

33 ms

PARK3.jpg

PARK3.jpg

35 ms

COLORADO%20FIRE%20STARTED%20BY%20FALLING%20ELECTROCUTED%20BIRDS%250A.jpg

COLORADO%20FIRE%20STARTED%20BY%20FALLING%20ELECTROCUTED%20BIRDS%250A.jpg

34 ms

us_wxhi1_1280x720.jpg

us_wxhi1_1280x720.jpg

35 ms

sunscreenandbugspraythumb2.jpg

sunscreenandbugspraythumb2.jpg

36 ms

doessunscreenwipeawaywhenidryoffthumb3.jpg

doessunscreenwipeawaywhenidryoffthumb3.jpg

37 ms

sunburnskin1.jpg

sunburnskin1.jpg

36 ms

whentotossyourskincarethumb2.jpg

whentotossyourskincarethumb2.jpg

41 ms

AlbinoHumpbackWhale3.jpg

AlbinoHumpbackWhale3.jpg

36 ms

SKINCLIMATE7.jpg

SKINCLIMATE7.jpg

40 ms

skinrefrigerate1.jpg

skinrefrigerate1.jpg

40 ms

1013dryskin.jpeg

1013dryskin.jpeg

27 ms

DOES_SUNSCREEN_MAKE_YOU_SWEAT.00_00_09_10.Still002.jpg

DOES_SUNSCREEN_MAKE_YOU_SWEAT.00_00_09_10.Still002.jpg

23 ms

config.json

config.json

43 ms

Accessibility Review

ab.weather.com accessibility score

94

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

Links do not have a discernible name

Navigation

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

Impact

Issue

High

Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order

Best Practices

ab.weather.com best practices score

67

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

Browser errors were logged to the console

High

Page has valid source maps

High

Issues were logged in the Issues panel in Chrome Devtools

SEO Factors

ab.weather.com SEO score

86

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

Crawling and Indexing

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

Impact

Issue

High

Links are not crawlable

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

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 Ab.weather.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 Ab.weather.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

ab.weather.com

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