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Report Summary

  • 35

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    55% of other websites

  • 84

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 56% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    35% of websites

  • 84

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    52% of websites

hertfordshire.gov.uk

Home | Hertfordshire County Council | Hertfordshire County Council

Page Load Speed

5.6 sec in total

First Response

451 ms

Resources Loaded

4.8 sec

Page Rendered

346 ms

hertfordshire.gov.uk screenshot

About Website

Click here to check amazing Hertfordshire content for United Kingdom. Otherwise, check out these important facts you probably never knew about hertfordshire.gov.uk

Welcome to Hertfordshire County Council. Find out more about the council and the services we provide.

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Key Findings

We analyzed Hertfordshire.gov.uk page load time and found that the first response time was 451 ms and then it took 5.2 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 75% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

hertfordshire.gov.uk performance score

35

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value5.1 s

9/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value7.2 s

5/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value8.1 s

21/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value590 ms

50/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.004

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value13.0 s

12/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

home.aspx

451 ms

style.css

453 ms

2023-branding.css

279 ms

nhs-widget.css

278 ms

faq-accordion.css

277 ms

Our browser made a total of 81 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 77% of them (62 requests) were addressed to the original Hertfordshire.gov.uk, 10% (8 requests) were made to Fonts.gstatic.com and 5% (4 requests) were made to Websurveys2.govmetric.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (2.1 sec) belongs to the original domain Hertfordshire.gov.uk.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 120.7 kB (10%)

Content Size

1.2 MB

After Optimization

1.1 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Hertfordshire.gov.uk main page is 1.2 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. 45% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 644.2 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-51%

Potential reduce by 65.0 kB

  • Original 128.6 kB
  • After minification 119.5 kB
  • After compression 63.7 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 65.0 kB or 51% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-2%

Potential reduce by 14.5 kB

  • Original 644.2 kB
  • After minification 629.7 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. Hertfordshire images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-8%

Potential reduce by 25.5 kB

  • Original 335.6 kB
  • After minification 334.5 kB
  • After compression 310.1 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

-25%

Potential reduce by 15.8 kB

  • Original 62.6 kB
  • After minification 62.6 kB
  • After compression 46.9 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. Hertfordshire.gov.uk needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 15.8 kB or 25% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 37 (54%)

Requests Now

68

After Optimization

31

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 68 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Hertfordshire. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 29 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 10 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

home.aspx

home.aspx

451 ms

style.css

style.css

453 ms

2023-branding.css

2023-branding.css

279 ms

nhs-widget.css

nhs-widget.css

278 ms

faq-accordion.css

faq-accordion.css

277 ms

findyournearestlibrary.css

findyournearestlibrary.css

281 ms

cludo-search-css.css

cludo-search-css.css

359 ms

locatorhub.css

locatorhub.css

569 ms

WebResource.axd

WebResource.axd

655 ms

jquery.locatorhub.js

jquery.locatorhub.js

567 ms

promise-min.js

promise-min.js

568 ms

updatesearchplaceholdertext.js

updatesearchplaceholdertext.js

629 ms

cookieControl-9.x.min.js

cookieControl-9.x.min.js

48 ms

main-site.js

main-site.js

721 ms

OptitmizeAntiFlicker.js

OptitmizeAntiFlicker.js

837 ms

modernizr-2.8.3.min.js

modernizr-2.8.3.min.js

839 ms

zengenti.contensis-client.js

zengenti.contensis-client.js

856 ms

emergency-message.js

emergency-message.js

898 ms

history-flooder.js

history-flooder.js

924 ms

WebResource.axd

WebResource.axd

990 ms

es6-promise.min.js

es6-promise.min.js

1113 ms

fetch.min.js

fetch.min.js

1115 ms

locatorhub.js

locatorhub.js

1115 ms

accessibilityfooter.js

accessibilityfooter.js

1169 ms

ScriptResource.axd

ScriptResource.axd

1203 ms

google-tag-manager-ga4.js

google-tag-manager-ga4.js

1178 ms

gm_sidebar.css

gm_sidebar.css

335 ms

gm_sidebar.js

gm_sidebar.js

337 ms

1704

1704

317 ms

vendor.all.min.js

vendor.all.min.js

1487 ms

script-v2.js

script-v2.js

1344 ms

styleswitcher.js

styleswitcher.js

1343 ms

uz.js

uz.js

405 ms

search-script.js

search-script.js

459 ms

cludo-search.js

cludo-search.js

1357 ms

londonbridge.js

londonbridge.js

1447 ms

cookiechecker.js

cookiechecker.js

1470 ms

css

css

42 ms

smiley-dark-green.svg

smiley-dark-green.svg

305 ms

smiley-orange.svg

smiley-orange.svg

307 ms

smiley-dark-red.svg

smiley-dark-red.svg

305 ms

update-me.png

update-me.png

530 ms

facebook-icon.svg

facebook-icon.svg

529 ms

x-twitter-icon.svg

x-twitter-icon.svg

544 ms

youtube-icon.svg

youtube-icon.svg

632 ms

bg-body-default.jpg

bg-body-default.jpg

706 ms

hcc-logo.svg

hcc-logo.svg

544 ms

hcc-text.svg

hcc-text.svg

672 ms

school-admissions-button-cropped-275x275.jpg

school-admissions-button-cropped-275x275.jpg

761 ms

older-couple-smiling-homepage-cropped-275x135.jpg

older-couple-smiling-homepage-cropped-275x135.jpg

775 ms

registrations-2-flipped-cropped-275x135.jpg

registrations-2-flipped-cropped-275x135.jpg

953 ms

watford-central-library-cropped-275x275.jpg

watford-central-library-cropped-275x275.jpg

904 ms

woman-recycling-cardboard-facing-left-cropped-265x131.jpg

woman-recycling-cardboard-facing-left-cropped-265x131.jpg

944 ms

potholes-homepage-tile-275x135.jpg

potholes-homepage-tile-275x135.jpg

1065 ms

woman-wearing-headset-and-working-on-a-laptop-cropped-275x135.jpg

woman-wearing-headset-and-working-on-a-laptop-cropped-275x135.jpg

1032 ms

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roadworks-homepage-tile-135x135.jpg

1046 ms

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blue-badge-homepage-tile-135x135.jpg

1175 ms

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school-term-dates-1edited-cropped-135x136.jpg

1214 ms

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bus-pass-homepage-tiles-135x135.jpg

1222 ms

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1302 ms

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1317 ms

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Firefighter-cyclists-350x360.xef0a84e9.jpg

1426 ms

County-Hall-2022-350x360.x95ef4cfb.jpg

County-Hall-2022-350x360.x95ef4cfb.jpg

1534 ms

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1661 ms

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fontello.woff

1465 ms

FSLolaWeb-Regular.woff

FSLolaWeb-Regular.woff

1723 ms

FSLolaWeb-Light.woff

FSLolaWeb-Light.woff

1740 ms

FSLolaWeb-Bold.woff

FSLolaWeb-Bold.woff

1850 ms

hertfordshire-bg.jpg

hertfordshire-bg.jpg

2096 ms

gm_intro.js

gm_intro.js

205 ms

hcc-logo-footer.svg

hcc-logo-footer.svg

1892 ms

1950 ms

print.css

print.css

93 ms

Accessibility Review

hertfordshire.gov.uk accessibility score

84

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-*] attributes do not match their roles

High

ARIA IDs are not unique

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.

Navigation

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

Impact

Issue

High

Some elements have a [tabindex] value greater than 0

Best Practices

hertfordshire.gov.uk 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

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

High

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

hertfordshire.gov.uk SEO score

84

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

High

robots.txt is not valid

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 Hertfordshire.gov.uk 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 Hertfordshire.gov.uk 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

hertfordshire.gov.uk

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