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Report Summary

  • 37

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    56% of other websites

  • 77

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 44% of websites

  • 92

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    80% of websites

  • 83

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    46% of websites

cityofmeriden.org

Welcome to the City of Meriden, Connecticut

Page Load Speed

1.5 sec in total

First Response

160 ms

Resources Loaded

1.2 sec

Page Rendered

142 ms

cityofmeriden.org screenshot

About Website

Visit cityofmeriden.org now to see the best up-to-date City Of Meriden content for United States and also check out these interesting facts you probably never knew about cityofmeriden.org

Within the community of Meriden, Connecticut, you'll find award-winning schools, 3,000+ acres of parks, and spirited civic, service, & cultural activities.

Visit cityofmeriden.org

Key Findings

We analyzed Cityofmeriden.org page load time and found that the first response time was 160 ms and then it took 1.3 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 30% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

cityofmeriden.org performance score

37

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value2.7 s

60/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value19.9 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value3.5 s

88/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value1,310 ms

18/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.002

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value12.7 s

13/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

cityofmeriden.org

160 ms

Default.asp

400 ms

mootools.svn_v3.0.1.js

19 ms

jquery.min.js

15 ms

pageLoad.js

51 ms

Our browser made a total of 70 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 73% of them (51 requests) were addressed to the original Cityofmeriden.org, 7% (5 requests) were made to Translate.googleapis.com and 6% (4 requests) were made to Google-analytics.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (400 ms) belongs to the original domain Cityofmeriden.org.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 305.9 kB (38%)

Content Size

807.0 kB

After Optimization

501.1 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Cityofmeriden.org main page is 807.0 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. 45% of websites need less resources to load. Javascripts take 559.3 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-72%

Potential reduce by 58.5 kB

  • Original 81.6 kB
  • After minification 81.6 kB
  • After compression 23.1 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 58.5 kB or 72% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-4%

Potential reduce by 5.6 kB

  • Original 146.1 kB
  • After minification 140.5 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. City Of Meriden images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-41%

Potential reduce by 229.4 kB

  • Original 559.3 kB
  • After minification 559.3 kB
  • After compression 329.9 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 229.4 kB or 41% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-62%

Potential reduce by 12.4 kB

  • Original 20.0 kB
  • After minification 19.8 kB
  • After compression 7.7 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. Cityofmeriden.org needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 12.4 kB or 62% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 38 (58%)

Requests Now

66

After Optimization

28

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 66 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of City Of Meriden. 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 as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

cityofmeriden.org

cityofmeriden.org

160 ms

Default.asp

Default.asp

400 ms

mootools.svn_v3.0.1.js

mootools.svn_v3.0.1.js

19 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

15 ms

pageLoad.js

pageLoad.js

51 ms

UvumiDropdown.js

UvumiDropdown.js

52 ms

style.css

style.css

52 ms

element.js

element.js

49 ms

addthis_widget.js

addthis_widget.js

15 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

15 ms

translateelement.css

translateelement.css

59 ms

main.js

main.js

104 ms

print_header.gif

print_header.gif

30 ms

bg.gif

bg.gif

43 ms

city-of-meriden-seal.gif

city-of-meriden-seal.gif

32 ms

city-of-meriden.gif

city-of-meriden.gif

40 ms

follow_us_on_twitter.gif

follow_us_on_twitter.gif

30 ms

find_us_on_facebook.gif

find_us_on_facebook.gif

32 ms

search-bg.gif

search-bg.gif

100 ms

search.gif

search.gif

98 ms

go-btn.gif

go-btn.gif

97 ms

government.gif

government.gif

100 ms

menu_background.png

menu_background.png

102 ms

municipal-services.gif

municipal-services.gif

103 ms

economic-development.gif

economic-development.gif

131 ms

resources.gif

resources.gif

131 ms

body_bg.gif

body_bg.gif

131 ms

town_hall.jpg

town_hall.jpg

130 ms

quick_links.gif

quick_links.gif

131 ms

link_arrow.gif

link_arrow.gif

131 ms

special_links.gif

special_links.gif

162 ms

rss.gif

rss.gif

163 ms

BOEAdminBldg_HP.jpg

BOEAdminBldg_HP.jpg

165 ms

GoeffHouse_HP.jpg

GoeffHouse_HP.jpg

166 ms

GuiffridaPark1_HP.jpg

GuiffridaPark1_HP.jpg

164 ms

new.gif

new.gif

163 ms

upcoming_events.jpg

upcoming_events.jpg

171 ms

pay-online.jpg

pay-online.jpg

171 ms

local_news.gif

local_news.gif

172 ms

current_weather.gif

current_weather.gif

208 ms

twitter.gif

twitter.gif

210 ms

facebook.gif

facebook.gif

209 ms

ChamberAd_Meriden2020.jpg

ChamberAd_Meriden2020.jpg

211 ms

MMK-Airport-HP.jpg

MMK-Airport-HP.jpg

211 ms

Meriden-Daffodil-Logo.jpg

Meriden-Daffodil-Logo.jpg

210 ms

web_solutions_ct_web_design.gif

web_solutions_ct_web_design.gif

247 ms

collect

collect

15 ms

couple_walking.jpg

couple_walking.jpg

228 ms

special_announcements.gif

special_announcements.gif

227 ms

follow_bg.gif

follow_bg.gif

223 ms

resources.gif

resources.gif

215 ms

dropdown_arrow.gif

dropdown_arrow.gif

221 ms

business.gif

business.gif

264 ms

collect

collect

120 ms

guide.gif

guide.gif

256 ms

footer-top.gif

footer-top.gif

252 ms

ga.js

ga.js

40 ms

300lo.json

300lo.json

66 ms

sh.8e5f85691f9aaa082472a194.html

sh.8e5f85691f9aaa082472a194.html

61 ms

Home.aspx

Home.aspx

366 ms

LinearTrail_1.jpg

LinearTrail_1.jpg

197 ms

__utm.gif

__utm.gif

41 ms

element_main.js

element_main.js

49 ms

collect

collect

47 ms

translate_24dp.png

translate_24dp.png

52 ms

l

l

55 ms

cleardot.gif

cleardot.gif

88 ms

te_ctrl3.gif

te_ctrl3.gif

29 ms

weather-clear_large.gif

weather-clear_large.gif

30 ms

style_print.css

style_print.css

29 ms

Accessibility Review

cityofmeriden.org accessibility score

77

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

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

High

Links do not have a discernible 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

cityofmeriden.org 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

cityofmeriden.org SEO score

83

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

Content Best Practices

Format your HTML in a way that enables crawlers to better understand your app’s content.

Impact

Issue

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

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

    WINDOWS-1252

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Cityofmeriden.org 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 Cityofmeriden.org main page’s claimed encoding is windows-1252. Changing it to UTF-8 can be a good choice, as this format is commonly used for encoding all over the web and thus their visitors won’t have any troubles with symbol transcription or reading.

Social Sharing Optimization

cityofmeriden.org

Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of City Of Meriden. 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: