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Report Summary

  • 32

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    52% of other websites

  • 76

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 42% of websites

  • 67

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    24% of websites

  • 62

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    23% of websites

columbusga.org

Columbus Consolidated Government | Home

Page Load Speed

1.5 sec in total

First Response

26 ms

Resources Loaded

833 ms

Page Rendered

604 ms

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About Website

Visit columbusga.org now to see the best up-to-date Columbus Ga content for United States and also check out these interesting facts you probably never knew about columbusga.org

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.org page load time and found that the first response time was 26 ms and then it took 1.4 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

columbusga.org performance score

32

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.9 s

25/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value5.0 s

27/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value6.8 s

35/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value1,550 ms

13/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.028

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value15.1 s

7/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

columbusga.org

26 ms

www.columbusga.gov

115 ms

js

70 ms

default.css

17 ms

module.css

29 ms

Our browser made a total of 85 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 1% of them (1 request) were addressed to the original Columbusga.org, 75% (64 requests) were made to Columbusga.gov and 8% (7 requests) were made to Ccg.maps.arcgis.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (494 ms) relates to the external source Columbusga.gov.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 1.7 MB (10%)

Content Size

16.8 MB

After Optimization

15.1 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Columbusga.org main page is 16.8 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 a small number of websites need less resources to load. Images take 15.9 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-78%

Potential reduce by 50.2 kB

  • Original 64.3 kB
  • After minification 57.0 kB
  • After compression 14.1 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. This page needs HTML code to be minified as it can gain 7.3 kB, which is 11% 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 50.2 kB or 78% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-10%

Potential reduce by 1.6 MB

  • Original 15.9 MB
  • After minification 14.3 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. Columbus Ga images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-1%

Potential reduce by 7.6 kB

  • Original 765.0 kB
  • After minification 765.0 kB
  • After compression 757.5 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

-18%

Potential reduce by 9.8 kB

  • Original 55.4 kB
  • After minification 55.4 kB
  • After compression 45.6 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. Columbusga.org needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 9.8 kB or 18% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 35 (43%)

Requests Now

82

After Optimization

47

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 82 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 from 25 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 12 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

columbusga.org

columbusga.org

26 ms

www.columbusga.gov

www.columbusga.gov

115 ms

js

js

70 ms

default.css

default.css

17 ms

module.css

module.css

29 ms

module.css

module.css

38 ms

module.css

module.css

40 ms

module.css

module.css

39 ms

skin.css

skin.css

41 ms

Style.css

Style.css

44 ms

fullcalendar.min.css

fullcalendar.min.css

44 ms

portal.css

portal.css

48 ms

jquery.js

jquery.js

52 ms

jquery-migrate.js

jquery-migrate.js

46 ms

jquery-ui.min.js

jquery-ui.min.js

96 ms

ScriptResource.axd

ScriptResource.axd

50 ms

ScriptResource.axd

ScriptResource.axd

50 ms

dnn.js

dnn.js

64 ms

dnn.modalpopup.js

dnn.modalpopup.js

64 ms

Common.js

Common.js

94 ms

dnncore.js

dnncore.js

94 ms

dnn.servicesframework.js

dnn.servicesframework.js

190 ms

css

css

39 ms

element.js

element.js

197 ms

jCarousel.min.js

jCarousel.min.js

92 ms

jCarousel.min.js

jCarousel.min.js

189 ms

gtm.js

gtm.js

179 ms

FitCity_Georgia.svg

FitCity_Georgia.svg

224 ms

FacebookWhiteSmall.png

FacebookWhiteSmall.png

188 ms

TwitterWhiteSmall.png

TwitterWhiteSmall.png

188 ms

navbarExpander.png

navbarExpander.png

187 ms

Logo.png

Logo.png

186 ms

2024serviceaward.jpg

2024serviceaward.jpg

238 ms

April.png

April.png

401 ms

Abril.png

Abril.png

408 ms

Judicial%20Center%20Information%20Banner.png

Judicial%20Center%20Information%20Banner.png

409 ms

Roll%20With%20Us.jpg

Roll%20With%20Us.jpg

250 ms

yac-application-2.png

yac-application-2.png

401 ms

Connect%20Columbus.png

Connect%20Columbus.png

255 ms

Image2.jpg

Image2.jpg

404 ms

Image3.jpg

Image3.jpg

403 ms

Image4.jpg

Image4.jpg

402 ms

Image5.JPG

Image5.JPG

413 ms

Image6.jpg

Image6.jpg

424 ms

Image7.jpg

Image7.jpg

412 ms

Image1.jpg

Image1.jpg

404 ms

Mayor.jpg

Mayor.jpg

404 ms

CityManager.jpg

CityManager.jpg

404 ms

Councilor-1.jpg

Councilor-1.jpg

407 ms

District-1.png

District-1.png

407 ms

Councilor-2.jpg

Councilor-2.jpg

409 ms

District-2.png

District-2.png

407 ms

Councilor-3.jpg

Councilor-3.jpg

408 ms

District-3.png

District-3.png

409 ms

T.%20Tucker%20Picture.jpeg

T.%20Tucker%20Picture.jpeg

413 ms

District-4.png

District-4.png

412 ms

Councilor-5.jpg

Councilor-5.jpg

412 ms

District-5.png

District-5.png

413 ms

Councilor-6.jpg

Councilor-6.jpg

414 ms

District-6.png

District-6.png

414 ms

jcogle.png

jcogle.png

494 ms

District-7.png

District-7.png

413 ms

Councilor-8.jpg

Councilor-8.jpg

407 ms

District-8.png

District-8.png

345 ms

0QI6MX1D_JOuGQbT0gvTJPa787weuxJBkqg.ttf

0QI6MX1D_JOuGQbT0gvTJPa787weuxJBkqg.ttf

75 ms

index.html

index.html

82 ms

Councilor-9.jpg

Councilor-9.jpg

237 ms

District-AtLarge.png

District-AtLarge.png

237 ms

Tyson.png

Tyson.png

237 ms

sec-parks.jpg

sec-parks.jpg

240 ms

esri.css

esri.css

22 ms

main.css

main.css

12 ms

search-icon.svg

search-icon.svg

185 ms

FooterBG.jpg

FooterBG.jpg

172 ms

init.js

init.js

18 ms

jsapi_ROOT.js

jsapi_ROOT.js

72 ms

templateConfig.js

templateConfig.js

74 ms

template.js

template.js

75 ms

main.js

main.js

74 ms

svg.js

svg.js

71 ms

blank.gif

blank.gif

62 ms

filters.js

filters.js

16 ms

svgext.js

svgext.js

16 ms

defaults.js

defaults.js

15 ms

sniff.js

sniff.js

14 ms

Accessibility Review

columbusga.org accessibility score

76

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.org best practices score

67

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

User Experience

Impact

Issue

High

Displays images with incorrect aspect ratio

High

Serves images with low resolution

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

SEO Factors

columbusga.org 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

    EN

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Columbusga.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 Columbusga.org 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.org

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: