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Report Summary

  • 22

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    40% of other websites

  • 87

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 66% of websites

  • 83

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    55% of websites

  • 89

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    66% of websites

thebackbenches.wordpress.com

The Backbenches | A blog for upcoming student journalists to showcase proactive journalism not churnalism. This is a space for people who want to prac...

Page Load Speed

24.8 sec in total

First Response

57 ms

Resources Loaded

21.4 sec

Page Rendered

3.4 sec

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Key Findings

We analyzed Thebackbenches.wordpress.com page load time and found that the first response time was 57 ms and then it took 24.8 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 95% of websites can load faster. Unfortunately, there was 1 request timeout, which can generally increase the web page load time, as the browser stays idle while waiting for website response.

Performance Metrics

thebackbenches.wordpress.com performance score

22

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value2.7 s

58/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value43.4 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value5.1 s

61/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value5,730 ms

0/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.182

67/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value17.5 s

4/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

thebackbenches.wordpress.com

57 ms

thebackbenches.wordpress.com

387 ms

wp-emoji-release.min.js

95 ms

237 ms

224 ms

Our browser made a total of 222 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 1% of them (2 requests) were addressed to the original Thebackbenches.wordpress.com, 10% (22 requests) were made to Usersync.gumgum.com and 10% (22 requests) were made to S.pubmine.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (19.8 sec) relates to the external source Ssl-market-east.smrtb.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 95.3 kB (31%)

Content Size

311.0 kB

After Optimization

215.7 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Thebackbenches.wordpress.com main page is 311.0 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. 60% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 128.7 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-73%

Potential reduce by 89.7 kB

  • Original 123.8 kB
  • After minification 119.9 kB
  • After compression 34.0 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 89.7 kB or 73% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 4 B

  • Original 128.7 kB
  • After minification 128.7 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. The Backbenches Wordpress images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-11%

Potential reduce by 5.4 kB

  • Original 51.0 kB
  • After minification 51.0 kB
  • After compression 45.6 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 5.4 kB or 11% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-2%

Potential reduce by 184 B

  • Original 7.5 kB
  • After minification 7.5 kB
  • After compression 7.4 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. Thebackbenches.wordpress.com has all CSS files already compressed.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 154 (78%)

Requests Now

198

After Optimization

44

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 198 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of The Backbenches Wordpress. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 11 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 10 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

thebackbenches.wordpress.com

thebackbenches.wordpress.com

57 ms

thebackbenches.wordpress.com

thebackbenches.wordpress.com

387 ms

wp-emoji-release.min.js

wp-emoji-release.min.js

95 ms

237 ms

224 ms

css

css

264 ms

219 ms

global.css

global.css

164 ms

251 ms

style.css

style.css

205 ms

gprofiles.js

gprofiles.js

251 ms

wpgroho.js

wpgroho.js

249 ms

203 ms

206 ms

225 ms

w.js

w.js

237 ms

global-print.css

global-print.css

84 ms

conf

conf

300 ms

ga.js

ga.js

209 ms

dsc_0734.jpg

dsc_0734.jpg

527 ms

dsc_0415_2.jpg

dsc_0415_2.jpg

361 ms

dsc_1136_3_2.jpg

dsc_1136_3_2.jpg

812 ms

mitt_romney_speech.jpeg

mitt_romney_speech.jpeg

616 ms

romney-and-ryan_2.jpeg

romney-and-ryan_2.jpeg

918 ms

dsc_1038.jpg

dsc_1038.jpg

920 ms

dsc_0468.jpg

dsc_0468.jpg

863 ms

mitt-romney-speaks-at-for-007.jpg

mitt-romney-speaks-at-for-007.jpg

534 ms

wpcom-gray-white.png

wpcom-gray-white.png

51 ms

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1Ptxg8zYS_SKggPN4iEgvnHyvveLxVvao7CIPrQ.ttf

253 ms

g.gif

g.gif

175 ms

hovercard.min.css

hovercard.min.css

45 ms

services.min.css

services.min.css

67 ms

158 ms

g.gif

g.gif

154 ms

g.gif

g.gif

154 ms

__utm.gif

__utm.gif

64 ms

ata.js

ata.js

57 ms

5.js

5.js

141 ms

pixel

pixel

138 ms

tag.js

tag.js

171 ms

uc.html

uc.html

450 ms

user_sync.html

user_sync.html

518 ms

user_sync.html

user_sync.html

503 ms

prbds2s

prbds2s

804 ms

async_usersync.html

async_usersync.html

590 ms

user_sync.html

user_sync.html

801 ms

usync.html

usync.html

942 ms

checksync.php

checksync.php

589 ms

iframe

iframe

571 ms

jslog

jslog

228 ms

match

match

131 ms

30907

30907

1225 ms

all

all

19782 ms

match

match

957 ms

setuid

setuid

1058 ms

sync

sync

913 ms

PugMaster

PugMaster

1174 ms

match

match

459 ms

usersync.aspx

usersync.aspx

1130 ms

1129 ms

sync

sync

738 ms

sync

sync

1006 ms

user_sync.html

user_sync.html

402 ms

match

match

528 ms

engine

engine

917 ms

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match

523 ms

cksync.php

cksync.php

521 ms

usync.js

usync.js

520 ms

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match

615 ms

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668 ms

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668 ms

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670 ms

usermatch

usermatch

614 ms

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670 ms

pd

pd

507 ms

1063 ms

984 ms

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450 ms

0.gif

0.gif

1016 ms

cksync.php

cksync.php

393 ms

us.gif

us.gif

318 ms

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314 ms

cksync.php

cksync.php

756 ms

us.gif

us.gif

451 ms

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85a2163c-e4ad-e5da-fbe6-38f65a1e09b7

591 ms

pixel

pixel

306 ms

us.gif

us.gif

588 ms

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449 ms

us.gif

us.gif

585 ms

match

match

205 ms

us.gif

us.gif

591 ms

demconf.jpg

demconf.jpg

350 ms

YzQ2vTwJeEtNHGctNMBgnwAAAZMAAAAB

YzQ2vTwJeEtNHGctNMBgnwAAAZMAAAAB

655 ms

match

match

205 ms

us.gif

us.gif

588 ms

us.gif

us.gif

574 ms

usersync

usersync

791 ms

pixel

pixel

577 ms

info2

info2

441 ms

cksync.php

cksync.php

639 ms

usersync

usersync

733 ms

pubmatic

pubmatic

863 ms

match

match

404 ms

CCB5C086-B294-4B95-984B-63D923335CED

CCB5C086-B294-4B95-984B-63D923335CED

571 ms

us.gif

us.gif

564 ms

usync.html

usync.html

446 ms

usync.html

usync.html

653 ms

1000.gif

1000.gif

456 ms

match

match

353 ms

usersync

usersync

807 ms

usersync

usersync

958 ms

sd

sd

542 ms

usersync

usersync

772 ms

pixel

pixel

600 ms

usersync

usersync

742 ms

usersync

usersync

883 ms

usersync

usersync

893 ms

cksync.html

cksync.html

492 ms

usersync

usersync

926 ms

cksync

cksync

568 ms

usg.gif

usg.gif

357 ms

pixel

pixel

499 ms

tap.php

tap.php

246 ms

rum

rum

688 ms

us.gif

us.gif

209 ms

Pug

Pug

803 ms

usermatchredir

usermatchredir

269 ms

tap.php

tap.php

308 ms

usersync

usersync

563 ms

cksync.php

cksync.php

367 ms

usersync

usersync

716 ms

cksync

cksync

230 ms

user_sync.html

user_sync.html

204 ms

Pug

Pug

646 ms

usersync

usersync

643 ms

cksync.php

cksync.php

286 ms

usersync

usersync

644 ms

usersync

usersync

719 ms

Pug

Pug

847 ms

cksync.php

cksync.php

874 ms

Pug

Pug

804 ms

rtset

rtset

337 ms

crum

crum

508 ms

sd

sd

344 ms

sd

sd

337 ms

pixel

pixel

335 ms

match

match

333 ms

pixel

pixel

336 ms

usync.html

usync.html

336 ms

Pug

Pug

691 ms

usersync

usersync

435 ms

dcm

dcm

349 ms

usersync

usersync

299 ms

sync

sync

297 ms

297 ms

usersync

usersync

449 ms

rum

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285 ms

crum

crum

441 ms

match

match

283 ms

266 ms

usersync

usersync

395 ms

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281 ms

crum

crum

407 ms

tap.php

tap.php

359 ms

user_sync.html

user_sync.html

359 ms

match

match

535 ms

match

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548 ms

user_sync.html

user_sync.html

353 ms

cksync.php

cksync.php

513 ms

Pug

Pug

377 ms

cksync.php

cksync.php

309 ms

usersync

usersync

290 ms

match

match

314 ms

usersync

usersync

78 ms

ecm3

ecm3

77 ms

match

match

56 ms

usersync

usersync

32 ms

ecm3

ecm3

97 ms

match

match

20 ms

PugMaster

PugMaster

36 ms

p.gif

p.gif

569 ms

info

info

246 ms

g.pixel

g.pixel

569 ms

generic

generic

242 ms

usersync.aspx

usersync.aspx

282 ms

match

match

318 ms

PugMaster

PugMaster

222 ms

Pug

Pug

200 ms

Pug

Pug

199 ms

Pug

Pug

269 ms

Pug

Pug

230 ms

sn.ashx

sn.ashx

540 ms

i.match

i.match

491 ms

pubmatic

pubmatic

505 ms

sd

sd

157 ms

PugMaster

PugMaster

175 ms

Pug

Pug

141 ms

Pug

Pug

152 ms

Artemis

Artemis

338 ms

Pug

Pug

164 ms

match

match

106 ms

Pug

Pug

104 ms

usersync

usersync

100 ms

Pug

Pug

96 ms

Pug

Pug

79 ms

qmap

qmap

77 ms

Pug

Pug

79 ms

Pug

Pug

64 ms

i.match

i.match

283 ms

Pug

Pug

83 ms

pbmtc.gif

pbmtc.gif

69 ms

generic

generic

50 ms

Pug

Pug

16 ms

sn.ashx

sn.ashx

57 ms

receive

receive

22 ms

Pug

Pug

20 ms

PugMaster

PugMaster

15 ms

d1ba4609

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4 ms

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15 ms

PugMaster

PugMaster

12 ms

match

match

10 ms

725X1342.skimlinks.js

725X1342.skimlinks.js

27 ms

Accessibility Review

thebackbenches.wordpress.com accessibility score

87

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.

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 IDs are not unique

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

Links do not have a discernible name

Best Practices

thebackbenches.wordpress.com 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

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

SEO Factors

thebackbenches.wordpress.com SEO score

89

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

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 Thebackbenches.wordpress.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 Thebackbenches.wordpress.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

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