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Report Summary

  • 35

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    55% of other websites

  • 90

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 74% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    35% of websites

  • 79

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    40% of websites

portal.hud.gov

HUD.gov / U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) |

Page Load Speed

5.9 sec in total

First Response

492 ms

Resources Loaded

5 sec

Page Rendered

362 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Portal.hud.gov page load time and found that the first response time was 492 ms and then it took 5.4 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

portal.hud.gov performance score

35

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value9.5 s

0/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value16.1 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value11.2 s

5/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value380 ms

70/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.112

86/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value16.5 s

5/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

www.hud.gov

492 ms

system.base.css

151 ms

access_unpublished.css

287 ms

field.css

304 ms

node.css

309 ms

Our browser made a total of 85 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 0% of them (0 request) were addressed to the original Portal.hud.gov, 12% (10 requests) were made to Fonts.gstatic.com and 4% (3 requests) were made to Fonts.googleapis.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (2.8 sec) relates to the external source Hud.gov.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 849.2 kB (25%)

Content Size

3.4 MB

After Optimization

2.5 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Portal.hud.gov main page is 3.4 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. 35% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 2.3 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-82%

Potential reduce by 127.0 kB

  • Original 154.0 kB
  • After minification 147.6 kB
  • After compression 27.0 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 127.0 kB or 82% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-3%

Potential reduce by 73.2 kB

  • Original 2.3 MB
  • After minification 2.2 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. Portal HUD images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-64%

Potential reduce by 379.7 kB

  • Original 594.5 kB
  • After minification 529.7 kB
  • After compression 214.9 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 379.7 kB or 64% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-85%

Potential reduce by 269.3 kB

  • Original 315.1 kB
  • After minification 262.4 kB
  • After compression 45.8 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. Portal.hud.gov needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 269.3 kB or 85% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 50 (68%)

Requests Now

74

After Optimization

24

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 74 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Portal HUD. 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 17 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

www.hud.gov

www.hud.gov

492 ms

system.base.css

system.base.css

151 ms

access_unpublished.css

access_unpublished.css

287 ms

field.css

field.css

304 ms

node.css

node.css

309 ms

views.css

views.css

309 ms

ckeditor.css

ckeditor.css

313 ms

ctools.css

ctools.css

266 ms

panels.css

panels.css

374 ms

font-awesome.min.css

font-awesome.min.css

26 ms

bootstrap.css

bootstrap.css

540 ms

base.css

base.css

467 ms

default.css

default.css

508 ms

compatibility.css

compatibility.css

428 ms

style.OrDUUGzFPZgyFaWB-UJPzC1vaL2SxVpH3O3RwrbBAIg.css

style.OrDUUGzFPZgyFaWB-UJPzC1vaL2SxVpH3O3RwrbBAIg.css

771 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

625 ms

jquery-extend-3.4.0.js

jquery-extend-3.4.0.js

545 ms

jquery-html-prefilter-3.5.0-backport.js

jquery-html-prefilter-3.5.0-backport.js

591 ms

jquery.once.js

jquery.once.js

633 ms

drupal.js

drupal.js

664 ms

tb-megamenu-frontend.js

tb-megamenu-frontend.js

716 ms

tb-megamenu-touch.js

tb-megamenu-touch.js

711 ms

jquery-ui.min.js

jquery-ui.min.js

1161 ms

custom.js

custom.js

749 ms

affix.js

affix.js

791 ms

alert.js

alert.js

827 ms

button.js

button.js

831 ms

carousel.js

carousel.js

859 ms

collapse.js

collapse.js

881 ms

dropdown.js

dropdown.js

886 ms

modal.js

modal.js

942 ms

tooltip.js

tooltip.js

943 ms

popover.js

popover.js

970 ms

scrollspy.js

scrollspy.js

993 ms

tab.js

tab.js

989 ms

transition.js

transition.js

1063 ms

toggle2.js

toggle2.js

1069 ms

css

css

28 ms

css

css

44 ms

css

css

53 ms

element.js

element.js

46 ms

embed.js

embed.js

120 ms

exitpopupHU.js

exitpopupHU.js

1063 ms

iwantto.js

iwantto.js

958 ms

bootstrap.js

bootstrap.js

854 ms

us_flag_small.png

us_flag_small.png

124 ms

icon-dot-gov.svg

icon-dot-gov.svg

129 ms

icon-https.svg

icon-https.svg

132 ms

socialmedia_topnav.png

socialmedia_topnav.png

117 ms

HUD_Logo_White.png

HUD_Logo_White.png

130 ms

HUD_Logo_White_Small.png

HUD_Logo_White_Small.png

129 ms

HUD_Logo_White_XSmall.png

HUD_Logo_White_XSmall.png

228 ms

search_icon_blue.png

search_icon_blue.png

231 ms

blank.png

blank.png

241 ms

HUDHomeHousingAssistance1.jpg

HUDHomeHousingAssistance1.jpg

1024 ms

hudiconhouse.png

hudiconhouse.png

250 ms

hudiconinterface.png

hudiconinterface.png

251 ms

hudiconsheet.png

hudiconsheet.png

333 ms

hudiconbuild.png

hudiconbuild.png

345 ms

hudiconbuildingperson.png

hudiconbuildingperson.png

356 ms

hud_file_complain_1.png

hud_file_complain_1.png

362 ms

baba_header1.jpg

baba_header1.jpg

621 ms

info_natural_disaster.jpg

info_natural_disaster.jpg

504 ms

infocusicon3.png

infocusicon3.png

678 ms

innews3_2.jpg

innews3_2.jpg

545 ms

innews2_2.jpg

innews2_2.jpg

590 ms

innews1_2.jpg

innews1_2.jpg

681 ms

hudiconadd.png

hudiconadd.png

656 ms

HUDHomeBottomBanner.png

HUDHomeBottomBanner.png

2839 ms

footeragencyicons_vertical2.jpg

footeragencyicons_vertical2.jpg

737 ms

footersocialicons.png

footersocialicons.png

768 ms

footeragencyicons_horizontal2.jpg

footeragencyicons_horizontal2.jpg

787 ms

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756 ms

Univ-Federated-Analytics.js

Univ-Federated-Analytics.js

893 ms

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Accessibility Review

portal.hud.gov accessibility score

90

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

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.

Best Practices

portal.hud.gov 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

User Experience

Impact

Issue

High

Serves images with low resolution

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

SEO Factors

portal.hud.gov SEO score

79

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

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 Portal.hud.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 Portal.hud.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

portal.hud.gov

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