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Overview

Snoop Summary for about.com

This is a free and comprehensive report about about.com. About.com is hosted in United States on a server with an IP address of 151.101.66.137, where the local currency is USD and English is the local language. Our records indicate that about.com is owned/operated by About, Inc.. About.com is expected to earn an estimated $1,496 USD per day from advertising revenue. The sale of about.com would possibly be worth $1,091,759 USD. This figure is based on the daily revenue potential of the website over a 24 month period. About.com is insanely popular with an estimated 238,337 daily unique visitors. This report was last updated 4th October, 2020.

About about.com

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Title: About
Description: Directory featuring links, articles and reviews.
Keywords and Tags: about com, about.com, computers, desktoppub about com, directories, gaylife about com, hilary farr, hillary farr, how to make pubic hair grow back faster, internet, popular, portal sites, searching, thick pubic hair, waterfall cake, zergnet, zergnet com
Related Terms:
Fav Icon:
Age: Over 25 years old
Domain Created: 11th March, 1999
Domain Updated: 5th September, 2019
Domain Expires: 11th March, 2022
Review

Snoop Score

4/5 (Excellent!)

Valuation

$1,091,759 USD
Note: All valuation figures are estimates.

Popularity

Very High
Note: Popularity is estimated.

Rank, Reach and Authority

Alexa Rank: 7,714
Alexa Reach: 0.0098%
SEMrush Rank (US): 555,464
SEMrush Authority Score: 82
Moz Domain Authority: 0
Moz Page Authority: 0

Rank By Country

Country Alexa Rank
Bahamas Flag Bahamas 367
Canada Flag Canada 7,498
Indonesia Flag Indonesia 8,164
India Flag India 76,263
Mexico Flag Mexico 10,640
Malaysia Flag Malaysia 3,556
Singapore Flag Singapore 6,111
Trinidad And Tobago Flag Trinidad And Tobago 407
Taiwan, Province Of China Flag Taiwan, Province Of China 13,051
United States Flag United States 2,258

Organic vs Paid (Google Ads)

Organic Paid
Keywords: 1,565 1,028
Traffic: 1,937 34,178
Cost: $1,936 USD $136,587 USD
Traffic

Visitors

Daily Visitors: 238,337
Monthly Visitors: 7,254,231
Yearly Visitors: 86,993,041
Note: All visitors figures are estimates.

Visitors By Country

Country Visitors (Unique) Percentage
Bahamas Flag Bahamas Daily: 1,668
Monthly: 50,780
Yearly: 608,951
0.7%
Canada Flag Canada Daily: 6,435
Monthly: 195,864
Yearly: 2,348,812
2.7%
Indonesia Flag Indonesia Daily: 3,337
Monthly: 101,559
Yearly: 1,217,903
1.4%
India Flag India Daily: 2,622
Monthly: 79,797
Yearly: 956,923
1.1%
Mexico Flag Mexico Daily: 5,005
Monthly: 152,339
Yearly: 1,826,854
2.1%
Malaysia Flag Malaysia Daily: 4,290
Monthly: 130,576
Yearly: 1,565,875
1.8%
Other Daily: 42,901
Monthly: 1,305,761
Yearly: 15,658,747
18%
Singapore Flag Singapore Daily: 2,622
Monthly: 79,797
Yearly: 956,923
1.1%
Trinidad And Tobago Flag Trinidad And Tobago Daily: 5,005
Monthly: 152,339
Yearly: 1,826,854
2.1%
Taiwan, Province Of China Flag Taiwan, Province Of China Daily: 1,668
Monthly: 50,780
Yearly: 608,951
0.7%
United States Flag United States Daily: 163,023
Monthly: 4,961,894
Yearly: 59,503,240
68.4%
Note: All visitors figures are estimates.
Revenue

Revenue

Daily Revenue: $1,496 USD
Monthly Revenue: $45,520 USD
Yearly Revenue: $545,875 USD
Note: All revenue figures are estimates.

Revenue By Country

Country Revenue Percentage
Bahamas Flag Bahamas Daily: $0 USD
Monthly: $0 USD
Yearly: $1 USD
<0.1%
Canada Flag Canada Daily: $5 USD
Monthly: $147 USD
Yearly: $1,761 USD
0.3%
Indonesia Flag Indonesia Daily: $1 USD
Monthly: $29 USD
Yearly: $354 USD
0.1%
India Flag India Daily: $3 USD
Monthly: $99 USD
Yearly: $1,186 USD
0.2%
Mexico Flag Mexico Daily: $1 USD
Monthly: $17 USD
Yearly: $200 USD
<0.1%
Malaysia Flag Malaysia Daily: $1 USD
Monthly: $20 USD
Yearly: $243 USD
<0.1%
Other Daily: $0 USD
Monthly: $0 USD
Yearly: $0 USD
<0.1%
Singapore Flag Singapore Daily: $0 USD
Monthly: $7 USD
Yearly: $82 USD
<0.1%
Trinidad And Tobago Flag Trinidad And Tobago Daily: $0 USD
Monthly: $1 USD
Yearly: $7 USD
<0.1%
Taiwan, Province Of China Flag Taiwan, Province Of China Daily: $0 USD
Monthly: $2 USD
Yearly: $21 USD
<0.1%
United States Flag United States Daily: $1,485 USD
Monthly: $45,198 USD
Yearly: $542,019 USD
99.3%
Note: All revenue figures are estimates.
SEO

Backlinks Analysis (SEMrush)

Backlinks: 49,624,841
Referring Domains: 392,356
Referring IPs: 214,554
About.com has 49,624,841 backlinks according to SEMrush. 88% of these backlinks are "dofollow" (follow) links which allow the flow of link equity to pass through, which may improve about.com's search engine rankings. Other links are treated as 'hints' by search engines and may also pass link equity, depending on what search engines decide in each case.
100% of about.com's backlinks are text and image links, which are ideal for SEO. Other backlink types may be unrecognized or ignored by search engines.

Top New Follow Links

1
Source: https://buycialisnvonlinerx.com/
Target: http://search.about.com/?q=failure

2
Source: https://buycialisnvonlinerx.com/
Target: http://search.about.com/?q=Prudential%20Foundation

3
Source: https://buycialisnvonlinerx.com/
Target: http://search.about.com/?q=centuries

4
Source: https://buycialisnvonlinerx.com/
Target: http://search.about.com/?q=roulette%20players

5
Source: https://newmarksdoor.typepad.com/
Target: http://quotations.about.com/od/douglasadams/tp/10_douglas_adam.htm

Top Ranking Keywords (US)

1
Keyword: about com
Ranked Page: http://www.about.com/

2
Keyword: zergnet
Ranked Page: http://zergnet.about.com/

3
Keyword: hilary farr
Ranked Page: https://womeninbusiness.about.com/od/celebritywomeninbusiness/a/Profile-Of-Hilary-Farr-Designer-Love-It-Or-List-It-Star.htm

4
Keyword: waterfall cake
Ranked Page: http://cakedecorating.about.com/od/birthday/ss/How-To-Make-A-Waterfall-Cake.htm

5
Keyword: gaylife about com
Ranked Page: http://gaylife.about.com/od/Gay-Culture/fl/How-To-Have-Gay-Sex-Cucumber-Banana-and-Tofu-Tells-Us-How.htm?nl=1

Domain Analysis

Value Length
Domain: about.com 9
Domain Name: about 5
Extension (TLD): com 3
Expiry Check:

Page Speed Analysis

Average Load Time: 1.73 seconds
Load Time Comparison: Faster than 50% of sites

PageSpeed Insights

Avg. (All Categories) 74
Performance 85
Accessibility 84
Best Practices 64
SEO 91
Progressive Web App 48
0–49 (Fail) 50–89 (Average) 90–100 (Pass)
URL: https://www.dotdash.com/
Updated: 4th October, 2020

2.30 seconds
First Contentful Paint (FCP)
36%
48%
16%

0.00 seconds
First Input Delay (FID)
98%
2%
0%

Simulate loading on desktop
85

Performance

Indicates how well the page is performing and highlights opportunities where performance may be improved for about.com. This includes details about optimizing page load times which can result in a better user experience.

Metrics

Speed Index — 1.2 s
The time taken for the page contents to be visibly populated.
Time to Interactive — 2.0 s
The time taken for the page to become fully interactive.
Total Blocking Time — 20 ms
The total blocking time is the sum of all time periods between First Contentful Paint and Time to Interactive (when task length exceeded 50ms).

Other

First CPU Idle — 1.4 s
The time taken for the page's main thread to be quiet enough to handle input.
Max Potential First Input Delay — 80 ms
Users could experience a delay when interacting with the page.
Estimated Input Latency — 10 ms
The time taken for the page to respond to user input (during the busiest 5 second window of page load). Users are likely to perceive about.com as laggy when the latency is higher than 0.05 seconds.
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https://sync.crwdcntrl.net/map/c=1811/tp=TBMG/tpid=X3m9pgAAALye-hvW&_test=X3m9pgAAALye-hvW
1043.0900000501
1115.1270000264
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Image
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1061.5429999307
1091.1820000038
567
0
302
https://p.adsymptotic.com/d/px/?_pid=16218&_psign=0aa5badf92527f7732e22463d6fa4dbc&coopa=0&gdpr=0&gdpr_consent=&_puuid=9e548775-bd25-4163-bd1a-08a6f7335f70
1091.8179999571
1131.3470001332
819
0
302
https://bcp.crwdcntrl.net/map/c=10620/tp=TRAD/tpid=cc0123cf-d089-4723-b8a3-c59f6ec66cfb
1117.2319999896
1140.6990000978
335
49
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Image
https://p.adsymptotic.com/d/px/?_pid=16218&_psign=0aa5badf92527f7732e22463d6fa4dbc&coopa=0&gdpr=0&gdpr_consent=&_puuid=9e548775-bd25-4163-bd1a-08a6f7335f70&_expected_cookie=4ff678b53180c43e71e4fa5284f811ca
1131.6939999815
1164.9970000144
737
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200
image/gif
Image
https://connect.facebook.net/signals/config/1832232727103344?v=2.9.27&r=stable
1567.316000117
1592.0979999937
71071
239493
200
application/x-javascript
Script
https://www.facebook.com/tr/?id=786108458181251&ev=PageView&dl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dotdash.com%2F&rl=&if=false&ts=1601813926797&sw=800&sh=600&v=2.9.27&r=stable&ec=0&o=30&fbp=fb.1.1601813926795.292354673&it=1601813926067&coo=false&rqm=GET
1567.6200001035
1583.9889999479
463
44
200
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Image
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1582.2850000113
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Image
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Other
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Other
Network Round Trip Times — 0 ms
High Network RTT (Round Trip Times) can have a large impact on performance. Providing servers geographically closer to the user could improve performance.
Server Backend Latencies — 0 ms
High server latencies indicate the server is overloaded or has a poor backend performance.
Tasks
Below is a list of the top-level main thread tasks that executed during page load.
Start Time (Ms) End Time (Ms)
148.876
10.219
164.924
5.927
251.857
11.733
271.84
111.135
382.995
43.074
428.843
86.86
516.341
7.801
525.847
9.883
554.752
5.849
573.345
6.28
585.568
9.567
599.482
28.687
629.071
15.623
647.854
14.287
662.211
13.034
679.119
40.976
720.13
33.797
755.527
10.446
771.589
41.907
816.629
8.077
825.635
16.431
849.914
18.183
868.141
80.203
972.786
7.991
1026.958
9.464
1564.326
37.761
1643.981
11.154
2097.986
6.835
Diagnostics
Below is a collection of useful page vitals.
View Data
Metrics
Below is a collection of metrics.
View Data

Opportunities

Properly size images — Potential savings of 231 KiB
Images can slow down the page's load time. About.com should consider serving more appropriate-sized images.
URL Resource Size (Bytes) Potential Savings (Bytes)
https://www.dotdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/byrdie_dk.png
34672
32755
https://www.dotdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/INV_lt-straight-copy.png
35814
27236
https://www.dotdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Brides-Circle.png
34150
25971
https://www.dotdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/SimplyRecipes@2x.png
32906
25025
https://www.dotdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/TheSpruce1.png
31927
24280
https://www.dotdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/LiquorCom.png
30112
22900
https://www.dotdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/mydomaine_dk-1-copy.png
29251
22245
https://www.dotdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Treehugger-1.png
28320
21537
https://www.dotdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Lifewire.png
23467
17846
https://www.dotdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/SeriousEats@2x.png
22505
17115
Defer offscreen images — Potential savings of 14 KiB
Time to Interactive can be slowed down by resources on the page. About.com should consider lazy-loading offscreen and hidden images.
URL Resource Size (Bytes) Potential Savings (Bytes)
https://privacy-policy.truste.com/privacy-seal/seal?rid=e135f706-940f-4d2d-8243-9ab2eca4b315
14237
14237
Minify CSS — Potential savings of 34 KiB
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) files can contribute to network payload sizes. About.com should consider minifying CSS files.
URL Transfer Size (Bytes) Potential Savings (Bytes)
https://www.dotdash.com/assets/css/main.css
300587
34699
Minify JavaScript
JavaScript (JS) files can contribute to network payload sizes and increase script parse times. About.com should consider minifying JS files.
Remove unused JavaScript — Potential savings of 117 KiB
It is advised to remove unused JavaScript in order to reduce bytes consumed by network activity.
URL Transfer Size (Bytes) Potential Savings (Bytes)
https://connect.facebook.net/signals/config/1832232727103344?v=2.9.27&r=stable
71071
66606
https://connect.facebook.net/signals/config/786108458181251?v=2.9.27&r=stable
71445
53441
Efficiently encode images
Unoptimized images can consume more cellular data than what is necessary.
Serve images in next-gen formats — Potential savings of 193 KiB
Image formats like PNG and JPEG have poor compression when compared to other next-gen formats, such as JPEG 200, JPEG XR and WebP.
URL Resource Size (Bytes) Potential Savings (Bytes)
https://www.dotdash.com/assets/img/we-won-desktop.png
71256
48926
https://www.dotdash.com/assets/img/we-won-mobile.png
49793
33609
https://www.dotdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/INV_lt-straight-copy.png
35814
18458
https://www.dotdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/mydomaine_dk-1-copy.png
29251
18453
https://www.dotdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Brides-Circle.png
34150
17568
https://www.dotdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/byrdie_dk.png
34672
15406
https://www.dotdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/TheSpruce1.png
31927
12825
https://www.dotdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/SimplyRecipes@2x.png
32906
12078
https://www.dotdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/LiquorCom.png
30112
11656
https://www.dotdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Treehugger-1.png
28320
8948
Preconnect to required origins
Resource hints, such as 'preconnect' or 'dns-prefetch', may assist in establishing early connections to important third-party origins.
Initial server response time was short — Root document took 60 ms
It is advised to keep the server response time short for the main document, because all other requests depend on it.
URL Time Spent (Ms)
https://www.dotdash.com/
62.852
Avoid multiple page redirects — Potential savings of 190 ms
Redirects can cause additional delays before the page can begin loading. About.com should avoid multiple or unnecessary page redirects.
URL Time Spent (Ms)
http://about.com/
190
https://www.dotdash.com/
0
Use video formats for animated content
Large GIFs are inefficient for delivering animated content. It is recommended to use MPEG4/WebM videos for animations and PNG/WebP for static images instead of GIF.
Remove duplicate modules in JavaScript bundles
Ensure that no duplicate JavaScript modules from bundles exist to reduce bytes consumed by network activity.
Avoid serving legacy JavaScript to modern browsers — Potential savings of 24 KiB
Polyfills and transforms enable legacy browsers to use new JavaScript features. For bundled JavaScript it is recommended to adopt a modern script deployment strategy using module/nomodule feature detection. This will reduce the amount of code shipped to modern browsers.
URL Potential Savings (Bytes)
https://connect.facebook.net/signals/config/786108458181251?v=2.9.27&r=stable
12181
https://connect.facebook.net/signals/config/1832232727103344?v=2.9.27&r=stable
12144
https://player.vimeo.com/api/player.js
59
https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents.js
45

Diagnostics

Avoids enormous network payloads — Total size was 1,345 KiB
Large network payloads can cost users money and are linked to long load times.
URL Transfer Size (Bytes)
https://www.dotdash.com/assets/css/main.css
300587
https://www.dotdash.com/assets/img/we-won-desktop.png
71694
https://connect.facebook.net/signals/config/786108458181251?v=2.9.27&r=stable
71445
https://connect.facebook.net/signals/config/1832232727103344?v=2.9.27&r=stable
71071
https://www.dotdash.com/
60411
https://www.dotdash.com/assets/img/we-won-mobile.png
50230
https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-5QL7ZM7
46442
https://ak.sail-horizon.com/spm/spm.v1.min.js
43837
https://www.dotdash.com/assets/fonts/avenir-next/338011_1_0.woff2
42049
https://www.dotdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/TheBalance_brand_circle.svg
38814
Avoids an excessive DOM size — 316 elements
A large DOM (Document Object Model) will increase memory usage, cause longer system calculations as well as costly layout reflows.
Statistic Element Value
Total DOM Elements
316
Maximum DOM Depth
12
Maximum Child Elements
17
Avoid chaining critical requests — 6 chains found
Below is a list of Critical Request Chains, which shows which resources are loaded with a high priority. About.com should consider reducing the length of chains, reducing the download size of resources, or deferring the download of unnecessary resources to improve page load.
User Timing marks and measures
Make use of the User Timing API to measure an app's real-world performance during key user experiences.
JavaScript execution time — 0.3 s
JavaScript (JS) execution time can be lowered by reducing the time required for parsing, compiling and executing JS. Delivering smaller JS payloads may help with this.
URL Total CPU Time (Ms) Script Evaluation (Ms) Script Parse (Ms)
https://www.dotdash.com/
367.108
149.124
4.102
https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-5QL7ZM7
157.062
143.662
7.668
Unattributable
138.082
7.615
0.176
Minimizes main-thread work — 0.9 s
Main-thread work timing can be lowered by reducing the time required for parsing, compiling and executing JS. Delivering smaller JS payloads may help with this.
Category Time Spent (Ms)
Script Evaluation
456.545
Other
197.244
Style & Layout
134.987
Rendering
67.796
Script Parsing & Compilation
39.647
Parse HTML & CSS
30.63
Keep request counts low and transfer sizes small — 77 requests • 1,345 KiB
It is advised to add a budgets.json file in order to set budgets for the quantity and size of page resources.
Resource Type Requests Transfer Size (Bytes)
Total
77
1377040
Image
36
573495
Script
14
343346
Stylesheet
2
300926
Font
2
80729
Document
4
65681
Other
19
12863
Media
0
0
Third-party
48
371647
Minimize third-party usage — Third-party code blocked the main thread for 10 ms
It is advised to either limit, remove or delay the loading of redundant third-party code which may be significantly impacting load performance.
Third-Party Transfer Size (Bytes) Main-Thread Blocking Time (Ms)
46442
6.166
168157
0
44885
0
30386
0
19907
0
19642
0
14859
0
6739
0
5221
0
4363
0
1577
0
1556
0
1256
0
1146
0
913
0
580
0
578
0
481
0
339
0
Largest Contentful Paint element — 1 element found
The element which was identified as the Largest Contentful Paint.
Element
img
Avoid large layout shifts — 4 elements found
Below is a list of all DOM elements that contribute to the CLS of the page.
Element CLS Contribution
0.19969677904749
0.060689351764168
5.9653270291568E-5
1.0086682427108E-5
Uses passive listeners to improve scrolling performance
Improve the page's scroll performance by marking touch and wheel event listeners as 'passive'.
Avoids `document.write()`
Avoid or limit the use of external scripts that are dynamically injected via 'document.write()' as users on slow connections will be delayed by tens of seconds.
Avoid long main-thread tasks — 2 long tasks found
Below is a list of the longest tasks on the main thread, which is useful when identifying the worst input delay contributors.
URL Start Time (Ms) Duration (Ms)
https://ak.sail-horizon.com/spm/spm.v1.min.js
1440
80
https://code.jquery.com/jquery-2.2.2.min.js
2460
56
Avoid non-composited animations
It is recommended to avoid non-composited animations which are often janky and increase CLS.
Avoids large JavaScript libraries with smaller alternatives — 0 large libraries found
It is recommended to work with smaller JavaScript libraries to reduce your bundle size and avoid poor performance.

Budgets

Performance budget
It is advised to keep the quantity and size of all network requests under the targets set by the provided performance budget.
Timing budget
It is advised to set a timing budget to monitor the performance of your site.

Metrics

First Contentful Paint — 1.2 s
The time taken for the first image or text on the page to be rendered.
Largest Contentful Paint — 1.8 s
The timing of the largest text or image that is painted.

Other

First Meaningful Paint — 1.3 s
The time taken for the primary content of the page to be rendered.

Opportunities

Eliminate render-blocking resources — Potential savings of 640 ms
Resources, such as JavaScript and style sheets, can block the first paint of the page. About.com should consider delivering critical JavaScript/style sheets (JS/CSS) inline and deferring all non-critical JS/CSS.
URL Transfer Size (Bytes) Potential Savings (Ms)
https://www.dotdash.com/assets/css/main.css
300587
430
https://code.jquery.com/jquery-2.2.2.min.js
30386
270
https://www.dotdash.com/assets/js/modernizr.min.js
10351
70

Metrics

Cumulative Layout Shift — 0.26
Cumulative Layout Shift is the measurement of visible elements collective movement within the viewport.
View Data

Opportunities

Remove unused CSS — Potential savings of 280 KiB
Dead and/or unused rules in Style Sheets (CSS) can contribute to network payload sizes. About.com should consider removing dead rules from style sheets and deferring the loading of CSS not used for above-the-fold content.
URL Transfer Size (Bytes) Potential Savings (Bytes)
https://www.dotdash.com/assets/css/main.css
300587
287139
Enable text compression — Potential savings of 299 KiB
Text-based resources should be served with compression, such as gzip, deflate or brotli.
URL Transfer Size (Bytes) Potential Savings (Bytes)
https://www.dotdash.com/assets/css/main.css
300149
255820
https://www.dotdash.com/
59916
44712
https://www.dotdash.com/assets/js/modernizr.min.js
9909
5583
Preload key requests — Potential savings of 1,990 ms
Key requests can be preloaded by using '<link rel=preload>'. About.com should consider using '<link rel=preload>' to prioritize fetching resources that are currently requested later in page load.
URL Potential Savings (Ms)
https://www.dotdash.com/assets/fonts/avenir-next/338011_1_0.woff2
1990
https://www.dotdash.com/assets/fonts/avenir-next/338011_0_0.woff2
1950

Diagnostics

Serve static assets with an efficient cache policy — 38 resources found
About.com can speed up repeat visits by increasing the cache lifetime, which is essentially how long before a cached copy expires.
URL Cache TTL (Ms) Transfer Size (Bytes)
https://ak.sail-horizon.com/spm/spm.v1.min.js
0
43837
https://tags.crwdcntrl.net/c/5047/cc.js?ns=_cc5047
0
15899
https://p.adsymptotic.com/d/px/?_pid=16218&_psign=0aa5badf92527f7732e22463d6fa4dbc&coopa=0&gdpr=0&gdpr_consent=&_puuid=9e548775-bd25-4163-bd1a-08a6f7335f70&_expected_cookie=4ff678b53180c43e71e4fa5284f811ca
0
737
https://p.skimresources.com/?provider_id=88fd46021867656629fbc0877df1da7f&skim_mapping=true
0
323
https://connect.facebook.net/signals/config/786108458181251?v=2.9.27&r=stable
1200000
71445
https://connect.facebook.net/signals/config/1832232727103344?v=2.9.27&r=stable
1200000
71071
https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents.js
1200000
24252
https://www.dotdash.com/assets/css/main.css
3600000
300587
https://www.dotdash.com/assets/img/we-won-desktop.png
3600000
71694
https://www.dotdash.com/assets/img/we-won-mobile.png
3600000
50230
https://www.dotdash.com/assets/fonts/avenir-next/338011_1_0.woff2
3600000
42049
https://www.dotdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/TheBalance_brand_circle.svg
3600000
38814
https://www.dotdash.com/assets/fonts/avenir-next/338011_0_0.woff2
3600000
38680
https://www.dotdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/INV_lt-straight-copy.png
3600000
36251
https://www.dotdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/byrdie_dk.png
3600000
35109
https://www.dotdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Brides-Circle.png
3600000
34587
https://www.dotdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/SimplyRecipes@2x.png
3600000
33343
https://www.dotdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/TheSpruce1.png
3600000
32364
https://www.dotdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/LiquorCom.png
3600000
30549
https://www.dotdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/mydomaine_dk-1-copy.png
3600000
29688
https://www.dotdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Treehugger-1.png
3600000
28757
https://www.dotdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/brand_illustrations_forDoug_verywell-1.svg
3600000
24190
https://www.dotdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Lifewire.png
3600000
23904
https://www.dotdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/SeriousEats@2x.png
3600000
22942
https://www.dotdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/brand_illustrations_forDoug_thoughtco-1.svg
3600000
17632
https://www.dotdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/TripSavvy_brand_circle.svg
3600000
16000
https://www.dotdash.com/assets/js/modernizr.min.js
3600000
10351
https://www.dotdash.com/assets/img/dash/up-arrow.svg
3600000
7859
https://www.dotdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/glossy-favicon-150x150.png
3600000
5654
https://www.dotdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/ZewRXgpe_400x400-150x150.jpg
3600000
3519
https://www.dotdash.com/assets/img/dot-dash-menu-logo.svg
3600000
3431
https://www.dotdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/index-150x150.png
3600000
2994
https://www.dotdash.com/assets/img/dash/hamburger-sprite.svg
3600000
1675
https://www.dotdash.com/assets/img/dash/down-arrow-2.svg
3600000
1091
https://www.dotdash.com/assets/img/dash/tiny-triangle-right.svg
3600000
1038
https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js
7200000
19293
https://snap.licdn.com/li.lms-analytics/insight.old.min.js
10292000
1890
https://snap.licdn.com/li.lms-analytics/insight.min.js
81969000
761
Ensure text remains visible during webfont load
Make use of the font-display CSS feature, which will ensure text is user-visible while webfonts are loading.
URL Potential Savings (Ms)
https://www.dotdash.com/assets/fonts/avenir-next/338011_0_0.woff2
15.948000131175
https://www.dotdash.com/assets/fonts/avenir-next/338011_1_0.woff2
68.367999978364
84

Accessibility

Indicates how accessible the page is and highlights opportunities where the page can be made more accessible to users of about.com. This includes details about various page attributes that can be optimized.

Navigation

`[accesskey]` values are unique
Access keys assist users with focusing on different parts of the page. Each access key should be unique for proper navigation.
The page contains a heading, skip link, or landmark region
It is advised to provide ways to bypass repetitive content, allowing users to navigate the page efficiently.
`[id]` attributes on active, focusable elements are unique
Ensure all focusable elements have a unique id value to allow them to be visible to users of assistive technologies, like a screen reader.
Heading elements appear in a sequentially-descending order
Properly order all headers and do not skip heading levels to better the navigation and readability for users of assistive technologies, like a screen reader.
No element has a `[tabindex]` value greater than 0
Although technically valid, a tabindex value greater than 0 often creates frustrating experiences for users who rely on assistive technologies.

ARIA

`[aria-*]` attributes match their roles
Avoid mismatching 'aria-*' attributes and their 'role' value, as it invalidates the attribute.
`[aria-hidden="true"]` is not present on the document `<body>`
If aria-hidden=true is set on the document body, assistive technologies, like a screen reader will work inconsistently.
`[aria-hidden="true"]` elements do not contain focusable descendents
Interactive elements within an aria-hidden=true element are unavailable to users of assistive technologies, like a screen reader.
ARIA input fields have accessible names
Generic names are announced to users of assistive technologies, like a screen reader, when an input field does not have an accessible name specified.
`[role]`s have all required `[aria-*]` attributes
Some ARIA roles have required 'aria-*' attributes, which provide essential information about state and functionality.
Elements with an ARIA `[role]` that require children to contain a specific `[role]` have all required children.
Some ARIA parent roles cannot perform their intended functions if specific child roles are not used.
`[role]`s are contained by their required parent element
Some ARIA child roles cannot perform their intended functions if specific parent roles are not used.
`[role]` values are valid
All ARIA roles require valid values to perform their intended functions.
ARIA toggle fields have accessible names
Generic names are announced to users of assistive technologies, like a screen reader, when a toggle field does not have an accessible name specified.
`[aria-*]` attributes have valid values
ARIA attributes cannot be interpreted with invalid values when used by screen readers and other assistive technologies.
`[aria-*]` attributes are valid and not misspelled
ARIA attributes cannot be interpreted with invalid names when used by screen readers and other assistive technologies.
ARIA IDs are unique
Ensure all ARIA ID values are unique to prevent elements from being overlooked by assistive technologies, like a screen reader.

Names and labels

Buttons have an accessible name
Buttons become unusable as they are announced simply as "button" when the button does not have an accessible name, when used by screen readers and other assistive technologies.
Document has a `<title>` element
Search engines, screen reader users and other assistive technology users rely on the title to provide an overview of the page and to help determine if the page is relevant to their search.
No form fields have multiple labels
Having multiple labels for form fields can be confusing to assistive technologies, like a screen reader.
`<frame>` or `<iframe>` elements have a title
Screen reader users and other assistive technology users rely on frame titles to describe the contents of frames.
`<input type="image">` elements have `[alt]` text
Input buttons with alternative text assist screen readers and other assistive technology users to understand its purpose.
Form elements have associated labels
Screen readers and other assistive technologies rely on labels to properly announce form controls.
`<object>` elements have `[alt]` text
It is advised that alt text is used on '<object>' elements in order to provide meaning to screen reader and other assistive technology users, as these technologies are unable to translate non-text content.

Tables and lists

`<dl>`'s contain only properly-ordered `<dt>` and `<dd>` groups, `<script>`, `<template>` or `<div>` elements.
Screen readers and other assistive technologies may produce poor and inaccurate output when definition lists are not properly marked up.
Definition list items are wrapped in `<dl>` elements
In order for screen readers and other assistive technologies to properly announce definition list items ('<dt>' and '<dd>'), they must be wrapped in parent a '<dl>' element.
Presentational `<table>` elements avoid using `<th>`, `<caption>` or the `[summary]` attribute.
It is advised to not include data elements in tables which are used for layout purposes, as it may create confusion for screen reader and other assistive technology users.
Lists contain only `<li>` elements and script supporting elements (`<script>` and `<template>`).
Use proper list structure to aid screen readers and other assistive technologies.
List items (`<li>`) are contained within `<ul>` or `<ol>` parent elements
In order for screen readers to announce list items, ensure that list items ('<li>') are contained within parent '<ul>' or '<ol>' tags.
Cells in a `<table>` element that use the `[headers]` attribute refer to table cells within the same table.
Screen readers and other assistive technologies have features to make navigating tables easier. Ensure that '<td>' cells using the headers attribute only refer to other cells in the same table, to improve screen reader user experience.
`<th>` elements and elements with `[role="columnheader"/"rowheader"]` have data cells they describe.
Screen readers and other assistive technologies have features to make navigating tables easier. Ensure that table headers refer to some set of cells, to improve screen reader user experience.

Internationalization and localization

`<html>` element has a `[lang]` attribute
It is advised to provide a lang attribute so that screen readers and other assistive technologies are guaranteed to announce the page's text correctly. When not provided, the user's default language setting will be used which may cause inaccuracies.
`<html>` element has a valid value for its `[lang]` attribute
Specify a valid BCP 47 language in order to help screen readers and other assistive technologies announce text properly.
`[lang]` attributes have a valid value
Specify a valid BCP 47 language on elements in order to help screen readers and other assistive technologies announce text properly.

Best practices

The document does not use `<meta http-equiv="refresh">`
Pages that refresh automatically cause a poor user experience as focus is directed back to the top of the page unexpectedly.
`[user-scalable="no"]` is not used in the `<meta name="viewport">` element and the `[maximum-scale]` attribute is not less than 5.
For users with low vision who rely on screen magnification, ensure that zooming is not disabled.

Audio and video

`<video>` elements contain a `<track>` element with `[kind="captions"]`
About.com may provide assistance to deaf or hearing-impaired users with captions on videos.
`<video>` elements contain a `<track>` element with `[kind="description"]`
About.com may provide relevant information that dialogue cannot, by using audio descriptions.

Contrast

Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio.
Many (if not most) users find low-contrast text difficult or impossible to read.
Failing Elements

Names and labels

Image elements do not have `[alt]` attributes
Provide short and descriptive alternative text where possible on informative elements.
Failing Elements
img
img
img
img
img
img
img
img
img
img
img
img
img
img
img
img
img
img
Links do not have a discernible name
In order to improve the navigation for screen reader and other assistive technology users, use link text that is unique, focusable and discernible.

Manual Checks

The page has a logical tab order
The visual layout should be logical in its tab order and users cannot focus elements that are offscreen.
Interactive controls are keyboard focusable
Ensure that custom interactive controls are keyboard focusable and that a focus indicator is displayed.
Interactive elements indicate their purpose and state
Ensure that interactive elements (such as links and buttons) are distinguishable from non-interactive elements and that they indicate their state.
The user's focus is directed to new content added to the page
When new content (such as a dialogue) is added to the page, the user's focus should be directed to it.
User focus is not accidentally trapped in a region
Avoid focus being accidentally trapped when a user tabs in and out of controls or regions on page.
Custom controls have associated labels
Ensure that custom interactive controls have associated labels, which are provided by aria-label and aria-labelledby attributes.
Custom controls have ARIA roles
Ensure that all custom interactive controls have appropriate ARIA roles.
Visual order on the page follows DOM order
Ensure that the DOM order matches with the page's visual order, in order to improve navigation for screen readers and other assistive technologies.
Offscreen content is hidden from assistive technology
Ensure that offscreen content is hidden through the use of "display:none" styling or the aria-hidden attribute.
HTML5 landmark elements are used to improve navigation
Elements such as <main> and <nav> are recommended as they are used by screen readers and other assistive technologies to improve keyboard navigation.
64

Best Practices

Indicates the recommended, best practices currently in place on the page and highlights the best practices that about.com should incorporate. This includes practices such as protecting pages with HTTPS.

Audits

Avoids requesting the geolocation permission on page load
When requesting a user's location, provide context or consider tying the request to a user action to avoid confusion and mistrust from users.
Avoids requesting the notification permission on page load
When requesting permission to send notifications, provide context or consider tying the request to a user action to avoid confusion and mistrust from users.

Audits

Allows users to paste into password fields
Ensure that password inputs may be pasted into to aid in the user's ability to use password managers and improve security.
Displays images with correct aspect ratio
Ensure that image display dimensions match their natural aspect ratio.
Serves images with appropriate resolution
For maximum image clarity, ensure images have natural dimensions and are proportional to the display size and pixel ratio.
Fonts with `font-display: optional` are preloaded
It is recommended that optional fonts are preloaded.

Audits

Page has the HTML doctype
Ensure a doctype is specified to prevent the browser from switching to quirks-mode.
Properly defines charset
It is advised to declare a character encoding, optionally via a <meta> tag in the first 1024 bytes of the HTML or in the Content-Type HTTP response header.

Audits

Avoids Application Cache
Application cache is deprecated and is no longer recommended.
Detected JavaScript libraries
Below is a list of all front-end JavaScript libraries that were detected on the page.
Name Version
jQuery
2.2.2
Modernizr
2.8.3
yepnope
WordPress
core-js
3.0.0: pure
Avoids deprecated APIs
Avoid deprecated APIs which will eventually be removed the browser.
Page has valid source maps
Consider deploying source maps for added benefits such as the ability to debug while in production.
URL Map URL
https://ak.sail-horizon.com/spm/spm.v1.min.js
https://ak.sail-horizon.com/spm/spm.v1.min.js.map

Audits

Does not use HTTPS — 1 insecure request found
Ensure that all pages are protected with HTTPS (including those that do not handle sensitive data) as HTTPS prevents tampering and passive listening on communications between the app and its users. Additionally, HTTPS is a prerequisite for HTTP/2 and many new web platform APIs.
Insecure URL
http://about.com/
Includes front-end JavaScript libraries with known security vulnerabilities — 3 vulnerabilities detected
Ensure that the use of third-party scripts is minimal and that only trusted third-party scripts are used as some may contain known security vulnerabilities which may be exploited by attackers.
Library Version Vulnerability Count Highest Severity
3
Medium

Audits

Registers an `unload` listener
The 'unload' event does not fire reliably, causing issues with browser optimizations such as the Back-Forward Cache. It is recommended that 'pagehide' or 'visibilitychange' events are used instead.
URL
Browser errors were logged to the console
Below is a list of all errors logged to the console, which indicate unresolved problems on the site.
URL Description
https://www.facebook.com/tr/
Failed to load resource: net::ERR_BLOCKED_BY_CLIENT.Inspector
https://www.facebook.com/tr/
Failed to load resource: net::ERR_BLOCKED_BY_CLIENT.Inspector
91

SEO

Indicates how well the page is optimized for ranking in search engines and highlights Search Engine Optimization (SEO) opportunities for about.com. This includes optimizations such as providing meta data.

Mobile Friendly

Has a `<meta name="viewport">` tag with `width` or `initial-scale`
It is advised to use a '<meta name="viewport">' tag for the optimization of about.com on mobile screens.
Document uses legible font sizes
Font sizes of 12px or less are too small to most mobile users without user gestures and further action. Aim for more than 60% of page text to use font sizes greater than 12px.
Tap targets are sized appropriately
Interactive elements (such as buttons and links) should be appropriately spaced, sized and easy enough to select or tap with regard to their surrounding elements.

Content Best Practices

Document has a `<title>` element
Search engines, screen reader users and other assistive technology users rely on the title to provide an overview of the page and to help determine if the page is relevant to their search.
Document has a meta description
Meta descriptions may be used by search engines when displaying a link to the page and should concisely summarize the page's content.
Links have descriptive text
Make use of descriptive link text to assist search engines in understanding the content.
Document has a valid `hreflang`
Search engines can be instructed to list specific versions of a page for a given language or region through the use of hreflang links.
Document has a valid `rel=canonical`
Search engines can be suggested which URL should be shown in search results through the use of canonical links.
Document avoids plugins
The content of plugins cannot be indexed by search engines and many devices either restrict or do not support them.

Crawling and Indexing

Page has successful HTTP status code
Avoid pages with unsuccessful HTTP status codes as they may not be indexed by search engines.
Links are crawlable
Ensure that the 'href' attribute of anchor elements links to the appropriate destination. This allows for more pages of the site to be discovered by search engines.
Page isn’t blocked from indexing
Pages that cannot be crawled by search engines cannot be indexed or included in their search results. Ensure that search engines have permission to crawl all pages that should be indexed.
robots.txt is valid
Malformed robots.txt files prevent crawlers from understanding how a site wants to be crawled or indexed, which can be devastating to SEO.

Content Best Practices

Image elements do not have `[alt]` attributes
Provide short and descriptive alternative text where possible on informative elements.
Failing Elements
img
img
img
img
img
img
img
img
img
img
img
img
img
img
img
img
img
img

Manual Checks

Structured data is valid
Structured data can be validated through the use of the Structured Data Testing Tool and the Structured Data Linter.
48

Progressive Web App

Indicates how valid the aspects of a Progressive Web App (PWA) are for the page and highlights opportunities to enable/improve the PWA of about.com. This includes details about web app manifests.

Fast and reliable

Page load is fast enough on mobile networks
Ensure that the page loads fast enough over a cellular network, to ensure good mobile user experience.

PWA Optimized

Redirects HTTP traffic to HTTPS
It is advised to redirect all HTTP traffic to HTTPS, in order to enable secure web features for all users.
Content is sized correctly for the viewport
Ensure that the width of the app's content matches the width of the viewport, otherwise the app might not be optimized for mobile screens.
Has a `<meta name="viewport">` tag with `width` or `initial-scale`
It is advised to use a '<meta name="viewport">' tag for the optimization of about.com on mobile screens.
Contains some content when JavaScript is not available
Apps should display alternative content for when JavaScript is disabled.
Provides a valid `apple-touch-icon`
iOS users of Progressive Web Apps will benefit from an apple touch icon, which can be defined with 'apple-touch-icon', which must point to a non-transparent 192px (or 180px) square PNG.

Fast and reliable

Current page does not respond with a 200 when offline
In order for Progressive Web Apps to be made available offline, ensure that the app is using a service worker.
`start_url` does not respond with a 200 when offline
Consider using a service worker for Progressive Web Apps to ensure greater reliability for the user, in the case of poor network conditions.

Installable

Does not use HTTPS — 1 insecure request found
Ensure that all pages are protected with HTTPS (including those that do not handle sensitive data) as HTTPS prevents tampering and passive listening on communications between the app and its users. Additionally, HTTPS is a prerequisite for HTTP/2 and many new web platform APIs.
Insecure URL
http://about.com/
Does not register a service worker that controls page and `start_url`
A service worker is used to provide Progressive Web Apps the use of features such as working offline, the ability for the app to be added to the homescreen as well as push notifications.
Web app manifest does not meet the installability requirements
User engagement may be increased by leveraging the browsers ability to proactively prompt users to add the app to their homescreen.
View Data

PWA Optimized

Is not configured for a custom splash screen
Themed splash screens ensure a high-quality user experience at launch for app users.
View Data
Does not set a theme color for the address bar.
A theme may be applied to the browser address bar, which ideally can be made to match the site.
View Data
Manifest doesn't have a maskable icon
Maskable icons are great to ensure that images fill the entire shape when installing the app on a device.

Manual Checks

Site works cross-browser
Ensure that the Progressive Web App works correctly across every major browser.
Page transitions don't feel like they block on the network
Users perceive apps with responsive, snappy transitions as higher peforming and ensures a great user experience, even on a slow network.
Each page has a URL
Ensure that all pages are deep linkable via URL. They should also be unique for the purpose of shareability on social media.
Avg. (All Categories) 64
Performance 40
Accessibility 84
Best Practices 57
SEO 91
Progressive Web App 50
0–49 (Fail) 50–89 (Average) 90–100 (Pass)
URL: https://www.dotdash.com/
Updated: 4th October, 2020

4.06 seconds
First Contentful Paint (FCP)
11%
50%
39%

0.05 seconds
First Input Delay (FID)
79%
15%
6%

Simulate loading on mobile
40

Performance

Indicates how well the page is performing and highlights opportunities where performance may be improved for about.com. This includes details about optimizing page load times which can result in a better user experience.

Other

Estimated Input Latency — 60 ms
The time taken for the page to respond to user input (during the busiest 5 second window of page load). Users are likely to perceive about.com as laggy when the latency is higher than 0.05 seconds.
Network Requests
Below is a list of network requests that were made during page load.
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727.11599990726
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text/html
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200
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https://sync.crwdcntrl.net/map/c=6725/tp=INDX/tpid=X3m9tdHM4eoAAHd9NCoAAABt%26437
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336
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949.23199992627
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400
0
200
application/x-javascript
Script
https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents.js
955.18200006336
972.36099978909
24252
90273
200
application/x-javascript
Script
https://ak.sail-horizon.com/spm/spm.v1.min.js
956.26899972558
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43910
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application/javascript
Script
https://snap.licdn.com/li.lms-analytics/insight.min.js
958.61899992451
980.14199966565
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200
application/x-javascript
Script
https://connect.facebook.net/signals/config/786108458181251?v=2.9.27&r=stable
997.27999977767
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71419
240004
200
application/x-javascript
Script
https://snap.licdn.com/li.lms-analytics/insight.old.min.js
998.99999983609
1020.2659997158
1890
3578
200
application/x-javascript
Script
https://px.ads.linkedin.com/collect?v=2&fmt=js&pid=52094&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dotdash.com%2F&time=1601813942003
1025.0909999013
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Script
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Other
https://api.sail-personalize.com/v1/personalize/simple?pageviews=1&isMobile=1
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application/json
Fetch
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Other
Network Round Trip Times — 0 ms
High Network RTT (Round Trip Times) can have a large impact on performance. Providing servers geographically closer to the user could improve performance.
Server Backend Latencies — 0 ms
High server latencies indicate the server is overloaded or has a poor backend performance.
Tasks
Below is a list of the top-level main thread tasks that executed during page load.
Start Time (Ms) End Time (Ms)
111.258
11.233
127.389
7.101
193.7
15.149
213.103
103.288
316.416
48.66
366.179
14.586
381.519
12.733
394.791
9.027
405.98
6.754
413.484
5.273
437.386
5.171
447.5
33.34
491.175
22.141
516.926
5.605
524.018
11.419
537.906
39.831
577.763
27.625
611.822
30.321
642.402
9.097
652.379
14.999
688.003
8.868
734.883
8.435
990.088
8.301
1018.37
17.692
1077.78
35.847
1137.196
83.155
1222.751
13.467
1609.148
6.165
1736.557
5.85
1742.76
7.228
Diagnostics
Below is a collection of useful page vitals.
View Data
Metrics
Below is a collection of metrics.
View Data

Opportunities

Minify JavaScript
JavaScript (JS) files can contribute to network payload sizes and increase script parse times. About.com should consider minifying JS files.
Efficiently encode images
Unoptimized images can consume more cellular data than what is necessary.
Preconnect to required origins
Resource hints, such as 'preconnect' or 'dns-prefetch', may assist in establishing early connections to important third-party origins.
Initial server response time was short — Root document took 40 ms
It is advised to keep the server response time short for the main document, because all other requests depend on it.
URL Time Spent (Ms)
https://www.dotdash.com/
44.486
Avoid multiple page redirects — Potential savings of 630 ms
Redirects can cause additional delays before the page can begin loading. About.com should avoid multiple or unnecessary page redirects.
URL Time Spent (Ms)
http://about.com/
630
https://www.dotdash.com/
0
Use video formats for animated content
Large GIFs are inefficient for delivering animated content. It is recommended to use MPEG4/WebM videos for animations and PNG/WebP for static images instead of GIF.
Remove duplicate modules in JavaScript bundles
Ensure that no duplicate JavaScript modules from bundles exist to reduce bytes consumed by network activity.
Avoid serving legacy JavaScript to modern browsers — Potential savings of 24 KiB
Polyfills and transforms enable legacy browsers to use new JavaScript features. For bundled JavaScript it is recommended to adopt a modern script deployment strategy using module/nomodule feature detection. This will reduce the amount of code shipped to modern browsers.
URL Potential Savings (Bytes)
https://connect.facebook.net/signals/config/786108458181251?v=2.9.27&r=stable
12177
https://connect.facebook.net/signals/config/1832232727103344?v=2.9.27&r=stable
12144
https://player.vimeo.com/api/player.js
59
https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents.js
45

Diagnostics

Avoids enormous network payloads — Total size was 1,345 KiB
Large network payloads can cost users money and are linked to long load times.
URL Transfer Size (Bytes)
https://www.dotdash.com/assets/css/main.css
300587
https://www.dotdash.com/assets/img/we-won-desktop.png
71694
https://connect.facebook.net/signals/config/786108458181251?v=2.9.27&r=stable
71419
https://connect.facebook.net/signals/config/1832232727103344?v=2.9.27&r=stable
71071
https://www.dotdash.com/
60411
https://www.dotdash.com/assets/img/we-won-mobile.png
50230
https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-5QL7ZM7
46442
https://ak.sail-horizon.com/spm/spm.v1.min.js
43910
https://www.dotdash.com/assets/fonts/avenir-next/338011_1_0.woff2
42049
https://www.dotdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/TheBalance_brand_circle.svg
38814
Avoids an excessive DOM size — 316 elements
A large DOM (Document Object Model) will increase memory usage, cause longer system calculations as well as costly layout reflows.
Statistic Element Value
Total DOM Elements
316
Maximum DOM Depth
12
Maximum Child Elements
17
Avoid chaining critical requests — 6 chains found
Below is a list of Critical Request Chains, which shows which resources are loaded with a high priority. About.com should consider reducing the length of chains, reducing the download size of resources, or deferring the download of unnecessary resources to improve page load.
User Timing marks and measures
Make use of the User Timing API to measure an app's real-world performance during key user experiences.
Keep request counts low and transfer sizes small — 76 requests • 1,345 KiB
It is advised to add a budgets.json file in order to set budgets for the quantity and size of page resources.
Resource Type Requests Transfer Size (Bytes)
Total
76
1377164
Image
36
573264
Script
14
343393
Stylesheet
2
300926
Font
2
80729
Document
4
65741
Other
18
13111
Media
0
0
Third-party
47
372215
Largest Contentful Paint element — 1 element found
The element which was identified as the Largest Contentful Paint.
Element
img
Avoid large layout shifts — 4 elements found
Below is a list of all DOM elements that contribute to the CLS of the page.
Element CLS Contribution
0.63228229499507
0.19006104700745
a
0.015995236629339
0.01364926859037
Uses passive listeners to improve scrolling performance
Improve the page's scroll performance by marking touch and wheel event listeners as 'passive'.
Avoids `document.write()`
Avoid or limit the use of external scripts that are dynamically injected via 'document.write()' as users on slow connections will be delayed by tens of seconds.
Avoid long main-thread tasks — 13 long tasks found
Below is a list of the longest tasks on the main thread, which is useful when identifying the worst input delay contributors.
URL Start Time (Ms) Duration (Ms)
https://ak.sail-horizon.com/spm/spm.v1.min.js
6270
333
https://code.jquery.com/jquery-2.2.2.min.js
10080
207
https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-5QL7ZM7
3586
159
https://connect.facebook.net/signals/config/786108458181251?v=2.9.27&r=stable
7800
143
https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js
5070
121
https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-5QL7ZM7
3745
111
https://www.dotdash.com/
1933
97
https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents.js
5220
71
https://www.dotdash.com/
2030
67
https://www.dotdash.com/assets/css/main.css
8940
61
https://tags.crwdcntrl.net/c/5047/cc.js?ns=_cc5047
4920
60
Unattributable
630
58
https://connect.facebook.net/signals/config/1832232727103344?v=2.9.27&r=stable
8730
54
Avoid non-composited animations
It is recommended to avoid non-composited animations which are often janky and increase CLS.
Avoids large JavaScript libraries with smaller alternatives — 0 large libraries found
It is recommended to work with smaller JavaScript libraries to reduce your bundle size and avoid poor performance.

Budgets

Performance budget
It is advised to keep the quantity and size of all network requests under the targets set by the provided performance budget.
Timing budget
It is advised to set a timing budget to monitor the performance of your site.

Metrics

Speed Index — 4.9 s
The time taken for the page contents to be visibly populated.
Total Blocking Time — 450 ms
The total blocking time is the sum of all time periods between First Contentful Paint and Time to Interactive (when task length exceeded 50ms).

Opportunities

Properly size images — Potential savings of 21 KiB
Images can slow down the page's load time. About.com should consider serving more appropriate-sized images.
URL Resource Size (Bytes) Potential Savings (Bytes)
https://www.dotdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/byrdie_dk.png
34672
21466
Defer offscreen images — Potential savings of 14 KiB
Time to Interactive can be slowed down by resources on the page. About.com should consider lazy-loading offscreen and hidden images.
URL Resource Size (Bytes) Potential Savings (Bytes)
https://privacy-policy.truste.com/privacy-seal/seal?rid=e135f706-940f-4d2d-8243-9ab2eca4b315
14237
14237
Minify CSS — Potential savings of 34 KiB
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) files can contribute to network payload sizes. About.com should consider minifying CSS files.
URL Transfer Size (Bytes) Potential Savings (Bytes)
https://www.dotdash.com/assets/css/main.css
300587
34699
Remove unused JavaScript — Potential savings of 117 KiB
It is advised to remove unused JavaScript in order to reduce bytes consumed by network activity.
URL Transfer Size (Bytes) Potential Savings (Bytes)
https://connect.facebook.net/signals/config/1832232727103344?v=2.9.27&r=stable
71071
66606
https://connect.facebook.net/signals/config/786108458181251?v=2.9.27&r=stable
71419
53383

Diagnostics

Reduce JavaScript execution time — 1.6 s
JavaScript (JS) execution time can be lowered by reducing the time required for parsing, compiling and executing JS. Delivering smaller JS payloads may help with this.
URL Total CPU Time (Ms) Script Evaluation (Ms) Script Parse (Ms)
https://www.dotdash.com/
820.74
330.956
14.916
Unattributable
607.076
37.452
0.984
https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-5QL7ZM7
598.952
552.484
26.068
https://code.jquery.com/jquery-2.2.2.min.js
169.356
68.776
7.196
https://connect.facebook.net/signals/config/786108458181251?v=2.9.27&r=stable
168.048
144.096
16.032
https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js
127.864
114.536
6.168
https://ak.sail-horizon.com/spm/spm.v1.min.js
93.544
77.12
10.416
https://connect.facebook.net/signals/config/1832232727103344?v=2.9.27&r=stable
77.268
52.656
16.884
https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents.js
70.768
58.528
8.436
https://www.dotdash.com/assets/css/main.css
60.596
0
0
https://bcp.crwdcntrl.net/5/ct=y/c=5047/rand=631782626/pv=y/rt=ifr
59.516
9.492
6.672
Minimize main-thread work — 3.1 s
Main-thread work timing can be lowered by reducing the time required for parsing, compiling and executing JS. Delivering smaller JS payloads may help with this.
Category Time Spent (Ms)
Script Evaluation
1525.964
Other
691.776
Style & Layout
433.24
Script Parsing & Compilation
147.228
Parse HTML & CSS
141.168
Rendering
96.244
Garbage Collection
28.636

Metrics

First Contentful Paint — 4.9 s
The time taken for the first image or text on the page to be rendered.
Largest Contentful Paint — 6.2 s
The timing of the largest text or image that is painted.
Time to Interactive — 8.8 s
The time taken for the page to become fully interactive.
Cumulative Layout Shift — 0.852
Cumulative Layout Shift is the measurement of visible elements collective movement within the viewport.
View Data

Other

First CPU Idle — 7.3 s
The time taken for the page's main thread to be quiet enough to handle input.
Max Potential First Input Delay — 330 ms
Users could experience a delay when interacting with the page.
First Meaningful Paint — 5.3 s
The time taken for the primary content of the page to be rendered.
First Contentful Paint (3G) — 9720 ms
The time taken for the first image or text on the page to be rendered while on a 3G network.

Opportunities

Eliminate render-blocking resources — Potential savings of 2,870 ms
Resources, such as JavaScript and style sheets, can block the first paint of the page. About.com should consider delivering critical JavaScript/style sheets (JS/CSS) inline and deferring all non-critical JS/CSS.
URL Transfer Size (Bytes) Potential Savings (Ms)
https://www.dotdash.com/assets/css/main.css
300587
2280
https://code.jquery.com/jquery-2.2.2.min.js
30386
1080
https://www.dotdash.com/assets/js/modernizr.min.js
10351
180
Remove unused CSS — Potential savings of 278 KiB
Dead and/or unused rules in Style Sheets (CSS) can contribute to network payload sizes. About.com should consider removing dead rules from style sheets and deferring the loading of CSS not used for above-the-fold content.
URL Transfer Size (Bytes) Potential Savings (Bytes)
https://www.dotdash.com/assets/css/main.css
300587
284418
Serve images in next-gen formats — Potential savings of 193 KiB
Image formats like PNG and JPEG have poor compression when compared to other next-gen formats, such as JPEG 200, JPEG XR and WebP.
URL Resource Size (Bytes) Potential Savings (Bytes)
https://www.dotdash.com/assets/img/we-won-desktop.png
71256
48926
https://www.dotdash.com/assets/img/we-won-mobile.png
49793
33609
https://www.dotdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/INV_lt-straight-copy.png
35814
18458
https://www.dotdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/mydomaine_dk-1-copy.png
29251
18453
https://www.dotdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Brides-Circle.png
34150
17568
https://www.dotdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/byrdie_dk.png
34672
15406
https://www.dotdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/TheSpruce1.png
31927
12825
https://www.dotdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/SimplyRecipes@2x.png
32906
12078
https://www.dotdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/LiquorCom.png
30112
11656
https://www.dotdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Treehugger-1.png
28320
8948
Enable text compression — Potential savings of 299 KiB
Text-based resources should be served with compression, such as gzip, deflate or brotli.
URL Transfer Size (Bytes) Potential Savings (Bytes)
https://www.dotdash.com/assets/css/main.css
300149
255820
https://www.dotdash.com/
59916
44712
https://www.dotdash.com/assets/js/modernizr.min.js
9909
5583
Preload key requests — Potential savings of 9,480 ms
Key requests can be preloaded by using '<link rel=preload>'. About.com should consider using '<link rel=preload>' to prioritize fetching resources that are currently requested later in page load.
URL Potential Savings (Ms)
https://www.dotdash.com/assets/fonts/avenir-next/338011_0_0.woff2
9480
https://www.dotdash.com/assets/fonts/avenir-next/338011_1_0.woff2
9330

Diagnostics

Serve static assets with an efficient cache policy — 37 resources found
About.com can speed up repeat visits by increasing the cache lifetime, which is essentially how long before a cached copy expires.
URL Cache TTL (Ms) Transfer Size (Bytes)
https://ak.sail-horizon.com/spm/spm.v1.min.js
0
43910
https://tags.crwdcntrl.net/c/5047/cc.js?ns=_cc5047
0
15899
https://p.adsymptotic.com/d/px/?_pid=16218&_psign=0aa5badf92527f7732e22463d6fa4dbc&coopa=0&gdpr=0&gdpr_consent=&_puuid=6e39045c-16f2-4fa1-9ff4-d2030691e61c&_expected_cookie=bcb4a1daf07ce9e227ba4d3770c9c5b8
0
737
https://connect.facebook.net/signals/config/786108458181251?v=2.9.27&r=stable
1200000
71419
https://connect.facebook.net/signals/config/1832232727103344?v=2.9.27&r=stable
1200000
71071
https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents.js
1200000
24252
https://www.dotdash.com/assets/css/main.css
3600000
300587
https://www.dotdash.com/assets/img/we-won-desktop.png
3600000
71694
https://www.dotdash.com/assets/img/we-won-mobile.png
3600000
50230
https://www.dotdash.com/assets/fonts/avenir-next/338011_1_0.woff2
3600000
42049
https://www.dotdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/TheBalance_brand_circle.svg
3600000
38814
https://www.dotdash.com/assets/fonts/avenir-next/338011_0_0.woff2
3600000
38680
https://www.dotdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/INV_lt-straight-copy.png
3600000
36251
https://www.dotdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/byrdie_dk.png
3600000
35109
https://www.dotdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Brides-Circle.png
3600000
34587
https://www.dotdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/SimplyRecipes@2x.png
3600000
33343
https://www.dotdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/TheSpruce1.png
3600000
32364
https://www.dotdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/LiquorCom.png
3600000
30549
https://www.dotdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/mydomaine_dk-1-copy.png
3600000
29688
https://www.dotdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Treehugger-1.png
3600000
28757
https://www.dotdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/brand_illustrations_forDoug_verywell-1.svg
3600000
24190
https://www.dotdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Lifewire.png
3600000
23904
https://www.dotdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/SeriousEats@2x.png
3600000
22942
https://www.dotdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/brand_illustrations_forDoug_thoughtco-1.svg
3600000
17632
https://www.dotdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/TripSavvy_brand_circle.svg
3600000
16000
https://www.dotdash.com/assets/js/modernizr.min.js
3600000
10351
https://www.dotdash.com/assets/img/dash/up-arrow.svg
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Ensure text remains visible during webfont load
Make use of the font-display CSS feature, which will ensure text is user-visible while webfonts are loading.
URL Potential Savings (Ms)
https://www.dotdash.com/assets/fonts/avenir-next/338011_0_0.woff2
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Reduce the impact of third-party code — Third-party code blocked the main thread for 480 ms
It is advised to either limit, remove or delay the loading of redundant third-party code which may be significantly impacting load performance.
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Accessibility

Indicates how accessible the page is and highlights opportunities where the page can be made more accessible to users of about.com. This includes details about various page attributes that can be optimized.

Navigation

`[accesskey]` values are unique
Access keys assist users with focusing on different parts of the page. Each access key should be unique for proper navigation.
The page contains a heading, skip link, or landmark region
It is advised to provide ways to bypass repetitive content, allowing users to navigate the page efficiently.
`[id]` attributes on active, focusable elements are unique
Ensure all focusable elements have a unique id value to allow them to be visible to users of assistive technologies, like a screen reader.
Heading elements appear in a sequentially-descending order
Properly order all headers and do not skip heading levels to better the navigation and readability for users of assistive technologies, like a screen reader.
No element has a `[tabindex]` value greater than 0
Although technically valid, a tabindex value greater than 0 often creates frustrating experiences for users who rely on assistive technologies.

ARIA

`[aria-*]` attributes match their roles
Avoid mismatching 'aria-*' attributes and their 'role' value, as it invalidates the attribute.
`[aria-hidden="true"]` is not present on the document `<body>`
If aria-hidden=true is set on the document body, assistive technologies, like a screen reader will work inconsistently.
`[aria-hidden="true"]` elements do not contain focusable descendents
Interactive elements within an aria-hidden=true element are unavailable to users of assistive technologies, like a screen reader.
ARIA input fields have accessible names
Generic names are announced to users of assistive technologies, like a screen reader, when an input field does not have an accessible name specified.
`[role]`s have all required `[aria-*]` attributes
Some ARIA roles have required 'aria-*' attributes, which provide essential information about state and functionality.
Elements with an ARIA `[role]` that require children to contain a specific `[role]` have all required children.
Some ARIA parent roles cannot perform their intended functions if specific child roles are not used.
`[role]`s are contained by their required parent element
Some ARIA child roles cannot perform their intended functions if specific parent roles are not used.
`[role]` values are valid
All ARIA roles require valid values to perform their intended functions.
ARIA toggle fields have accessible names
Generic names are announced to users of assistive technologies, like a screen reader, when a toggle field does not have an accessible name specified.
`[aria-*]` attributes have valid values
ARIA attributes cannot be interpreted with invalid values when used by screen readers and other assistive technologies.
`[aria-*]` attributes are valid and not misspelled
ARIA attributes cannot be interpreted with invalid names when used by screen readers and other assistive technologies.
ARIA IDs are unique
Ensure all ARIA ID values are unique to prevent elements from being overlooked by assistive technologies, like a screen reader.

Names and labels

Buttons have an accessible name
Buttons become unusable as they are announced simply as "button" when the button does not have an accessible name, when used by screen readers and other assistive technologies.
Document has a `<title>` element
Search engines, screen reader users and other assistive technology users rely on the title to provide an overview of the page and to help determine if the page is relevant to their search.
No form fields have multiple labels
Having multiple labels for form fields can be confusing to assistive technologies, like a screen reader.
`<frame>` or `<iframe>` elements have a title
Screen reader users and other assistive technology users rely on frame titles to describe the contents of frames.
`<input type="image">` elements have `[alt]` text
Input buttons with alternative text assist screen readers and other assistive technology users to understand its purpose.
Form elements have associated labels
Screen readers and other assistive technologies rely on labels to properly announce form controls.
`<object>` elements have `[alt]` text
It is advised that alt text is used on '<object>' elements in order to provide meaning to screen reader and other assistive technology users, as these technologies are unable to translate non-text content.

Tables and lists

`<dl>`'s contain only properly-ordered `<dt>` and `<dd>` groups, `<script>`, `<template>` or `<div>` elements.
Screen readers and other assistive technologies may produce poor and inaccurate output when definition lists are not properly marked up.
Definition list items are wrapped in `<dl>` elements
In order for screen readers and other assistive technologies to properly announce definition list items ('<dt>' and '<dd>'), they must be wrapped in parent a '<dl>' element.
Presentational `<table>` elements avoid using `<th>`, `<caption>` or the `[summary]` attribute.
It is advised to not include data elements in tables which are used for layout purposes, as it may create confusion for screen reader and other assistive technology users.
Lists contain only `<li>` elements and script supporting elements (`<script>` and `<template>`).
Use proper list structure to aid screen readers and other assistive technologies.
List items (`<li>`) are contained within `<ul>` or `<ol>` parent elements
In order for screen readers to announce list items, ensure that list items ('<li>') are contained within parent '<ul>' or '<ol>' tags.
Cells in a `<table>` element that use the `[headers]` attribute refer to table cells within the same table.
Screen readers and other assistive technologies have features to make navigating tables easier. Ensure that '<td>' cells using the headers attribute only refer to other cells in the same table, to improve screen reader user experience.
`<th>` elements and elements with `[role="columnheader"/"rowheader"]` have data cells they describe.
Screen readers and other assistive technologies have features to make navigating tables easier. Ensure that table headers refer to some set of cells, to improve screen reader user experience.

Internationalization and localization

`<html>` element has a `[lang]` attribute
It is advised to provide a lang attribute so that screen readers and other assistive technologies are guaranteed to announce the page's text correctly. When not provided, the user's default language setting will be used which may cause inaccuracies.
`<html>` element has a valid value for its `[lang]` attribute
Specify a valid BCP 47 language in order to help screen readers and other assistive technologies announce text properly.
`[lang]` attributes have a valid value
Specify a valid BCP 47 language on elements in order to help screen readers and other assistive technologies announce text properly.

Best practices

The document does not use `<meta http-equiv="refresh">`
Pages that refresh automatically cause a poor user experience as focus is directed back to the top of the page unexpectedly.
`[user-scalable="no"]` is not used in the `<meta name="viewport">` element and the `[maximum-scale]` attribute is not less than 5.
For users with low vision who rely on screen magnification, ensure that zooming is not disabled.

Audio and video

`<video>` elements contain a `<track>` element with `[kind="captions"]`
About.com may provide assistance to deaf or hearing-impaired users with captions on videos.
`<video>` elements contain a `<track>` element with `[kind="description"]`
About.com may provide relevant information that dialogue cannot, by using audio descriptions.

Contrast

Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio.
Many (if not most) users find low-contrast text difficult or impossible to read.
Failing Elements

Names and labels

Image elements do not have `[alt]` attributes
Provide short and descriptive alternative text where possible on informative elements.
Failing Elements
img
img
img
img
img
img
img
img
img
img
img
img
img
img
img
img
img
img
Links do not have a discernible name
In order to improve the navigation for screen reader and other assistive technology users, use link text that is unique, focusable and discernible.

Manual Checks

The page has a logical tab order
The visual layout should be logical in its tab order and users cannot focus elements that are offscreen.
Interactive controls are keyboard focusable
Ensure that custom interactive controls are keyboard focusable and that a focus indicator is displayed.
Interactive elements indicate their purpose and state
Ensure that interactive elements (such as links and buttons) are distinguishable from non-interactive elements and that they indicate their state.
The user's focus is directed to new content added to the page
When new content (such as a dialogue) is added to the page, the user's focus should be directed to it.
User focus is not accidentally trapped in a region
Avoid focus being accidentally trapped when a user tabs in and out of controls or regions on page.
Custom controls have associated labels
Ensure that custom interactive controls have associated labels, which are provided by aria-label and aria-labelledby attributes.
Custom controls have ARIA roles
Ensure that all custom interactive controls have appropriate ARIA roles.
Visual order on the page follows DOM order
Ensure that the DOM order matches with the page's visual order, in order to improve navigation for screen readers and other assistive technologies.
Offscreen content is hidden from assistive technology
Ensure that offscreen content is hidden through the use of "display:none" styling or the aria-hidden attribute.
HTML5 landmark elements are used to improve navigation
Elements such as <main> and <nav> are recommended as they are used by screen readers and other assistive technologies to improve keyboard navigation.
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Best Practices

Indicates the recommended, best practices currently in place on the page and highlights the best practices that about.com should incorporate. This includes practices such as protecting pages with HTTPS.

Audits

Avoids requesting the geolocation permission on page load
When requesting a user's location, provide context or consider tying the request to a user action to avoid confusion and mistrust from users.
Avoids requesting the notification permission on page load
When requesting permission to send notifications, provide context or consider tying the request to a user action to avoid confusion and mistrust from users.

Audits

Allows users to paste into password fields
Ensure that password inputs may be pasted into to aid in the user's ability to use password managers and improve security.
Displays images with correct aspect ratio
Ensure that image display dimensions match their natural aspect ratio.
Fonts with `font-display: optional` are preloaded
It is recommended that optional fonts are preloaded.

Audits

Page has the HTML doctype
Ensure a doctype is specified to prevent the browser from switching to quirks-mode.
Properly defines charset
It is advised to declare a character encoding, optionally via a <meta> tag in the first 1024 bytes of the HTML or in the Content-Type HTTP response header.

Audits

Avoids Application Cache
Application cache is deprecated and is no longer recommended.
Detected JavaScript libraries
Below is a list of all front-end JavaScript libraries that were detected on the page.
Name Version
jQuery
2.2.2
Modernizr
2.8.3
yepnope
WordPress
core-js
3.0.0: pure
Avoids deprecated APIs
Avoid deprecated APIs which will eventually be removed the browser.
Page has valid source maps
Consider deploying source maps for added benefits such as the ability to debug while in production.
URL Map URL
https://ak.sail-horizon.com/spm/spm.v1.min.js
https://ak.sail-horizon.com/spm/spm.v1.min.js.map

Audits

Does not use HTTPS — 1 insecure request found
Ensure that all pages are protected with HTTPS (including those that do not handle sensitive data) as HTTPS prevents tampering and passive listening on communications between the app and its users. Additionally, HTTPS is a prerequisite for HTTP/2 and many new web platform APIs.
Insecure URL
http://about.com/
Includes front-end JavaScript libraries with known security vulnerabilities — 3 vulnerabilities detected
Ensure that the use of third-party scripts is minimal and that only trusted third-party scripts are used as some may contain known security vulnerabilities which may be exploited by attackers.
Library Version Vulnerability Count Highest Severity
3
Medium

Audits

Serves images with low resolution
For maximum image clarity, ensure images have natural dimensions and are proportional to the display size and pixel ratio.
URL Displayed size Actual size Expected size
https://www.dotdash.com/assets/img/we-won-mobile.png
360 x 472
414 x 543
945 x 1239

Audits

Registers an `unload` listener
The 'unload' event does not fire reliably, causing issues with browser optimizations such as the Back-Forward Cache. It is recommended that 'pagehide' or 'visibilitychange' events are used instead.
URL
Browser errors were logged to the console
Below is a list of all errors logged to the console, which indicate unresolved problems on the site.
URL Description
https://www.facebook.com/tr/
Failed to load resource: net::ERR_BLOCKED_BY_CLIENT.Inspector
https://www.facebook.com/tr/
Failed to load resource: net::ERR_BLOCKED_BY_CLIENT.Inspector
91

SEO

Indicates how well the page is optimized for ranking in search engines and highlights Search Engine Optimization (SEO) opportunities for about.com. This includes optimizations such as providing meta data.

Mobile Friendly

Has a `<meta name="viewport">` tag with `width` or `initial-scale`
It is advised to use a '<meta name="viewport">' tag for the optimization of about.com on mobile screens.
Document uses legible font sizes — 99.23% legible text
Font sizes of 12px or less are too small to most mobile users without user gestures and further action. Aim for more than 60% of page text to use font sizes greater than 12px.
Source Selector % of Page Text Font Size
.dash .fine-print
0.77%
10px
99.23%
≥ 12px

Content Best Practices

Document has a `<title>` element
Search engines, screen reader users and other assistive technology users rely on the title to provide an overview of the page and to help determine if the page is relevant to their search.
Document has a meta description
Meta descriptions may be used by search engines when displaying a link to the page and should concisely summarize the page's content.
Links have descriptive text
Make use of descriptive link text to assist search engines in understanding the content.
Document has a valid `hreflang`
Search engines can be instructed to list specific versions of a page for a given language or region through the use of hreflang links.
Document has a valid `rel=canonical`
Search engines can be suggested which URL should be shown in search results through the use of canonical links.
Document avoids plugins
The content of plugins cannot be indexed by search engines and many devices either restrict or do not support them.

Crawling and Indexing

Page has successful HTTP status code
Avoid pages with unsuccessful HTTP status codes as they may not be indexed by search engines.
Links are crawlable
Ensure that the 'href' attribute of anchor elements links to the appropriate destination. This allows for more pages of the site to be discovered by search engines.
Page isn’t blocked from indexing
Pages that cannot be crawled by search engines cannot be indexed or included in their search results. Ensure that search engines have permission to crawl all pages that should be indexed.
robots.txt is valid
Malformed robots.txt files prevent crawlers from understanding how a site wants to be crawled or indexed, which can be devastating to SEO.

Mobile Friendly

Tap targets are not sized appropriately — 88% appropriately sized tap targets
Interactive elements (such as buttons and links) should be appropriately spaced, sized and easy enough to select or tap with regard to their surrounding elements.
Tap Target Size Overlapping Target
109x16
93x16
105x16

Content Best Practices

Image elements do not have `[alt]` attributes
Provide short and descriptive alternative text where possible on informative elements.
Failing Elements
img
img
img
img
img
img
img
img
img
img
img
img
img
img
img
img
img
img

Manual Checks

Structured data is valid
Structured data can be validated through the use of the Structured Data Testing Tool and the Structured Data Linter.
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Progressive Web App

Indicates how valid the aspects of a Progressive Web App (PWA) are for the page and highlights opportunities to enable/improve the PWA of about.com. This includes details about web app manifests.

Fast and reliable

Page load is fast enough on mobile networks
Ensure that the page loads fast enough over a cellular network, to ensure good mobile user experience.

PWA Optimized

Redirects HTTP traffic to HTTPS
It is advised to redirect all HTTP traffic to HTTPS, in order to enable secure web features for all users.
Content is sized correctly for the viewport
Ensure that the width of the app's content matches the width of the viewport, otherwise the app might not be optimized for mobile screens.
Has a `<meta name="viewport">` tag with `width` or `initial-scale`
It is advised to use a '<meta name="viewport">' tag for the optimization of about.com on mobile screens.
Contains some content when JavaScript is not available
Apps should display alternative content for when JavaScript is disabled.
Provides a valid `apple-touch-icon`
iOS users of Progressive Web Apps will benefit from an apple touch icon, which can be defined with 'apple-touch-icon', which must point to a non-transparent 192px (or 180px) square PNG.

Fast and reliable

Current page does not respond with a 200 when offline
In order for Progressive Web Apps to be made available offline, ensure that the app is using a service worker.
`start_url` does not respond with a 200 when offline
Consider using a service worker for Progressive Web Apps to ensure greater reliability for the user, in the case of poor network conditions.

Installable

Does not use HTTPS — 1 insecure request found
Ensure that all pages are protected with HTTPS (including those that do not handle sensitive data) as HTTPS prevents tampering and passive listening on communications between the app and its users. Additionally, HTTPS is a prerequisite for HTTP/2 and many new web platform APIs.
Insecure URL
http://about.com/
Does not register a service worker that controls page and `start_url`
A service worker is used to provide Progressive Web Apps the use of features such as working offline, the ability for the app to be added to the homescreen as well as push notifications.
Web app manifest does not meet the installability requirements
User engagement may be increased by leveraging the browsers ability to proactively prompt users to add the app to their homescreen.
View Data

PWA Optimized

Is not configured for a custom splash screen
Themed splash screens ensure a high-quality user experience at launch for app users.
View Data
Does not set a theme color for the address bar.
A theme may be applied to the browser address bar, which ideally can be made to match the site.
View Data
Manifest doesn't have a maskable icon
Maskable icons are great to ensure that images fill the entire shape when installing the app on a device.

Manual Checks

Site works cross-browser
Ensure that the Progressive Web App works correctly across every major browser.
Page transitions don't feel like they block on the network
Users perceive apps with responsive, snappy transitions as higher peforming and ensures a great user experience, even on a slow network.
Each page has a URL
Ensure that all pages are deep linkable via URL. They should also be unique for the purpose of shareability on social media.
Hosting

Server Location

Server IP Address: 151.101.66.137
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Latitude: 37.751
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Languages: English

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Domain Registrant

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Organization: About, Inc.
Country: US
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State: NY
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Email:
Phone:
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Domain Registrar

Name IP Address
MarkMonitor, Inc. 172.64.148.104
Security

Visitor Safety

Mature Content: Not Likely
McAfee WebAdvisor Rating: Safe
WOT Rating: 4.7/5 (88 reviews)
WOT Trustworthiness: 93/100
WOT Child Safety: 93/100
Note: Safety information is not guaranteed.

SSL/TLS Certificate

Issued To: *.dotdash.com
Issued By: Let's Encrypt Authority X3
Valid From: 27th September, 2020
Valid To: 26th December, 2020
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O = Let's Encrypt
S = US
Version: 2
Serial Number: 0x04FA673BCA2522C9D9A520A5D955663284CD
Serial Number (Hex): 04FA673BCA2522C9D9A520A5D955663284CD
Valid From: 27th September, 2024
Valid To: 26th December, 2024
Signature Algorithm (Short Name): RSA-SHA256
Signature Algorithm (Long Name): sha256WithRSAEncryption
Authority Key Identifier: keyid:A8:4A:6A:63:04:7D:DD:BA:E6:D1:39:B7:A6:45:65:EF:F3:A8:EC:A1
Extended Key Usage: TLS Web Server Authentication, TLS Web Client Authentication
Certificate Policies: Policy: 2.23.140.1.2.1
Policy: 1.3.6.1.4.1.44947.1.1.1
CPS: http://cps.letsencrypt.org

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Key Usage: Digital Signature, Key Encipherment
Basic Constraints: CA:FALSE
Subject Alternative Name: DNS:*.dotdash.com
Technical

DNS Lookup

HTTP Response Headers

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Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8
Server: Apache
Date: 4th October, 2020
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Connection: keep-alive
Content-Length: 59916
Link: <https://www.dotdash.com/>; rel=shortlink
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Accept-Ranges: bytes
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X-Cache-Hits: 2, 2

Whois Lookup

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Nameservers

Name IP Address
dns1.p05.nsone.net 198.51.44.5
dns2.p05.nsone.net 198.51.45.5
dns3.p05.nsone.net 198.51.44.69
dns4.p05.nsone.net 198.51.45.69
ns01.icsn.com 45.54.37.1
ns02.icsn.com 45.54.37.65
ns03.icsn.com 45.54.37.129
ns04.icsn.com 45.54.37.193
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