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Report Summary

  • 36

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    56% of other websites

  • 92

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 80% of websites

  • 92

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    81% of websites

  • 85

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    56% of websites

thanet.gov.uk

Thanet District Council - Thanet

Page Load Speed

4.2 sec in total

First Response

335 ms

Resources Loaded

3.6 sec

Page Rendered

258 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Thanet.gov.uk page load time and found that the first response time was 335 ms and then it took 3.9 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

thanet.gov.uk performance score

36

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value4.7 s

12/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value5.1 s

25/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value8.5 s

17/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value520 ms

56/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.275

44/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value8.3 s

39/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

thanet.gov.uk

335 ms

www.thanet.gov.uk

1334 ms

bootstrap.min.css

90 ms

font-awesome.min.css

178 ms

video-js.css

271 ms

Our browser made a total of 55 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 89% of them (49 requests) were addressed to the original Thanet.gov.uk, 4% (2 requests) were made to Cdn.datatables.net and 4% (2 requests) were made to Ssl.google-analytics.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1.4 sec) belongs to the original domain Thanet.gov.uk.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 823.3 kB (45%)

Content Size

1.8 MB

After Optimization

993.2 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Thanet.gov.uk main page is 1.8 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. 50% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 925.0 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-83%

Potential reduce by 44.7 kB

  • Original 53.7 kB
  • After minification 48.9 kB
  • After compression 9.0 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. HTML code on this page is well minified. It is highly recommended that content of this web page should be compressed using GZIP, as it can save up to 44.7 kB or 83% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-12%

Potential reduce by 107.4 kB

  • Original 925.0 kB
  • After minification 817.6 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, Thanet needs image optimization as it can save up to 107.4 kB or 12% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-79%

Potential reduce by 525.3 kB

  • Original 664.2 kB
  • After minification 361.1 kB
  • After compression 138.9 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 525.3 kB or 79% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-84%

Potential reduce by 145.8 kB

  • Original 173.6 kB
  • After minification 157.8 kB
  • After compression 27.8 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. Thanet.gov.uk needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 145.8 kB or 84% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 14 (27%)

Requests Now

52

After Optimization

38

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 52 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Thanet. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 11 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 5 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

thanet.gov.uk

thanet.gov.uk

335 ms

www.thanet.gov.uk

www.thanet.gov.uk

1334 ms

bootstrap.min.css

bootstrap.min.css

90 ms

font-awesome.min.css

font-awesome.min.css

178 ms

video-js.css

video-js.css

271 ms

tdc.css

tdc.css

275 ms

jquery.dataTables.css

jquery.dataTables.css

27 ms

jquery-1.10.2.min.js

jquery-1.10.2.min.js

446 ms

jquery.cookie.js

jquery.cookie.js

278 ms

respond.min.js

respond.min.js

277 ms

modernizr.min.js

modernizr.min.js

355 ms

Tracking.js

Tracking.js

353 ms

bootstrap.min.js

bootstrap.min.js

354 ms

video.js

video.js

487 ms

jquery.dataTables.js

jquery.dataTables.js

27 ms

jquery.countdown.min.js

jquery.countdown.min.js

352 ms

wavebackground.jpg

wavebackground.jpg

376 ms

thanet_logo_text_only.png

thanet_logo_text_only.png

89 ms

Register_to_Vote_2016_700_797x99.jpg

Register_to_Vote_2016_700_797x99.jpg

99 ms

Register_to_Vote_2016_900_868x108.jpg

Register_to_Vote_2016_900_868x108.jpg

90 ms

Register_to_Vote_2016_1000_1040x129.jpg

Register_to_Vote_2016_1000_1040x129.jpg

248 ms

car_transporter_webbanner_19-01-16.jpg

car_transporter_webbanner_19-01-16.jpg

320 ms

overlay.png

overlay.png

178 ms

Selective-Licensing-2015-Map.jpg

Selective-Licensing-2015-Map.jpg

368 ms

Clean_for_the_queen_web_banner.jpg

Clean_for_the_queen_web_banner.jpg

364 ms

manston-airport.jpg

manston-airport.jpg

365 ms

cliftonville_conservation_webbanner.jpg

cliftonville_conservation_webbanner.jpg

525 ms

ride-on-mowers-2016.jpg

ride-on-mowers-2016.jpg

610 ms

Holiday-of-my-lifetime-Margate.jpg

Holiday-of-my-lifetime-Margate.jpg

611 ms

Dog.jpg

Dog.jpg

607 ms

Tourism-Superstar.jpg

Tourism-Superstar.jpg

609 ms

bin_it_for_good_cheques_webbanner.jpg

bin_it_for_good_cheques_webbanner.jpg

659 ms

community-safety-december.jpg

community-safety-december.jpg

658 ms

Moneycarousel.jpg

Moneycarousel.jpg

1038 ms

car_transporter_webbanner_19-01-16.jpg

car_transporter_webbanner_19-01-16.jpg

1041 ms

Selective-Licensing-2015-Map.jpg

Selective-Licensing-2015-Map.jpg

1130 ms

Clean_for_the_queen_web_banner.jpg

Clean_for_the_queen_web_banner.jpg

1041 ms

manston-airport.jpg

manston-airport.jpg

1042 ms

cliftonville_conservation_webbanner.jpg

cliftonville_conservation_webbanner.jpg

1040 ms

ride-on-mowers-2016.jpg

ride-on-mowers-2016.jpg

1414 ms

Holiday-of-my-lifetime-Margate.jpg

Holiday-of-my-lifetime-Margate.jpg

1329 ms

Dog.jpg

Dog.jpg

1326 ms

twitter_logo.gif

twitter_logo.gif

1129 ms

new-facebook-logo-2015-cropped_129x49.jpg

new-facebook-logo-2015-cropped_129x49.jpg

1136 ms

My_Thanet_App_bannertop1_250.png

My_Thanet_App_bannertop1_250.png

1236 ms

MyThanetAppWebBannerIOSmiddle.jpg

MyThanetAppWebBannerIOSmiddle.jpg

1221 ms

MyThanetAppWebBannerAndroidBottom.jpg

MyThanetAppWebBannerAndroidBottom.jpg

1255 ms

tdcwebsitelogo2014footerfw.png

tdcwebsitelogo2014footerfw.png

1396 ms

tdcwebsite2013govuklogo.png

tdcwebsite2013govuklogo.png

1322 ms

tdcwebsite2013gatewaylogo.png

tdcwebsite2013gatewaylogo.png

1340 ms

fontawesome-webfont.woff

fontawesome-webfont.woff

1402 ms

ga.js

ga.js

79 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

61 ms

collect

collect

20 ms

__utm.gif

__utm.gif

11 ms

Accessibility Review

thanet.gov.uk accessibility score

92

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

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

thanet.gov.uk best practices score

92

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

SEO Factors

thanet.gov.uk SEO score

85

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

High

Tap targets are not sized appropriately

Language and Encoding

  • Language Detected

    EN

  • Language Claimed

    N/A

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Thanet.gov.uk can be misinterpreted by Google and other search engines. Our service has detected that English is used on the page, and neither this language nor any other was claimed in <html> or <meta> tags. Our system also found out that Thanet.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

thanet.gov.uk

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