Report Summary

  • 1

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    19% of other websites

  • 68

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 33% of websites

  • 83

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    56% of websites

  • 82

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    44% of websites

govern.cat

Govern.cat - Generalitat de Catalunya - Govern.cat

Page Load Speed

3.1 sec in total

First Response

249 ms

Resources Loaded

2.7 sec

Page Rendered

219 ms

govern.cat screenshot

About Website

Visit govern.cat now to see the best up-to-date Govern content for Spain and also check out these interesting facts you probably never knew about govern.cat

Web del Govern de la Generalitat de Catalunya que difon el dia a dia de l'executiu català i els seus posicionaments polítics. Notícies · Acords de govern · Agenda · Fotos i vídeos · Emissions en direc...

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Key Findings

We analyzed Govern.cat page load time and found that the first response time was 249 ms and then it took 2.9 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 50% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

govern.cat performance score

1

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value4.9 s

10/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value11.6 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value13.2 s

2/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value5,310 ms

0/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value1.314

1/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value23.9 s

1/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

govern.cat

249 ms

index.html

585 ms

analytics.js

9 ms

css

48 ms

reset.css

239 ms

Our browser made a total of 69 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 58% of them (40 requests) were addressed to the original Govern.cat, 19% (13 requests) were made to Premsa.gencat.cat and 7% (5 requests) were made to Gencat.cat. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1.2 sec) relates to the external source Premsa.gencat.cat.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 399.7 kB (29%)

Content Size

1.4 MB

After Optimization

972.5 kB

In fact, the total size of Govern.cat main page is 1.4 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. 35% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 926.3 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-82%

Potential reduce by 51.8 kB

  • Original 63.6 kB
  • After minification 53.2 kB
  • After compression 11.7 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 10.3 kB, which is 16% 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 51.8 kB or 82% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-5%

Potential reduce by 44.2 kB

  • Original 926.3 kB
  • After minification 882.1 kB

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. Govern images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-77%

Potential reduce by 195.3 kB

  • Original 253.7 kB
  • After minification 184.7 kB
  • After compression 58.5 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 195.3 kB or 77% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-84%

Potential reduce by 108.4 kB

  • Original 128.5 kB
  • After minification 94.7 kB
  • After compression 20.1 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. Govern.cat needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 108.4 kB or 84% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 32 (48%)

Requests Now

67

After Optimization

35

The browser has sent 67 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Govern. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 16 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 11 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Accessibility Review

govern.cat accessibility score

68

Accessibility Issues

ARIA

These are opportunities to improve the usage of ARIA in your application which may enhance the experience for users of assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Impact

Issue

High

[aria-*] attributes do not match their roles

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

High

Links do not have a discernible name

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.

Navigation

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

Impact

Issue

High

Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order

Best practices

These items highlight common accessibility best practices.

Impact

Issue

High

[user-scalable="no"] is used in the <meta name="viewport"> element or the [maximum-scale] attribute is less than 5.

Best Practices

govern.cat best practices score

83

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

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Missing source maps for large first-party JavaScript

SEO Factors

govern.cat SEO score

82

Search Engine Optimization Advices

Crawling and Indexing

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

Impact

Issue

High

Links are not crawlable

Content Best Practices

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

Impact

Issue

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

Mobile Friendly

Make sure your pages are mobile friendly so users don’t have to pinch or zoom in order to read the content pages. [Learn more](https://developers.google.com/search/mobile-sites/).

Impact

Issue

High

Document uses legible font sizes

High

Tap targets are not sized appropriately

Language and Encoding

  • Language Detected

    CA

  • Language Claimed

    CA

  • Encoding

    ISO-8859-1

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Govern.cat can be misinterpreted by Google and other search engines. Our service has detected that Catalan is used on the page, and it matches the claimed language. Our system also found out that Govern.cat main page’s claimed encoding is iso-8859-1. Changing it to UTF-8 can be a good choice, as this format is commonly used for encoding all over the web and thus their visitors won’t have any troubles with symbol transcription or reading.

Social Sharing Optimization

Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of Govern. 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: