Tools & Wizards About Us
wfaa.com screenshot

Report Summary

  • 20

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    37% of other websites

  • 81

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 52% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    36% of websites

  • 76

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    35% of websites

wfaa.com

Dallas's Leading Local News: Weather, Traffic, Sports and more | Dallas, Texas | wfaa.com

Page Load Speed

95.3 sec in total

First Response

228 ms

Resources Loaded

59.2 sec

Page Rendered

35.9 sec

wfaa.com screenshot

About Website

Welcome to wfaa.com homepage info - get ready to check Wfaa best content for United States right away, or after learning these important things about wfaa.com

Dallas's Leading Local News: Weather, Traffic, Sports and more | Dallas, Texas

Visit wfaa.com

Key Findings

We analyzed Wfaa.com page load time and found that the first response time was 228 ms and then it took 95.1 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 95% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

wfaa.com performance score

20

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.0 s

50/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value6.2 s

11/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value27.8 s

0/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value36,240 ms

0/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.124

83/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value67.8 s

0/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

wfaa.com

228 ms

www.wfaa.com

615 ms

public.css

616 ms

main.css

547 ms

barebone.jsp

814 ms

Our browser made a total of 152 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 30% of them (45 requests) were addressed to the original Wfaa.com, 12% (18 requests) were made to Wfaa-download.edgesuite.net and 10% (15 requests) were made to Interactive.tegna-media.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (10.9 sec) relates to the external source Interactive.tegna-media.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 9.0 MB (23%)

Content Size

39.2 MB

After Optimization

30.3 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Wfaa.com main page is 39.2 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. 85% of websites need less resources to load and that’s why Accessify’s recommendations for optimization and resource minification can be helpful for this project. Images take 30.3 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-84%

Potential reduce by 261.8 kB

  • Original 310.1 kB
  • After minification 267.9 kB
  • After compression 48.4 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. This page needs HTML code to be minified as it can gain 42.3 kB, which is 14% of the original size. It is highly recommended that content of this web page should be compressed using GZIP, as it can save up to 261.8 kB or 84% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-7%

Potential reduce by 2.1 MB

  • Original 30.3 MB
  • After minification 28.2 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. Wfaa images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-64%

Potential reduce by 2.5 MB

  • Original 3.9 MB
  • After minification 3.8 MB
  • After compression 1.4 MB

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 2.5 MB or 64% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-86%

Potential reduce by 4.1 MB

  • Original 4.8 MB
  • After minification 4.7 MB
  • After compression 670.8 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. Wfaa.com needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 4.1 MB or 86% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 66 (46%)

Requests Now

143

After Optimization

77

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 143 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Wfaa. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 46 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 9 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

wfaa.com

wfaa.com

228 ms

www.wfaa.com

www.wfaa.com

615 ms

public.css

public.css

616 ms

main.css

main.css

547 ms

barebone.jsp

barebone.jsp

814 ms

site-public.js

site-public.js

813 ms

5139 ms

5096 ms

main.css

main.css

5143 ms

184603-12479374043799.js

184603-12479374043799.js

9107 ms

jstag

jstag

9108 ms

jwplayer.js

jwplayer.js

9664 ms

jwloader.js

jwloader.js

9664 ms

main-header.js

main-header.js

9106 ms

amzn_ads.js

amzn_ads.js

9107 ms

slider-pro.min.css

slider-pro.min.css

10931 ms

tegnagallery.css

tegnagallery.css

10930 ms

tegnagallery.js

tegnagallery.js

10868 ms

jquery.sliderPro.min.js

jquery.sliderPro.min.js

10646 ms

main.js

main.js

9376 ms

loading_animation.gif

loading_animation.gif

6493 ms

bid

bid

663 ms

publishertag.js

publishertag.js

118 ms

gpt.js

gpt.js

251 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

222 ms

noise_f6f6f6.png

noise_f6f6f6.png

146 ms

site-masthead-logo@2x.png

site-masthead-logo@2x.png

518 ms

site-nav-logo@2x.png

site-nav-logo@2x.png

517 ms

wfaa-1x1-placeholder.png

wfaa-1x1-placeholder.png

508 ms

footer-logo@2x.png

footer-logo@2x.png

506 ms

DI9WCOGXkAE7I3p_1504612872903_10620682_ver1.0.jpg

DI9WCOGXkAE7I3p_1504612872903_10620682_ver1.0.jpg

135 ms

GettyImages-802041584_1498597301939_9918234_ver1.0.jpg

GettyImages-802041584_1498597301939_9918234_ver1.0.jpg

284 ms

636400447539027029-AFP-AFP-S313N_1504559202282_10592153_ver1.0.jpg

636400447539027029-AFP-AFP-S313N_1504559202282_10592153_ver1.0.jpg

115 ms

GettyImages-160616623_1504623378923_10625382_ver1.0.jpg

GettyImages-160616623_1504623378923_10625382_ver1.0.jpg

283 ms

842357420_1504562080980_10593934_ver1.0.jpg

842357420_1504562080980_10593934_ver1.0.jpg

115 ms

GettyImages-840660082_1504536620905_10586865_ver1.0.jpg

GettyImages-840660082_1504536620905_10586865_ver1.0.jpg

281 ms

sdk.js

sdk.js

476 ms

utag.js

utag.js

471 ms

header-sprite.png

header-sprite.png

372 ms

pubads_impl_147.js

pubads_impl_147.js

2480 ms

collect

collect

1732 ms

collect

collect

83 ms

futura_today_bold.woff

futura_today_bold.woff

81 ms

s76740203390363

s76740203390363

293 ms

501 ms

radariframe.html

radariframe.html

319 ms

new_dma.gif

new_dma.gif

1495 ms

new_collin.gif

new_collin.gif

1414 ms

new_dallas.gif

new_dallas.gif

1414 ms

new_denton.gif

new_denton.gif

1431 ms

new_tarrant.gif

new_tarrant.gif

1430 ms

show_companion_ad.js

show_companion_ad.js

402 ms

container.html

container.html

140 ms

0sTQzbapM8j.js

0sTQzbapM8j.js

1177 ms

0sTQzbapM8j.js

0sTQzbapM8j.js

2131 ms

ui-sprite.png

ui-sprite.png

556 ms

placeholder-1x1.jpg

placeholder-1x1.jpg

823 ms

button-add-content-back.png

button-add-content-back.png

774 ms

button-add-content-caps.png

button-add-content-caps.png

773 ms

button-add-content-icon-default.png

button-add-content-icon-default.png

773 ms

futura_today_demibold.woff

futura_today_demibold.woff

283 ms

gannett-icons.ttf

gannett-icons.ttf

282 ms

wfaa.js

wfaa.js

170 ms

social-media.png

social-media.png

115 ms

knockout-2.2.1.js

knockout-2.2.1.js

170 ms

topvideos.php

topvideos.php

153 ms

video-play-24x24.png

video-play-24x24.png

398 ms

css

css

2317 ms

css

css

2290 ms

2629526_Thumb.jpg

2629526_Thumb.jpg

2257 ms

2628670_Thumb.jpg

2628670_Thumb.jpg

2287 ms

2628814_Thumb.jpg

2628814_Thumb.jpg

2287 ms

2627900_Thumb.jpg

2627900_Thumb.jpg

2286 ms

2628153_Thumb.jpg

2628153_Thumb.jpg

2286 ms

2629108_Thumb.jpg

2629108_Thumb.jpg

2286 ms

2628146_Thumb.jpg

2628146_Thumb.jpg

2286 ms

2627899_Thumb.jpg

2627899_Thumb.jpg

2288 ms

right-now.png

right-now.png

1831 ms

toniguy-september-class-start-date-51.jpeg

toniguy-september-class-start-date-51.jpeg

1210 ms

dallas-bridal-market-32.jpeg

dallas-bridal-market-32.jpeg

1841 ms

sponsorframe.html

sponsorframe.html

1174 ms

ep-carousel.js

ep-carousel.js

900 ms

1686066403@Frame1

1686066403@Frame1

932 ms

sunny-75.png

sunny-75.png

321 ms

partly-cloudy-75.png

partly-cloudy-75.png

123 ms

partly-cloudy-night-75.png

partly-cloudy-night-75.png

1357 ms

bounce

bounce

1410 ms

ga.js

ga.js

1353 ms

zhcz-_WihjSQC0oHJ9TCYBsxEYwM7FgeyaSgU71cLG0.woff

zhcz-_WihjSQC0oHJ9TCYBsxEYwM7FgeyaSgU71cLG0.woff

1789 ms

2UX7WLTfW3W8TclTUvlFyQ.woff

2UX7WLTfW3W8TclTUvlFyQ.woff

1791 ms

iscroll-4.2.5.js

iscroll-4.2.5.js

782 ms

sync

sync

1204 ms

__utm.gif

__utm.gif

827 ms

pin.png

pin.png

64 ms

category-sprite-70x70.png

category-sprite-70x70.png

376 ms

notch.png

notch.png

344 ms

utility-btns.png

utility-btns.png

499 ms

footer-sprite.png

footer-sprite.png

1116 ms

futura_today_light.woff

futura_today_light.woff

223 ms

43 ms

1911 ms

jwloader.css

jwloader.css

2950 ms

4534 ms

AudienceNetworkPrebid.js

AudienceNetworkPrebid.js

4420 ms

local

local

5885 ms

tags

tags

6252 ms

embed.js

embed.js

6198 ms

sfp.js

sfp.js

5873 ms

utag.334.js

utag.334.js

4952 ms

utag.336.js

utag.336.js

4951 ms

utag.337.js

utag.337.js

4952 ms

utag.363.js

utag.363.js

4888 ms

acj

acj

3224 ms

acj

acj

3116 ms

acj

acj

3163 ms

acj

acj

3163 ms

2720282_Thumb.jpg

2720282_Thumb.jpg

2533 ms

play.png

play.png

3007 ms

2720129_Thumb.jpg

2720129_Thumb.jpg

2590 ms

2720083_Thumb.jpg

2720083_Thumb.jpg

2591 ms

2720074_Thumb.jpg

2720074_Thumb.jpg

2590 ms

2720066_Thumb.jpg

2720066_Thumb.jpg

2541 ms

2720060_Thumb.jpg

2720060_Thumb.jpg

2541 ms

2720057_Thumb.jpg

2720057_Thumb.jpg

2686 ms

2720032_Thumb.jpg

2720032_Thumb.jpg

2687 ms

2719916_Thumb.jpg

2719916_Thumb.jpg

2687 ms

2719911_Thumb.jpg

2719911_Thumb.jpg

2687 ms

acj

acj

2475 ms

DI4TRnNXoAA5bNp_1504541936377_10587067_ver1.0.jpg

DI4TRnNXoAA5bNp_1504541936377_10587067_ver1.0.jpg

3085 ms

DI4TRnNXoAA5bNp_1504541936377_10587067_ver1.0.jpg

DI4TRnNXoAA5bNp_1504541936377_10587067_ver1.0.jpg

2728 ms

DI4RpxvXoAE9yOQ_1504541956647_10587069_ver1.0.jpg

DI4RpxvXoAE9yOQ_1504541956647_10587069_ver1.0.jpg

2764 ms

aeb99691-607a-44d3-9369-3e22f250d9e3_1504541835872_10587066_ver1.0.jpeg

aeb99691-607a-44d3-9369-3e22f250d9e3_1504541835872_10587066_ver1.0.jpeg

2773 ms

49c88cc8-632a-4596-906b-97bbe93b847c_1504541807482_10587062_ver1.0.jpg

49c88cc8-632a-4596-906b-97bbe93b847c_1504541807482_10587062_ver1.0.jpg

2728 ms

15a2847b-3bf4-454a-bc59-633cacc88337_1504541775411_10587061_ver1.0.jpg

15a2847b-3bf4-454a-bc59-633cacc88337_1504541775411_10587061_ver1.0.jpg

2662 ms

4a51cde2-4930-42be-8f40-576b340ac5be_1504541712853_10587060_ver1.0.JPG

4a51cde2-4930-42be-8f40-576b340ac5be_1504541712853_10587060_ver1.0.JPG

2777 ms

icon-arrow-left-white2x.png

icon-arrow-left-white2x.png

2623 ms

icon-arrow-right-white2x.png

icon-arrow-right-white2x.png

2528 ms

close.png

close.png

2528 ms

facebook.png

facebook.png

2527 ms

twitter.png

twitter.png

3085 ms

0sTQzbapM8j.js

0sTQzbapM8j.js

2180 ms

tags

tags

9389 ms

ads

ads

7907 ms

ads

ads

7344 ms

4456 ms

utilities-loader.js

utilities-loader.js

4279 ms

chartbeat_mab.js

chartbeat_mab.js

4278 ms

tegna.js

tegna.js

4290 ms

aquant.js

aquant.js

4076 ms

utag.v.js

utag.v.js

3895 ms

tpid=231e897a47dc4b1fa37a6fe248499ea5

tpid=231e897a47dc4b1fa37a6fe248499ea5

146 ms

tpid=98c8c5518f844b4fb7eb96103c4a3f88

tpid=98c8c5518f844b4fb7eb96103c4a3f88

162 ms

Accessibility Review

wfaa.com accessibility score

81

Accessibility Issues

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

button, link, and menuitem elements do not have accessible names.

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

Buttons do not have an accessible name

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

High

Links do not have a discernible name

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

High

Some elements have a [tabindex] value greater than 0

Best Practices

wfaa.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

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

High

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

wfaa.com SEO score

76

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

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

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

    N/A

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Wfaa.com can be misinterpreted by Google and other search engines. Our service has detected that English is used on the page, and neither this language nor any other was claimed in <html> or <meta> tags. Our system also found out that Wfaa.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

wfaa.com

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