Report Summary

  • 51

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    69% of other websites

  • 74

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 41% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    36% of websites

  • 81

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    43% of websites

dcpsc.org

DCPSC - Public Service Commission of the District of Columbia

Page Load Speed

1.1 sec in total

First Response

25 ms

Resources Loaded

715 ms

Page Rendered

331 ms

dcpsc.org screenshot

About Website

Welcome to dcpsc.org homepage info - get ready to check DCPSC best content for United States right away, or after learning these important things about dcpsc.org

The DCPSC is an independent, quasi-judicial agency that regulates energy and telecom providers serving D.C.

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Key Findings

We analyzed Dcpsc.org page load time and found that the first response time was 25 ms and then it took 1 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.

Performance Metrics

dcpsc.org performance score

51

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value2.9 s

54/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value12.0 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value2.9 s

95/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value510 ms

57/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.02

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value8.4 s

39/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

dcpsc.org

25 ms

dcpsc.org

123 ms

js

41 ms

GetResource.ashx

27 ms

GetResource.ashx

37 ms

Our browser made a total of 42 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 86% of them (36 requests) were addressed to the original Dcpsc.org, 5% (2 requests) were made to Googletagmanager.com and 5% (2 requests) were made to Connect.facebook.net. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (325 ms) belongs to the original domain Dcpsc.org.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 111.6 kB (6%)

Content Size

1.7 MB

After Optimization

1.6 MB

In fact, the total size of Dcpsc.org main page is 1.7 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. 70% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 1.6 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-78%

Potential reduce by 42.3 kB

  • Original 54.3 kB
  • After minification 44.6 kB
  • After compression 12.0 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 9.7 kB, which is 18% 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 42.3 kB or 78% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-3%

Potential reduce by 52.1 kB

  • Original 1.6 MB
  • After minification 1.5 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. DCPSC images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-11%

Potential reduce by 12.1 kB

  • Original 106.9 kB
  • After minification 106.9 kB
  • After compression 94.8 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 12.1 kB or 11% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-26%

Potential reduce by 5.1 kB

  • Original 19.6 kB
  • After minification 19.6 kB
  • After compression 14.6 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. Dcpsc.org needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 5.1 kB or 26% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 24 (62%)

Requests Now

39

After Optimization

15

The browser has sent 39 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of DCPSC. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 18 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 8 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Accessibility Review

dcpsc.org accessibility score

74

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

[aria-hidden="true"] elements contain focusable descendents

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

Form elements do not have associated labels

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.

Internationalization and localization

These are opportunities to improve the interpretation of your content by users in different locales.

Impact

Issue

High

<html> element does not have a [lang] attribute

Best Practices

dcpsc.org best practices score

75

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

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

SEO Factors

dcpsc.org SEO score

81

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

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

    N/A

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

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

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