Changes
Santa Clara, United States → New York, United Stated
These audits ran from different locations. Timing metrics (TTFB, DNS, TLS) may reflect network path differences rather than site changes.
| Category | Previous | Current | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Composite | C (75) | C (75) | — |
| Performance | C (78) | C (78) | — |
| Security | D (66) | D (66) | — |
| Accessibility | D (58) | D (58) | — |
| SEO | A (96) | A (96) | — |
| Infrastructure | B (83) | B (83) | — |
| Compliance | B (83) | B (83) | — |
| Content | B (87) | B (88) | +1.000 |
| Sustainability | C (72) | C (72) | — |
| Metric | Previous | Current | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Performance | 5900 | 4000 | -1900 |
| Accessibility | 9100 | 9100 | — |
| Best Practices | 10000 | 10000 | — |
| SEO | 9200 | 9200 | — |
| PWA | 0 | 0 | — |
| Desktop Performance | 9600 | 9200 | -400 |
| Desktop Accessibility | 8300 | 8300 | — |
| Desktop Best Practices | 10000 | 10000 | — |
| Desktop SEO | 8500 | 8500 | — |
| FCP | 2.28 s | 3.20 s | +916 ms |
| LCP | 4.76 s | 9.70 s | +4.94 s |
| TBT | 915 ms | 1.14 s | +224 ms |
| CLS | 0.000 | 0.000 | — |
| Desktop FCP | 592 ms | 727 ms | +135 ms |
| Desktop LCP | 1.19 s | 1.33 s | +135 ms |
| Desktop TBT | 98 ms | 162 ms | +64 ms |
| Desktop CLS | 0.000 | 0.000 | — |
| TTFB † | 49 ms | 81 ms | +33 ms |
| DNS † | 23 ms | 5 ms | -18 ms |
| TLS † | 11 ms | 25 ms | +14 ms |
| Connect † | 8 ms | 28 ms | +21 ms |
| Total † | 49 ms | 81 ms | +33 ms |
† Timing metrics may vary by worker location and do not necessarily indicate site changes.
Projected vs. Actual
Estimate — actual results may vary
expires Mon, 12 Apr 2027 14:07:05 GMT → Mon, 12 Apr 2027 14:07:26 GMT6 headers unchanged
Technology stack unchanged
15 technologies unchanged
Looking ahead
+20 ptsEstimate — actual results may vary (45 issues to fix)
Website improvement report — Duckduckgo
April 12, 2026 → April 12, 2026
15
Resolved
12
New issues
33
Still remaining
Financial summary
Investment delivered
$1,483 in development time
Investment remaining
$9,358 to complete the remaining items
Ongoing risk
$1/month in ongoing exposure
Figures are estimates based on local developer hourly rate, industry CPC, and regulatory fine ranges.
Performance by category
| Metric | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall score | 75 (C) | 75 (C) | 0 |
| Performance | 78 (C) | 78 (C) | 0 |
| Security | 66 (D) | 66 (D) | 0 |
| Accessibility | 58 (D) | 58 (D) | 0 |
| SEO | 96 (A) | 96 (A) | 0 |
| Infrastructure | 83 (B) | 83 (B) | 0 |
| Compliance | 83 (B) | 83 (B) | 0 |
| Content | 87 (B) | 88 (B) | +1 |
| Sustainability | 72 (C) | 72 (C) | 0 |
Resolved (15)
No accessibility statement detected (Compliance)
→ Reduced regulatory exposure
No meta description tag found (SEO)
→ Better search engine visibility
Unattributable: 466ms CPU time (Performance)
→ Page loads faster for users
188 of 189 links are healthy (Content)
→ Stronger social sharing and on-page quality
Broken link: https://duckduckgo.com/pro?origin=funnel_home_website__de... (Content)
→ Stronger social sharing and on-page quality
104 third-party resources (100% of weight) (Performance)
→ Page loads faster for users
60 link(s) open in new tab without warning (Accessibility)
→ Improved usability for assistive technology users
GDPR Article 13 disclosure coverage: 0 / 8 categories (Compliance)
→ Reduced regulatory exposure
https://duckduckgo.com/_next/static/chunks/framewo...: 2100ms CPU time (Performance)
→ Page loads faster for users
https://duckduckgo.com/: 361ms CPU time (Performance)
→ Page loads faster for users
https://duckduckgo.com/_next/static/chunks/pages/%...: 265ms CPU time (Performance)
→ Page loads faster for users
Third-party scripts: 3179ms (87% of total) (Performance)
→ Page loads faster for users
Main HTML cached for 525600 minutes -- risks stale auth / SPA state (Performance)
→ Page loads faster for users
Page weight 2.1 MB exceeds 1 MB target by 1.1 MB (Performance)
→ Page loads faster for users
Domain has EXPIRED (Infrastructure)
→ More reliable delivery
Recommended next steps (45)
- Sprint 1
15 image-only link(s) without alt text (Accessibility)
- Sprint 1
Both www and non-www versions serve content (Infrastructure)
- Sprint 2
No Content-Security-Policy header found (Security)
- Sprint 1
1 link(s) with no accessible text (Accessibility)
- Sprint 2
Content-Security-Policy header is missing (Security)
- Sprint 1
Soft 404: server returns HTTP 200 for non-existent pages (Accessibility)
- Sprint 1
https://duckduckgo.com/_next/static/chunks/framewo...: 2470ms CPU time (Performance)
- Sprint 1
https://duckduckgo.com/: 349ms CPU time (Performance)
- Sprint 2
Trackers detected but no cookie policy found (Compliance)
- Sprint 1
Domain expires in 71 days (Infrastructure)
- Sprint 1
50 link(s) open in new tab without warning (Accessibility)
- Sprint 1
https://duckduckgo.com/_next/static/chunks/pages/%...: 313ms CPU time (Performance)
- Sprint 1
https://duckduckgo.com/_next/static/chunks/pages/_...: 264ms CPU time (Performance)
- Sprint 3
Third-party scripts: 4487ms (100% of total) (Performance)
- Sprint 2
No privacy policy link detected (Compliance)
…and 30 more recommended item(s)