Report Summary

  • 19

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    36% of other websites

  • 98

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 94% of websites

  • 83

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    56% of websites

  • 71

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    30% of websites

minneapolismn.gov

City of Minneapolis

Page Load Speed

1.6 sec in total

First Response

255 ms

Resources Loaded

1.2 sec

Page Rendered

161 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Minneapolismn.gov page load time and found that the first response time was 255 ms and then it took 1.4 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 25% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

minneapolismn.gov performance score

19

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value2.9 s

53/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value23.4 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value7.4 s

28/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value1,430 ms

15/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.326

35/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value14.9 s

8/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

minneapolismn.gov

255 ms

sitenavigationfunctions.js

129 ms

sitenavigation.js

317 ms

wcm.toggle.js

129 ms

ssajax.js

159 ms

Our browser made a total of 87 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 71% of them (62 requests) were addressed to the original Minneapolismn.gov, 13% (11 requests) were made to V.qwikcast.tv and 6% (5 requests) were made to Google-analytics.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (606 ms) belongs to the original domain Minneapolismn.gov.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 1.1 MB (50%)

Content Size

2.2 MB

After Optimization

1.1 MB

In fact, the total size of Minneapolismn.gov main page is 2.2 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. 40% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 1.1 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-79%

Potential reduce by 46.5 kB

  • Original 58.7 kB
  • After minification 49.0 kB
  • After compression 12.3 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 9.7 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 46.5 kB or 79% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-22%

Potential reduce by 240.1 kB

  • Original 1.1 MB
  • After minification 845.1 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. Obviously, Minneapolis Mn needs image optimization as it can save up to 240.1 kB or 22% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-73%

Potential reduce by 583.3 kB

  • Original 798.4 kB
  • After minification 719.0 kB
  • After compression 215.1 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 583.3 kB or 73% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-82%

Potential reduce by 239.7 kB

  • Original 290.8 kB
  • After minification 282.9 kB
  • After compression 51.1 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. Minneapolismn.gov needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 239.7 kB or 82% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 38 (46%)

Requests Now

83

After Optimization

45

The browser has sent 83 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Minneapolis Mn. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 23 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 6 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Accessibility Review

minneapolismn.gov accessibility score

98

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-hidden="true"] elements contain focusable descendents

Best Practices

minneapolismn.gov 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

minneapolismn.gov SEO score

71

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

Crawling and Indexing

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

Impact

Issue

High

Links are not crawlable

High

Page is blocked from indexing

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

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 Minneapolismn.gov 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 Minneapolismn.gov 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

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