D — https://indianexpress.com

Site Health

Score: 68 / 100

Based on 8 categories, 0 sections

Decent speed, but optimizing further could improve engagement.

Several missing protections leave your users and data exposed.

Several issues make your site difficult for assistive technology users.

Solid SEO basics — a few optimizations could boost rankings.

Good server performance with room for optimization.

Several regulatory requirements are not yet met.

Missing metadata means poor previews on social media and search.

Heavier than average — reducing page weight saves energy and bandwidth.

How is this calculated?

The overall score is a weighted average of individual category scores. Categories with more impact on user experience and security carry more weight.

Performance 25%Security 25%Accessibility 15%SEO 10%Infrastructure 10%Compliance 8%Content 5%Sustainability 2%

Weights reflect general web best practices. Individual needs may differ.

How the composite score is calculated

How you compare

Facebook sites average 72

At average

Better than 6% of Facebook sites See full Facebook benchmark →

Google Search Console sites average 73

At average

Better than 5% of Google Search Console sites See full Google Search Console benchmark →

Top Priorities (5)

Content-Security-Policy header is missing

Security gaps expose your site and users to attacks, eroding trust.

Security › Security Headers

HSTS header is missing

Security gaps expose your site and users to attacks, eroding trust.

Security › Security Headers

No Content-Security-Policy header found

Security gaps expose your site and users to attacks, eroding trust.

Security › Content Security Policy

No <main> landmark found

Accessibility issues exclude users with disabilities — up to 15% of your potential audience.

Accessibility › Landmark Structure

No favicon or icon links detected

Accessibility issues exclude users with disabilities — up to 15% of your potential audience.

Accessibility › Favicon & Branding

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Fix Priority Matrix

5 findings

Impact

Quick Wins

High impact, low effort — start here.

Strategic

High impact, requires investment.

Easy Improvements

Small gains, minimal effort.

Nothing in this quadrant — good news.

Deprioritize

Low impact, high effort — do last.

Nothing in this quadrant — good news.

← Low effort High effort →

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What fixing these means

Your site has several issues that may be affecting user experience and business outcomes. Accessibility issues exclude users who rely on assistive technology — an estimated 15% of your potential audience. Addressing the critical issues below would have the most immediate impact on your user trust.

3 security gaps detected — browsers may warn visitors about your site.

2 accessibility issues exclude users who rely on assistive technology.

Could reach Estimate based on resolving critical issues

Return on Investment

₹6,750 investment → ₹7,332/month returns + INR 2,500,000,000 risk avoided

Payback period: < 1 month First-year ROI: +1203%

Investment

₹6,750

4h · 5 findings

Monthly returns

₹7,332 /mo

~₹87,982 / year

Conversions recovered ₹7,269
Bandwidth savings ₹63

Regulatory risk avoided

INR 2,500,000,000

if kept compliant

DPDP Act INR 2,500,000,000

Payback period

0 12mo 24mo

₹2,250 — in quick wins — start here for the fastest payback

Figures combine localized regulatory fine ceilings, search/conversion value priced against local CPC, and bandwidth waste estimates. Results depend on implementation quality and audience composition. Not legal or financial advice.

Full methodology & sources

Estimated Remediation Cost

₹6,750

4.5 developer hours at ₹1500/hr

Based on India rates (₹1500/hr)

Quick wins

₹2,250 3 fixes in ~90 minutes

Start here for the best return on investment

Cost by category

Cost by effort level

Adjust assumptions

Custom rate

₹ /hr

Rates reflect fully-loaded developer cost including overhead

How developer rates are sourced

What Inaction Is Costing You

₹208,333,396 / month at risk

~₹2,500,000,757 / year if left unfixed

Compliance Risk

₹2,500,000,000

DPDP Act

No privacy policy link detected
DPDP Act: INR 10,000 – INR 2,500,000,000
Trackers detected but no cookie policy found
DPDP Act: INR 10,000 – INR 2,500,000,000
Trackers detected but no privacy policy found
DPDP Act: INR 10,000 – INR 2,500,000,000

+1 more

Bandwidth Waste

₹63 /mo

9461.7 MB/mo × 6.667 INR/GB

Optimize transfer: save ~946 KB per page load
Saves ₹63/mo

Compliance figures represent the statutory maximum fine for the most severe triggered category, capped per regulation — not the sum of per-finding penalties. Based on published regulatory fine ranges. This is not legal advice.

Compliance methodology · SEO assumptions · Bandwidth model

Your performance is already good — improvements may show diminishing returns

Monthly visitors

Unique monthly visitors from your analytics

Conversion rate (%)

Purchases, signups, or key actions

Avg. order value

Optional — for revenue estimation

additional conversions/month

more engaged visitors from reduced bounce

potential monthly revenue

Current bounce (est.)

After fixes (est.)

Estimated bounce reduction

Fix 5 critical issues to capture this value

How this is calculated

Based on Google/Deloitte research ("Milliseconds Make Millions") showing a ~7% bounce rate increase per additional second of LCP above the 2.5s "Good" threshold.

Your site's LCP: → estimated after fixes.

These are estimates based on industry research — actual results vary

Bounce-rate model & assumptions

Your data stays in your browser — nothing is sent to our servers

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Lighthouse Scores

Industry-standard audits powered by Google Lighthouse.

Performance

Accessibility

Best Practices

SEO

Core Web Vitals

Key metrics that affect user experience.

First Contentful Paint First Contentful Paint — how long until the browser renders the first piece of content. Under 1.8s is good.

1.98 s

Largest Contentful Paint Largest Contentful Paint — how long until the largest visible element loads. Under 2.5s is good.

2.85 s

Total Blocking Time Total Blocking Time — total time the main thread was blocked, preventing user input. Under 200ms is good.

6.39 s

Cumulative Layout Shift Cumulative Layout Shift — measures visual stability. How much the page layout shifts during loading. Under 0.1 is good.

0.243

Speed Index Speed Index — how quickly content is visually displayed during load. Under 3.4s is good.

6.34 s

Time to Interactive Time to Interactive — how long until the page is fully interactive and responds to user input. Under 3.8s is good.

27.29 s

Detailed Report

Audit breakdown by category with detailed findings.

Performance

Insights

Remove large, duplicate JavaScript modules from bundles to reduce unnecessary bytes consumed by network activity.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Polyfills and transforms enable older browsers to use new JavaScript features. However, many aren't necessary for modern browsers. Consider modifying your JavaScript build process to not transpile Baseline features, unless you know you must support older browsers. Learn why most sites can deploy ES6+ code without transpiling

Why this matters

Shipping ES5 transpiled code to modern browsers wastes bytes — every user with an evergreen browser pays for compatibility you don't need.

Learn more ▾

Most users today run browsers that natively support ES6+, async/await, optional chaining, and the rest of modern JavaScript. Transpiling to ES5 'just in case' adds 20-40% to your bundle for no benefit. Configure your build to target a modern browserslist, or ship a differential bundle pair (modern + legacy) with the module/nomodule pattern.

Source: Google web.dev / Lighthouse

3rd party code can significantly impact load performance. Reduce and defer loading of 3rd party code to prioritize your page's content.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

A long cache lifetime can speed up repeat visits to your page. Learn more about caching.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Request	Cache TTL	Transfer Size
/signals/config/444470064056909?v=2.9.298&r=stable&domain...	1200.0 s	126.3 KiB
connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents.js	1200.0 s	96.4 KiB
ads.pubmatic.com/AdServer/js/pwt/156021/7083/pwt.js	168867.0 s	171.9 KiB
c2.taboola.com/nr/indianexpress-indianexpress/newsroom.js	14400.0 s	18.7 KiB
a.quora.com/qevents.js	14400.0 s	14.7 KiB
cdn.moengage.com/webpush/moe_webSdk.min.latest.js	1209600.0 s	101.0 KiB
eus.rubiconproject.com/usync.js	11841.0 s	11.5 KiB
ua.indianexpress.com/personlization-sdk.min.js?ver=05012026.1	1800.0 s	9.1 KiB
static.chartbeat.com/js/chartbeat.js	86400.0 s	15.9 KiB
static.chartbeat.com/js/subscriptions.js	86400.0 s	10.8 KiB
static.chartbeat.com/js/chartbeat_mab.js?ver=6.8.5	86400.0 s	10.1 KiB
sb.scorecardresearch.com/internal-cs/default/beacon-and.js	86400.0 s	7.8 KiB
/jDbww4UsKQL1l58iE5iD2WOhxmH4oZkLLVEF5H2LeHT_YtXJGSYJJ9-U...	86400.0 s	5.2 KiB
pm-widget.taboola.com/indianexpress-indianexpress/load.js	3600.0 s	1.7 KiB
applets.ebxcdn.com/ebx.js	7200.0 s	1.0 KiB
/newsroom/1.0/indianexpress-indianexpress/get-action?page...	0.0 ms	338 B
/_/ad/639d3df60891483ca8e8f7a0b3c1a025/pixel?tag=ViewCont...	0.0 ms	293 B
/track/usersync?us_privacy=&gdpr=0&gdpr_consent=undefined...	0.0 ms	148 B
/tr/?id=444470064056909&ev=PageView&dl=https%3A%2F%2Findi...	0.0 ms	16 B
/a?v=3&t=l&pid=724962665&rv=64e1&tag_exp=0~115938466~1159...	0.0 ms	11 B

Layout shifts occur when elements move absent any user interaction. Investigate the causes of layout shifts, such as elements being added, removed, or their fonts changing as the page loads.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

headings: [map[key:node label:Element subItemsHeading:map[key:extra] valueType:node] map[granularity:0.001 key:score label:Layout shift score subItemsHeading:map[key:cause valueType:text] valueType:numeric]]

items: [map[node:map[type:text value:Total] score:0.243249] map[node:map[boundingRect:map[bottom:1914 height:1238 left:0 right:412 top:677 width:412] lhId:page-1-DIV nodeLabel:ADVERTISEMENT INDIA Govt plan: Keep south share unchanged in LS, list each stat… path:1,HTML,1,BODY,4,MAIN,2,DIV selector:body.home > main#home-main-content > div.wp-block-template-part snippet:<div class="wp-block-template-part"> type:node] score:0.243249]]

items: [map[node:map[type:text value:Total] score:0.011054] map[node:map[boundingRect:map[bottom:1914 height:1238 left:0 right:412 top:677 width:412] lhId:page-1-DIV nodeLabel:ADVERTISEMENT INDIA Govt plan: Keep south share unchanged in LS, list each stat… path:1,HTML,1,BODY,4,MAIN,2,DIV selector:body.home > main#home-main-content > div.wp-block-template-part snippet:<div class="wp-block-template-part"> type:node] score:0.011054 subItems:map[items:[map[cause:Web font extra:map[type:url value:https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/ptserif/v19/EJRVQgYoZZY2vCFuvAFWzr-_dSb_.woff2]] map[cause:Web font extra:map[type:url value:https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/roboto/v51/KFO7CnqEu92Fr1ME7kSn66aGLdTylUAMa3yUBHMdazQ.woff2]] map[cause:Web font extra:map[type:url value:https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/ptserif/v19/EJRSQgYoZZY2vCFuvAnt66qSVyvVp8NA.woff2]] map[cause:Web font extra:map[type:url value:https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/roboto/v51/KFO7CnqEu92Fr1ME7kSn66aGLdTylUAMa3yUBHMdazQ.woff2]]] type:subitems]]]

A forced reflow occurs when JavaScript queries geometric properties (such as offsetWidth) after styles have been invalidated by a change to the DOM state. This can result in poor performance. Learn more about forced reflows and possible mitigations.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

headings: [map[key:source label:Source valueType:source-location] map[granularity:1 key:reflowTime label:Total reflow time valueType:ms]]

items: [map[reflowTime:47.601 source:map[type:text value:[unattributed]]]]

Optimize LCP by making the LCP image discoverable from the HTML immediately, and avoiding lazy-loading

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

lhId: page-0-IMG

nodeLabel: donald trump, china, iran, hormuz

path: 1,HTML,1,BODY,4,MAIN,1,DIV,0,SECTION,0,DIV,0,DIV,0,DIV,2,FIGURE,0,A,0,IMG

selector: div.breking-big-text > figure.breking-big-img > a > img

snippet: <img src="https://images.indianexpress.com/2026/04/donald-trump-AP-File-photo-expres…" alt="donald trump, china, iran, hormuz" width="440" height="248" pinger-seen="true">

Avoid chaining critical requests by reducing the length of chains, reducing the download size of resources, or deferring the download of unnecessary resources to improve page load.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

More than 4 preconnect connections were found. These should be used sparingly and only to the most important origins.

description: [preconnect](https://developer.chrome.com/docs/lighthouse/performance/uses-rel-preconnect/) hints help the browser establish a connection earlier in the page load, saving time when the first request for that origin is made. The following are the origins that the page preconnected to.

title: Preconnected origins

description: Add [preconnect](https://developer.chrome.com/docs/lighthouse/performance/uses-rel-preconnect/) hints to your most important origins, but try to use no more than 4.

title: Preconnect candidates

value: No additional origins are good candidates for preconnecting

Consider setting font-display to swap or optional to ensure text is consistently visible. swap can be further optimized to mitigate layout shifts with font metric overrides.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

URL	Est Savings
/s/opensans/v40/memvYaGs126MiZpBA-UvWbX2vVnXBbObj2OVTS-mu...	15 ms
/s/opensans/v40/memvYaGs126MiZpBA-UvWbX2vVnXBbObj2OVTS-mu...	10 ms

Reducing the download time of images can improve the perceived load time of the page and LCP. Learn more about optimizing image size

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

	URL	Resource Size	Est Savings
new Bills, Delimitation Bill 2026, Union Territories Laws (Amendment) Bill 2026… `article.topblockNews__featured > figure.topblockNews__featuredImage > a > img`	/2026/04/lok-sabha_20260414171335_20260415212558.jpg?w=620	96.2 KiB	61.1 KiB
No junk food in govt schools, only 2 cooked meals from school farms `article.o-express-premium__item > a.article_url > figure.card-image > img.lazyloading`	/2026/04/Students-with-a-food-educator-at-the-farm-of-a-g...	10.3 KiB	6.2 KiB

These insights are also available in the Chrome DevTools Performance Panel - record a trace to view more detailed information.

Time to Interactive is the amount of time it takes for the page to become fully interactive. Learn more about the Time to Interactive metric.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

TTI

These are the largest layout shifts observed on the page. Each table item represents a single layout shift, and shows the element that shifted the most. Below each item are possible root causes that led to the layout shift. Some of these layout shifts may not be included in the CLS metric value due to windowing. Learn how to improve CLS

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Element	Layout shift score
ADVERTISEMENT INDIA Govt plan: Keep south share unchanged in LS, list each stat… `body.home > main#home-main-content > div.wp-block-template-part`	0.243
ADVERTISEMENT INDIA Govt plan: Keep south share unchanged in LS, list each stat… `body.home > main#home-main-content > div.wp-block-template-part`	0.011

The maximum potential First Input Delay that your users could experience is the duration of the longest task. Learn more about the Maximum Potential First Input Delay metric.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Diagnostics

Consider reducing the time spent parsing, compiling, and executing JS. You may find delivering smaller JS payloads helps with this. Learn how to reduce Javascript execution time.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

URL	Total CPU Time	Script Evaluation	Script Parse
indianexpress.com/	3.9 s	244 ms	76 ms
Unattributable	2.0 s	553 ms	0.0 ms
cdn.taboola.com/libtrc/indianexpress-indianexpress/loader.js	1.7 s	1.4 s	232 ms
/pagead/managed/js/gpt/m202604100101/pubads_impl.js	910 ms	786 ms	94 ms
/f/AGSKWxX7AweMoKQ-keK7dmaNShbpRBrBPfQCJgmXjTXNSREOb5WTkm...	769 ms	365 ms	67 ms
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-HEQWL2KPC5	657 ms	553 ms	92 ms
ads.pubmatic.com/AdServer/js/pwt/156021/7083/pwt.js	574 ms	470 ms	83 ms
fundingchoicesmessages.google.com/i/1050432?ers=3	566 ms	520 ms	34 ms
cdn.moengage.com/webpush/moe_webSdk.min.latest.js	503 ms	370 ms	60 ms
pm-widget.taboola.com/indianexpress-indianexpress/pmk-20220605.8.js	475 ms	456 ms	13 ms
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=AW-11033859954	392 ms	296 ms	64 ms
/signals/config/444470064056909?v=2.9.298&r=stable&domain...	376 ms	309 ms	63 ms
www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-PGQG2HFB	348 ms	263 ms	71 ms
/wp-content/themes/indianexpress/js/evolok/min/ev-em.min....	330 ms	235 ms	23 ms
/wp-content/plugins/ie-newsblock-builder/assets/js/ie-hom...	298 ms	208 ms	3.3 ms
/wp-content/themes/indianexpress/js/evolok/min/ev-dab.min...	270 ms	248 ms	18 ms
connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents.js	220 ms	163 ms	55 ms
c2.taboola.com/nr/indianexpress-indianexpress/newsroom.js	137 ms	119 ms	14 ms
/wp-content/themes/indianexpress/js/min/city-section.js?v...	133 ms	123 ms	1.2 ms
securepubads.g.doubleclick.net/tag/js/gpt.js	122 ms	102 ms	19 ms
static.chartbeat.com/js/chartbeat.js	116 ms	100 ms	6.4 ms
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=AW-11033859954&cx=c&gtm=4e64e1	103 ms	37 ms	65 ms
/wp-content/themes/indianexpress/js/min/ie-events-all.js?...	82 ms	71 ms	6.4 ms
accounts.google.com/gsi/client	78 ms	33 ms	39 ms
accounts.google.com/gsi/client?ver=20260415	72 ms	30 ms	41 ms
accounts.indianexpress.com/swagger-js/v5.0.0/sdk.min.js?v=08082022.1	62 ms	30 ms	11 ms
/wp-content/themes/indianexpress/js/evolok/min/ev-custom-...	57 ms	42 ms	12 ms
/wp-content/themes/indianexpress/js/ie-moengage-custom-sc...	56 ms	52 ms	2.7 ms
apis.google.com/js/platform.js?onload=renderButton	51 ms	39 ms	11 ms

Consider reducing the time spent parsing, compiling and executing JS. You may find delivering smaller JS payloads helps with this. Learn how to minimize main-thread work

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Category	Time Spent
Script Evaluation	8.7 s
Style & Layout	2.4 s
Other	2.2 s
Script Parsing & Compilation	1.3 s
Rendering	688 ms
Parse HTML & CSS	412 ms
Garbage Collection	230 ms

Reduce unused rules from stylesheets and defer CSS not used for above-the-fold content to decrease bytes consumed by network activity. Learn how to reduce unused CSS.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Estimated savings: 0.0 ms 51.9 KiB

URL	Transfer Size	Est Savings
@charset 'UTF-8'; #section .container .row.follow-dev h1{font-size:20px;color:#a32020;margin:0; … } …	87.2 KiB	38.0 KiB
.fc-consent-root .fc-dialog-container.fc-fullscreen { height: 100% !important; … } …	16.1 KiB	13.9 KiB

Reduce unused JavaScript and defer loading scripts until they are required to decrease bytes consumed by network activity. Learn how to reduce unused JavaScript.

Why this matters

Multi-megabyte JavaScript bundles delay every interactive feature on the page.

Learn more ▾

This is the Lighthouse audit fired when too much JS is shipped relative to what executes. The fix isn't a config flag — it requires bundle analysis (webpack-bundle-analyzer, rollup-plugin-visualizer), splitting routes into chunks, lazy-loading off-screen components, and removing unused dependencies. Fundamentally different from minification: minifying reduces byte count, this reduces what's downloaded at all.

Source: Google web.dev / Lighthouse

Estimated savings: 0.0 ms 980.3 KiB

URL	Transfer Size	Est Savings
cdn.taboola.com/libtrc/indianexpress-indianexpress/loader.js	330.3 KiB	168.9 KiB
/pagead/managed/js/gpt/m202604100101/pubads_impl.js	186.4 KiB	129.3 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=AW-11033859954&cx=c&gtm=4e64e1	144.7 KiB	105.7 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-PGQG2HFB	155.8 KiB	80.7 KiB
accounts.google.com/gsi/client?ver=20260415	95.3 KiB	80.0 KiB
accounts.google.com/gsi/client	95.4 KiB	68.9 KiB
ads.pubmatic.com/AdServer/js/pwt/156021/7083/pwt.js	171.5 KiB	65.9 KiB
cdn.moengage.com/webpush/moe_webSdk.min.latest.js	100.6 KiB	63.0 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=AW-11033859954	144.7 KiB	56.2 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-HEQWL2KPC5	178.3 KiB	52.5 KiB
/signals/config/444470064056909?v=2.9.298&r=stable&domain...	126.2 KiB	39.3 KiB
fundingchoicesmessages.google.com/i/1050432?ers=3	68.7 KiB	35.0 KiB
connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents.js	96.3 KiB	35.0 KiB

Large network payloads cost users real money and are highly correlated with long load times. Learn how to reduce payload sizes.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

URL	Transfer Size
cdn.taboola.com/libtrc/indianexpress-indianexpress/loader.js	330.9 KiB
indianexpress.com/	188.2 KiB
/pagead/managed/js/gpt/m202604100101/pubads_impl.js	186.4 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-HEQWL2KPC5	178.7 KiB
ads.pubmatic.com/AdServer/js/pwt/156021/7083/pwt.js	171.9 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-PGQG2HFB	155.8 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=AW-11033859954	144.8 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=AW-11033859954&cx=c&gtm=4e64e1	144.8 KiB
/wp-content/plugins/ie-newsblock-builder/build/images/pro...	140.8 KiB
/signals/config/444470064056909?v=2.9.298&r=stable&domain...	126.3 KiB

Set an explicit width and height on image elements to reduce layout shifts and improve CLS. Learn how to set image dimensions

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

	URL
System will change when MLAs trust govt schools with their children: Bains `div.epaper-panel > a > figure.round-img > img.center-image`	/wp-content/plugins/ie-newsblock-builder/src/blocks/ie-ar...

More information about the performance of your application. These numbers don't directly affect the Performance score.

●Document request latency

●Optimize DOM size

●LCP breakdown

●Modern HTTP

●Render blocking requests

●Optimize viewport for mobile

●Minify CSS

●Minify JavaScript

●User Timing marks and measures 365 user timings

●Avoid long main-thread tasks 20 long tasks found

●Page didn't prevent back/forward cache restoration

●Network Requests

●Network Round Trip Times 90 ms

●Server Backend Latencies 400 ms

●Tasks

●Diagnostics

●Metrics

●Screenshot Thumbnails

●Final Screenshot

●Script Treemap Data

●Resources Summary

●Avoid multiple page redirects

●Initial server response time was short Root document took 10 ms

○INP breakdown

○Avoid non-composited animations

Accessibility

These checks highlight opportunities to improve the accessibility of your web app. Automatic detection can only detect a subset of issues and does not guarantee the accessibility of your web app, so manual testing is also encouraged.

Contrast

Low-contrast text is difficult or impossible for many users to read. Learn how to provide sufficient color contrast.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
Learn more `div.fc-dialog-content > div.fc-dialog-scrollable-content > button.fc-faq-header > span.fc-faq-label`
List of partners. `div.fc-dialog-scrollable-content > div.fc-footer > p > a.fc-vendors-list-dialog`

These are opportunities to improve the legibility of your content.

Best practices

Users do not expect a page to refresh automatically, and doing so will move focus back to the top of the page. This may create a frustrating or confusing experience. Learn more about the refresh meta tag.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
head > meta `head > meta`

These items highlight common accessibility best practices.

○Interactive controls are keyboard focusable

○Interactive elements indicate their purpose and state

○The page has a logical tab order

○Visual order on the page follows DOM order

○User focus is not accidentally trapped in a region

○The user's focus is directed to new content added to the page

○HTML5 landmark elements are used to improve navigation

○Offscreen content is hidden from assistive technology

○Custom controls have associated labels

○Custom controls have ARIA roles

●`[aria-*]` attributes match their roles

●`[aria-hidden="true"]` is not present on the document `<body>`

●`[role]`s have all required `[aria-*]` attributes

●`[role]` values are valid

●`[aria-*]` attributes have valid values

●`[aria-*]` attributes are valid and not misspelled

●Buttons have an accessible name

●Image elements have `[alt]` attributes

●`[user-scalable="no"]` is not used in the `<meta name="viewport">` element and the `[maximum-scale]` attribute is not less than 5.

●Select elements have associated label elements.

●ARIA attributes are used as specified for the element's role

●Elements with `role="dialog"` or `role="alertdialog"` have accessible names.

●`[aria-hidden="true"]` elements do not contain focusable descendents

●Elements use only permitted ARIA attributes

●Document has a `<title>` element

●`<html>` element has a `[lang]` attribute

●`<html>` element has a valid value for its `[lang]` attribute

●Links have a discernible name

●Lists contain only `<li>` elements and script supporting elements (`<script>` and `<template>`).

●List items (`<li>`) are contained within `<ul>`, `<ol>` or `<menu>` parent elements

●No element has a `[tabindex]` value greater than 0

●Touch targets have sufficient size and spacing.

●Heading elements appear in a sequentially-descending order

●Skip links are focusable.

●Document has a main landmark.

●Deprecated ARIA roles were not used

●Uses ARIA roles only on compatible elements

●Image elements do not have `[alt]` attributes that are redundant text.

●Identical links have the same purpose.

●Elements with visible text labels have matching accessible names.

○`[accesskey]` values are unique

○`button`, `link`, and `menuitem` elements have accessible names

○ARIA input fields have accessible names

○ARIA `meter` elements have accessible names

○ARIA `progressbar` elements have accessible names

○Elements with an ARIA `[role]` that require children to contain a specific `[role]` have all required children.

○`[role]`s are contained by their required parent element

○Elements with the `role=text` attribute do not have focusable descendents.

○ARIA toggle fields have accessible names

○ARIA `tooltip` elements have accessible names

○ARIA `treeitem` elements have accessible names

○The page contains a heading, skip link, or landmark region

○`<dl>`'s contain only properly-ordered `<dt>` and `<dd>` groups, `<script>`, `<template>` or `<div>` elements.

○Definition list items are wrapped in `<dl>` elements

○ARIA IDs are unique

○No form fields have multiple labels

○`<frame>` or `<iframe>` elements have a title

○`<html>` element has an `[xml:lang]` attribute with the same base language as the `[lang]` attribute.

○Input buttons have discernible text.

○`<input type="image">` elements have `[alt]` text

○Form elements have associated labels

○Links are distinguishable without relying on color.

○`<object>` elements have alternate text

○Cells in a `<table>` element that use the `[headers]` attribute refer to table cells within the same table.

○`<th>` elements and elements with `[role="columnheader"/"rowheader"]` have data cells they describe.

○`[lang]` attributes have a valid value

○`<video>` elements contain a `<track>` element with `[kind="captions"]`

○Tables have different content in the summary attribute and `<caption>`.

○All heading elements contain content.

○Tables use `<caption>` instead of cells with the `[colspan]` attribute to indicate a caption.

○`<td>` elements in a large `<table>` have one or more table headers.

Best Practices

User Experience

Image display dimensions should match natural aspect ratio. Learn more about image aspect ratio.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

	URL	Aspect Ratio (Displayed)	Aspect Ratio (Actual)
Delimitation `div.o-commonTopnews__rhs > figure.o-newsImage > a.article_url > img.lazyloading`	/wp-content/plugins/ie-newsblock-builder/assets/images/de...	440 x 248 (1.77)	97 x 54 (1.80)
Royal Challengers Bengaluru `div.o-matchesbx__card-team > a > div.o-matchesbx__card-flag > img.lazyloading`	indianexpress.com/wp-content/themes/indianexpress/images/default-ie.jpg	49 x 24 (2.04)	97 x 54 (1.80)
Lucknow Super Giants `div.o-matchesbx__card-team > a > div.o-matchesbx__card-flag > img.lazyloading`	indianexpress.com/wp-content/themes/indianexpress/images/default-ie.jpg	49 x 24 (2.04)	97 x 54 (1.80)
Chennai Super Kings `div.o-matchesbx__card-team > a > div.o-matchesbx__card-flag > img.lazyloading`	indianexpress.com/wp-content/themes/indianexpress/images/default-ie.jpg	49 x 24 (2.04)	97 x 54 (1.80)
Kolkata Knight Riders `div.o-matchesbx__card-team > a > div.o-matchesbx__card-flag > img.lazyloading`	indianexpress.com/wp-content/themes/indianexpress/images/default-ie.jpg	49 x 24 (2.04)	97 x 54 (1.80)
mumbai, mumbai metro, mumbai news, `div.o-commonTopnews__rhs > figure.o-newsImage > a > img.lazyloading`	/wp-content/plugins/ie-newsblock-builder/assets/images/de...	350 x 197 (1.78)	97 x 54 (1.80)
Will drop all false cases against Gorkha leaders: Amit Shah in Darjeeling `div.o-commonTopnews__rhs > figure.o-newsImage > a > img.lazyloading`	/wp-content/plugins/ie-newsblock-builder/assets/images/de...	350 x 197 (1.78)	97 x 54 (1.80)
Pune `div.o-commonTopnews__rhs > figure.o-newsImage > a > img.lazyloading`	/wp-content/plugins/ie-newsblock-builder/assets/images/de...	350 x 197 (1.78)	97 x 54 (1.80)
chandigarh, cbse `div.o-commonTopnews__rhs > figure.o-newsImage > a > img.lazyloading`	/wp-content/plugins/ie-newsblock-builder/assets/images/de...	350 x 197 (1.78)	97 x 54 (1.80)
morbi, ceramic, `div.o-commonTopnews__rhs > figure.o-newsImage > a > img.lazyloading`	/wp-content/plugins/ie-newsblock-builder/assets/images/de...	350 x 197 (1.78)	97 x 54 (1.80)
CM Yogi `div.o-commonTopnews__rhs > figure.o-newsImage > a > img.lazyloading`	/wp-content/plugins/ie-newsblock-builder/assets/images/de...	350 x 197 (1.78)	97 x 54 (1.80)
VIjay `div.o-commonTopnews__rhs > figure.o-newsImage > a > img.lazyloading`	/wp-content/plugins/ie-newsblock-builder/assets/images/de...	350 x 197 (1.78)	97 x 54 (1.80)
Anudeep Katikala `div.o-commonTopnews__rhs > figure.o-newsImage > a > img.lazyloading`	/wp-content/plugins/ie-newsblock-builder/assets/images/de...	350 x 197 (1.78)	97 x 54 (1.80)
bengaluru man-murder mother `div.o-commonTopnews__rhs > figure.o-newsImage > a > img.lazyloading`	/wp-content/plugins/ie-newsblock-builder/assets/images/de...	350 x 197 (1.78)	97 x 54 (1.80)

General

Deprecated APIs will eventually be removed from the browser. Learn more about deprecated APIs.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Deprecation / Warning	Source
AttributionReporting	connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents.js line 279, col 769
Topics	ads.pubmatic.com/AdServer/js/pwt/156021/7083/pwt.js
Specifying overflow: visible on img, video and canvas tags may cause them to produce visual content outside of the element bounds. See https://github.com/WICG/shared-element-transitions/blob/main/debugging_overflow_on_images.md.	/_/mss/boq-content-ads-contributor/_/js/k=boq-content-ads... line 19, col 449

Errors logged to the console indicate unresolved problems. They can come from network request failures and other browser concerns. Learn more about this errors in console diagnostic audit

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Source	Description
accounts.google.com/gsi/client?ver=20260415 line 85, col 88	`[GSI_LOGGER]: FedCM get() rejects with NetworkError: Error retrieving a token.`
	`A bad HTTP response code (403) was received when fetching the script.`
	`A bad HTTP response code (403) was received when fetching the script.`
	`A bad HTTP response code (403) was received when fetching the script.`
indianexpress.com/	`Not signed in with the identity provider.`

●Uses HTTPS

●Avoids third-party cookies

●Allows users to paste into input fields

●Avoids requesting the geolocation permission on page load

●Avoids requesting the notification permission on page load

●Serves images with appropriate resolution

●Page has the HTML doctype

●Properly defines charset

●No issues in the `Issues` panel in Chrome Devtools

●Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

●Use a strong HSTS policy

●Ensure proper origin isolation with COOP

●Mitigate DOM-based XSS with Trusted Types

●Detected JavaScript libraries

●Page has valid source maps

○Redirects HTTP traffic to HTTPS

○Mitigate clickjacking with XFO or CSP

SEO

These checks ensure that your page is following basic search engine optimization advice. There are many additional factors Lighthouse does not score here that may affect your search ranking, including performance on Core Web Vitals. Learn more about Google Search Essentials.

Content Best Practices

Meta descriptions may be included in search results to concisely summarize page content. Learn more about the meta description.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Format your HTML in a way that enables crawlers to better understand your app’s content.

○Structured data is valid

●Page isn’t blocked from indexing

●Document has a `<title>` element

●Page has successful HTTP status code

●Links have descriptive text

●Links are crawlable

●Image elements have `[alt]` attributes

●Document has a valid `hreflang`

●Document has a valid `rel=canonical`

○robots.txt is valid

Lighthouse Scores

Industry-standard audits powered by Google Lighthouse. — Desktop

Performance

Accessibility

Best Practices

SEO

Core Web Vitals

Key metrics that affect user experience. — Desktop

First Contentful Paint First Contentful Paint — how long until the browser renders the first piece of content. Under 1.8s is good.

582 ms

Largest Contentful Paint Largest Contentful Paint — how long until the largest visible element loads. Under 2.5s is good.

815 ms

Total Blocking Time Total Blocking Time — total time the main thread was blocked, preventing user input. Under 200ms is good.

803 ms

Cumulative Layout Shift Cumulative Layout Shift — measures visual stability. How much the page layout shifts during loading. Under 0.1 is good.

0.009

Speed Index Speed Index — how quickly content is visually displayed during load. Under 3.4s is good.

3.24 s

Time to Interactive Time to Interactive — how long until the page is fully interactive and responds to user input. Under 3.8s is good.

5.67 s

Detailed Report

Audit breakdown by category with detailed findings.

Performance

Insights

Remove large, duplicate JavaScript modules from bundles to reduce unnecessary bytes consumed by network activity.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Why this matters

Shipping ES5 transpiled code to modern browsers wastes bytes — every user with an evergreen browser pays for compatibility you don't need.

Learn more ▾

Source: Google web.dev / Lighthouse

3rd party code can significantly impact load performance. Reduce and defer loading of 3rd party code to prioritize your page's content.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

headings: [map[key:source label:Source valueType:source-location] map[granularity:1 key:reflowTime label:Total reflow time valueType:ms]]

items: [map[reflowTime:128.199 source:map[type:text value:[unattributed]]] map[reflowTime:106.435 source:map[column:449 line:19 type:source-location url:/_/mss/boq-content-ads-contributor/_/js/k=boq-content-ads-contributor.ContributorServingResponseClientJs.en_US.WQSjKtkEYiM.es5.O/d=1/exm=kernel_loader,loader_js_executable/ed=1/rs=AJlcJMwIx8fty2eKv_YgAn45g2tx1JaJ2w/m=web_iab_tcf_v2_wall_executable urlProvider:network]]]

Reducing the download time of images can improve the perceived load time of the page and LCP. Learn more about optimizing image size

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

	URL	Resource Size	Est Savings
new Bills, Delimitation Bill 2026, Union Territories Laws (Amendment) Bill 2026… `article.topblockNews__featured > figure.topblockNews__featuredImage > a > img`	/2026/04/lok-sabha_20260414171335_20260415212558.jpg?w=680	101.6 KiB	68.1 KiB
donald trump, china, iran, hormuz `div.breaking-flex > figure.breking-big-img > a > img`	images.indianexpress.com/2026/04/donald-trump-AP-File-photo-express-5.jpg?w=820	31.3 KiB	5.1 KiB

Optimize LCP by making the LCP image discoverable from the HTML immediately, and avoiding lazy-loading

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

lhId: page-1-IMG

nodeLabel: donald trump, china, iran, hormuz

path: 1,HTML,1,BODY,5,MAIN,1,DIV,1,SECTION,0,DIV,0,DIV,1,FIGURE,0,A,0,IMG

selector: div.breaking-flex > figure.breking-big-img > a > img

snippet: <img src="https://images.indianexpress.com/2026/04/donald-trump-AP-File-photo-expres…" alt="donald trump, china, iran, hormuz" width="750" height="422" pinger-seen="true">

Avoid chaining critical requests by reducing the length of chains, reducing the download size of resources, or deferring the download of unnecessary resources to improve page load.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

More than 4 preconnect connections were found. These should be used sparingly and only to the most important origins.

title: Preconnected origins

description: Add [preconnect](https://developer.chrome.com/docs/lighthouse/performance/uses-rel-preconnect/) hints to your most important origins, but try to use no more than 4.

title: Preconnect candidates

value: No additional origins are good candidates for preconnecting

A long cache lifetime can speed up repeat visits to your page. Learn more about caching.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Request	Cache TTL	Transfer Size
/signals/config/444470064056909?v=2.9.298&r=stable&domain...	1200.0 s	126.3 KiB
connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents.js	1200.0 s	96.4 KiB
c.amazon-adsystem.com/aax2/apstag.js	3600.0 s	90.9 KiB
ads.pubmatic.com/AdServer/js/pwt/156021/7083/pwt.js	168826.0 s	171.9 KiB
c2.taboola.com/nr/indianexpress-indianexpress/newsroom.js	14400.0 s	18.7 KiB
a.quora.com/qevents.js	14400.0 s	14.8 KiB
cdn.moengage.com/webpush/moe_webSdk.min.latest.js	1209600.0 s	101.0 KiB
eus.rubiconproject.com/usync.js	11799.0 s	11.5 KiB
ua.indianexpress.com/personlization-sdk.min.js?ver=05012026.1	1800.0 s	9.1 KiB
static.chartbeat.com/js/chartbeat.js	86400.0 s	15.9 KiB
static.chartbeat.com/js/subscriptions.js	86400.0 s	10.8 KiB
static.chartbeat.com/js/chartbeat_mab.js?ver=6.8.5	86400.0 s	10.1 KiB
assets.bounceexchange.com/cache/7834/website-f84194f4fb312c52b02ae980bddf6150.js	120.0 s	3.5 KiB
tag.wknd.ai/7834/i.js	60.0 s	3.0 KiB
sb.scorecardresearch.com/internal-cs/default/beacon.js	86400.0 s	6.7 KiB
/jDbww4UsKQL1l58iE5iD2WOhxmH4oZkLLVEF5H2LeHT_YtXJGSYJJ9-U...	86400.0 s	5.2 KiB
pm-widget.taboola.com/indianexpress-indianexpress/load.js	3600.0 s	1.7 KiB
config.aps.amazon-adsystem.com/configs/ea69f535-72ee-47bc-ad42-cec60377d1ec	3600.0 s	1.1 KiB
applets.ebxcdn.com/ebx.js	7200.0 s	1.0 KiB
/newsroom/1.0/indianexpress-indianexpress/get-action?page...	0.0 ms	302 B
/_/ad/639d3df60891483ca8e8f7a0b3c1a025/pixel?tag=ViewCont...	0.0 ms	272 B
/track/usersync?us_privacy=&gdpr=0&gdpr_consent=undefined...	0.0 ms	148 B
/tr/?id=444470064056909&ev=PageView&dl=https%3A%2F%2Findi...	0.0 ms	19 B

Consider setting font-display to swap or optional to ensure text is consistently visible. swap can be further optimized to mitigate layout shifts with font metric overrides.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

URL	Est Savings
/s/opensans/v40/memvYaGs126MiZpBA-UvWbX2vVnXBbObj2OVTS-mu...	15 ms

Requests are blocking the page's initial render, which may delay LCP. Deferring or inlining can move these network requests out of the critical path.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

URL	Transfer Size
/wp-content/themes/indianexpress/js/iers/iersmin.js?ver=1...	9.9 KiB
/wp-content/themes/indianexpress/js/evolok/ev-event-api-i...	1.5 KiB
/wp-content/themes/indianexpress/js/min/purify.min.js?ver...	8.0 KiB
/wp-content/themes/indianexpress/js/vendor/slick.min.js?v...	10.2 KiB

These insights are also available in the Chrome DevTools Performance Panel - record a trace to view more detailed information.

The maximum potential First Input Delay that your users could experience is the duration of the longest task. Learn more about the Maximum Potential First Input Delay metric.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Time to Interactive is the amount of time it takes for the page to become fully interactive. Learn more about the Time to Interactive metric.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

TTI

Diagnostics

Consider reducing the time spent parsing, compiling, and executing JS. You may find delivering smaller JS payloads helps with this. Learn how to reduce Javascript execution time.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

URL	Total CPU Time	Script Evaluation	Script Parse
indianexpress.com/	881 ms	69 ms	23 ms
Unattributable	619 ms	178 ms	0.0 ms
/pagead/managed/js/gpt/m202604130101/pubads_impl.js?cb=31...	474 ms	379 ms	23 ms
/f/AGSKWxV9X6ZHVUef5hT8FElR3qpAwS49ISrx6fcHNQ2o78PcJ5lPtk...	226 ms	74 ms	17 ms
pm-widget.taboola.com/indianexpress-indianexpress/pmk-20220605.8.js	222 ms	216 ms	3.8 ms
cdn.taboola.com/libtrc/indianexpress-indianexpress/loader.js	216 ms	143 ms	61 ms
cdn.moengage.com/webpush/moe_webSdk.min.latest.js	178 ms	148 ms	14 ms
ads.pubmatic.com/AdServer/js/pwt/156021/7083/pwt.js	167 ms	136 ms	22 ms
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-HEQWL2KPC5	147 ms	119 ms	26 ms
fundingchoicesmessages.google.com/i/1050432?ers=3	133 ms	122 ms	8.2 ms
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=AW-11033859954	128 ms	109 ms	17 ms
/signals/config/444470064056909?v=2.9.298&r=stable&domain...	122 ms	104 ms	16 ms
www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-PGQG2HFB	100 ms	77 ms	21 ms
/wp-content/plugins/ie-newsblock-builder/assets/js/ie-hom...	100 ms	70 ms	0.9 ms
c.amazon-adsystem.com/aax2/apstag.js	96 ms	75 ms	14 ms
/assets/smart-tag/versioned/main-v2_a8ec0b4e51efd1e1ddbdf...	68 ms	46 ms	21 ms
connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents.js	59 ms	46 ms	14 ms

Consider reducing the time spent parsing, compiling and executing JS. You may find delivering smaller JS payloads helps with this. Learn how to minimize main-thread work

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Category	Time Spent
Script Evaluation	2.5 s
Style & Layout	704 ms
Other	569 ms
Script Parsing & Compilation	391 ms
Rendering	159 ms
Parse HTML & CSS	97 ms
Garbage Collection	72 ms

Reduce unused rules from stylesheets and defer CSS not used for above-the-fold content to decrease bytes consumed by network activity. Learn how to reduce unused CSS.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Estimated savings: 0.0 ms 41.7 KiB

URL	Transfer Size	Est Savings
@charset 'UTF-8'; #section .container .row.follow-dev h1{font-size:20px;color:#a32020;margin:0; … } …	77.3 KiB	27.8 KiB
.fc-consent-root .fc-dialog-container.fc-fullscreen { height: 100% !important; … } …	16.1 KiB	14.0 KiB

Reduce unused JavaScript and defer loading scripts until they are required to decrease bytes consumed by network activity. Learn how to reduce unused JavaScript.

Why this matters

Multi-megabyte JavaScript bundles delay every interactive feature on the page.

Learn more ▾

Source: Google web.dev / Lighthouse

Estimated savings: 0.0 ms 1.1 MiB

URL	Transfer Size	Est Savings
cdn.taboola.com/libtrc/indianexpress-indianexpress/loader.js	330.3 KiB	178.8 KiB
/pagead/managed/js/gpt/m202604130101/pubads_impl.js?cb=31...	187.5 KiB	127.5 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-HEQWL2KPC5&cx=c&gtm=4e64e1	178.3 KiB	113.8 KiB
/assets/smart-tag/versioned/main-v2_a8ec0b4e51efd1e1ddbdf...	116.2 KiB	85.4 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-PGQG2HFB	155.9 KiB	83.9 KiB
accounts.google.com/gsi/client?ver=20260415	95.3 KiB	80.5 KiB
ads.pubmatic.com/AdServer/js/pwt/156021/7083/pwt.js	171.5 KiB	69.0 KiB
accounts.google.com/gsi/client	95.4 KiB	68.3 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-HEQWL2KPC5	163.4 KiB	55.5 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=AW-11033859954	98.9 KiB	40.3 KiB
/signals/config/444470064056909?v=2.9.298&r=stable&domain...	126.2 KiB	39.6 KiB
c.amazon-adsystem.com/aax2/apstag.js	90.5 KiB	38.7 KiB
connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents.js	96.3 KiB	35.4 KiB
fundingchoicesmessages.google.com/i/1050432?ers=3	68.7 KiB	35.0 KiB
/assets/smart-tag/versioned/ads-v2_fdaa8d77359124608f52c1...	41.5 KiB	33.4 KiB

Large network payloads cost users real money and are highly correlated with long load times. Learn how to reduce payload sizes.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

URL	Transfer Size
cdn.taboola.com/libtrc/indianexpress-indianexpress/loader.js	330.9 KiB
/pagead/managed/js/gpt/m202604130101/pubads_impl.js?cb=31...	187.6 KiB
indianexpress.com/	185.0 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-HEQWL2KPC5	178.7 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-HEQWL2KPC5&cx=c&gtm=4e64e1	178.4 KiB
ads.pubmatic.com/AdServer/js/pwt/156021/7083/pwt.js	171.9 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-PGQG2HFB	155.9 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=AW-11033859954	144.9 KiB
/signals/config/444470064056909?v=2.9.298&r=stable&domain...	126.3 KiB
/assets/smart-tag/versioned/main-v2_a8ec0b4e51efd1e1ddbdf...	116.4 KiB

Set an explicit width and height on image elements to reduce layout shifts and improve CLS. Learn how to set image dimensions

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

	URL
The Indian EXPRESS E-paper `div.o-epaper > a > div.o-epaper__thumbnail > img.lazyloading`	/wp-content/plugins/ie-newsblock-builder/src/blocks/ie-ar...

More information about the performance of your application. These numbers don't directly affect the Performance score.

●Layout shift culprits

●Document request latency

●Optimize DOM size

●LCP breakdown

●Modern HTTP

●Optimize viewport for mobile

●Minify CSS

●Minify JavaScript

●User Timing marks and measures 22 user timings

●Avoid long main-thread tasks 18 long tasks found

●Page didn't prevent back/forward cache restoration

●Network Requests

●Network Round Trip Times 110 ms

●Server Backend Latencies 600 ms

●Tasks

●Diagnostics

●Metrics

●Screenshot Thumbnails

●Final Screenshot

●Script Treemap Data

●Resources Summary

●Avoid multiple page redirects

●Initial server response time was short Root document took 400 ms

●Avoid large layout shifts 5 layout shifts found

○INP breakdown

○Avoid non-composited animations

Accessibility

Contrast

Low-contrast text is difficult or impossible for many users to read. Learn how to provide sufficient color contrast.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
Learn more `div.fc-dialog-content > div.fc-dialog-scrollable-content > button.fc-faq-header > span.fc-faq-label`
List of partners. `div.fc-dialog-scrollable-content > div.fc-footer > p > a.fc-vendors-list-dialog`

These are opportunities to improve the legibility of your content.

Best practices

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
head > meta `head > meta`

These items highlight common accessibility best practices.

○Interactive controls are keyboard focusable

○Interactive elements indicate their purpose and state

○The page has a logical tab order

○Visual order on the page follows DOM order

○User focus is not accidentally trapped in a region

○The user's focus is directed to new content added to the page

○HTML5 landmark elements are used to improve navigation

○Offscreen content is hidden from assistive technology

○Custom controls have associated labels

○Custom controls have ARIA roles

●`[aria-*]` attributes match their roles

●`[aria-hidden="true"]` is not present on the document `<body>`

●`[role]`s have all required `[aria-*]` attributes

●`[role]` values are valid

●`[aria-*]` attributes have valid values

●`[aria-*]` attributes are valid and not misspelled

●Buttons have an accessible name

●Image elements have `[alt]` attributes

●`[user-scalable="no"]` is not used in the `<meta name="viewport">` element and the `[maximum-scale]` attribute is not less than 5.

●Select elements have associated label elements.

●ARIA attributes are used as specified for the element's role

●Elements with `role="dialog"` or `role="alertdialog"` have accessible names.

●`[aria-hidden="true"]` elements do not contain focusable descendents

●Elements use only permitted ARIA attributes

●Document has a `<title>` element

●`<html>` element has a `[lang]` attribute

●`<html>` element has a valid value for its `[lang]` attribute

●Links have a discernible name

●Lists contain only `<li>` elements and script supporting elements (`<script>` and `<template>`).

●List items (`<li>`) are contained within `<ul>`, `<ol>` or `<menu>` parent elements

●No element has a `[tabindex]` value greater than 0

●Touch targets have sufficient size and spacing.

●Heading elements appear in a sequentially-descending order

●Skip links are focusable.

●Document has a main landmark.

●Deprecated ARIA roles were not used

●Uses ARIA roles only on compatible elements

●Image elements do not have `[alt]` attributes that are redundant text.

●Identical links have the same purpose.

●Elements with visible text labels have matching accessible names.

○`[accesskey]` values are unique

○`button`, `link`, and `menuitem` elements have accessible names

○ARIA input fields have accessible names

○ARIA `meter` elements have accessible names

○ARIA `progressbar` elements have accessible names

○Elements with an ARIA `[role]` that require children to contain a specific `[role]` have all required children.

○`[role]`s are contained by their required parent element

○Elements with the `role=text` attribute do not have focusable descendents.

○ARIA toggle fields have accessible names

○ARIA `tooltip` elements have accessible names

○ARIA `treeitem` elements have accessible names

○The page contains a heading, skip link, or landmark region

○`<dl>`'s contain only properly-ordered `<dt>` and `<dd>` groups, `<script>`, `<template>` or `<div>` elements.

○Definition list items are wrapped in `<dl>` elements

○ARIA IDs are unique

○No form fields have multiple labels

○`<frame>` or `<iframe>` elements have a title

○`<html>` element has an `[xml:lang]` attribute with the same base language as the `[lang]` attribute.

○Input buttons have discernible text.

○`<input type="image">` elements have `[alt]` text

○Form elements have associated labels

○Links are distinguishable without relying on color.

○`<object>` elements have alternate text

○Cells in a `<table>` element that use the `[headers]` attribute refer to table cells within the same table.

○`<th>` elements and elements with `[role="columnheader"/"rowheader"]` have data cells they describe.

○`[lang]` attributes have a valid value

○`<video>` elements contain a `<track>` element with `[kind="captions"]`

○Tables have different content in the summary attribute and `<caption>`.

○All heading elements contain content.

○Tables use `<caption>` instead of cells with the `[colspan]` attribute to indicate a caption.

○`<td>` elements in a large `<table>` have one or more table headers.

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Image display dimensions should match natural aspect ratio. Learn more about image aspect ratio.

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Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

	URL	Aspect Ratio (Displayed)	Aspect Ratio (Actual)
Mumbai Indians `div.wc-team-desc > a > div.o-matchesbx__card-flag > img.lazyloading`	indianexpress.com/wp-content/themes/indianexpress/images/default-ie.jpg	49 x 24 (2.04)	97 x 54 (1.80)
Punjab Kings `div.wc-team-desc > a > div.o-matchesbx__card-flag > img.lazyloading`	indianexpress.com/wp-content/themes/indianexpress/images/default-ie.jpg	49 x 24 (2.04)	97 x 54 (1.80)
Gujarat Titans `div.wc-team-desc > a > div.o-matchesbx__card-flag > img.lazyloading`	indianexpress.com/wp-content/themes/indianexpress/images/default-ie.jpg	49 x 24 (2.04)	97 x 54 (1.80)
Kolkata Knight Riders `div.wc-team-desc > a > div.o-matchesbx__card-flag > img.lazyloading`	indianexpress.com/wp-content/themes/indianexpress/images/default-ie.jpg	49 x 24 (2.04)	97 x 54 (1.80)
Royal Challengers Bengaluru `div.o-matchesbx__card-team > a > div.o-matchesbx__card-flag > img.lazyloading`	indianexpress.com/wp-content/themes/indianexpress/images/default-ie.jpg	49 x 24 (2.04)	97 x 54 (1.80)
Lucknow Super Giants `div.o-matchesbx__card-team > a > div.o-matchesbx__card-flag > img.lazyloading`	indianexpress.com/wp-content/themes/indianexpress/images/default-ie.jpg	49 x 24 (2.04)	97 x 54 (1.80)
Chennai Super Kings `div.o-matchesbx__card-team > a > div.o-matchesbx__card-flag > img.lazyloading`	indianexpress.com/wp-content/themes/indianexpress/images/default-ie.jpg	49 x 24 (2.04)	97 x 54 (1.80)
Kolkata Knight Riders `div.o-matchesbx__card-team > a > div.o-matchesbx__card-flag > img.lazyloading`	indianexpress.com/wp-content/themes/indianexpress/images/default-ie.jpg	49 x 24 (2.04)	97 x 54 (1.80)
Royal Challengers Bengaluru `div.tbl-row__team > a.team-flagname > span.tbl-row__team--logo > img.lazyloading`	indianexpress.com/wp-content/themes/indianexpress/images/default-ie.jpg	49 x 24 (2.04)	97 x 54 (1.80)
Rajasthan Royals `div.tbl-row__team > a.team-flagname > span.tbl-row__team--logo > img.lazyloading`	indianexpress.com/wp-content/themes/indianexpress/images/default-ie.jpg	49 x 24 (2.04)	97 x 54 (1.80)
Punjab Kings `div.tbl-row__team > a.team-flagname > span.tbl-row__team--logo > img.lazyloading`	indianexpress.com/wp-content/themes/indianexpress/images/default-ie.jpg	49 x 24 (2.04)	97 x 54 (1.80)
Sunrisers Hyderabad `div.tbl-row__team > a.team-flagname > span.tbl-row__team--logo > img.lazyloading`	indianexpress.com/wp-content/themes/indianexpress/images/default-ie.jpg	49 x 24 (2.04)	97 x 54 (1.80)
Delhi Capitals `div.tbl-row__team > a.team-flagname > span.tbl-row__team--logo > img.lazyloading`	indianexpress.com/wp-content/themes/indianexpress/images/default-ie.jpg	49 x 24 (2.04)	97 x 54 (1.80)
Gujarat Titans `div.tbl-row__team > a.team-flagname > span.tbl-row__team--logo > img.lazyloading`	indianexpress.com/wp-content/themes/indianexpress/images/default-ie.jpg	49 x 24 (2.04)	97 x 54 (1.80)
Lucknow Super Giants `div.tbl-row__team > a.team-flagname > span.tbl-row__team--logo > img.lazyloading`	indianexpress.com/wp-content/themes/indianexpress/images/default-ie.jpg	49 x 24 (2.04)	97 x 54 (1.80)
Chennai Super Kings `div.tbl-row__team > a.team-flagname > span.tbl-row__team--logo > img.lazyloading`	indianexpress.com/wp-content/themes/indianexpress/images/default-ie.jpg	49 x 24 (2.04)	97 x 54 (1.80)
Mumbai Indians `div.tbl-row__team > a.team-flagname > span.tbl-row__team--logo > img.lazyloading`	indianexpress.com/wp-content/themes/indianexpress/images/default-ie.jpg	49 x 24 (2.04)	97 x 54 (1.80)
Kolkata Knight Riders `div.tbl-row__team > a.team-flagname > span.tbl-row__team--logo > img.lazyloading`	indianexpress.com/wp-content/themes/indianexpress/images/default-ie.jpg	49 x 24 (2.04)	97 x 54 (1.80)
mumbai, mumbai metro, mumbai news, `div.o-commonTopnews__rhs > figure.o-newsImage > a > img.lazyloading`	/wp-content/plugins/ie-newsblock-builder/assets/images/de...	350 x 197 (1.78)	97 x 54 (1.80)
Will drop all false cases against Gorkha leaders: Amit Shah in Darjeeling `div.o-commonTopnews__rhs > figure.o-newsImage > a > img.lazyloading`	/wp-content/plugins/ie-newsblock-builder/assets/images/de...	350 x 197 (1.78)	97 x 54 (1.80)
Pune `div.o-commonTopnews__rhs > figure.o-newsImage > a > img.lazyloading`	/wp-content/plugins/ie-newsblock-builder/assets/images/de...	350 x 197 (1.78)	97 x 54 (1.80)
chandigarh, cbse `div.o-commonTopnews__rhs > figure.o-newsImage > a > img.lazyloading`	/wp-content/plugins/ie-newsblock-builder/assets/images/de...	350 x 197 (1.78)	97 x 54 (1.80)
morbi, ceramic, `div.o-commonTopnews__rhs > figure.o-newsImage > a > img.lazyloading`	/wp-content/plugins/ie-newsblock-builder/assets/images/de...	350 x 197 (1.78)	97 x 54 (1.80)
CM Yogi `div.o-commonTopnews__rhs > figure.o-newsImage > a > img.lazyloading`	/wp-content/plugins/ie-newsblock-builder/assets/images/de...	350 x 197 (1.78)	97 x 54 (1.80)
VIjay `div.o-commonTopnews__rhs > figure.o-newsImage > a > img.lazyloading`	/wp-content/plugins/ie-newsblock-builder/assets/images/de...	350 x 197 (1.78)	97 x 54 (1.80)
Anudeep Katikala `div.o-commonTopnews__rhs > figure.o-newsImage > a > img.lazyloading`	/wp-content/plugins/ie-newsblock-builder/assets/images/de...	350 x 197 (1.78)	97 x 54 (1.80)
bengaluru man-murder mother `div.o-commonTopnews__rhs > figure.o-newsImage > a > img.lazyloading`	/wp-content/plugins/ie-newsblock-builder/assets/images/de...	350 x 197 (1.78)	97 x 54 (1.80)

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Deprecated APIs will eventually be removed from the browser. Learn more about deprecated APIs.

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Deprecation / Warning	Source
Topics	ads.pubmatic.com/AdServer/js/pwt/156021/7083/pwt.js
Specifying overflow: visible on img, video and canvas tags may cause them to produce visual content outside of the element bounds. See https://github.com/WICG/shared-element-transitions/blob/main/debugging_overflow_on_images.md.	/_/mss/boq-content-ads-contributor/_/js/k=boq-content-ads... line 19, col 449
AttributionReporting	connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents.js line 279, col 769

Errors logged to the console indicate unresolved problems. They can come from network request failures and other browser concerns. Learn more about this errors in console diagnostic audit

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Source	Description
	`A bad HTTP response code (403) was received when fetching the script.`
	`A bad HTTP response code (403) was received when fetching the script.`
indianexpress.com/	`Not signed in with the identity provider.`

●Uses HTTPS

●Avoids third-party cookies

●Allows users to paste into input fields

●Avoids requesting the geolocation permission on page load

●Avoids requesting the notification permission on page load

●Serves images with appropriate resolution

●Page has the HTML doctype

●Properly defines charset

●No issues in the `Issues` panel in Chrome Devtools

●Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

●Use a strong HSTS policy

●Ensure proper origin isolation with COOP

●Mitigate DOM-based XSS with Trusted Types

●Detected JavaScript libraries

●Page has valid source maps

○Redirects HTTP traffic to HTTPS

○Mitigate clickjacking with XFO or CSP

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○Structured data is valid

●Page isn’t blocked from indexing

●Document has a `<title>` element

●Page has successful HTTP status code

●Links have descriptive text

●Links are crawlable

●Image elements have `[alt]` attributes

●Document has a valid `hreflang`

●Document has a valid `rel=canonical`

○robots.txt is valid

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