Dries Bos — Creative Developer

What Dr Urls found on driesbos.com

From the audit of their public home page on 23/10/2026, worst first. Each links to what it means and how it is fixed.

• high
  Missing landmark elements

  WCAG 1.3.1 requires that page structure is programmatically determinable.

• high
  Time to First Byte (TTFB) is slow

  TTFB directly impacts all subsequent loading metrics.

• medium
  Excessive DOM size

  A large DOM tree directly impacts Interaction to Next Paint (INP), a Core Web Vital.

• medium
  Form inputs missing associated labels

  Unlabelled form fields are unusable for screen reader users, who represent a significant portion of potential customers.

• medium
  Form inputs missing autocomplete attribute

  WCAG 1.3.5 requires input purpose to be programmatically determined for inputs collecting user information.

• medium
  Image file too large (>500 KB)

  Images typically account for 50-75% of a page's total weight.

• medium
  Render-blocking CSS or JavaScript

  Render-blocking resources directly impact First Contentful Paint (FCP) and Largest Contentful Paint (LCP), both Core Web Vitals metrics.

• medium
  Thin content (too few words)

  Google's Helpful Content system explicitly targets thin, low-value pages.

• low
  H1 heading is too long

  A concise H1 provides a clear, focused signal about the page's primary topic.

• low
  Image has empty alt attribute

  If a content-relevant image has an empty alt attribute, search engines cannot understand what the image depicts, and it will not appear in image search results.

• low
  Link is named for screen readers but has no anchor text

  Nothing is broken for users.

2 security findings are not listed on this public page; the site's owner sees them in a full audit after claiming it.