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gapersblock.com Alexa Rank

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Domain Name: GAPERSBLOCK.COM
Registry Domain ID: 96161491_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.omnis.com
Registrar URL: http://www.omnis.com
Updated Date: 2024-03-26T12:19:14Z
Creation Date: 2003-03-26T05:15:48Z
Registry Expiry Date: 2025-03-26T04:15:48Z
Registrar: Omnis Network, LLC
Registrar IANA ID: 143
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DNSSEC: unsigned
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gapersblock.com desktop page speed rank

Last tested: 2018-12-13

Desktop Speed Medium

79/100

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gapersblock.com Desktop Resource Breakdown

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Number of Hosts	12
Static Resources	34
JavaScript Resources	13
CSS Resources	1

gapersblock.com mobile page speed rank

Last tested: 2018-12-13

Mobile Speed Medium

70/100

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gapersblock.com Mobile Resource Breakdown

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gapersblock.com mobile page usability

Last tested: 2018-12-13

Mobile Usability Medium

66/100

gapersblock.com Mobile Usability Test Quick Summary

priority - 27Use legible font sizes

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priority - 3Size content to viewport

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The element <strong>As of January…-plus years. ✶</strong> falls outside the viewport.
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gapersblock.com HTML validation

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Almost standards mode doctype. Expected “<!DOCTYPE html>”.

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"...<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <ht..."

Bad value “pragma” for attribute “http-equiv” on element “meta”.

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"...0f0" /> <meta http-equiv="pragma" content="no-cache" /> <met..."

Bad value “imagetoolbar” for attribute “http-equiv” on element “meta”.

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"...true" /> <meta http-equiv="imagetoolbar" content="false" /> <met..."

The “align” attribute on the “p” element is obsolete. Use CSS instead.

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The “clear” attribute on the “br” element is obsolete. Use CSS instead.

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Bad value “140px” for attribute “width” on element “img”: Expected a digit but saw “p” instead.

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"...yousuck/"><img src="/features-home/showyousuck.jpg" alt="" width="140px" height="100px"/></a> <..." Line: 125 Column: 98 - 169
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Bad value “100px” for attribute “height” on element “img”: Expected a digit but saw “p” instead.

Bad value “http://gapersblock.com/merge/archives/City Life/Cultural/” for attribute “href” on element “a”: Illegal character in path segment: space is not allowed.

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"...> — <a href="http://gapersblock.com/merge/archives/City Life/Cultural/">City L..." Line: 182 Column: 150 - 217
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Bad value “http://gapersblock.com/merge/archives/In the News/” for attribute “href” on element “a”: Illegal character in path segment: space is not allowed.

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"...> — <a href="http://gapersblock.com/merge/archives/In the News/">In the..."

Bad value “http://gapersblock.com/merge/archives/Found on the Web/” for attribute “href” on element “a”: Illegal character in path segment: space is not allowed.

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"...> — <a href="http://gapersblock.com/merge/archives/Found on the Web/">Found ..."

Bad value “” for attribute “action” on element “form”: Must be non-empty.

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Bad value “350px” for attribute “width” on element “img”: Expected a digit but saw “p” instead.

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"...'s photo"><img src="/rearview/photo/20151231_2012.jpg" alt="View today's photo" width="350px"/></a> <..."

An “img” element must have an “alt” attribute, except under certain conditions. For details, consult guidance on providing text alternatives for images.

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