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md.gov

Maryland.gov - Official Website of the State of Maryland

Page Load Speed

3.6 sec in total

First Response

57 ms

Resources Loaded

3.2 sec

Page Rendered

293 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Md.gov page load time and found that the first response time was 57 ms and then it took 3.5 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 60% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

md.gov performance score

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Network Requests Diagram

default.aspx

57 ms

1cee923b79c8d578aa483efae27f78c4.218.css

104 ms

f1fb2c9e8d97998dd570e749e8c5197a.218.js

128 ms

init.js

79 ms

ScriptResource.axd

56 ms

Our browser made a total of 67 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 0% of them (0 request) were addressed to the original Md.gov, 15% (10 requests) were made to Maps.googleapis.com and 12% (8 requests) were made to Assetscdn.stackla.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (838 ms) relates to the external source Widget.stackla.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 4.4 MB (51%)

Content Size

8.7 MB

After Optimization

4.3 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Md.gov main page is 8.7 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. 75% of websites need less resources to load and that’s why Accessify’s recommendations for optimization and resource minification can be helpful for this project. Javascripts take 5.2 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-86%

Potential reduce by 114.3 kB

  • Original 132.5 kB
  • After minification 94.7 kB
  • After compression 18.2 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 37.8 kB, which is 29% 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 114.3 kB or 86% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-2%

Potential reduce by 65.9 kB

  • Original 2.8 MB
  • After minification 2.8 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. Md images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-74%

Potential reduce by 3.8 MB

  • Original 5.2 MB
  • After minification 4.9 MB
  • After compression 1.4 MB

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 3.8 MB or 74% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-75%

Potential reduce by 399.7 kB

  • Original 536.5 kB
  • After minification 531.9 kB
  • After compression 136.7 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. Md.gov needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 399.7 kB or 75% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 35 (64%)

Requests Now

55

After Optimization

20

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 55 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Md. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 33 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 4 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

default.aspx

default.aspx

57 ms

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104 ms

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f1fb2c9e8d97998dd570e749e8c5197a.218.js

128 ms

init.js

init.js

79 ms

ScriptResource.axd

ScriptResource.axd

56 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

145 ms

fluid-embed.js

fluid-embed.js

172 ms

EventListSyndicator.aspx

EventListSyndicator.aspx

537 ms

EventListSyndicator.aspx

EventListSyndicator.aspx

832 ms

mdgov_calendar.html

mdgov_calendar.html

31 ms

MD-Experience-Surf-Fishing.jpg

MD-Experience-Surf-Fishing.jpg

74 ms

logo-white.png

logo-white.png

29 ms

loading.gif

loading.gif

64 ms

40x44_SearchButton.png

40x44_SearchButton.png

62 ms

getSupportIcon.png

getSupportIcon.png

66 ms

BoW-2016-Winner.png

BoW-2016-Winner.png

67 ms

harvey.jpg

harvey.jpg

73 ms

card-heading-bg.png

card-heading-bg.png

68 ms

GovLtGov_December2015.png

GovLtGov_December2015.png

70 ms

OpenSans-Regular-webfont.woff

OpenSans-Regular-webfont.woff

72 ms

OpenSans-Light-webfont.woff

OpenSans-Light-webfont.woff

71 ms

OpenSans-Semibold-webfont.woff

OpenSans-Semibold-webfont.woff

137 ms

OpenSans-Bold-webfont.woff

OpenSans-Bold-webfont.woff

71 ms

fontawesome-webfont.woff

fontawesome-webfont.woff

137 ms

black_jack-webfont.woff

black_jack-webfont.woff

72 ms

linkid.js

linkid.js

5 ms

collect

collect

48 ms

838 ms

base-common.combine.aad7b572.css

base-common.combine.aad7b572.css

34 ms

base_carousel.combine.c49d0627.css

base_carousel.combine.c49d0627.css

24 ms

https-rules.1504666911.min.gz.js

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27 ms

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base-common.combine.4576b0e6.js

29 ms

trackla.combine.d93e1221.js

trackla.combine.d93e1221.js

32 ms

base_carousel.combine.0061d055.js

base_carousel.combine.0061d055.js

30 ms

impressions.combine.f43dab51.js

impressions.combine.f43dab51.js

31 ms

css

css

33 ms

pins

pins

260 ms

loading.gif

loading.gif

233 ms

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23 ms

nr-1044.min.js

nr-1044.min.js

21 ms

js

js

33 ms

GetAlert

GetAlert

412 ms

core.js

core.js

44 ms

sp.core.js

sp.core.js

17 ms

ScriptResx.ashx

ScriptResx.ashx

24 ms

cui.js

cui.js

90 ms

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97 ms

sp.ui.dialog.js

sp.ui.dialog.js

19 ms

common.js

common.js

16 ms

util.js

util.js

17 ms

geocoder.js

geocoder.js

17 ms

sp.runtime.js

sp.runtime.js

30 ms

AuthenticationService.Authenticate

AuthenticationService.Authenticate

16 ms

GeocodeService.Search

GeocodeService.Search

6 ms

GeocodeService.Search

GeocodeService.Search

4 ms

sp.js

sp.js

91 ms

controls.js

controls.js

10 ms

places_impl.js

places_impl.js

10 ms

powered-by-google-on-white3.png

powered-by-google-on-white3.png

27 ms

autocomplete-icons.png

autocomplete-icons.png

36 ms

inplview.js

inplview.js

14 ms

sp.ribbon.js

sp.ribbon.js

17 ms

AutocompletionService.GetPredictions

AutocompletionService.GetPredictions

54 ms

SEO Factors

md.gov SEO score

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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 Md.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 Md.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

md.gov

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