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Report Summary

  • 20

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    37% of other websites

  • 96

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 88% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    35% of websites

  • 84

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    52% of websites

wvtm.com

Birmingham, Tuscaloosa, Ala., News and Weather - WVTM Channel 13

Page Load Speed

1.3 sec in total

First Response

22 ms

Resources Loaded

743 ms

Page Rendered

485 ms

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About Website

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Key Findings

We analyzed Wvtm.com page load time and found that the first response time was 22 ms and then it took 1.2 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 25% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

wvtm.com performance score

20

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value4.0 s

23/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value9.1 s

1/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value9.7 s

11/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value2,640 ms

4/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value31.3 s

0/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

www.wvtm13.com

22 ms

script.js

38 ms

gpt.js

260 ms

client

87 ms

prebid.js

32 ms

Our browser made a total of 47 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 0% of them (0 request) were addressed to the original Wvtm.com, 19% (9 requests) were made to Kubrick.htvapps.com and 11% (5 requests) were made to F361.wvtm13.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (334 ms) relates to the external source D2cmvbq7sxx33j.cloudfront.net.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 347.1 kB (31%)

Content Size

1.1 MB

After Optimization

771.1 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript

In fact, the total size of Wvtm.com main page is 1.1 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. 55% of websites need less resources to load. Javascripts take 463.5 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-84%

Potential reduce by 227.9 kB

  • Original 272.3 kB
  • After minification 253.5 kB
  • After compression 44.5 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 227.9 kB or 84% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-31%

Potential reduce by 119.1 kB

  • Original 382.4 kB
  • After minification 263.3 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, WVTM needs image optimization as it can save up to 119.1 kB or 31% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 84 B

  • Original 463.5 kB
  • After minification 463.5 kB
  • After compression 463.4 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. This website has mostly compressed JavaScripts.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 13 (35%)

Requests Now

37

After Optimization

24

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 37 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of WVTM. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 14 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

www.wvtm13.com

www.wvtm13.com

22 ms

script.js

script.js

38 ms

gpt.js

gpt.js

260 ms

client

client

87 ms

prebid.js

prebid.js

32 ms

main.js

main.js

31 ms

Main.114cd5a.js

Main.114cd5a.js

55 ms

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211 ms

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8a7ef_eccc1f41f11b01bf7574d1d1.index.js

291 ms

Bootstrap.js

Bootstrap.js

327 ms

logo.png

logo.png

210 ms

prod_amnews_iframe_section_braze.html

prod_amnews_iframe_section_braze.html

334 ms

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154 ms

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172 ms

braze.no-amd.min.js

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219 ms

pip_prod.json

pip_prod.json

79 ms

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78 ms

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76 ms

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327 ms

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328 ms

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312 ms

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126 ms

author_avatar.png

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159 ms

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159 ms

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159 ms

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299 ms

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311 ms

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229 ms

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229 ms

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118 ms

pubads_impl.js

pubads_impl.js

79 ms

fonts-deferred.0da0b82.css

fonts-deferred.0da0b82.css

74 ms

skeleton.gif

skeleton.gif

181 ms

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103 ms

LB-Zone-3

LB-Zone-3

255 ms

serverComponent.php

serverComponent.php

159 ms

css

css

203 ms

original.png

original.png

202 ms

montserrat-regular.c95e266.woff

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17 ms

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17 ms

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54 ms

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17 ms

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55 ms

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92 ms

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76 ms

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17 ms

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19 ms

Accessibility Review

wvtm.com accessibility score

96

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

Links do not have a discernible name

Tables and lists

These are opportunities to improve the experience of reading tabular or list data using assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Impact

Issue

High

Lists do not contain only <li> elements and script supporting elements (<script> and <template>).

Best Practices

wvtm.com best practices score

75

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

High

Includes front-end JavaScript libraries with known security vulnerabilities

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

High

Missing source maps for large first-party JavaScript

SEO Factors

wvtm.com SEO score

84

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

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 Wvtm.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 Wvtm.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

wvtm.com

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