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Report Summary

  • 17

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    33% of other websites

  • 63

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 28% of websites

  • 58

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    19% of websites

  • 74

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    32% of websites

mofa.gov.sa

وزارة الخارجية

Page Load Speed

11.1 sec in total

First Response

3 sec

Resources Loaded

7.9 sec

Page Rendered

160 ms

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About Website

Visit mofa.gov.sa now to see the best up-to-date Mofa content for Saudi Arabia and also check out these interesting facts you probably never knew about mofa.gov.sa

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Key Findings

We analyzed Mofa.gov.sa page load time and found that the first response time was 3 sec and then it took 8 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 85% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

mofa.gov.sa performance score

17

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value9.1 s

0/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value11.4 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value15.4 s

0/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value2,780 ms

3/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.003

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value13.0 s

13/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

Default.aspx

3033 ms

normalize.css

473 ms

layout.css

825 ms

font-awesome.min.css

683 ms

modernizr-2.6.2.min.js

723 ms

Our browser made a total of 55 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 80% of them (44 requests) were addressed to the original Mofa.gov.sa, 7% (4 requests) were made to Platform.twitter.com and 4% (2 requests) were made to Google-analytics.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (3.4 sec) belongs to the original domain Mofa.gov.sa.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 893.0 kB (53%)

Content Size

1.7 MB

After Optimization

807.7 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Mofa.gov.sa 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. 40% of websites need less resources to load. Javascripts take 865.7 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-83%

Potential reduce by 107.4 kB

  • Original 128.7 kB
  • After minification 118.6 kB
  • After compression 21.3 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 107.4 kB or 83% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-14%

Potential reduce by 84.7 kB

  • Original 617.0 kB
  • After minification 532.3 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. Obviously, Mofa needs image optimization as it can save up to 84.7 kB or 14% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-72%

Potential reduce by 627.5 kB

  • Original 865.7 kB
  • After minification 828.6 kB
  • After compression 238.2 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 627.5 kB or 72% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-82%

Potential reduce by 73.4 kB

  • Original 89.3 kB
  • After minification 81.9 kB
  • After compression 15.9 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. Mofa.gov.sa needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 73.4 kB or 82% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 22 (43%)

Requests Now

51

After Optimization

29

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 51 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Mofa. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 13 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 5 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

Default.aspx

Default.aspx

3033 ms

normalize.css

normalize.css

473 ms

layout.css

layout.css

825 ms

font-awesome.min.css

font-awesome.min.css

683 ms

modernizr-2.6.2.min.js

modernizr-2.6.2.min.js

723 ms

jquery-1.9.1.min.js

jquery-1.9.1.min.js

1003 ms

plugins.js

plugins.js

750 ms

main.js

main.js

864 ms

WebResource.axd

WebResource.axd

925 ms

init.js

init.js

970 ms

ScriptResource.axd

ScriptResource.axd

857 ms

ScriptResource.axd

ScriptResource.axd

1043 ms

ScriptResource.axd

ScriptResource.axd

947 ms

MOFA_KSA_logo.png

MOFA_KSA_logo.png

165 ms

searchresultui-61174269.themedpng

searchresultui-61174269.themedpng

175 ms

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396 ms

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1176 ms

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1028 ms

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397 ms

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398 ms

minister_img.jpg

minister_img.jpg

399 ms

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476 ms

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634 ms

1441437.jpg

1441437.jpg

511 ms

MOFA_twitter_loading.png

MOFA_twitter_loading.png

550 ms

banner_travel_alert.jpg

banner_travel_alert.jpg

662 ms

Banner%20VISA%20%20new%20A.jpg

Banner%20VISA%20%20new%20A.jpg

884 ms

Call%20Center_Banner%20new%20A.jpg

Call%20Center_Banner%20new%20A.jpg

901 ms

Banner%20CORONA%20V%20new2.jpg

Banner%20CORONA%20V%20new2.jpg

2104 ms

Diplomatic%20Missions_Banner%20new.jpg

Diplomatic%20Missions_Banner%20new.jpg

1205 ms

hotline_background.png

hotline_background.png

823 ms

droidkufi-regular.woff

droidkufi-regular.woff

878 ms

widgets.js

widgets.js

145 ms

fontawesome-webfont.woff

fontawesome-webfont.woff

3376 ms

droidkufi-bold.woff

droidkufi-bold.woff

1123 ms

service_catalog_sml.png

service_catalog_sml.png

1171 ms

embassies_home_bg.png

embassies_home_bg.png

1098 ms

embassies_radio_bg.png

embassies_radio_bg.png

1145 ms

eparticipate_sprites.png

eparticipate_sprites.png

1280 ms

valid-html5.png

valid-html5.png

1441 ms

wcag2A.gif

wcag2A.gif

1313 ms

ga.js

ga.js

108 ms

slider_bullet_active.png

slider_bullet_active.png

1212 ms

slider_bullet_normal.png

slider_bullet_normal.png

1333 ms

carousel_main_normal.png

carousel_main_normal.png

1370 ms

carousel_main_active.png

carousel_main_active.png

1389 ms

__utm.gif

__utm.gif

16 ms

timeline.1b43d11859b7663a2225b885f87704a5.js

timeline.1b43d11859b7663a2225b885f87704a5.js

142 ms

syndication

syndication

92 ms

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173 ms

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29 ms

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78 ms

7SlGsEre_normal.jpeg

7SlGsEre_normal.jpeg

85 ms

TAubPtQi_normal.jpg

TAubPtQi_normal.jpg

83 ms

jot

jot

37 ms

Accessibility Review

mofa.gov.sa accessibility score

63

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.

Navigation

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

Impact

Issue

High

Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order

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

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

High

Links do not have a discernible name

Tables and lists

These are opportunities to improve the experience of reading tabular or list data using assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Impact

Issue

High

Lists do not contain only <li> elements and script supporting elements (<script> and <template>).

High

List items (<li>) are not contained within <ul> or <ol> parent elements.

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

mofa.gov.sa best practices score

58

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

User Experience

Impact

Issue

High

Displays images with incorrect aspect ratio

High

Serves images with low resolution

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

High

Issues were logged in the Issues panel in Chrome Devtools

SEO Factors

mofa.gov.sa SEO score

74

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

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

    AR

  • Language Claimed

    AR

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Mofa.gov.sa can be misinterpreted by Google and other search engines. Our service has detected that Arabic is used on the page, and it matches the claimed language. Our system also found out that Mofa.gov.sa 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

mofa.gov.sa

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