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Report Summary

  • 18

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    34% of other websites

  • 92

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 78% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    35% of websites

  • 93

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    83% of websites

somerset.gov.uk

Somerset Council

Page Load Speed

4.3 sec in total

First Response

162 ms

Resources Loaded

3.3 sec

Page Rendered

786 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Somerset.gov.uk page load time and found that the first response time was 162 ms and then it took 4.1 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 65% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

somerset.gov.uk performance score

18

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value5.5 s

6/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value10.5 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value5.5 s

54/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value860 ms

33/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.73

6/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value12.2 s

15/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

somerset.gov.uk

162 ms

somerset.gov.uk

321 ms

www.somerset.gov.uk

333 ms

acf-table-importer-public.css

87 ms

bootstrap.min.css

77 ms

Our browser made a total of 85 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 60% of them (51 requests) were addressed to the original Somerset.gov.uk, 12% (10 requests) were made to Cdn.jsdelivr.net and 7% (6 requests) were made to Cdnjs.cloudflare.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (2 sec) belongs to the original domain Somerset.gov.uk.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 250.8 kB (11%)

Content Size

2.4 MB

After Optimization

2.1 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Somerset.gov.uk main page is 2.4 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. 60% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 1.7 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-84%

Potential reduce by 52.6 kB

  • Original 63.0 kB
  • After minification 51.5 kB
  • After compression 10.4 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 11.5 kB, which is 18% 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 52.6 kB or 84% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-10%

Potential reduce by 171.5 kB

  • Original 1.7 MB
  • After minification 1.5 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. Somerset images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-5%

Potential reduce by 25.0 kB

  • Original 529.6 kB
  • After minification 529.2 kB
  • After compression 504.6 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. This website has mostly compressed JavaScripts.

CSS Optimization

-4%

Potential reduce by 1.7 kB

  • Original 46.1 kB
  • After minification 45.7 kB
  • After compression 44.4 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. Somerset.gov.uk has all CSS files already compressed.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 52 (66%)

Requests Now

79

After Optimization

27

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 79 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Somerset. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 31 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 16 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

somerset.gov.uk

somerset.gov.uk

162 ms

somerset.gov.uk

somerset.gov.uk

321 ms

www.somerset.gov.uk

www.somerset.gov.uk

333 ms

acf-table-importer-public.css

acf-table-importer-public.css

87 ms

bootstrap.min.css

bootstrap.min.css

77 ms

slick.css

slick.css

77 ms

leaflet.min.css

leaflet.min.css

121 ms

leaflet.fullscreen.min.css

leaflet.fullscreen.min.css

89 ms

MarkerCluster.css

MarkerCluster.css

122 ms

MarkerCluster.Default.css

MarkerCluster.Default.css

105 ms

lity.min.css

lity.min.css

101 ms

daterangepicker.css

daterangepicker.css

87 ms

lite.css

lite.css

100 ms

os-api-branding.css

os-api-branding.css

381 ms

style.css

style.css

238 ms

css2

css2

102 ms

css2

css2

124 ms

all.css

all.css

90 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

311 ms

jquery-migrate.min.js

jquery-migrate.min.js

237 ms

acf-table-importer-public.js

acf-table-importer-public.js

248 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

99 ms

responsive-tables.js

responsive-tables.js

247 ms

lity.js

lity.js

248 ms

html5shiv.min.js

html5shiv.min.js

311 ms

slick.min.js

slick.min.js

83 ms

moment.min.js

moment.min.js

103 ms

daterangepicker.min.js

daterangepicker.min.js

85 ms

js

js

135 ms

api.js

api.js

102 ms

global-min.js

global-min.js

312 ms

cookies-min.js

cookies-min.js

312 ms

directory-min.js

directory-min.js

312 ms

sliders-min.js

sliders-min.js

313 ms

leaflet-src.min.js

leaflet-src.min.js

93 ms

leaflet-omnivore.min.js

leaflet-omnivore.min.js

93 ms

Leaflet.fullscreen.min.js

Leaflet.fullscreen.min.js

85 ms

leaflet.markercluster.js

leaflet.markercluster.js

114 ms

lite.js

lite.js

114 ms

proj4-tmerc.js

proj4-tmerc.js

365 ms

ol.js

ol.js

98 ms

chart.min.js

chart.min.js

90 ms

index.global.min.js

index.global.min.js

95 ms

os-api-branding.js

os-api-branding.js

375 ms

geospatial-min.js

geospatial-min.js

381 ms

charts-min.js

charts-min.js

381 ms

calendar.js

calendar.js

383 ms

new-tab.js

new-tab.js

384 ms

css

css

19 ms

recaptcha__en.js

recaptcha__en.js

184 ms

newLogo.png

newLogo.png

180 ms

expand.svg

expand.svg

248 ms

search.svg

search.svg

246 ms

close-sm.svg

close-sm.svg

247 ms

Asset-21200px.png

Asset-21200px.png

374 ms

waste-white-icon.png

waste-white-icon.png

248 ms

climateIcon.svg

climateIcon.svg

248 ms

beaches-ports-flooding.svg

beaches-ports-flooding.svg

299 ms

benefits-payments.svg

benefits-payments.svg

301 ms

bins-recycling-waste.svg

bins-recycling-waste.svg

303 ms

births-ceremonies-deaths.svg

births-ceremonies-deaths.svg

305 ms

business-economy-licences.svg

business-economy-licences.svg

306 ms

care-support-adults.svg

care-support-adults.svg

375 ms

children-families-education.svg

children-families-education.svg

377 ms

community-leisure-tourism.svg

community-leisure-tourism.svg

379 ms

council-democracy.svg

council-democracy.svg

381 ms

council-tax.svg

council-tax.svg

383 ms

environment-food-safety.svg

environment-food-safety.svg

455 ms

finance-performance-legal.svg

finance-performance-legal.svg

452 ms

health-safety-wellbeing.svg

health-safety-wellbeing.svg

456 ms

housing-support.svg

housing-support.svg

458 ms

jobs-careers.svg

jobs-careers.svg

460 ms

libraries.svg

libraries.svg

461 ms

planning-buildings-land.svg

planning-buildings-land.svg

531 ms

roads-parking-transport.svg

roads-parking-transport.svg

534 ms

arrow_right.svg

arrow_right.svg

528 ms

Jobs-and-careers-1.jpeg

Jobs-and-careers-1.jpeg

610 ms

Brickells-1024x683.jpg

Brickells-1024x683.jpg

684 ms

share.svg

share.svg

536 ms

arrow_circle.svg

arrow_circle.svg

604 ms

travel-news-e1706721529559.png

travel-news-e1706721529559.png

2028 ms

ogl.svg

ogl.svg

608 ms

6xK3dSBYKcSV-LCoeQqfX1RYOo3qOK7g.ttf

6xK3dSBYKcSV-LCoeQqfX1RYOo3qOK7g.ttf

64 ms

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9Bt23C1KxNDXMspQ1lPyU89-1h6ONRlW45GE5Q.ttf

64 ms

fa-brands-400.woff

fa-brands-400.woff

55 ms

Accessibility Review

somerset.gov.uk accessibility score

92

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 IDs are not unique

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

somerset.gov.uk best practices score

75

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

Browser errors were logged to the console

High

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

somerset.gov.uk SEO score

93

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

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 Somerset.gov.uk 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 Somerset.gov.uk 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

somerset.gov.uk

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