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Report Summary

  • 41

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    60% of other websites

  • 80

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 49% of websites

  • 58

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    20% of websites

  • 62

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    23% of websites

epa.gov.gh

Integrity, dedication, service, teamwork... | Environmental Protection Agency, Ghana

Page Load Speed

4 sec in total

First Response

337 ms

Resources Loaded

3.3 sec

Page Rendered

296 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Epa.gov.gh page load time and found that the first response time was 337 ms and then it took 3.6 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

epa.gov.gh performance score

41

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value12.6 s

0/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value14.2 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value19.1 s

0/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value60 ms

100/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.177

68/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value18.3 s

3/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

epa.gov.gh

337 ms

epa

157 ms

902 ms

system.base.css

105 ms

system.menus.css

102 ms

Our browser made a total of 106 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 95% of them (101 requests) were addressed to the original Epa.gov.gh, 2% (2 requests) were made to Fonts.googleapis.com and 2% (2 requests) were made to Fonts.gstatic.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1.3 sec) belongs to the original domain Epa.gov.gh.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 567.0 kB (17%)

Content Size

3.3 MB

After Optimization

2.7 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Epa.gov.gh main page is 3.3 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. 50% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 2.7 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-87%

Potential reduce by 78.1 kB

  • Original 90.1 kB
  • After minification 87.5 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. 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 78.1 kB or 87% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-6%

Potential reduce by 158.5 kB

  • Original 2.7 MB
  • After minification 2.5 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. Epa images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-59%

Potential reduce by 197.4 kB

  • Original 335.9 kB
  • After minification 271.4 kB
  • After compression 138.5 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. It is highly recommended that all JavaScript files should be compressed and minified as it can save up to 197.4 kB or 59% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-84%

Potential reduce by 133.0 kB

  • Original 157.9 kB
  • After minification 123.4 kB
  • After compression 24.9 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. Epa.gov.gh needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 133.0 kB or 84% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 73 (73%)

Requests Now

100

After Optimization

27

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 100 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Epa. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 34 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 41 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

epa.gov.gh

epa.gov.gh

337 ms

epa

epa

157 ms

902 ms

system.base.css

system.base.css

105 ms

system.menus.css

system.menus.css

102 ms

system.messages.css

system.messages.css

99 ms

system.theme.css

system.theme.css

100 ms

jquery.ui.core.css

jquery.ui.core.css

101 ms

jquery.ui.theme.css

jquery.ui.theme.css

195 ms

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149 ms

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calendar_multiday.css

199 ms

date.css

date.css

155 ms

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datepicker.1.7.css

156 ms

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date_repeat_field.css

188 ms

field.css

field.css

199 ms

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node.css

206 ms

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search.css

205 ms

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user.css

236 ms

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244 ms

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250 ms

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colorbox_style.css

250 ms

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254 ms

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258 ms

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285 ms

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293 ms

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flexslider_img.css

300 ms

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flexslider.css

301 ms

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superfish.css

303 ms

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superfish-smallscreen.css

310 ms

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alpha-reset.css

335 ms

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alpha-mobile.css

342 ms

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alpha-alpha.css

353 ms

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formalize.css

351 ms

omega-text.css

omega-text.css

354 ms

omega-branding.css

omega-branding.css

361 ms

omega-menu.css

omega-menu.css

384 ms

omega-forms.css

omega-forms.css

390 ms

omega-visuals.css

omega-visuals.css

402 ms

js

js

56 ms

global.css

global.css

405 ms

epa-ghana-alpha-default.css

epa-ghana-alpha-default.css

310 ms

epa-ghana-alpha-default-normal.css

epa-ghana-alpha-default-normal.css

317 ms

alpha-default-normal-12.css

alpha-default-normal-12.css

340 ms

jquery.js

jquery.js

437 ms

jquery.once.js

jquery.once.js

324 ms

drupal.js

drupal.js

364 ms

jquery.ui.core.min.js

jquery.ui.core.min.js

314 ms

jquery.ui.widget.min.js

jquery.ui.widget.min.js

339 ms

jquery.ui.accordion.min.js

jquery.ui.accordion.min.js

326 ms

jquery_ui_filter.js

jquery_ui_filter.js

325 ms

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admin_devel.js

347 ms

jquery.colorbox-min.js

jquery.colorbox-min.js

365 ms

colorbox.js

colorbox.js

361 ms

colorbox_style.js

colorbox_style.js

360 ms

video.js

video.js

333 ms

jquery_ui_filter_accordion.js

jquery_ui_filter_accordion.js

353 ms

jquery.flexslider-min.js

jquery.flexslider-min.js

349 ms

gmap.js

gmap.js

361 ms

highlight.js

highlight.js

366 ms

poly.js

poly.js

360 ms

marker.js

marker.js

334 ms

icon.js

icon.js

364 ms

gmap_markers.js

gmap_markers.js

355 ms

markerloader_static.js

markerloader_static.js

366 ms

gmap_marker.js

gmap_marker.js

370 ms

jquery.hoverIntent.minified.js

jquery.hoverIntent.minified.js

360 ms

sftouchscreen.js

sftouchscreen.js

339 ms

sfsmallscreen.js

sfsmallscreen.js

368 ms

supposition.js

supposition.js

359 ms

superfish.js

superfish.js

367 ms

supersubs.js

supersubs.js

370 ms

superfish.js

superfish.js

367 ms

jquery.formalize.js

jquery.formalize.js

344 ms

omega-mediaqueries.js

omega-mediaqueries.js

375 ms

omega-equalheights.js

omega-equalheights.js

366 ms

flexslider.load.js

flexslider.load.js

421 ms

css

css

34 ms

css

css

50 ms

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header-bg-top.jpg

83 ms

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83 ms

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ico-twitter.jpg

85 ms

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ico-instagram.jpg

83 ms

header-bg-bottom.png

header-bg-bottom.png

84 ms

epa-logo.png

epa-logo.png

83 ms

ghana-flag.jpg

ghana-flag.jpg

115 ms

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172 ms

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349 ms

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505 ms

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487 ms

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497 ms

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Accessibility Review

epa.gov.gh accessibility score

80

Accessibility Issues

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.

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

Links do not have a discernible name

Best practices

These items highlight common accessibility best practices.

Impact

Issue

High

[user-scalable="no"] is used in the <meta name="viewport"> element or the [maximum-scale] attribute is less than 5.

Best Practices

epa.gov.gh best practices score

58

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

SEO Factors

epa.gov.gh SEO score

62

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

High

Page is blocked from indexing

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 Epa.gov.gh 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 Epa.gov.gh 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

epa.gov.gh

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