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Report Summary

  • 21

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    39% of other websites

  • 91

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 77% of websites

  • 58

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    19% of websites

  • 72

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    31% of websites

springfield.il.us

City of Springfield, IL City of Springfield - Home of Abraham Lincoln

Page Load Speed

1.5 sec in total

First Response

367 ms

Resources Loaded

928 ms

Page Rendered

231 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Springfield.il.us page load time and found that the first response time was 367 ms and then it took 1.2 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 20% of websites can load faster. This domain responded with an error, which can significantly jeopardize Springfield.il.us rating and web reputation

Performance Metrics

springfield.il.us performance score

21

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.6 s

32/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value43.2 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value53.3 s

0/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value1,760 ms

10/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value68.2 s

0/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

springfield.il.us

367 ms

StyleSheet.css

340 ms

Gallery.css

109 ms

menu.css

154 ms

WebResource.axd

233 ms

Our browser made a total of 18 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that all of those requests were addressed to Springfield.il.us and no external sources were called. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (386 ms) belongs to the original domain Springfield.il.us.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 281.7 kB (69%)

Content Size

406.0 kB

After Optimization

124.4 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Springfield.il.us main page is 406.0 kB. This result falls beyond the top 1M of websites and identifies a large and not optimized web page that may take ages to load. 15% of websites need less resources to load. Javascripts take 201.7 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-81%

Potential reduce by 32.4 kB

  • Original 40.1 kB
  • After minification 27.6 kB
  • After compression 7.8 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 12.6 kB, which is 31% 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 32.4 kB or 81% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-24%

Potential reduce by 19.4 kB

  • Original 80.0 kB
  • After minification 60.6 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, Springfield needs image optimization as it can save up to 19.4 kB or 24% 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 147.4 kB

  • Original 201.7 kB
  • After minification 195.1 kB
  • After compression 54.2 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 147.4 kB or 73% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-98%

Potential reduce by 82.5 kB

  • Original 84.2 kB
  • After minification 5.6 kB
  • After compression 1.7 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. Springfield.il.us needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 82.5 kB or 98% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 3 (19%)

Requests Now

16

After Optimization

13

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 16 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Springfield. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 4 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

springfield.il.us

springfield.il.us

367 ms

StyleSheet.css

StyleSheet.css

340 ms

Gallery.css

Gallery.css

109 ms

menu.css

menu.css

154 ms

WebResource.axd

WebResource.axd

233 ms

ScriptResource.axd

ScriptResource.axd

235 ms

ScriptResource.axd

ScriptResource.axd

159 ms

default.aspx

default.aspx

212 ms

Background_grayblueNoise.gif

Background_grayblueNoise.gif

386 ms

CitySeal.png

CitySeal.png

70 ms

search32.gif

search32.gif

62 ms

ad_prev.png

ad_prev.png

60 ms

ad_next.png

ad_next.png

59 ms

Langfelder_s.jpg

Langfelder_s.jpg

102 ms

CtySealFooter.png

CtySealFooter.png

110 ms

drop.gif

drop.gif

69 ms

text_alert.gif

text_alert.gif

167 ms

2uparrow.gif

2uparrow.gif

77 ms

Accessibility Review

springfield.il.us accessibility score

91

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

Elements with an ARIA [role] that require children to contain a specific [role] are missing some or all of those required children.

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

springfield.il.us best practices score

58

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

Browser errors were logged to the console

High

Page has valid source maps

High

Issues were logged in the Issues panel in Chrome Devtools

SEO Factors

springfield.il.us SEO score

72

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

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 Springfield.il.us 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 Springfield.il.us 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

springfield.il.us

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