C — https://spiceworks.com | BeaverCheck Audit

Site Health

Score: 73 / 100

Based on 8 categories, 0 sections

Room to improve — your 37.3s load time is above Google's 2.5s 'Good' threshold.

Several missing protections leave your users and data exposed.

Several issues make your site difficult for assistive technology users.

Well-optimized for search — your content is discoverable.

Solid infrastructure — fast server responses across the board.

Mostly compliant — a few items need attention.

Rich content metadata — your pages look great everywhere.

Reasonable footprint with room for optimization.

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

WooCommerce · 66 peers

You 73

Avg 75

At average

0 50 100

Better than 19% of WooCommerce sites See full WooCommerce benchmark →

WordPress · 542 peers

You 73

Avg 74

At average

0 50 100

Better than 29% of WordPress sites See full WordPress 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

Page weighs 20.7 MB (5.5 MB transferred)

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Performance › Page Weight Budget

1 control(s) without accessible label

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

Accessibility › Form Accessibility

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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 performs reasonably well, but a few targeted fixes could meaningfully improve results. Your LCP of 37.3s exceeds Google's 2.5s 'Good' threshold and the 1 performance issue below directly contributes to it. 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.

Your LCP is 37.3s — fixing the 1 performance critical could bring it under Google's 2.5s 'Good' threshold.

1 accessibility issue excludes users who rely on assistive technology.

Conversion Barriers

3 critical 3 warning

6 barrier(s) likely increasing bounce by ~29%.

Speed (2)

Page takes 37.3s to load

+12% bounce

Users abandon at ~3s — you're 34.8s over the 2.5s threshold

Fix: Optimize render-blocking resources, preload the hero image, and compress images

Page feels frozen for 3.3s

+5% bounce

Clicks on the primary CTA are ignored while JavaScript runs

Fix: Break up long tasks; defer non-critical JavaScript to post-hydration

Trust (2)

No HSTS header

+1% bounce

Returning visitors are briefly exposed to downgrade attacks on first request

Fix: Set Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains

No Content-Security-Policy header

+1% bounce

Higher XSS blast radius — one compromised script can exfiltrate the checkout form

Fix: Ship a reporting-only CSP first, then enforce once violations are clean

Usability (1)

1 form field(s) without a label

+2% bounce

Screen readers skip unlabeled fields; autofill can't identify them; checkout abandonment spikes

Fix: Associate every input with a visible <label for="…">; add autocomplete attributes

Navigation (1)

8 broken link(s) on the page

+5% bounce

Clicks land on 404s — trust drops and the session often ends

Fix: Fix or remove the broken destinations surfaced on the Content tab

Preliminary CRO audit — each barrier links to the tab with detailed analysis.

Return on Investment

$500 investment → $1.39/month returns + USD 157,500 risk avoided

Payback period: > 2 years First-year ROI: -97%

Investment

$500

5h · 5 findings

Monthly returns

$1.39 /mo

~$17 / year

Bandwidth savings $1.39

Regulatory risk avoided

USD 157,500

if kept compliant

ADA Title III USD 150,000
CCPA/CPRA USD 7,500

$150 — 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

$500

5.0 developer hours at $100/hr

Based on United States rates ($100/hr)

Quick wins

$150 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

$13,126 / month at risk

~$157,517 / year if left unfixed

Compliance Risk

$157,500

ADA Title IIICCPA/CPRA

No privacy policy link detected
CCPA/CPRA: USD 2,500 – USD 7,500
5 advertising/retargeting trackers detected
CCPA/CPRA: USD 2,500 – USD 7,500
Trackers detected but no cookie policy found
CCPA/CPRA: USD 2,500 – USD 7,500

+3 more

Bandwidth Waste

$1.39 /mo

17416.3 MB/mo × 0.080 USD/GB

Optimize transfer: save ~1.7 MB per page load
Saves $1.39/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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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.

21.19 s

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

37.26 s

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

3.34 s

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

0.000

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

21.19 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.

39.83 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.

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openads-cdn.adsrvr.org/openadsjs/build/v1.0/ziffdavis/openads.js	0.0 ms	98.4 KiB
connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents.js	1200.0 s	96.6 KiB
cdn.static.zdbb.net/eu/js/z0WVjCBSEeGLoxIxOQVEwQ.min.js	86400.0 s	175.8 KiB
cdn.ziffstatic.com/pg/toolbox.js	2012.0 s	82.0 KiB
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pub.doubleverify.com/dvtag/21184943/DV1323887/pub.js	900.0 s	33.5 KiB
/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/17091927/Frame-83-a.webp	0.0 ms	24.9 KiB
/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/15072008/StateOfIT-2026-s.webp	0.0 ms	23.9 KiB
platform.twitter.com/widgets.js	1800.0 s	27.3 KiB
cdn.ziffstatic.com/jst/zdconsent_eu.js	2691.0 s	27.8 KiB
www.redditstatic.com/ads/pixel.js	60.0 s	19.0 KiB
www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js	7200.0 s	20.9 KiB
/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/17091855/aberdeen-research-3-...	0.0 ms	14.8 KiB
/service.identity/assets/navigation.css?defer&ver=v4.1.2	14400.0 s	19.9 KiB
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cdn.ziffstatic.com/jst/otBannerSdk.202512.1.0.js	2307820.0 s	126.2 KiB
/cdn-cgi/challenge-platform/h/b/scripts/jsd/0b8fb825cb67/...	14400.0 s	12.6 KiB
snap.licdn.com/li.lms-analytics/insight.min.js	86400.0 s	18.7 KiB
static.hotjar.com/c/hotjar-2670087.js?sv=5	60.0 s	6.2 KiB
/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/20141327/Robots-in-office-150...	0.0 ms	4.9 KiB
/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/21100903/AI-value-150x84.jpg	0.0 ms	3.7 KiB
sb.scorecardresearch.com/internal-cs/default/beacon-and.js	86400.0 s	7.8 KiB
/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/28091747/people-387-color-1.svg	0.0 ms	2.7 KiB
/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/17170622/shutterstock_2359551...	0.0 ms	2.6 KiB
/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/20151331/Blind-trust-in-tech-...	0.0 ms	2.3 KiB
/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/28091850/database-412-color-1...	0.0 ms	2.1 KiB
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/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/19074633/quotes-1-a.png	0.0 ms	2.0 KiB
connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbds.js	1200.0 s	2.3 KiB
cdn.ziffstatic.com/jst/otTCF.202512.1.0.js	2468843.0 s	17.7 KiB
/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/28092016/it-120-color-1.svg	0.0 ms	1.5 KiB
munchkin.marketo.net/munchkin.js	0.0 ms	1.2 KiB
/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/28091926/email-456-color-1.svg	0.0 ms	1.2 KiB
edge.spiceworksstatic.com/service.identity/vite/assets/global-nav.js	14400.0 s	1.7 KiB
cdn.ziffstatic.com/pg/toolbox.css	2011.0 s	864 B
/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/08111504/close-icon.png	0.0 ms	703 B
/collect?v=2&fmt=js&pid=2406868%2C6488140&time=1776888910...	0.0 ms	694 B
/rp.gif?ts=1776888910307&id=a2_fjfcif6cui9j&event=PageVis...	0.0 ms	666 B
cdn.ziffstatic.com/ajs?zoneid=a	3600.0 s	675 B
static.doubleclick.net/instream/ad_status.js	900.0 s	495 B
zdstatic.spiceworks.com/decc/www_sw.js	3600.0 s	440 B
www.gstatic.com/recaptcha/api2/logo_48.png	604800.0 s	2.3 KiB
c.evidon.com/pub/icong1.png	864000.0 s	898 B
/tr/?id=1581189662169150&ev=PixelInitialized&dl=https%3A%...	0.0 ms	19 B
/tr/?id=1581189662169150&ev=PageView&dl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww...	0.0 ms	16 B

Your first network request is the most important. Reduce its latency by avoiding redirects, ensuring a fast server response, and enabling text compression.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

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
/wp-content/themes/gauge-child/fonts/fontawesome-webfont....	50 ms
fonts.gstatic.com/s/roboto/v48/KFO7CnqEu92Fr1ME7kSn66aGLdTylUAMa3yUBHMdazQ.woff2	45 ms
fonts.gstatic.com/s/roboto/v48/KFO7CnqEu92Fr1ME7kSn66aGLdTylUAMa3yUBHMdazQ.woff2	35 ms

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:Top function call valueType:source-location] map[granularity:1 key:reflowTime label:Total reflow time valueType:ms]]

items: [map[reflowTime:6.955 source:map[column:27323 line:2 type:source-location url:https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.7.1/jquery.min.js?ver=3.7.1 urlProvider:network]]]

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

items: [map[reflowTime:126.077 source:map[type:text value:[unattributed]]] map[reflowTime:4.067 source:map[column:104 line:128 type:source-location url:https://cdn.ziffstatic.com/pg/toolbox.js urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:0.243 source:map[column:447 line:107 type:source-location url:https://cdn.ziffstatic.com/jst/zdconsent.js urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:0.441 source:map[column:336 line:67 type:source-location url:https://cdn.ziffstatic.com/pg/toolbox.js urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:0.931 source:map[column:10449 line:7 type:source-location url:https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:1.473 source:map[column:5957 line:3 type:source-location url:https://www.spiceworks.com/wp-content/themes/gauge/lib/scripts/modernizr.js?ver=6.9.4 urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:2.448 source:map[column:6491 line:3 type:source-location url:https://www.spiceworks.com/wp-content/themes/gauge/lib/scripts/modernizr.js?ver=6.9.4 urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:1.138 source:map[column:1156 line:3 type:source-location url:https://www.spiceworks.com/wp-content/themes/gauge/lib/scripts/modernizr.js?ver=6.9.4 urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:0.15 source:map[column:1191 line:3 type:source-location url:https://www.spiceworks.com/wp-content/themes/gauge/lib/scripts/modernizr.js?ver=6.9.4 urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:16.447 source:map[column:50335 line:1 type:source-location url:https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.7.1/jquery.min.js?ver=3.7.1 urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:0.234 source:map[column:50393 line:1 type:source-location url:https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.7.1/jquery.min.js?ver=3.7.1 urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:0.151 source:map[column:50457 line:1 type:source-location url:https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.7.1/jquery.min.js?ver=3.7.1 urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:6.549 source:map[column:49615 line:1 type:source-location url:https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.7.1/jquery.min.js?ver=3.7.1 urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:0.406 source:map[column:51395 line:1 type:source-location url:https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.7.1/jquery.min.js?ver=3.7.1 urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:0.356 source:map[column:47 line:2 type:source-location url: urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:3.814 source:map[column:1580 line:0 type:source-location url:https://www.spiceworks.com/cdn-cgi/challenge-platform/scripts/jsd/main.js urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:2.116 source:map[column:48150 line:18 type:source-location url:https://securepubads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/managed/js/gpt/m202604160201/pubads_impl.js urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:3.866 source:map[column:88027 line:1 type:source-location url:https://pub.doubleverify.com/dvtag/21184943/DV1323887/pub.js urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:4.619 source:map[column:55 line:830 type:source-location url:https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-VTK262JTLL&cx=c&gtm=4e64k0h1 urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:2.054 source:map[column:380 line:580 type:source-location url:https://www.gstatic.com/recaptcha/releases/gTpTIWhbKpxADzTzkcabhXN4/recaptcha__en.js urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:0.647 source:map[column:47 line:303 type:source-location url:https://www.gstatic.com/recaptcha/releases/gTpTIWhbKpxADzTzkcabhXN4/recaptcha__en.js urlProvider:network]]]

Each subpart has specific improvement strategies. Ideally, most of the LCP time should be spent on loading the resources, not within delays.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

headings: [map[key:label label:Subpart valueType:text] map[key:duration label:Duration valueType:ms]]

items: [map[duration:440.8649990234375 label:Time to first byte subpart:timeToFirstByte] map[duration:2217.0960009765627 label:Element render delay subpart:elementRenderDelay]]

lhId: page-0-DIV

nodeLabel: We and our 860 partners store and access personal data, like browsing data or u…

path: 1,HTML,1,BODY,73,DIV,1,DIV,0,DIV,0,DIV,0,DIV,0,DIV,2,DIV

selector: div.ot-sdk-row > div#onetrust-group-container > div#onetrust-policy > div#onetrust-policy-text

snippet: <div id="onetrust-policy-text">

HTTP/2 and HTTP/3 offer many benefits over HTTP/1.1, such as multiplexing. Learn more about using modern HTTP.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

URL	Protocol
/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/22065514/Anthropic-Claude-Myt...	http/1.1
/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/21100903/AI-value-150x84.jpg	http/1.1
/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/20151331/Blind-trust-in-tech-...	http/1.1
/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/20141327/Robots-in-office-150...	http/1.1
/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/17170622/shutterstock_2359551...	http/1.1
/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/19074633/quotes-1-a.png	http/1.1
/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/28091747/people-387-color-1.svg	http/1.1
/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/28091850/database-412-color-1...	http/1.1
/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/28091926/email-456-color-1.svg	http/1.1
/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/28092016/it-120-color-1.svg	http/1.1
/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/28092001/survey-149-color-1.svg	http/1.1
/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/17091927/Frame-83-a.webp	http/1.1
/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/08111504/close-icon.png	http/1.1
/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/15072008/StateOfIT-2026-s.webp	http/1.1
/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/17091829/aberdeen-research-1-...	http/1.1
/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/17091855/aberdeen-research-3-...	http/1.1
/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/17091913/join-min-31.webp?id=...	http/1.1
/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/17092003/Ethan6123.webp	http/1.1

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.

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

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	Duration
ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.7.1/jquery.min.js?ver=3.7.1	30.4 KiB	2.5 s
/wp-content/plugins/custom-pagination-swzd/js/custom-pagi...	903 B
/wp-content/plugins/nelio-ab-testing/assets/dist/js/visit...	2.8 KiB
/wp-content/plugins/elasticpress/dist/css/general-styles....	1.1 KiB	167 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
Join Spiceworks `figure.wpb_wrapper > div.vc_single_image-wrapper > figure.article-thumbnail > img.vc_single_image-img`	/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/17091927/Frame-83-a.webp	24.5 KiB	13.3 KiB
Ethan6123 image `figure.wpb_wrapper > div.vc_single_image-wrapper > figure.article-thumbnail > img.vc_single_image-img`	/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/17092003/Ethan6123.webp	12.1 KiB	11.7 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

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.

Redirects introduce additional delays before the page can be loaded. Learn how to avoid page redirects.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Estimated savings: 804 ms

URL	Time Spent
spiceworks.com/	804 ms
www.spiceworks.com/	0.0 ms

Diagnostics

Minifying CSS files can reduce network payload sizes. Learn how to minify CSS.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Estimated savings: 170 ms 6.8 KiB

URL	Transfer Size	Est Savings
www.spiceworks.com/wp-content/themes/gauge/style.css?defer&ver=v4.1.2	22.0 KiB	6.8 KiB

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: 460 ms 91.7 KiB

URL	Transfer Size	Est Savings
www.spiceworks.com/wp-content/plugins/js_composer/assets/css/js_composer.min.css	44.2 KiB	43.6 KiB
www.spiceworks.com/wp-content/themes/gauge-child/style.css?ver=v4.1.2	29.6 KiB	26.8 KiB
www.spiceworks.com/wp-content/themes/gauge/style.css?defer&ver=v4.1.2	21.9 KiB	21.4 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.

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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: 7.2 s 1.3 MiB

URL	Transfer Size	Est Savings
cdn.ziffstatic.com/pg/toolbox.prebid.js	231.9 KiB	187.5 KiB
www.gstatic.com/recaptcha/releases/gTpTIWhbKpxADzTzkcabhXN4/recaptcha__en.js	361.8 KiB	177.0 KiB
/pagead/managed/js/gpt/m202604160201/pubads_impl.js	187.7 KiB	129.7 KiB
cdn.ziffstatic.com/jst/otBannerSdk.202512.1.0.js	126.2 KiB	71.7 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/destination?id=AW-1065803588&cx=c&gtm=4e64k0	133.9 KiB	68.8 KiB
cdn.ziffstatic.com/pg/toolbox.js	81.8 KiB	68.2 KiB
openads-cdn.adsrvr.org/openadsjs/build/v1.0/ziffdavis/openads.js	98.0 KiB	67.4 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-9YDN7Q62CF&cx=c&gtm=4e64k0	156.1 KiB	64.7 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=AW-331775564&cx=c&gtm=4e64k0	137.7 KiB	63.9 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=AW-972919837&cx=c&gtm=4e64k0	137.1 KiB	63.7 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-7F9D9D3Q65&cx=c&gtm=4e64k0	152.9 KiB	62.0 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-KTKRL68F	151.0 KiB	61.7 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-VTK262JTLL&cx=c&gtm=4e64k0h1	158.1 KiB	61.6 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-PGLF8G	190.0 KiB	51.8 KiB
cdn.static.zdbb.net/js/z0WVjCBSEeGLoxIxOQVEwQ.min.js	175.4 KiB	41.8 KiB
script.hotjar.com/modules.6a0f3932cb1341a35c18.js	56.1 KiB	37.7 KiB
connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents.js	96.5 KiB	32.1 KiB

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
Unattributable	1.7 s	136 ms	0.0 ms
www.gstatic.com/recaptcha/releases/gTpTIWhbKpxADzTzkcabhXN4/recaptcha__en.js	1.4 s	1.2 s	69 ms
cdn.ziffstatic.com/jst/otTCF.202512.1.0.js	969 ms	766 ms	11 ms
www.spiceworks.com/	968 ms	64 ms	11 ms
www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-PGLF8G	850 ms	606 ms	87 ms
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-9YDN7Q62CF&cx=c&gtm=4e64k0	515 ms	462 ms	48 ms
/pagead/managed/js/gpt/m202604160201/pubads_impl.js	389 ms	317 ms	48 ms
cdn.ziffstatic.com/jst/otBannerSdk.202512.1.0.js	387 ms	304 ms	37 ms
www.spiceworks.com/cdn-cgi/challenge-platform/scripts/jsd/main.js	367 ms	342 ms	3.0 ms
www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-KTKRL68F	327 ms	264 ms	39 ms
script.hotjar.com/modules.6a0f3932cb1341a35c18.js	308 ms	246 ms	25 ms
platform.twitter.com/widgets.js	283 ms	60 ms	15 ms
ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.7.1/jquery.min.js?ver=3.7.1	237 ms	174 ms	7.7 ms
cdn.ziffstatic.com/pg/toolbox.prebid.js	230 ms	150 ms	78 ms
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-7F9D9D3Q65&cx=c&gtm=4e64k0	212 ms	161 ms	47 ms
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-VTK262JTLL&cx=c&gtm=4e64k0h1	201 ms	143 ms	38 ms
cdn.ziffstatic.com/pg/toolbox.js	172 ms	101 ms	25 ms
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/destination?id=AW-1065803588&cx=c&gtm=4e64k0	162 ms	133 ms	28 ms
cdn.ziffstatic.com/jst/zdconsent.js	157 ms	142 ms	8.0 ms
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=AW-331775564&cx=c&gtm=4e64k0	154 ms	125 ms	28 ms
connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents.js	154 ms	119 ms	33 ms
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=AW-972919837&cx=c&gtm=4e64k0	151 ms	116 ms	35 ms
openads-cdn.adsrvr.org/openadsjs/build/v1.0/ziffdavis/openads.js	137 ms	110 ms	27 ms
cdn.static.zdbb.net/js/z0WVjCBSEeGLoxIxOQVEwQ.min.js	137 ms	80 ms	15 ms
/signals/config/1581189662169150?v=2.9.303&r=stable&domai...	122 ms	106 ms	16 ms
sb.scorecardresearch.com/cs/6036202/beacon.js	117 ms	76 ms	1.9 ms
pub.doubleverify.com/dvtag/21184943/DV1323887/pub.js	116 ms	87 ms	8.7 ms
snap.licdn.com/li.lms-analytics/insight.min.js	102 ms	71 ms	22 ms
/wp-content/themes/gauge/lib/scripts/jquery.stellar.min.j...	81 ms	12 ms	0.9 ms
securepubads.g.doubleclick.net/tag/js/gpt.js	77 ms	68 ms	7.6 ms
www.spiceworks.com/wp-content/themes/gauge/lib/scripts/modernizr.js?ver=6.9.4	57 ms	33 ms	1.7 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	7.3 s
Other	2.1 s
Style & Layout	933 ms
Script Parsing & Compilation	858 ms
Garbage Collection	412 ms
Parse HTML & CSS	283 ms
Rendering	53 ms

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
www.youtube.com/s/player/1bb6ee63/player_embed_es6.vflset/en_US/base.js	436.0 KiB
www.gstatic.com/recaptcha/releases/gTpTIWhbKpxADzTzkcabhXN4/recaptcha__en.js	362.4 KiB
www.gstatic.com/recaptcha/releases/gTpTIWhbKpxADzTzkcabhXN4/recaptcha__en.js	361.9 KiB
cdn.ziffstatic.com/pg/toolbox.prebid.js	232.1 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-PGLF8G	190.3 KiB
/pagead/managed/js/gpt/m202604160201/pubads_impl.js	187.7 KiB
/s/_/ytembeds/_/js/k=ytembeds.base.en_US.5f0apfZzpOA.2021...	183.1 KiB
cdn.static.zdbb.net/eu/js/z0WVjCBSEeGLoxIxOQVEwQ.min.js	175.8 KiB
/wp-content/themes/gauge-child/fonts/fontawesome-webfont....	162.1 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-VTK262JTLL&cx=c&gtm=4e64k0h1	158.1 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
Ethan6123 image `figure.wpb_wrapper > div.vc_single_image-wrapper > figure.article-thumbnail > img.vc_single_image-img`	/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/17092003/Ethan6123.webp

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

●Layout shift culprits

●Optimize DOM size

●Optimize viewport for mobile

●Minify JavaScript

●User Timing marks and measures 19 user timings

●Avoid long main-thread tasks 20 long tasks found

●Avoid non-composited animations 44 animated elements found

●Page didn't prevent back/forward cache restoration

●Network Requests

●Network Round Trip Times 150 ms

●Server Backend Latencies 200 ms

●Tasks

●Diagnostics

●Metrics

●Screenshot Thumbnails

●Final Screenshot

●Script Treemap Data

●Resources Summary

●Initial server response time was short Root document took 330 ms

○INP breakdown

○LCP request discovery

○Avoid large layout shifts

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
VISIT THE COMMUNITY `div.vc_column-inner > div.wpb_wrapper > div.vc_btn3-container > a.vc_general`
Explore our community `div.vc_column-inner > div.wpb_wrapper > div.popular-section > a.rfc-link`
Water Cooler `div.MixedUseItem-content > div.popular-list > a.rfc-title > div.show-category`
DailyLlama12 hours `div.MixedUseItem-content > div.popular-list > a.rfc-title > p.rf-author`
IT & Tech Careers `div.MixedUseItem-content > div.popular-list > a.rfc-title > div.show-category`
The.Smorg1 day `div.MixedUseItem-content > div.popular-list > a.rfc-title > p.rf-author`
Water Cooler `div.MixedUseItem-content > div.popular-list > a.rfc-title > div.show-category`
Der Geist5 days `div.MixedUseItem-content > div.popular-list > a.rfc-title > p.rf-author`
IT & Tech Careers `div.MixedUseItem-content > div.popular-list > a.rfc-title > div.show-category`
SHNOOL1 day `div.MixedUseItem-content > div.popular-list > a.rfc-title > p.rf-author`
Water Cooler `div.MixedUseItem-content > div.popular-list > a.rfc-title > div.show-category`
Tim-Smith2 hours `div.MixedUseItem-content > div.popular-list > a.rfc-title > p.rf-author`
SEE ALL TOOLS & APPS `div.vc_column-inner > div.wpb_wrapper > div.vc_btn3-container > a.vc_general`
Join to get free accessOpens a new window `div.wpb_text_column > div.wpb_wrapper > p > a.homepage-join-get-free-access`

These are opportunities to improve the legibility of your content.

Visible text labels that do not match the accessible name can result in a confusing experience for screen reader users. Learn more about accessible names.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
Our Privacy Policy `div#onetrust-group-container > div#onetrust-policy > div#onetrust-policy-text > a.ot-cookie-policy-link`

○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

●Form elements have associated labels

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

●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

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

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

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

●Links are distinguishable without relying on color.

●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

●Document has a main landmark.

●Deprecated ARIA roles were not used

○`[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

○`<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

○The document does not use `<meta http-equiv="refresh">`

○`<object>` elements have alternate text

○Select elements have associated label elements.

○Skip links are focusable.

○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.

○Uses ARIA roles only on compatible elements

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

○Identical links have the same purpose.

○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)
From Zurich to Singapore, discover the top-tier universities training the next … `div.top-right-img > a.homepage-top-featured-section-4 > figure.article-thumbnail > img.wpp-thumbnail`	/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/17170622/shutterstock_2359551...	150 x 95 (1.58)	142 x 95 (1.49)
AI adoption often starts with a bill, not a strategy. Costs scale with usage, o… `div.top-right-img > a.homepage-top-featured-section-1 > figure.article-thumbnail > img.wpp-thumbnail`	/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/21100903/AI-value-150x84.jpg	150 x 95 (1.58)	150 x 84 (1.79)
Tech is shifting from blind trust to scrutiny. Cloud is optimized, technical de… `div.top-right-img > a.homepage-top-featured-section-2 > figure.article-thumbnail > img.wpp-thumbnail`	/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/20151331/Blind-trust-in-tech-...	150 x 95 (1.58)	150 x 84 (1.79)
The rise of humanoid robots presents a dilemma: collaboration or displacement? … `div.top-right-img > a.homepage-top-featured-section-3 > figure.article-thumbnail > img.wpp-thumbnail`	/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/20141327/Robots-in-office-150...	150 x 95 (1.58)	150 x 79 (1.90)

Image natural dimensions should be proportional to the display size and the pixel ratio to maximize image clarity. Learn how to provide responsive images.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

	URL	Displayed size	Actual size	Expected size
Mythos hype is misleading. Bug claims rely on extrapolation; its high exploit r… `div.homepage-first-img > a.homepage-top-featured-section-0 > figure.article-thumbnail > img`	/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/22065514/Anthropic-Claude-Myt...	382 x 258	296 x 200	573 x 387
evidon icon `div.adchoice-tag > div.container > a.showConsentTool > img.evidon-consent-link-image`	c.evidon.com/pub/icong1.png	14 x 18	14 x 18	21 x 27

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
SharedStorage	www.spiceworks.com/cdn-cgi/challenge-platform/scripts/jsd/main.js
StorageType.persistent is deprecated. Please use standardized navigator.storage instead.	www.spiceworks.com/cdn-cgi/challenge-platform/scripts/jsd/main.js
Fledge	www.spiceworks.com/cdn-cgi/challenge-platform/scripts/jsd/main.js
AttributionReporting	snap.licdn.com/li.lms-analytics/insight.min.js

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
www.spiceworks.com/wp-content/themes/gauge/lib/scripts/ajax-loop.js?ver=6.9.4 line 394, col 79	TypeError: $(...).flexslider is not a function at HTMLDocument.<anonymous> (https://www.spiceworks.com/wp-content/themes/gauge/lib/scripts/ajax-loop.js?ver=6.9.4:395:80) at HTMLDocument.dispatch (https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.7.1/jquery.min.js?ver=3.7.1:2:40035) at v.handle (https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.7.1/jquery.min.js?ver=3.7.1:2:38006) at Object.trigger (https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.7.1/jquery.min.js?ver=3.7.1:2:70124) at l (https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.7.1/jquery.min.js?ver=3.7.1:2:77934) at HTMLScriptElement.i (https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.7.1/jquery.min.js?ver=3.7.1:2:81353) at HTMLScriptElement.dispatch (https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.7.1/jquery.min.js?ver=3.7.1:2:40035) at v.handle (https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.7.1/jquery.min.js?ver=3.7.1:2:38006)
www.spiceworks.com/ line 1502, col 24	`TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'cloneNode') at https://www.spiceworks.com/:1503:25`
	TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'css') at <anonymous>:7:65 at https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-PGLF8G:1017:429 at https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-PGLF8G:1018:132 at https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-PGLF8G:1018:132 at https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-PGLF8G:1018:132 at https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-PGLF8G:1017:454 at vR (https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-PGLF8G:1019:31) at Nd.uR (https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-PGLF8G:1016:92) at Nd.<anonymous> (https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-PGLF8G:388:187) at k.apply (https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-PGLF8G:314:466)
www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-PGLF8G line 239, col 503	`Uncaught [object Object]`
ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.7.1/jquery.min.js?ver=3.7.1 line 1, col 28759	`Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'trim')`

●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

●Page has the HTML doctype

●Properly defines charset

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

●Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

●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

○Use a strong HSTS policy

○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.

Crawling and Indexing

Search engines may use `href` attributes on links to crawl websites. Ensure that the `href` attribute of anchor elements links to an appropriate destination, so more pages of the site can be discovered. Learn how to make links crawlable

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Uncrawlable Link
`div#gp-login-box > div.gp-login-form-wrapper > div#migration-popup > a#gp-login-close-new`

To appear in search results, crawlers need access to your app.

○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

●robots.txt is valid

●Image elements have `[alt]` attributes

●Document has a valid `hreflang`

●Document has a valid `rel=canonical`

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.

1.13 s

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

3.55 s

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

200 ms

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

1.724

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

2.86 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.

7.89 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.

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
cdn.ziffstatic.com/pg/toolbox.prebid.js	1951.0 s	232.1 KiB
openads-cdn.adsrvr.org/openadsjs/build/v1.0/ziffdavis/openads.js	0.0 ms	98.4 KiB
connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents.js	1200.0 s	96.6 KiB
cdn.static.zdbb.net/eu/js/z0WVjCBSEeGLoxIxOQVEwQ.min.js	86400.0 s	175.8 KiB
cdn.ziffstatic.com/pg/toolbox.js	1951.0 s	82.0 KiB
/vi/xZ_6DSqiaPA/sddefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCIAFEOAD8quKqQM...	7200.0 s	62.1 KiB
/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/17091913/join-min-31.webp?id=...	0.0 ms	45.8 KiB
/signals/config/1581189662169150?v=2.9.303&r=stable&domai...	1200.0 s	44.8 KiB
pub.doubleverify.com/dvtag/21184943/DV1323887/pub.js	900.0 s	33.5 KiB
/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/22065514/Anthropic-Claude-Myt...	0.0 ms	27.1 KiB
/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/17091927/Frame-83-a.webp	0.0 ms	24.9 KiB
/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/15072008/StateOfIT-2026-s.webp	0.0 ms	23.8 KiB
platform.twitter.com/widgets.js	1800.0 s	27.3 KiB
cdn.ziffstatic.com/jst/zdconsent_eu.js	2603.0 s	27.8 KiB
www.redditstatic.com/ads/pixel.js	60.0 s	19.0 KiB
www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js	7200.0 s	20.9 KiB
/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/17091855/aberdeen-research-3-...	0.0 ms	14.8 KiB
/service.identity/assets/navigation.css?defer&ver=v4.1.2	14400.0 s	19.6 KiB
/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/17091829/aberdeen-research-1-...	0.0 ms	13.0 KiB
/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/17092003/Ethan6123.webp	0.0 ms	12.5 KiB
cdn.ziffstatic.com/jst/otBannerSdk.202512.1.0.js	2307760.0 s	126.2 KiB
/cdn-cgi/challenge-platform/h/b/scripts/jsd/0b8fb825cb67/...	14400.0 s	12.0 KiB
/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/17092006/MachoManRandall.webp	0.0 ms	7.6 KiB
snap.licdn.com/li.lms-analytics/insight.min.js	86400.0 s	18.7 KiB
static.hotjar.com/c/hotjar-2670087.js?sv=5	60.0 s	6.2 KiB
/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/17092008/cynlis.webp	0.0 ms	5.0 KiB
/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/20141327/Robots-in-office-150...	0.0 ms	4.9 KiB
/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/21100903/AI-value-150x84.jpg	0.0 ms	3.7 KiB
/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/28091747/people-387-color-1.svg	0.0 ms	2.7 KiB
sb.scorecardresearch.com/internal-cs/default/beacon.js	86400.0 s	6.7 KiB
/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/17170622/shutterstock_2359551...	0.0 ms	2.5 KiB
/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/20151331/Blind-trust-in-tech-...	0.0 ms	2.3 KiB
/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/28091850/database-412-color-1...	0.0 ms	2.1 KiB
/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/28092001/survey-149-color-1.svg	0.0 ms	2.0 KiB
connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbds.js	1200.0 s	2.3 KiB
/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/19074633/quotes-1-a.png	0.0 ms	2.0 KiB
cdn.ziffstatic.com/jst/otTCF.202512.1.0.js	2468783.0 s	17.7 KiB
/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/28092016/it-120-color-1.svg	0.0 ms	1.4 KiB
munchkin.marketo.net/munchkin.js	0.0 ms	1.2 KiB
/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/28091926/email-456-color-1.svg	0.0 ms	1.2 KiB
edge.spiceworksstatic.com/service.identity/vite/assets/global-nav.js	14400.0 s	1.7 KiB
cdn.ziffstatic.com/pg/toolbox.css	1951.0 s	864 B
/collect?v=2&fmt=js&pid=2406868%2C6488140&time=1776888970...	0.0 ms	691 B
/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/08111504/close-icon.png	0.0 ms	683 B
/rp.gif?ts=1776888970421&id=a2_fjfcif6cui9j&event=PageVis...	0.0 ms	666 B
cdn.ziffstatic.com/ajs?zoneid=a	3600.0 s	675 B
static.doubleclick.net/instream/ad_status.js	900.0 s	495 B
zdstatic.spiceworks.com/decc/www_sw.js	3600.0 s	440 B
www.gstatic.com/recaptcha/api2/logo_48.png	604800.0 s	2.3 KiB
c.evidon.com/pub/icong1.png	864000.0 s	898 B
/tr/?id=1581189662169150&ev=PixelInitialized&dl=https%3A%...	0.0 ms	19 B
/tr/?id=1581189662169150&ev=PageView&dl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww...	0.0 ms	16 B
static.doubleclick.net/instream/ad_status.js	900.0 s	0 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:1.7243560000000002] map[node:map[boundingRect:map[bottom:4099 height:3809 left:0 right:1350 top:290 width:1350] lhId:page-1-DIV nodeLabel:Skip to Main Navigation Skip to Main Content Skip to Footer Home Articles Commu… path:1,HTML,1,BODY,10,MAIN,0,DIV selector:body.page-template-home-page > main#layout > div#gp-site-wrapper snippet:<div id="gp-site-wrapper"> type:node] score:0.957447 subItems:map[items:[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/roboto/v51/KFO5CnqEu92Fr1Mu53ZEC9_Vu3r1gIhOszmkBnkaSTbQWg.woff2]]] type:subitems]] map[node:map[boundingRect:map[bottom:4099 height:3809 left:0 right:1350 top:290 width:1350] lhId:page-1-DIV nodeLabel:Skip to Main Navigation Skip to Main Content Skip to Footer Home Articles Commu… path:1,HTML,1,BODY,10,MAIN,0,DIV selector:body.page-template-home-page > main#layout > div#gp-site-wrapper snippet:<div id="gp-site-wrapper"> type:node] score:0.764993] map[node:map[boundingRect:map[bottom:1283 height:262 left:90 right:755 top:1021 width:665] lhId:page-10-DIV nodeLabel:AI Anthropic's Claude Mythos: Breakthrough or hype machine? Every IT profession… path:1,HTML,1,BODY,10,MAIN,0,DIV,1,DIV,9,DIV,0,DIV,1,DIV,1,DIV,0,DIV,0,DIV,0,DIV,2,DIV,0,DIV,0,DIV,0,DIV,0,DIV,1,DIV selector:div.vc_column-inner > div.wpb_wrapper > div.home-page-top-left > div.homepage-first-content snippet:<div class="homepage-first-content"> type:node] score:0.001857] map[node:map[boundingRect:map[bottom:342 height:36 left:943 right:1183 top:306 width:240] lhId:page-12-DIV nodeLabel:Search Spiceworks path:1,HTML,1,BODY,10,MAIN,0,DIV,1,DIV,1,DIV,6,NAV,3,DIV selector:div#gp-page-wrapper > div.lean-navbar > nav#topMenu > div.search-wrapper snippet:<div class="search-wrapper"> type:node] score:4.2e-05] map[node:map[boundingRect:map[bottom:494 height:45 left:1128 right:1260 top:449 width:132] lhId:page-11-A nodeLabel:SEE ALL ARTICLES path:1,HTML,1,BODY,10,MAIN,0,DIV,1,DIV,9,DIV,0,DIV,1,DIV,1,DIV,0,DIV,0,DIV,0,DIV,0,DIV,0,DIV,0,DIV,0,DIV,1,DIV,0,A selector:div.vc_column-inner > div.wpb_wrapper > div.vc_btn3-container > a.vc_general snippet:<a style="background-color:#ffffff; color:#007FA2;" class="vc_general vc_btn3 vc_btn3-size-lg vc_btn3-shape-square vc_btn3-style-cust…" href="https://www.spiceworks.com/news-insights/" onclick="#"> type:node] score:1.7e-05]]

Your first network request is the most important. Reduce its latency by avoiding redirects, ensuring a fast server response, and enabling text compression.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

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
/wp-content/themes/gauge-child/fonts/fontawesome-webfont....	65 ms
fonts.gstatic.com/s/roboto/v48/KFO7CnqEu92Fr1ME7kSn66aGLdTylUAMa3yUBHMdazQ.woff2	35 ms
fonts.gstatic.com/s/roboto/v48/KFO7CnqEu92Fr1ME7kSn66aGLdTylUAMa3yUBHMdazQ.woff2	30 ms

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

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

items: [map[reflowTime:7.782 source:map[column:27323 line:2 type:source-location url:https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.7.1/jquery.min.js?ver=3.7.1 urlProvider:network]]]

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

items: [map[reflowTime:109.64 source:map[type:text value:[unattributed]]] map[reflowTime:38.962 source:map[column:4003 line:3 type:source-location url:https://www.spiceworks.com/wp-content/themes/gauge/lib/scripts/modernizr.js?ver=6.9.4 urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:1.174 source:map[column:5957 line:3 type:source-location url:https://www.spiceworks.com/wp-content/themes/gauge/lib/scripts/modernizr.js?ver=6.9.4 urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:1.841 source:map[column:6491 line:3 type:source-location url:https://www.spiceworks.com/wp-content/themes/gauge/lib/scripts/modernizr.js?ver=6.9.4 urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:1.378 source:map[column:1156 line:3 type:source-location url:https://www.spiceworks.com/wp-content/themes/gauge/lib/scripts/modernizr.js?ver=6.9.4 urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:0.17 source:map[column:1191 line:3 type:source-location url:https://www.spiceworks.com/wp-content/themes/gauge/lib/scripts/modernizr.js?ver=6.9.4 urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:1.367 source:map[column:50335 line:1 type:source-location url:https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.7.1/jquery.min.js?ver=3.7.1 urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:0.229 source:map[column:50393 line:1 type:source-location url:https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.7.1/jquery.min.js?ver=3.7.1 urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:0.163 source:map[column:50457 line:1 type:source-location url:https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.7.1/jquery.min.js?ver=3.7.1 urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:4.446 source:map[column:85575 line:1 type:source-location url:https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.7.1/jquery.min.js?ver=3.7.1 urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:1.001 source:map[column:85 line:128 type:source-location url:https://cdn.ziffstatic.com/pg/toolbox.js urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:2.283 source:map[column:336 line:67 type:source-location url:https://cdn.ziffstatic.com/pg/toolbox.js urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:0.252 source:map[column:447 line:107 type:source-location url:https://cdn.ziffstatic.com/jst/zdconsent.js urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:7.445 source:map[column:49615 line:1 type:source-location url:https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.7.1/jquery.min.js?ver=3.7.1 urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:0.337 source:map[column:51395 line:1 type:source-location url:https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.7.1/jquery.min.js?ver=3.7.1 urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:0.792 source:map[column:10449 line:7 type:source-location url:https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js urlProvider:network]]]

HTTP/2 and HTTP/3 offer many benefits over HTTP/1.1, such as multiplexing. Learn more about using modern HTTP.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

URL	Protocol
/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/22065514/Anthropic-Claude-Myt...	http/1.1
/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/21100903/AI-value-150x84.jpg	http/1.1
/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/20151331/Blind-trust-in-tech-...	http/1.1
/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/20141327/Robots-in-office-150...	http/1.1
/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/17170622/shutterstock_2359551...	http/1.1
/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/19074633/quotes-1-a.png	http/1.1
/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/28091747/people-387-color-1.svg	http/1.1
/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/28091850/database-412-color-1...	http/1.1
/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/28091926/email-456-color-1.svg	http/1.1
/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/28092016/it-120-color-1.svg	http/1.1
/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/28092001/survey-149-color-1.svg	http/1.1
/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/17091927/Frame-83-a.webp	http/1.1
/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/08111504/close-icon.png	http/1.1
/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/15072008/StateOfIT-2026-s.webp	http/1.1
/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/17091829/aberdeen-research-1-...	http/1.1
/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/17091855/aberdeen-research-3-...	http/1.1
/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/17092003/Ethan6123.webp	http/1.1
/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/17092006/MachoManRandall.webp	http/1.1
/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/17091913/join-min-31.webp?id=...	http/1.1
/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/17092008/cynlis.webp	http/1.1

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.

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

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	Duration
ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.7.1/jquery.min.js?ver=3.7.1	30.4 KiB	389 ms
/wp-content/plugins/nelio-ab-testing/assets/dist/js/visit...	2.7 KiB
/wp-content/plugins/custom-pagination-swzd/js/custom-pagi...	920 B
/wp-content/plugins/elasticpress/dist/css/general-styles....	1.2 KiB

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
Ethan6123 image `figure.wpb_wrapper > div.vc_single_image-wrapper > figure.article-thumbnail > img.vc_single_image-img`	/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/17092003/Ethan6123.webp	12.1 KiB	11.7 KiB
Join Spiceworks `figure.wpb_wrapper > div.vc_single_image-wrapper > figure.article-thumbnail > img.vc_single_image-img`	/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/17091927/Frame-83-a.webp	24.5 KiB	9.7 KiB
MachoManRandall image `figure.wpb_wrapper > div.vc_single_image-wrapper > figure.article-thumbnail > img.vc_single_image-img`	/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/17092006/MachoManRandall.webp	7.2 KiB	6.7 KiB

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

Redirects introduce additional delays before the page can be loaded. Learn how to avoid page redirects.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Estimated savings: 248 ms

URL	Time Spent
spiceworks.com/	248 ms
www.spiceworks.com/	0.0 ms

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
Skip to Main Navigation Skip to Main Content Skip to Footer Home Articles Commu… `body.page-template-home-page > main#layout > div#gp-site-wrapper`	0.957
Skip to Main Navigation Skip to Main Content Skip to Footer Home Articles Commu… `body.page-template-home-page > main#layout > div#gp-site-wrapper`	0.765
AI Anthropic's Claude Mythos: Breakthrough or hype machine? Every IT profession… `div.vc_column-inner > div.wpb_wrapper > div.home-page-top-left > div.homepage-first-content`	0.002
Search Spiceworks `div#gp-page-wrapper > div.lean-navbar > nav#topMenu > div.search-wrapper`	0.000
SEE ALL ARTICLES `div.vc_column-inner > div.wpb_wrapper > div.vc_btn3-container > a.vc_general`	0.000

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

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

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: 80 ms 91.8 KiB

URL	Transfer Size	Est Savings
www.spiceworks.com/wp-content/plugins/js_composer/assets/css/js_composer.min.css	44.2 KiB	43.5 KiB
www.spiceworks.com/wp-content/themes/gauge-child/style.css?ver=v4.1.2	29.6 KiB	26.9 KiB
www.spiceworks.com/wp-content/themes/gauge/style.css?defer&ver=v4.1.2	21.9 KiB	21.4 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: 160 ms 1.3 MiB

URL	Transfer Size	Est Savings
cdn.ziffstatic.com/pg/toolbox.prebid.js	231.9 KiB	187.5 KiB
www.gstatic.com/recaptcha/releases/gTpTIWhbKpxADzTzkcabhXN4/recaptcha__en.js	361.8 KiB	177.0 KiB
/pagead/managed/js/gpt/m202604160201/pubads_impl.js	187.7 KiB	128.3 KiB
cdn.ziffstatic.com/jst/otBannerSdk.202512.1.0.js	126.2 KiB	71.7 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/destination?id=AW-1065803588&cx=c&gtm=4e64k0	133.9 KiB	68.7 KiB
cdn.ziffstatic.com/pg/toolbox.js	81.8 KiB	68.2 KiB
openads-cdn.adsrvr.org/openadsjs/build/v1.0/ziffdavis/openads.js	98.0 KiB	67.4 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-9YDN7Q62CF&cx=c&gtm=4e64k0	156.1 KiB	65.8 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=AW-972919837&cx=c&gtm=4e64k0	137.1 KiB	64.0 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=AW-331775564&cx=c&gtm=4e64k0	137.7 KiB	63.6 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-KTKRL68F	151.0 KiB	63.3 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-VTK262JTLL&cx=c&gtm=4e64k0	158.1 KiB	61.9 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-7F9D9D3Q65&cx=c&gtm=4e64k0	152.9 KiB	61.3 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-PGLF8G	190.0 KiB	52.8 KiB
cdn.static.zdbb.net/js/z0WVjCBSEeGLoxIxOQVEwQ.min.js	175.4 KiB	41.8 KiB
script.hotjar.com/modules.6a0f3932cb1341a35c18.js	56.1 KiB	37.8 KiB
connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents.js	96.5 KiB	32.5 KiB

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	1.5 s
Other	421 ms
Style & Layout	257 ms
Script Parsing & Compilation	199 ms
Garbage Collection	80 ms
Rendering	34 ms
Parse HTML & CSS	34 ms

Minifying CSS files can reduce network payload sizes. Learn how to minify CSS.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Estimated savings: 0.0 ms 6.8 KiB

URL	Transfer Size	Est Savings
www.spiceworks.com/wp-content/themes/gauge/style.css?defer&ver=v4.1.2	22.0 KiB	6.8 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
www.youtube.com/s/player/1bb6ee63/player_embed_es6.vflset/en_US/base.js	436.0 KiB
www.gstatic.com/recaptcha/releases/gTpTIWhbKpxADzTzkcabhXN4/recaptcha__en.js	362.4 KiB
www.gstatic.com/recaptcha/releases/gTpTIWhbKpxADzTzkcabhXN4/recaptcha__en.js	361.9 KiB
cdn.ziffstatic.com/pg/toolbox.prebid.js	232.1 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-PGLF8G	190.0 KiB
/pagead/managed/js/gpt/m202604160201/pubads_impl.js	187.7 KiB
/s/_/ytembeds/_/js/k=ytembeds.base.en_US.5f0apfZzpOA.2021...	183.1 KiB
cdn.static.zdbb.net/eu/js/z0WVjCBSEeGLoxIxOQVEwQ.min.js	175.8 KiB
/wp-content/themes/gauge-child/fonts/fontawesome-webfont....	162.0 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-VTK262JTLL&cx=c&gtm=4e64k0	158.1 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
Ethan6123 image `figure.wpb_wrapper > div.vc_single_image-wrapper > figure.article-thumbnail > img.vc_single_image-img`	/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/17092003/Ethan6123.webp
MachoManRandall image `figure.wpb_wrapper > div.vc_single_image-wrapper > figure.article-thumbnail > img.vc_single_image-img`	/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/17092006/MachoManRandall.webp
cynlis image `figure.wpb_wrapper > div.vc_single_image-wrapper > figure.article-thumbnail > img.vc_single_image-img`	/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/17092008/cynlis.webp

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

●Optimize DOM size

●LCP breakdown

●LCP request discovery

●Optimize viewport for mobile

●Minify JavaScript

●User Timing marks and measures 19 user timings

●JavaScript execution time 1.1 s

●Avoid long main-thread tasks 6 long tasks found

●Avoid non-composited animations 18 animated elements found

●Page didn't prevent back/forward cache restoration

●Network Requests

●Network Round Trip Times 220 ms

●Server Backend Latencies 240 ms

●Tasks

●Diagnostics

●Metrics

●Screenshot Thumbnails

●Final Screenshot

●Script Treemap Data

●Resources Summary

●Initial server response time was short Root document took 150 ms

○INP breakdown

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
VISIT THE COMMUNITY `div.vc_column-inner > div.wpb_wrapper > div.vc_btn3-container > a.vc_general`
Explore our community `div.vc_column-inner > div.wpb_wrapper > div.popular-section > a.rfc-link`
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These are opportunities to improve the legibility of your content.

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○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

●Form elements have associated labels

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

●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

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

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

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

●Links are distinguishable without relying on color.

●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

●Document has a main landmark.

●Deprecated ARIA roles were not used

○`[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

○`<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

○The document does not use `<meta http-equiv="refresh">`

○`<object>` elements have alternate text

○Select elements have associated label elements.

○Skip links are focusable.

○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.

○Uses ARIA roles only on compatible elements

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

○Identical links have the same purpose.

○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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User Experience

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Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

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

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SharedStorage	www.spiceworks.com/cdn-cgi/challenge-platform/scripts/jsd/main.js
StorageType.persistent is deprecated. Please use standardized navigator.storage instead.	www.spiceworks.com/cdn-cgi/challenge-platform/scripts/jsd/main.js
Fledge	www.spiceworks.com/cdn-cgi/challenge-platform/scripts/jsd/main.js
AttributionReporting	snap.licdn.com/li.lms-analytics/insight.min.js

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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Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

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●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

●Displays images with correct aspect ratio

●Page has the HTML doctype

●Properly defines charset

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

●Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

●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

○Use a strong HSTS policy

○Mitigate clickjacking with XFO or CSP

SEO

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

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

Crawling and Indexing

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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

●robots.txt is valid

●Image elements have `[alt]` attributes

●Document has a valid `hreflang`

●Document has a valid `rel=canonical`

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Insights

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