Speed tests and the document language used

TL;DR

One of the most common problems with website accessibility is missing document language. This is because the document language helps screen readers to interpret the text correctly.

Therefore, ZOMDir's Page inspector is used to test which document language speed tests use.

Of the top 10 speed tests, there are 5 speed tests with the document language set. These speed tests are: Internet Speed at a Glance, Ookla Speedtest, Meter.net, SpeedOf.me and TestMy.net.

 

Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. Method of measurement
  3. Speed tests to test
  4. The measurements
  5. Conclusions
 

Introduction

One of the most common accessibility failure mentioned in The WebAIM 2023 report on the accessibility of the top 1,000,000 home pages is "Missing document language". That is, the HTML element doesn't have a lang attribute.

 

Method of measurement

For this test, we use ZOMDir's Page inspector and take a look at the Meta data view.

The homepage of the speed test is tested. When a speed test starts automatically, ZOMDir's Page inspector is started when the test is completed.

 

Speed tests to test

Because this is a relative simple test, the unique speed tests as collected at ZOMDir will be tested.

 

The measurements

  1. Astound speedtest language code is not set
  2. Bandwidth Place language code is: en-US
  3. Bredbandskollen language code is: en-US
  4. Broadband Internet Speed test (Gone) language code is not set
  5. Broadband Speed Checker language code is: en
  6. Cloudflare language code is not set
  7. Comparitech language code is: en-US
  8. DSLReports language code is not set
  9. Fast language code is not set
  10. Fireprobe language code is: en-US
  11. Google Fiber language code is not set
  12. Internet Speed at a Glance language code is: en
  13. LibreSpeed language code is: en
  14. M-Lab language code is not set
  15. Meter.net language code is: en
  16. N Perf language code is: en
  17. Ookla Speedtest language code is: en
  18. Open Speed Test language code is: en
  19. SamKnows language code is not set
  20. SpeedCheck language code is: en
  21. SpeedOf.me language code is: en
  22. SpeedOf.me API Sample Page language code is not set
  23. SpeedSmart language code is not set
  24. Speedtest4.PHP language code is not set
  25. TestMy.net language code is: en
  26. Toast language code is: en
  27. Which Broadband Speed Test language code is not set
  28. Xfinity xFi Speed Test language code is: en
 

Conclusions

  1. There are 12 speed tests without a language code
  2. There are 4 speed test with the language code "en-US"
  3. There are 12 speed tests with the language code "en"
  4. Of the speed tests with a language code the following 5 speed tests are in the speed test top 10:
    1. Internet Speed at a Glance
    2. Ookla Speedtest
    3. Meter.net
    4. SpeedOf.me
    5. TestMy.net
  5. Note that all speed tests mentioned above use the language code "en"