Report Summary

  • 21

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    39% of other websites

  • 78

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 46% of websites

  • 83

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    56% of websites

  • 82

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    44% of websites

epaper.zaobao.com.sg

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Page Load Speed

8.7 sec in total

First Response

284 ms

Resources Loaded

8.4 sec

Page Rendered

93 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Epaper.zaobao.com.sg page load time and found that the first response time was 284 ms and then it took 8.4 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 85% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

epaper.zaobao.com.sg performance score

21

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value11.0 s

0/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value13.2 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value11.0 s

6/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value1,400 ms

16/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value17.5 s

4/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

284 ms

zh2Login.html

579 ms

helptip.css

283 ms

messages.css

568 ms

helptip.js

568 ms

Our browser made a total of 21 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 5% of them (1 request) were addressed to the original Epaper.zaobao.com.sg, 57% (12 requests) were made to Sphreg.asiaone.com and 14% (3 requests) were made to Zaobao.com.sg. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (3.9 sec) relates to the external source Sphreg.asiaone.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 289.5 kB (73%)

Content Size

398.4 kB

After Optimization

108.9 kB

In fact, the total size of Epaper.zaobao.com.sg main page is 398.4 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. 20% of websites need less resources to load. Javascripts take 181.5 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-79%

Potential reduce by 27.3 kB

  • Original 34.7 kB
  • After minification 27.7 kB
  • After compression 7.4 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 7.0 kB, which is 20% 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 27.3 kB or 79% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-18%

Potential reduce by 1.7 kB

  • Original 9.0 kB
  • After minification 7.4 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. Obviously, Epaper Zaobao needs image optimization as it can save up to 1.7 kB or 18% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-61%

Potential reduce by 111.0 kB

  • Original 181.5 kB
  • After minification 164.2 kB
  • After compression 70.5 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 111.0 kB or 61% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-86%

Potential reduce by 149.6 kB

  • Original 173.3 kB
  • After minification 149.7 kB
  • After compression 23.7 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. Epaper.zaobao.com.sg needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 149.6 kB or 86% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 12 (63%)

Requests Now

19

After Optimization

7

The browser has sent 19 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Epaper Zaobao. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 9 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 5 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Accessibility Review

epaper.zaobao.com.sg accessibility score

78

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.

Internationalization and localization

These are opportunities to improve the interpretation of your content by users in different locales.

Impact

Issue

High

<html> element does not have a [lang] attribute

Best practices

These items highlight common accessibility best practices.

Impact

Issue

High

[user-scalable="no"] is used in the <meta name="viewport"> element or the [maximum-scale] attribute is less than 5.

Best Practices

epaper.zaobao.com.sg best practices score

83

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

Missing source maps for large first-party JavaScript

SEO Factors

epaper.zaobao.com.sg SEO score

82

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

Language and Encoding

  • Language Detected

    N/A

  • Language Claimed

    N/A

  • Encoding

    GB2312

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Epaper.zaobao.com.sg can be misinterpreted by Google and other search engines. Unfortunately we cannot identify language used on the page (probably there is a mix of languages, too little text or something else) and no language is claimed in <html> or <meta> tags either. Our system also found out that Epaper.zaobao.com.sg main page’s claimed encoding is gb2312. Changing it to UTF-8 can be a good choice, as this format is commonly used for encoding all over the web and thus their visitors won’t have any troubles with symbol transcription or reading.

Social Sharing Optimization

Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of Epaper Zaobao. Lack of Open Graph description can be counter-productive for their social media presence, as such a description allows converting a website homepage (or other pages) into good-looking, rich and well-structured posts, when it is being shared on Facebook and other social media. For example, adding the following code snippet into HTML <head> tag will help to represent this web page correctly in social networks: