Vox.com Site Title
Vox - Our world, explained
Vox.com Meta Description
Vox is a general interest news site for the 21st century. Its mission: to help everyone understand our complicated world, so that we can all help shape it. In text, video and audio, our reporters explain politics, policy, world affairs, technology, culture, science, the climate crisis, money, health and everything else that matters. Our goal is to ensure that everyone, regardless of income or status, can access accurate information that empowers them.
Vox.com Test Results
Vox.com Desktop Performance: 21/100
Quick overview:
Opportunities
These suggestions can help your page load faster. They don't directly affect the Performance score.
Properly size images. Potential savings of 722 KiB
Serve images that are appropriately-sized to save cellular data and improve load time. Learn more.
Serve images in next-gen formats. Potential savings of 670 KiB
Image formats like JPEG 2000, JPEG XR, and WebP often provide better compression than PNG or JPEG, which means faster downloads and less data consumption. Learn more.
Defer offscreen images. Potential savings of 3,321 KiB
Consider lazy-loading offscreen and hidden images after all critical resources have finished loading to lower time to interactive. Learn more.
Remove unused JavaScript. Potential savings of 474 KiB
Remove unused JavaScript to reduce bytes consumed by network activity. Learn more.
Eliminate render-blocking resources. Potential savings of 470 ms
Resources are blocking the first paint of your page. Consider delivering critical JS/CSS inline and deferring all non-critical JS/styles. Learn more.
Avoid multiple page redirects. Potential savings of 380 ms
Redirects introduce additional delays before the page can be loaded. Learn more.
Efficiently encode images. Potential savings of 362 KiB
Optimized images load faster and consume less cellular data. Learn more.
Remove unused CSS. Potential savings of 102 KiB
Remove dead rules from stylesheets and defer the loading of CSS not used for above-the-fold content to reduce unnecessary bytes consumed by network activity. Learn more.
Diagnostics
More information about the performance of your application. These numbers don't directly affect the Performance score.
Avoid `document.write()`
For users on slow connections, external scripts dynamically injected via `document.write()` can delay page load by tens of seconds. Learn more.
Reduce the impact of third-party code
Third-party code blocked the main thread for 1,260 ms
Third-party code can significantly impact load performance. Limit the number of redundant third-party providers and try to load third-party code after your page has primarily finished loading. Learn more.
Ensure text remains visible during webfont load
Leverage the font-display CSS feature to ensure text is user-visible while webfonts are loading. Learn more.
Does not use passive listeners to improve scrolling performance
Consider marking your touch and wheel event listeners as `passive` to improve your page's scroll performance. Learn more.
Avoid enormous network payloads
Total size was 6,763 KiB
Large network payloads cost users real money and are highly correlated with long load times. Learn more.
Minimize main-thread work
9.2 s
Consider reducing the time spent parsing, compiling and executing JS. You may find delivering smaller JS payloads helps with this. Learn more
Serve static assets with an efficient cache policy
95 resources found
A long cache lifetime can speed up repeat visits to your page. Learn more.
Reduce JavaScript execution time
5.3 s
Consider reducing the time spent parsing, compiling, and executing JS. You may find delivering smaller JS payloads helps with this. Learn more.
Avoid an excessive DOM size
1,583 elements
A large DOM will increase memory usage, cause longer style calculations, and produce costly layout reflows. Learn more.
Avoid long main-thread tasks
20 long tasks found
Lists the longest tasks on the main thread, useful for identifying worst contributors to input delay. Learn more
Avoid chaining critical requests
4 chains found
The Critical Request Chains below show you what resources are loaded with a high priority. Consider reducing the length of chains, reducing the download size of resources, or deferring the download of unnecessary resources to improve page load. Learn more.
User Timing marks and measures
35 user timings
Consider instrumenting your app with the User Timing API to measure your app's real-world performance during key user experiences. Learn more.
Largest Contentful Paint element
1 element found
This is the largest contentful element painted within the viewport. Learn More
Keep request counts low and transfer sizes small
639 requests • 6,763 KiB
To set budgets for the quantity and size of page resources, add a budget.json file. Learn more.
Avoid large layout shifts
5 elements found
These DOM elements contribute most to the CLS of the page.
Vox.com Desktop SEO: 83/100
Quick overview:
Crawling and Indexing
To appear in search results, crawlers need access to your app.
Links are not crawlable
Search engines may use `href` attributes on links to crawl websites. Ensure that the `href` attribute of anchor elements links to an appropriate destination, so more pages of the site can be discovered. Learn More
Content Best Practices
Format your HTML in a way that enables crawlers to better understand your app’s content.
Image elements do not have `[alt]` attributes
Informative elements should aim for short, descriptive alternate text. Decorative elements can be ignored with an empty alt attribute. Learn more.
Vox.com Desktop Best Practices: 85/100
Quick overview:
Trust and Safety
Does not use HTTPS
2 insecure requests found
All sites should be protected with HTTPS, even ones that don't handle sensitive data. This includes avoiding mixed content, where some resources are loaded over HTTP despite the initial request being servedover HTTPS. HTTPS prevents intruders from tampering with or passively listening in on the communications between your app and your users, and is a prerequisite for HTTP/2 and many new web platform APIs. Learn more.
General
Browser errors were logged to the console
Errors logged to the console indicate unresolved problems. They can come from network request failures and other browser concerns. Learn more
Vox.com Desktop Progressive Web App: 22/100
Quick overview:
Installable
Does not use HTTPS
2 insecure requests found
All sites should be protected with HTTPS, even ones that don't handle sensitive data. This includes avoiding mixed content, where some resources are loaded over HTTP despite the initial request being servedover HTTPS. HTTPS prevents intruders from tampering with or passively listening in on the communications between your app and your users, and is a prerequisite for HTTP/2 and many new web platform APIs. Learn more.
Does not register a service worker that controls page and `start_url`
The service worker is the technology that enables your app to use many Progressive Web App features, such as offline, add to homescreen, and push notifications. Learn more.
Web app manifest does not meet the installability requirements
Browsers can proactively prompt users to add your app to their homescreen, which can lead to higher engagement. Learn more. Failures: No manifest was fetched.
PWA Optimized
Is not configured for a custom splash screen
A themed splash screen ensures a high-quality experience when users launch your app from their homescreens. Learn more. Failures: No manifest was fetched.
Manifest doesn't have a maskable icon
A maskable icon ensures that the image fills the entire shape without being letterboxed when installing the app on a device. Learn more. No manifest was fetched
Does not set a theme color for the address bar.
The browser address bar can be themed to match your site. Learn more. Failures: No manifest was fetched,
The theme-color meta tag did not contain a valid CSS color.
Fast and reliable
Current page does not respond with a 200 when offline
If you're building a Progressive Web App, consider using a service worker so that your app can work offline. Learn more.
Page load is not fast enough on mobile networks
Interactive on simulated mobile network at 37.8 s
A fast page load over a cellular network ensures a good mobile user experience. Learn more. Your page loads too slowly and is not interactive within 10 seconds. Look at the opportunities and diagnostics in the "Performance" section to learn how to improve.
`start_url` does not respond with a 200 when offline
A service worker enables your web app to be reliable in unpredictable network conditions. Learn more. No usable web app manifest found on page.
Vox.com Desktop Accessibility: 77/100
Quick overview:
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.
`<frame>` or `<iframe>` elements do not have a title
Screen reader users rely on frame titles to describe the contents of frames. Learn more.
Image elements do not have `[alt]` attributes
Informative elements should aim for short, descriptive alternate text. Decorative elements can be ignored with an empty alt attribute. Learn more.
Form elements do not have associated labels
Labels ensure that form controls are announced properly by assistive technologies, like screen readers. Learn more.
Links do not have a discernible name
Link text (and alternate text for images, when used as links) that is discernible, unique, and focusable improves the navigation experience for screen reader users. Learn more.
No form fields have multiple labels
Form fields with multiple labels can be confusingly announced by assistive technologies like screen readers which use either the first, the last, or all of the labels. Learn more.
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.
ARIA IDs are not unique
The value of an ARIA ID must be unique to prevent other instances from being overlooked by assistive technologies. Learn more.
Contrast
These are opportunities to improve the legibility of your content.
Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio.
Low-contrast text is difficult or impossible for many users to read. Learn more.
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