Report Summary

  • 36

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    56% of other websites

  • 91

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 77% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    36% of websites

  • 91

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    71% of websites

blog.usa.gov

USAGov Blog

Page Load Speed

22.1 sec in total

First Response

1.2 sec

Resources Loaded

11.2 sec

Page Rendered

9.7 sec

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Key Findings

We analyzed Blog.usa.gov page load time and found that the first response time was 1.2 sec and then it took 21 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is an excellent result, as only a small number of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

blog.usa.gov performance score

36

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.5 s

34/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value16.1 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value5.5 s

54/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value740 ms

40/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.086

93/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value14.7 s

8/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

blog.usa.gov

1182 ms

webfont.js

614 ms

system.base.css

473 ms

system.messages.css

543 ms

system.theme.css

943 ms

Our browser made a total of 55 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 64% of them (35 requests) were addressed to the original Blog.usa.gov, 11% (6 requests) were made to Gsa-cmp-fileupload.s3.amazonaws.com and 5% (3 requests) were made to Google-analytics.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (5.2 sec) relates to the external source Gsa-cmp-fileupload.s3.amazonaws.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 466.7 kB (33%)

Content Size

1.4 MB

After Optimization

952.5 kB

In fact, the total size of Blog.usa.gov 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. 40% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 1.0 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-80%

Potential reduce by 23.7 kB

  • Original 29.6 kB
  • After minification 23.0 kB
  • After compression 5.9 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 6.6 kB, which is 22% 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 23.7 kB or 80% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-19%

Potential reduce by 199.5 kB

  • Original 1.0 MB
  • After minification 836.9 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, Blog Usa needs image optimization as it can save up to 199.5 kB or 19% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-64%

Potential reduce by 168.2 kB

  • Original 263.1 kB
  • After minification 232.6 kB
  • After compression 94.9 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 168.2 kB or 64% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-84%

Potential reduce by 75.3 kB

  • Original 90.2 kB
  • After minification 48.2 kB
  • After compression 14.8 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. Blog.usa.gov needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 75.3 kB or 84% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 37 (73%)

Requests Now

51

After Optimization

14

The browser has sent 51 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Blog Usa. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 12 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 27 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Accessibility Review

blog.usa.gov accessibility score

91

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

Links do not have a discernible name

Best Practices

blog.usa.gov 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

User Experience

Impact

Issue

High

Displays images with incorrect aspect ratio

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Missing source maps for large first-party JavaScript

SEO Factors

blog.usa.gov SEO score

91

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

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

    EN

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Blog.usa.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 Blog.usa.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 Blog Usa. 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: