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Report Summary

  • 21

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    39% of other websites

  • 100

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 97% of websites

  • 83

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    55% of websites

  • 81

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    42% of websites

del.gov

Delaware.gov - Official Website of the State of Delaware

Page Load Speed

2.5 sec in total

First Response

46 ms

Resources Loaded

1 sec

Page Rendered

1.4 sec

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About Website

Visit del.gov now to see the best up-to-date Del content and also check out these interesting facts you probably never knew about del.gov

The official website of the State of Delaware. Find information about state government, programs, and services. The First State is located in the Northeast U.S.

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Key Findings

We analyzed Del.gov page load time and found that the first response time was 46 ms and then it took 2.4 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 45% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

del.gov performance score

21

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value5.4 s

7/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value14.5 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value6.6 s

38/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value3,270 ms

2/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.01

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value14.1 s

10/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

del.gov

46 ms

61 ms

adrum.js

35 ms

bootstrap.min.css

77 ms

clf4.css

69 ms

Our browser made a total of 71 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 1% of them (1 request) were addressed to the original Del.gov, 51% (36 requests) were made to Delaware.gov and 8% (6 requests) were made to Static.formstack.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (340 ms) relates to the external source Delaware.gov.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 157.1 kB (5%)

Content Size

3.0 MB

After Optimization

2.8 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Del.gov main page is 3.0 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 2.4 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-85%

Potential reduce by 119.2 kB

  • Original 139.7 kB
  • After minification 102.9 kB
  • After compression 20.5 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 36.8 kB, which is 26% 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 119.2 kB or 85% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-1%

Potential reduce by 17.6 kB

  • Original 2.4 MB
  • After minification 2.4 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. Del images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-4%

Potential reduce by 17.7 kB

  • Original 393.4 kB
  • After minification 393.4 kB
  • After compression 375.8 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. This website has mostly compressed JavaScripts.

CSS Optimization

-6%

Potential reduce by 2.7 kB

  • Original 45.2 kB
  • After minification 45.2 kB
  • After compression 42.5 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. Del.gov has all CSS files already compressed.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 37 (62%)

Requests Now

60

After Optimization

23

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 60 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Del. 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 14 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

del.gov

del.gov

46 ms

61 ms

adrum.js

adrum.js

35 ms

bootstrap.min.css

bootstrap.min.css

77 ms

clf4.css

clf4.css

69 ms

style.min.css

style.min.css

72 ms

animate.min.css

animate.min.css

82 ms

css

css

84 ms

css

css

98 ms

jquery-3.4.1.min.js

jquery-3.4.1.min.js

84 ms

popper.min.js

popper.min.js

82 ms

bootstrap.min.js

bootstrap.min.js

92 ms

webReader.js

webReader.js

289 ms

all.css

all.css

86 ms

jquery.inview.min.js

jquery.inview.min.js

82 ms

portal_ready.js

portal_ready.js

73 ms

funnelback.autocompletion-2.6.0.css

funnelback.autocompletion-2.6.0.css

86 ms

funnelback.css

funnelback.css

85 ms

funnelbackConfig.js

funnelbackConfig.js

85 ms

typeahead.bundle-0.11.1.min.js

typeahead.bundle-0.11.1.min.js

93 ms

handlebars-4.0.5.min.js

handlebars-4.0.5.min.js

115 ms

funnelback.autocompletion-2.6.0.js

funnelback.autocompletion-2.6.0.js

92 ms

modernizr.js

modernizr.js

92 ms

api.js

api.js

85 ms

portal_feedback

portal_feedback

137 ms

main.js

main.js

92 ms

odometer.js

odometer.js

84 ms

gtm.js

gtm.js

69 ms

js

js

48 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

15 ms

collect

collect

13 ms

recaptcha__en.js

recaptcha__en.js

114 ms

delaware-logo-white.svg

delaware-logo-white.svg

72 ms

de-gov-header-evergreen-2023.jpg

de-gov-header-evergreen-2023.jpg

337 ms

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2024sots-spotloght.jpg

92 ms

spotlight-omc.jpg

spotlight-omc.jpg

96 ms

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spotlight-vital.jpg

165 ms

video-highlight-news-screen.jpg

video-highlight-news-screen.jpg

263 ms

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video-highlight-meetings-screen.jpg

180 ms

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video-highlight-social-screen.jpg

263 ms

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147 ms

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branches-agencies.jpg

233 ms

branches-legislative.jpg

branches-legislative.jpg

340 ms

branches-courts.jpg

branches-courts.jpg

262 ms

elected-carney.jpg

elected-carney.jpg

262 ms

elected-long.jpg

elected-long.jpg

264 ms

elected-jennings.jpg

elected-jennings.jpg

299 ms

elected-york.jpg

elected-york.jpg

332 ms

elected-navarro.jpg

elected-navarro.jpg

332 ms

elected-davis.jpg

elected-davis.jpg

299 ms

portal_footer_seal.png

portal_footer_seal.png

333 ms

gic_portal_footer_logo@2x.png

gic_portal_footer_logo@2x.png

332 ms

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fa-solid-900.woff

73 ms

fa-regular-400.woff

fa-regular-400.woff

115 ms

fa-light-300.woff

fa-light-300.woff

138 ms

fa-brands-400.woff

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108 ms

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153 ms

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138 ms

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142 ms

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140 ms

scripts_1143de42f7.js

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145 ms

analytics_7d49daa365.js

analytics_7d49daa365.js

133 ms

api.js

api.js

76 ms

webfont.js

webfont.js

77 ms

css

css

24 ms

adrum-ext.59191791453ae6311081a09b4cf33c2d.js

adrum-ext.59191791453ae6311081a09b4cf33c2d.js

14 ms

Accessibility Review

del.gov accessibility score

100

Accessibility Issues

Best Practices

del.gov best practices score

83

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

High

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

del.gov 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

Links do not have descriptive text

Crawling and Indexing

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

Impact

Issue

High

Links are not crawlable

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

    UTF-8

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

del.gov

Open Graph data is detected on the main page of Del. This is the best way to make the web page social media friendly. Here is how it looks like on Facebook: