Access governor.ct.gov. Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont

Report Summary

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value4.7 s

13/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value5.9 s

14/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value7.3 s

28/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value1,400 ms

16/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.042

99/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value16.8 s

5/100

10%

governor.ct.gov

53 ms

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64 ms

Our browser made a total of 2 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that all of those requests were addressed to Governor.ct.gov and no external sources were called. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (64 ms) belongs to the original domain Governor.ct.gov.

Content Size

1.4 MB

After Optimization

1.1 MB

In fact, the total size of Governor.ct.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. Only 10% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 997.5 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-53%

Potential reduce by 3.5 kB

Original 6.6 kB
After minification 6.6 kB
After compression 3.1 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 3.5 kB or 53% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-3%

Potential reduce by 31.7 kB

Original 997.5 kB
After minification 965.8 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. Governor Ct images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-62%

Potential reduce by 102.7 kB

Original 164.5 kB
After minification 163.2 kB
After compression 61.8 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 102.7 kB or 62% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-82%

Potential reduce by 159.9 kB

Original 195.0 kB
After minification 194.7 kB
After compression 35.1 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. Governor.ct.gov needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 159.9 kB or 82% of the original size.

Requests Now

After Optimization

The browser has sent 1 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Governor Ct. According to our analytics all requests are already optimized.

Areas of Improvement

High

Does not use HTTPS

High

Includes front-end JavaScript libraries with known security vulnerabilities

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

High

Page has valid source maps

Search Engine Optimization Advices

To appear in search results, crawlers need access to your app.

High

Links are not crawlable

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/).

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 Governor.ct.gov 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 Governor.ct.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 Governor Ct. 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: