47 / 100
Should Fix:
Leverage browser caching
Setting an expiry date or a maximum age in the HTTP headers for static resources instructs the browser to load previously downloaded resources from local disk rather than over the network.
Leverage browser caching for the following cacheable resources:
- http://b-code.liadm.com/a-00jh.min.js (expiration not specified)
- http://content.washingtonexaminer.biz.s3.amazonaws.com/wex15/img/mute.png (expiration not specified)
- http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/s3/images/static/video-play.png (expiration not specified)
- http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/s3/wex15/img/ad-block.png (expiration not specified)
- http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/s3/wex15/img/menu.png (expiration not specified)
- http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/s3/wex15/img/wex_eagle_large.png (expiration not specified)
- http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/s3/wex15/img/wex_logo_large.png (expiration not specified)
- http://m.addthisedge.com/live/boost/sfexaminer/_ate.track.config_resp (60 seconds)
- http://players.brightcove.net/1663740750001/SkDYCSJ5_default/index.min.js?v=2017.01.26.01 (93 seconds)
- http://players.brightcove.net/1719543778001/vttjs/dist/vtt.min.js (3.9 minutes)
- http://cdn.dynamicyield.com/api/8767644/api_dynamic.js (5 minutes)
- http://s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js?v=2017.01.26.01 (10 minutes)
- https://edge.api.brightcove.com/playback/v1/accounts/1663740750001/playlists/5083371325001 (14 minutes)
- http://www.googletagservices.com/tag/js/gpt.js (15 minutes)
- http://cdn.krxd.net/controltag/Hv5Akd78.js (20 minutes)
- http://cdn.krxd.net/controltag?confid=Hv5Akd78 (20 minutes)
- https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents.js (20 minutes)
- http://mediadc-d.openx.net/w/1.0/jstag?nc=5173-washingtonexam (60 minutes)
- http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js (60 minutes)
- http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/osd.js (60 minutes)
- https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/osd.js (60 minutes)
- http://static.chartbeat.com/js/chartbeat.js (2 hours)
- http://static.chartbeat.com/js/chartbeat_mab.js (2 hours)
- http://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js (2 hours)
- http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/media/css/dateList.css?v=2017.01.26.01 (3 hours)
- http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/media/css/fonts.css?v=2017.01.26.01 (3 hours)
- http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/media/datepicker/css/bootstrap-datepicker3.min.css?v=2017.01.26.01 (3 hours)
- http://cdn.dynamicyield.com/api/8767644/api_static.js (3.3 hours)
- http://www.queryly.com/js/queryly.js?v=2017.01.26.01 (10 hours)
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Eliminate render-blocking JavaScript and CSS in above-the-fold content
Your page has 5 blocking script resources and 13 blocking CSS resources. This causes a delay in rendering your page.
None of the above-the-fold content on your page could be rendered without waiting for the following resources to load. Try to defer or asynchronously load blocking resources, or inline the critical portions of those resources directly in the HTML.
Remove render-blocking JavaScript:
- http://cdn.dynamicyield.com/api/8767644/api_dynamic.js
- http://cdn.dynamicyield.com/api/8767644/api_static.js
- http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/s3/wex15/requirejs/require.min.js
- http://mediadc-d.openx.net/w/1.0/jstag?nc=5173-washingtonexam
- http://static.chartbeat.com/js/chartbeat_mab.js
Optimize CSS Delivery of the following:
- http://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/font-awesome/4.2.0/css/font-awesome.min.css?v=2017.01.26.01
- http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.10.4/themes/smoothness/jquery-ui.css?v=2017.01.26.01
- http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/s3/wex15/bootstrap/css/bootstrap.min.css?v=2017.01.26.01
- http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/media/datepicker/css/bootstrap-datepicker3.min.css?v=2017.01.26.01
- http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/s3/wex15/css/animate.css?v=2017.01.26.01
- http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/s3/wex15/css/accordion.css?v=2017.01.26.01
- http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/media/css/fonts.css?v=2017.01.26.01
- http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/s3/wex15/css/site.css?v=2017.01.26.01
- http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/s3/wex15/components/assets/css/mdc_components.css?v=123
- http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/s3/wex15/css/narrow.css?v=2017.01.26.01
- http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/s3/wex15/css/tablet.css?v=2017.01.26.01
- http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/media/css/dateList.css?v=2017.01.26.01
- https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Teko
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Optimize images
Properly formatting and compressing images can save many bytes of data.
Optimize the following images to reduce their size by 434.2KiB (71% reduction).
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- Compressing http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/s3/images/static/video-play.png could save 1.6KiB (57% reduction).
- Compressing http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/s3/wex15/img/ad-block.png could save 873B (92% reduction).
- Compressing http://content.washingtonexaminer.biz.s3.amazonaws.com/wex15/img/mute.png could save 834B (66% reduction).
- Compressing http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/s3/wex15/img/menu.png could save 711B (62% reduction).
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Consider Fixing:
Enable compression
Compressing resources with gzip or deflate can reduce the number of bytes sent over the network.
Enable compression for the following resources to reduce their transfer size by 27KiB (80% reduction).
- Compressing https://edge.api.brightcove.com/playback/v1/accounts/1663740750001/playlists/5083371325001 could save 21.7KiB (90% reduction).
- Compressing http://image6.pubmatic.com/AdServer/PugMaster?rnd=71943792&p=51616&s=0&a=0&ptask=ALL&np=0&fp=0&mpc=0&spug=1&coppa=0&kdntuid=1 could save 1.6KiB (70% reduction).
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- Compressing http://pixel.mathtag.com/sync/js?sync=auto&mt_exid=10040&exsync=http%3A%2F%2Fbcp.crwdcntrl.net%2Fmap%2Fc%3D4735%2Ftp%3DMDMA%2Ftpid%3D%5BMM_UUID%5D could save 924B (55% reduction).
- Compressing http://bcp.crwdcntrl.net/5/c=4569/rand=766997316/pv=y/rt=ifr could save 796B (51% reduction).
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Minify CSS
Compacting CSS code can save many bytes of data and speed up download and parse times.
Minify CSS for the following resources to reduce their size by 7.1KiB (19% reduction).
- Minifying http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/s3/wex15/css/site.css?v=2017.01.26.01 could save 4.1KiB (18% reduction) after compression.
- Minifying http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.10.4/themes/smoothness/jquery-ui.css?v=2017.01.26.01 could save 1.3KiB (22% reduction) after compression.
- Minifying http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/s3/wex15/css/mobile.css?v=2017.01.26.01 could save 1KiB (18% reduction) after compression.
- Minifying http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/s3/wex15/css/tablet.css?v=2017.01.26.01 could save 704B (18% reduction) after compression.
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Minify JavaScript
Compacting JavaScript code can save many bytes of data and speed up downloading, parsing, and execution time.
Minify JavaScript for the following resources to reduce their size by 12.4KiB (33% reduction).
- Minifying http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/s3/wex15/js/methods.js?v=2017.01.26.01 could save 4.1KiB (36% reduction) after compression.
- Minifying http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/s3/wex15/js/wex.js?v=2017.01.26.01 could save 2.9KiB (36% reduction) after compression.
- Minifying http://www.queryly.com/js/queryly.js?v=2017.01.26.01 could save 2KiB (23% reduction) after compression.
- Minifying http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/s3/wex15/js/scripts.js?v=2017.01.26.01 could save 1.4KiB (32% reduction) after compression.
- Minifying http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/s3/wex15/components/SiteComponent.js?v=2017.01.26.01 could save 1KiB (38% reduction) after compression.
- Minifying http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/s3/wex15/requirejs/domReady.js?v=2017.01.26.01 could save 937B (62% reduction) after compression.
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Prioritize visible content
Your page requires additional network round trips to render the above-the-fold content. For best performance, reduce the amount of HTML needed to render above-the-fold content.
The entire HTML response was not sufficient to render the above-the-fold content. This usually indicates that additional resources, loaded after HTML parsing, were required to render above-the-fold content. Prioritize visible content that is needed for rendering above-the-fold by including it directly in the HTML response.
- Only about 34% of the final above-the-fold content could be rendered with the full HTML response snapshot:20.
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3 Passed Rules
99 / 100
Consider Fixing:
Size tap targets appropriately
Some of the links/buttons on your webpage may be too small for a user to easily tap on a touchscreen. Consider making these tap targets larger to provide a better user experience.
The following tap targets are close to other nearby tap targets and may need additional spacing around them.
- The tap target
<a href="/the-complete-…rticle/2607607" class="event-tracking">The complete g…rump's Cabinet</a>
is close to 1 other tap targets.
- The tap target
<a href="http://www.was…r/eddie-scarry" class="event-tracking">Eddie Scarry</a>
and 2 others are close to other tap targets.
- The tap target
<a href="/secret-servic…rticle/2613220" class="event-tracking">Secret Service…i-Trump agent?</a>
and 1 others are close to other tap targets.
- The tap target
<a href="/gop-tax-plan-…rticle/2613209" class="event-tracking">GOP tax plan p…ainst business</a>
and 3 others are close to other tap targets.
- The tap target
<a href="/author/joseph-lawler" class="event-tracking">Joseph Lawler</a>
and 5 others are close to other tap targets.
- The tap target
<a href="http://washing…susan-crabtree" class="event-tracking">Susan Crabtree</a>
and 4 others are close to other tap targets.
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Avoid plugins
Your page does not appear to use plugins, which would prevent content from being usable on many platforms. Learn more about the importance of avoiding plugins.
Configure the viewport
Your page specifies a viewport matching the device's size, which allows it to render properly on all devices. Learn more about configuring viewports.
Size content to viewport
The contents of your page fit within the viewport. Learn more about sizing content to the viewport.
Use legible font sizes
The text on your page is legible. Learn more about using legible font sizes.
58 / 100
Should Fix:
Leverage browser caching
Setting an expiry date or a maximum age in the HTTP headers for static resources instructs the browser to load previously downloaded resources from local disk rather than over the network.
Leverage browser caching for the following cacheable resources:
- http://b-code.liadm.com/a-00jh.min.js (expiration not specified)
- http://content.washingtonexaminer.biz.s3.amazonaws.com/wex15/img/mute.png (expiration not specified)
- http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/s3/images/static/video-play.png (expiration not specified)
- http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/s3/wex15/img/ad-block.png (expiration not specified)
- http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/s3/wex15/img/menu.png (expiration not specified)
- http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/s3/wex15/img/wex_eagle_bg_large.png (expiration not specified)
- http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/s3/wex15/img/wex_eagle_large.png (expiration not specified)
- http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/s3/wex15/img/wex_logo_large.png (expiration not specified)
- http://m.addthisedge.com/live/boost/sfexaminer/_ate.track.config_resp (60 seconds)
- http://players.brightcove.net/1663740750001/SkDYCSJ5_default/index.min.js?v=2017.01.26.01 (81 seconds)
- http://players.brightcove.net/1719543778001/vttjs/dist/vtt.min.js (3.7 minutes)
- http://cdn.dynamicyield.com/api/8767644/api_dynamic.js (5 minutes)
- http://s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js?v=2017.01.26.01 (10 minutes)
- https://edge.api.brightcove.com/playback/v1/accounts/1663740750001/playlists/5083371325001 (14 minutes)
- http://www.googletagservices.com/tag/js/gpt.js (15 minutes)
- https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents.js (20 minutes)
- http://mediadc-d.openx.net/w/1.0/jstag?nc=5173-washingtonexam (60 minutes)
- http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/lidar.js (60 minutes)
- http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/osd.js (60 minutes)
- http://static.chartbeat.com/js/chartbeat.js (2 hours)
- http://static.chartbeat.com/js/chartbeat_mab.js (2 hours)
- http://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js (2 hours)
- http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/media/css/dateList.css?v=2017.01.26.01 (3 hours)
- http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/media/css/fonts.css?v=2017.01.26.01 (3 hours)
- http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/media/datepicker/css/bootstrap-datepicker3.min.css?v=2017.01.26.01 (3 hours)
- http://cdn.dynamicyield.com/api/8767644/api_static.js (3.3 hours)
- http://www.queryly.com/js/queryly.js?v=2017.01.26.01 (10 hours)
Show how to fix
Eliminate render-blocking JavaScript and CSS in above-the-fold content
Your page has 5 blocking script resources and 13 blocking CSS resources. This causes a delay in rendering your page.
None of the above-the-fold content on your page could be rendered without waiting for the following resources to load. Try to defer or asynchronously load blocking resources, or inline the critical portions of those resources directly in the HTML.
Remove render-blocking JavaScript:
- http://cdn.dynamicyield.com/api/8767644/api_dynamic.js
- http://cdn.dynamicyield.com/api/8767644/api_static.js
- http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/s3/wex15/requirejs/require.min.js
- http://mediadc-d.openx.net/w/1.0/jstag?nc=5173-washingtonexam
- http://static.chartbeat.com/js/chartbeat_mab.js
Optimize CSS Delivery of the following:
- http://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/font-awesome/4.2.0/css/font-awesome.min.css?v=2017.01.26.01
- http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.10.4/themes/smoothness/jquery-ui.css?v=2017.01.26.01
- http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/s3/wex15/bootstrap/css/bootstrap.min.css?v=2017.01.26.01
- http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/media/datepicker/css/bootstrap-datepicker3.min.css?v=2017.01.26.01
- http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/s3/wex15/css/animate.css?v=2017.01.26.01
- http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/s3/wex15/css/accordion.css?v=2017.01.26.01
- http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/media/css/fonts.css?v=2017.01.26.01
- http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/s3/wex15/css/site.css?v=2017.01.26.01
- http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/s3/wex15/components/assets/css/mdc_components.css?v=123
- http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/s3/wex15/css/narrow.css?v=2017.01.26.01
- http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/s3/wex15/css/tablet.css?v=2017.01.26.01
- http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/media/css/dateList.css?v=2017.01.26.01
- https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Teko
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Optimize images
Properly formatting and compressing images can save many bytes of data.
Optimize the following images to reduce their size by 436KiB (71% reduction).
- Compressing http://s3.amazonaws.com/content.washingtonexaminer.biz/wex15/img/obama-legacy/legacy-promo.jpg could save 372.3KiB (73% reduction).
- Compressing http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/s3/wex15/img/loading.png could save 53.7KiB (99% reduction).
- Compressing http://brightcove.vo.llnwd.net/v1/unsecured/media/1663740750001/201701/1647/1663740750001_5300032370001_5300016360001-vs.jpg?pubId=1663740750001&videoId=5300016360001 could save 4.3KiB (11% reduction).
- Compressing http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/s3/images/static/video-play.png could save 1.6KiB (57% reduction).
- Compressing https://s0.2mdn.net/ads/richmedia/studio/pv2/42288104/20160407071854365/bg.jpg could save 1,007B (37% reduction).
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- Compressing http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/s3/wex15/img/ad-block.png could save 873B (92% reduction).
- Compressing http://content.washingtonexaminer.biz.s3.amazonaws.com/wex15/img/mute.png could save 834B (66% reduction).
- Compressing http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/s3/wex15/img/menu.png could save 711B (62% reduction).
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Consider Fixing:
Enable compression
Compressing resources with gzip or deflate can reduce the number of bytes sent over the network.
Enable compression for the following resources to reduce their transfer size by 24.1KiB (86% reduction).
- Compressing https://edge.api.brightcove.com/playback/v1/accounts/1663740750001/playlists/5083371325001 could save 21.7KiB (90% reduction).
- Compressing http://image6.pubmatic.com/AdServer/PugMaster?rnd=88962825&p=51616&s=0&a=0&ptask=ALL&np=0&fp=0&mpc=0&spug=1&coppa=0&kdntuid=1 could save 1.6KiB (70% reduction).
- Compressing http://bcp.crwdcntrl.net/5/c=4569/rand=524528676/pv=y/rt=ifr could save 818B (53% reduction).
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Minify CSS
Compacting CSS code can save many bytes of data and speed up download and parse times.
Minify CSS for the following resources to reduce their size by 7.1KiB (19% reduction).
- Minifying http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/s3/wex15/css/site.css?v=2017.01.26.01 could save 4.1KiB (18% reduction) after compression.
- Minifying http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.10.4/themes/smoothness/jquery-ui.css?v=2017.01.26.01 could save 1.3KiB (22% reduction) after compression.
- Minifying http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/s3/wex15/css/mobile.css?v=2017.01.26.01 could save 1KiB (18% reduction) after compression.
- Minifying http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/s3/wex15/css/tablet.css?v=2017.01.26.01 could save 704B (18% reduction) after compression.
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Minify JavaScript
Compacting JavaScript code can save many bytes of data and speed up downloading, parsing, and execution time.
Minify JavaScript for the following resources to reduce their size by 12.4KiB (33% reduction).
- Minifying http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/s3/wex15/js/methods.js?v=2017.01.26.01 could save 4.1KiB (36% reduction) after compression.
- Minifying http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/s3/wex15/js/wex.js?v=2017.01.26.01 could save 2.9KiB (36% reduction) after compression.
- Minifying http://www.queryly.com/js/queryly.js?v=2017.01.26.01 could save 2KiB (23% reduction) after compression.
- Minifying http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/s3/wex15/js/scripts.js?v=2017.01.26.01 could save 1.4KiB (32% reduction) after compression.
- Minifying http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/s3/wex15/components/SiteComponent.js?v=2017.01.26.01 could save 1KiB (38% reduction) after compression.
- Minifying http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/s3/wex15/requirejs/domReady.js?v=2017.01.26.01 could save 937B (62% reduction) after compression.
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Prioritize visible content
Your page requires additional network round trips to render the above-the-fold content. For best performance, reduce the amount of HTML needed to render above-the-fold content.
The entire HTML response was not sufficient to render the above-the-fold content. This usually indicates that additional resources, loaded after HTML parsing, were required to render above-the-fold content. Prioritize visible content that is needed for rendering above-the-fold by including it directly in the HTML response.
- Only about 53% of the final above-the-fold content could be rendered with the full HTML response snapshot:20.
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