Bo.st Site Title

Boston.com: Local breaking news, sports, weather, and things to do

Bo.st Meta Description

What Boston cares about right now: Get breaking updates on news, sports, and weather. Local alerts, things to do, and more on Boston.com.

Bo.st Test Results

Bo.st Mobile Performance: 27/100
Quick overview:
Time to Interactive
26.3 s
Time to Interactive is the amount of time it takes for the page to become fully interactive. Learn more about the Time to Interactive metric.
Max Potential First Input Delay
1,120 ms
The maximum potential First Input Delay that your users could experience is the duration of the longest task. Learn more about the Maximum Potential First Input Delay metric.
First Meaningful Paint
5.9 s
First Meaningful Paint measures when the primary content of a page is visible. Learn more about the First Meaningful Paint metric.

Bo.st Mobile SEO: 93/100
Quick overview:
Content Best Practices
Format your HTML in a way that enables crawlers to better understand your app’s content.
Links do not have descriptive text
2 links found
Descriptive link text helps search engines understand your content. Learn how to make links more accessible.

Bo.st Mobile Best Practices: 56/100
Quick overview:
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 about this errors in console diagnostic audit
Uses third-party cookies
2 cookies found
Support for third-party cookies will be removed in a future version of Chrome. Learn more about phasing out third-party cookies.
Issues were logged in the `Issues` panel in Chrome Devtools
Issues logged to the `Issues` panel in Chrome Devtools indicate unresolved problems. They can come from network request failures, insufficient security controls, and other browser concerns. Open up the Issues panel in Chrome DevTools for more details on each issue.
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 served over 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 about HTTPS.
Bo.st Mobile PWA: 75/100
Quick overview:
PWA Optimized
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 about maskable manifest icons.
Does not set a theme color for the address bar.
The browser address bar can be themed to match your site. Learn more about theming the address bar. Failures: No `<meta name="theme-color">` tag found.
Bo.st Mobile Accessibility: 87/100
Quick overview:
Best practices
These items highlight common accessibility best practices.
The document uses `<meta http-equiv="refresh">`
Users do not expect a page to refresh automatically, and doing so will move focus back to the top of the page. This may create a frustrating or confusing experience. Learn more about the refresh meta tag.
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.
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 how to make links accessible.
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 how to provide sufficient color contrast.
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