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Report Summary

  • 19

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    36% of other websites

  • 89

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 71% of websites

  • 83

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    55% of websites

  • 78

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    39% of websites

nitrd.gov

The Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) Program - The Networking and Information Technology Research and Developmen...

Page Load Speed

9.4 sec in total

First Response

13 ms

Resources Loaded

6.9 sec

Page Rendered

2.4 sec

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The Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) Program is the Nation’s primary source of federally funded work on advanced information technologies (IT) in computing, netwo...

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Key Findings

We analyzed Nitrd.gov page load time and found that the first response time was 13 ms and then it took 9.4 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 90% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

nitrd.gov performance score

19

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value14.9 s

0/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value28.2 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value25.6 s

0/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value490 ms

59/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.716

7/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value29.6 s

0/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

nitrd.gov

13 ms

www.nitrd.gov

3124 ms

us-banner.css

7 ms

uswds.css

10 ms

uswds.js

38 ms

Our browser made a total of 130 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 78% of them (101 requests) were addressed to the original Nitrd.gov, 6% (8 requests) were made to Content.govdelivery.com and 3% (4 requests) were made to Googletagmanager.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (3.1 sec) belongs to the original domain Nitrd.gov.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 4.3 MB (22%)

Content Size

19.0 MB

After Optimization

14.7 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Nitrd.gov main page is 19.0 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. Only a small number of websites need less resources to load. Images take 16.6 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-80%

Potential reduce by 107.7 kB

  • Original 135.5 kB
  • After minification 132.1 kB
  • After compression 27.7 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 107.7 kB or 80% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-14%

Potential reduce by 2.3 MB

  • Original 16.6 MB
  • After minification 14.3 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. Obviously, NITRD needs image optimization as it can save up to 2.3 MB 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

-77%

Potential reduce by 881.0 kB

  • Original 1.1 MB
  • After minification 671.3 kB
  • After compression 262.9 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 881.0 kB or 77% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-86%

Potential reduce by 1.0 MB

  • Original 1.2 MB
  • After minification 1.1 MB
  • After compression 161.4 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. Nitrd.gov needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 1.0 MB or 86% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 48 (40%)

Requests Now

120

After Optimization

72

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 120 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of NITRD. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 26 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 19 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

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Accessibility Review

nitrd.gov accessibility score

89

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

Best Practices

nitrd.gov best practices score

83

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

Serves images with low resolution

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

nitrd.gov SEO score

78

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

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

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 Nitrd.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 Nitrd.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

nitrd.gov

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