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Report Summary

  • 22

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    40% of other websites

  • 68

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 33% of websites

  • 67

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    24% of websites

  • 62

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    23% of websites

columbusga.com

Columbus Consolidated Government | Home

Page Load Speed

3.5 sec in total

First Response

164 ms

Resources Loaded

3.2 sec

Page Rendered

150 ms

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About Website

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The Official Web Site of the Columbus, Georgia Consolidated Government (CCG). Quality People, Providing Quality Service. 100 10th Street, Columbus, GA 31901

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Key Findings

We analyzed Columbusga.com page load time and found that the first response time was 164 ms and then it took 3.3 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

columbusga.com performance score

22

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.9 s

25/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value42.2 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value8.3 s

19/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value2,220 ms

6/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.014

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value17.3 s

4/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

columbusga.com

164 ms

CGA.css

57 ms

livability.gif

127 ms

calendar.jpg

258 ms

pets.jpg

143 ms

Our browser made a total of 25 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 36% of them (9 requests) were addressed to the original Columbusga.com, 32% (8 requests) were made to Columbusga.org and 20% (5 requests) were made to Image.weather.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (3 sec) relates to the external source Columbusga.org.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 62.5 kB (16%)

Content Size

382.2 kB

After Optimization

319.7 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Columbusga.com main page is 382.2 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. Images take 348.0 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-76%

Potential reduce by 11.9 kB

  • Original 15.6 kB
  • After minification 15.1 kB
  • After compression 3.8 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. 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 11.9 kB or 76% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-14%

Potential reduce by 49.7 kB

  • Original 348.0 kB
  • After minification 298.3 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, Columbus Ga needs image optimization as it can save up to 49.7 kB or 14% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 34 B

  • Original 17.2 kB
  • After minification 17.2 kB
  • After compression 17.1 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. This website has mostly compressed JavaScripts.

CSS Optimization

-66%

Potential reduce by 930 B

  • Original 1.4 kB
  • After minification 1.0 kB
  • After compression 486 B

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. Columbusga.com needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 930 B or 66% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 6 (25%)

Requests Now

24

After Optimization

18

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 24 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Columbus Ga. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

columbusga.com

columbusga.com

164 ms

CGA.css

CGA.css

57 ms

livability.gif

livability.gif

127 ms

calendar.jpg

calendar.jpg

258 ms

pets.jpg

pets.jpg

143 ms

USGA0132

USGA0132

56 ms

spanishFlag.gif

spanishFlag.gif

132 ms

japanFlag.gif

japanFlag.gif

133 ms

chinaFlag.gif

chinaFlag.gif

3019 ms

frenchFlag.gif

frenchFlag.gif

3018 ms

germanFlag.gif

germanFlag.gif

3019 ms

italianFlag.gif

italianFlag.gif

3018 ms

russianFlag.gif

russianFlag.gif

153 ms

arabicFlag.gif

arabicFlag.gif

160 ms

bg_home.jpg

bg_home.jpg

231 ms

NOAA.png

NOAA.png

140 ms

community.jpg

community.jpg

2169 ms

watersmart.jpg

watersmart.jpg

143 ms

magnet_hgeneric.jpg

magnet_hgeneric.jpg

43 ms

ga.js

ga.js

8 ms

blank.gif

blank.gif

38 ms

blank.gif

blank.gif

38 ms

26.gif

26.gif

39 ms

transparent_orange_go.gif

transparent_orange_go.gif

38 ms

__utm.gif

__utm.gif

12 ms

Accessibility Review

columbusga.com accessibility score

68

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

<frame> or <iframe> elements do not have a title

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

High

Links do not have a discernible name

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

columbusga.com best practices score

67

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

Serves images with low resolution

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

High

Missing source maps for large first-party JavaScript

SEO Factors

columbusga.com SEO score

62

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

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 Columbusga.com 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 Columbusga.com 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

columbusga.com

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