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Report Summary

  • 23

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    42% of other websites

  • 86

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 62% of websites

  • 67

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    24% of websites

  • 54

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    19% of websites

volusia.org

Volusia County Government Online

Page Load Speed

24.1 sec in total

First Response

110 ms

Resources Loaded

11 sec

Page Rendered

13 sec

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Key Findings

We analyzed Volusia.org page load time and found that the first response time was 110 ms and then it took 24 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 95% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

volusia.org performance score

23

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.5 s

35/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value28.9 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value8.2 s

20/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value1,960 ms

8/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.067

97/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value15.3 s

7/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

www.volusia.org

110 ms

www.volusia.org

1156 ms

skeleton.css

348 ms

layout.css

360 ms

styles.css

612 ms

Our browser made a total of 60 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 87% of them (52 requests) were addressed to the original Volusia.org, 5% (3 requests) were made to Translate.googleapis.com and 3% (2 requests) were made to Google-analytics.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (2.7 sec) relates to the external source Translate.google.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 773.0 kB (28%)

Content Size

2.7 MB

After Optimization

2.0 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Volusia.org main page is 2.7 MB. This result falls beyond the top 1M of websites and identifies a large and not optimized web page that may take ages to load. 55% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 1.6 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-91%

Potential reduce by 200.1 kB

  • Original 220.4 kB
  • After minification 122.7 kB
  • After compression 20.3 kB

HTML content can be minified and compressed by a website’s server. The most efficient way is to compress content using GZIP which reduces data amount travelling through the network between server and browser. This page needs HTML code to be minified as it can gain 97.7 kB, which is 44% of the original size. It is highly recommended that content of this web page should be compressed using GZIP, as it can save up to 200.1 kB or 91% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-2%

Potential reduce by 33.8 kB

  • Original 1.6 MB
  • After minification 1.6 MB

Image size optimization can help to speed up a website loading time. The chart above shows the difference between the size before and after optimization. Volusia images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-55%

Potential reduce by 455.3 kB

  • Original 820.8 kB
  • After minification 787.7 kB
  • After compression 365.5 kB

It’s better to minify JavaScript in order to improve website performance. The diagram shows the current total size of all JavaScript files against the prospective JavaScript size after its minification and compression. It is highly recommended that all JavaScript files should be compressed and minified as it can save up to 455.3 kB or 55% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-78%

Potential reduce by 83.7 kB

  • Original 107.6 kB
  • After minification 76.4 kB
  • After compression 23.9 kB

CSS files minification is very important to reduce a web page rendering time. The faster CSS files can load, the earlier a page can be rendered. Volusia.org needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 83.7 kB or 78% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 14 (24%)

Requests Now

58

After Optimization

44

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 58 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Volusia. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 8 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 8 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

www.volusia.org

www.volusia.org

110 ms

www.volusia.org

www.volusia.org

1156 ms

skeleton.css

skeleton.css

348 ms

layout.css

layout.css

360 ms

styles.css

styles.css

612 ms

plusslider.css

plusslider.css

589 ms

jquery-1.8.3.min.js

jquery-1.8.3.min.js

1522 ms

jquery.plusslider.js

jquery.plusslider.js

1404 ms

jquery.easing.1.3.js

jquery.easing.1.3.js

1365 ms

element.js

element.js

2716 ms

monsido.js

monsido.js

2716 ms

about-us.jpg

about-us.jpg

2234 ms

logo.png

logo.png

2010 ms

volusialogo-210x127.png

volusialogo-210x127.png

505 ms

why-work-for-us-slider.jpg

why-work-for-us-slider.jpg

1970 ms

0051805-sliderfertilizer2.jpg

0051805-sliderfertilizer2.jpg

2244 ms

slider-diversity-july-2017.jpg

slider-diversity-july-2017.jpg

1987 ms

green-strip.png

green-strip.png

1986 ms

Veterans-Eagle_thumb.jpg

Veterans-Eagle_thumb.jpg

1986 ms

hurricane-fran2_thumb.gif

hurricane-fran2_thumb.gif

1986 ms

Beach-Shot-Wide_9390_thumb.jpg

Beach-Shot-Wide_9390_thumb.jpg

2066 ms

0073405-1-LEC_logo_thumb.png

0073405-1-LEC_logo_thumb.png

2066 ms

0048171-TCK_3_thumb.jpg

0048171-TCK_3_thumb.jpg

2065 ms

flower-native_thumb.jpg

flower-native_thumb.jpg

2066 ms

fly_thumb.jpg

fly_thumb.jpg

2193 ms

NASA-Logo_thumb.jpg

NASA-Logo_thumb.jpg

2191 ms

special-districts.jpg

special-districts.jpg

2191 ms

beachcam-button2.jpg

beachcam-button2.jpg

2191 ms

facebook_large.png

facebook_large.png

2242 ms

twitter_large.png

twitter_large.png

2241 ms

youtube_large.png

youtube_large.png

2192 ms

bottomLogo.png

bottomLogo.png

2192 ms

go-button.png

go-button.png

2240 ms

background.gif

background.gif

1033 ms

header_volusia.jpg

header_volusia.jpg

944 ms

search-bar.png

search-bar.png

943 ms

buttonbg.jpg

buttonbg.jpg

942 ms

buttonbg.jpg

buttonbg.jpg

762 ms

base.css

base.css

56 ms

body-bg.jpg

body-bg.jpg

66 ms

styles-small.css

styles-small.css

51 ms

button-1.png

button-1.png

82 ms

button-2-dmp.png

button-2-dmp.png

38 ms

button-3.png

button-3.png

38 ms

button-4.png

button-4.png

38 ms

content-bg.png

content-bg.png

36 ms

blue-button.png

blue-button.png

37 ms

footer-bg.png

footer-bg.png

132 ms

print.css

print.css

74 ms

translateelement.css

translateelement.css

268 ms

main.js

main.js

460 ms

current_conditions.json

current_conditions.json

246 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

1317 ms

blueBottomBG.png

blueBottomBG.png

929 ms

blueLeftSide.png

blueLeftSide.png

853 ms

blueBottomRight.png

blueBottomRight.png

853 ms

116.png

116.png

881 ms

plus-sprite.png

plus-sprite.png

737 ms

element_main.js

element_main.js

712 ms

collect

collect

64 ms

Accessibility Review

volusia.org accessibility score

86

Accessibility Issues

Names and labels

These are opportunities to improve the semantics of the controls in your application. This may enhance the experience for users of assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Impact

Issue

High

Buttons do not have an accessible name

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

Contrast

These are opportunities to improve the legibility of your content.

Impact

Issue

High

Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio.

Best Practices

volusia.org best practices score

67

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

High

Includes front-end JavaScript libraries with known security vulnerabilities

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

User Experience

Impact

Issue

High

Serves images with low resolution

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

SEO Factors

volusia.org SEO score

54

Search Engine Optimization Advices

Content Best Practices

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

Impact

Issue

High

Links do not have descriptive text

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

Language and Encoding

  • Language Detected

    EN

  • Language Claimed

    EN

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Volusia.org can be misinterpreted by Google and other search engines. Our service has detected that English is used on the page, and it matches the claimed language. Our system also found out that Volusia.org main page’s claimed encoding is utf-8. Use of this encoding format is the best practice as the main page visitors from all over the world won’t have any issues with symbol transcription.

Social Sharing Optimization

volusia.org

Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of Volusia. Lack of Open Graph description can be counter-productive for their social media presence, as such a description allows converting a website homepage (or other pages) into good-looking, rich and well-structured posts, when it is being shared on Facebook and other social media. For example, adding the following code snippet into HTML <head> tag will help to represent this web page correctly in social networks: