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Report Summary

  • 63

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    77% of other websites

  • 81

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 51% of websites

  • 67

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    24% of websites

  • 85

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    55% of websites

reducespending.org

Government Spending & Budget Transparency Reporting | Spending Tracker

Page Load Speed

2.2 sec in total

First Response

83 ms

Resources Loaded

1.8 sec

Page Rendered

259 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Reducespending.org page load time and found that the first response time was 83 ms and then it took 2.1 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 40% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

reducespending.org performance score

63

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value1.9 s

88/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value4.7 s

33/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value3.7 s

86/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value480 ms

60/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.027

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value7.5 s

48/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

reducespending.org

83 ms

spendingtracker.org

78 ms

lessphp_64ae8410d28b9587470a5f224146358641307602.css

17 ms

st_custom.css

49 ms

js

247 ms

Our browser made a total of 45 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 2% of them (1 request) were addressed to the original Reducespending.org, 91% (41 requests) were made to Spendingtracker.org and 2% (1 request) were made to Googletagmanager.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1.6 sec) relates to the external source 2o9ub0417chl2lg6m43em6psi2i-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 113.1 kB (26%)

Content Size

437.1 kB

After Optimization

324.0 kB

  • HTML
  • Images

In fact, the total size of Reducespending.org main page is 437.1 kB. This result falls beyond the top 1M of websites and identifies a large and not optimized web page that may take ages to load. 55% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 356.3 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-73%

Potential reduce by 58.9 kB

  • Original 80.8 kB
  • After minification 80.8 kB
  • After compression 21.9 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 58.9 kB or 73% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-15%

Potential reduce by 54.2 kB

  • Original 356.3 kB
  • After minification 302.1 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, Reduce Spending needs image optimization as it can save up to 54.2 kB or 15% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 18 (56%)

Requests Now

32

After Optimization

14

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 32 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Reduce Spending. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 19 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

reducespending.org

reducespending.org

83 ms

spendingtracker.org

spendingtracker.org

78 ms

lessphp_64ae8410d28b9587470a5f224146358641307602.css

lessphp_64ae8410d28b9587470a5f224146358641307602.css

17 ms

st_custom.css

st_custom.css

49 ms

js

js

247 ms

modernizr.js

modernizr.js

89 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

38 ms

foundation.min.js

foundation.min.js

36 ms

foundation-datepicker.min.js

foundation-datepicker.min.js

46 ms

jquery.autocomplete.min.js

jquery.autocomplete.min.js

247 ms

jquery.waypoints.min.js

jquery.waypoints.min.js

87 ms

jquery.counterup.min.js

jquery.counterup.min.js

245 ms

responsive-tables.js

responsive-tables.js

246 ms

nouislider.min.js

nouislider.min.js

245 ms

file-input.js

file-input.js

247 ms

jquery.multiselect.js

jquery.multiselect.js

246 ms

api.js

api.js

248 ms

raphael.js

raphael.js

247 ms

jquery.usmap.js

jquery.usmap.js

267 ms

script.js

script.js

248 ms

Chart.min.2.8.0.js

Chart.min.2.8.0.js

303 ms

jquery.number.min.js

jquery.number.min.js

266 ms

donate-button-red.png

donate-button-red.png

1600 ms

pixel.gif

pixel.gif

232 ms

homegraphic.png

homegraphic.png

228 ms

spendingtrackericon.png

spendingtrackericon.png

225 ms

search.svg

search.svg

226 ms

banner.jpg

banner.jpg

226 ms

howitworks.png

howitworks.png

225 ms

whyitmatters.png

whyitmatters.png

228 ms

r-street-logo.png

r-street-logo.png

229 ms

SpendingTrackerLogoWhite.png

SpendingTrackerLogoWhite.png

230 ms

lato-regular.woff

lato-regular.woff

227 ms

lato-light.woff

lato-light.woff

279 ms

lato-hairline.woff

lato-hairline.woff

225 ms

lato-bold.woff

lato-bold.woff

279 ms

lato-black.woff

lato-black.woff

227 ms

lato-lightitalic.woff

lato-lightitalic.woff

116 ms

lato-hairlineitalic.woff

lato-hairlineitalic.woff

116 ms

lato-italic.woff

lato-italic.woff

117 ms

lato-bolditalic.woff

lato-bolditalic.woff

117 ms

lato-blackitalic.woff

lato-blackitalic.woff

118 ms

howitworks.png

howitworks.png

68 ms

whyitmatters.png

whyitmatters.png

67 ms

main.js

main.js

7 ms

Accessibility Review

reducespending.org accessibility score

81

Accessibility Issues

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

Buttons do not have an accessible name

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

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

reducespending.org best practices score

67

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

High

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

reducespending.org SEO score

85

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

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

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 Reducespending.org 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 Reducespending.org 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

reducespending.org

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