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Report Summary

  • 35

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    55% of other websites

  • 98

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 94% of websites

  • 67

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    24% of websites

  • 98

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    92% of websites

telford.gov.uk

The Council Homepage

Page Load Speed

8.8 sec in total

First Response

466 ms

Resources Loaded

7.9 sec

Page Rendered

378 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Telford.gov.uk page load time and found that the first response time was 466 ms and then it took 8.3 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

telford.gov.uk performance score

35

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value6.9 s

1/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value15.8 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value19.7 s

0/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value380 ms

69/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.072

96/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value22.1 s

1/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

telford.gov.uk

466 ms

www.telford.gov.uk

528 ms

2002 ms

fontello.css

93 ms

search.css

181 ms

Our browser made a total of 103 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 69% of them (71 requests) were addressed to the original Telford.gov.uk, 6% (6 requests) were made to Newsroom.telford.gov.uk and 4% (4 requests) were made to Browsealoud.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (3 sec) belongs to the original domain Telford.gov.uk.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 1.0 MB (22%)

Content Size

4.6 MB

After Optimization

3.6 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Telford.gov.uk main page is 4.6 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. 65% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 3.7 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-86%

Potential reduce by 109.7 kB

  • Original 127.2 kB
  • After minification 81.8 kB
  • After compression 17.5 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. This page needs HTML code to be minified as it can gain 45.4 kB, which is 36% of the original size. It is highly recommended that content of this web page should be compressed using GZIP, as it can save up to 109.7 kB or 86% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-18%

Potential reduce by 680.8 kB

  • Original 3.7 MB
  • After minification 3.0 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, Telford needs image optimization as it can save up to 680.8 kB or 18% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-23%

Potential reduce by 110.3 kB

  • Original 480.1 kB
  • After minification 477.3 kB
  • After compression 369.7 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 110.3 kB or 23% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-32%

Potential reduce by 104.1 kB

  • Original 324.2 kB
  • After minification 306.1 kB
  • After compression 220.1 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. Telford.gov.uk needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 104.1 kB or 32% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 36 (40%)

Requests Now

90

After Optimization

54

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 90 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Telford. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 22 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 16 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

telford.gov.uk

telford.gov.uk

466 ms

www.telford.gov.uk

www.telford.gov.uk

528 ms

2002 ms

fontello.css

fontello.css

93 ms

search.css

search.css

181 ms

bootstrap-accordion.css

bootstrap-accordion.css

269 ms

bootstrap-modal.css

bootstrap-modal.css

396 ms

standard.css

standard.css

728 ms

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js

60 ms

jquery-1.10.2.js

jquery-1.10.2.js

739 ms

bootstrap-accordion.js

bootstrap-accordion.js

271 ms

readmore.min.js

readmore.min.js

358 ms

swfobject.js

swfobject.js

360 ms

modernizr.js

modernizr.js

368 ms

flex.chat.pluginv2.css

flex.chat.pluginv2.css

668 ms

flex.chat.pluginv2.js

flex.chat.pluginv2.js

598 ms

gm_sidebar_cnr.css

gm_sidebar_cnr.css

299 ms

gm_sidebar.js

gm_sidebar.js

300 ms

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1282

292 ms

site.min.js

site.min.js

895 ms

bootstrap-modal.js

bootstrap-modal.js

445 ms

jquery.cookie.min.js

jquery.cookie.min.js

453 ms

almond.min.js

almond.min.js

480 ms

util.min.js

util.min.js

532 ms

widget.js

widget.js

542 ms

ba.js

ba.js

51 ms

base.css

base.css

93 ms

css

css

30 ms

forms.css

forms.css

90 ms

editor.css

editor.css

91 ms

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333 ms

logo.png

logo.png

147 ms

silhouette_newer.png

silhouette_newer.png

330 ms

cost_of_living_icon.png

cost_of_living_icon.png

324 ms

account_2.png

account_2.png

137 ms

report_it_1.png

report_it_1.png

135 ms

credit_card.png

credit_card.png

135 ms

mouse.png

mouse.png

324 ms

jobs_2.png

jobs_2.png

325 ms

house_plans_2.png

house_plans_2.png

325 ms

house_icon_new_1.png

house_icon_new_1.png

326 ms

schools.png

schools.png

333 ms

Green_Purple_Red_Lid_Blue_Bag_Kerbside_Caddy.png

Green_Purple_Red_Lid_Blue_Bag_Kerbside_Caddy.png

334 ms

housing_1.png

housing_1.png

334 ms

finger_1.png

finger_1.png

334 ms

people_new.png

people_new.png

335 ms

people_3.png

people_3.png

376 ms

document_and_pen.png

document_and_pen.png

482 ms

inspection.png

inspection.png

397 ms

businesses.png

businesses.png

399 ms

information_1.png

information_1.png

405 ms

alphabet_blocks2.png

alphabet_blocks2.png

406 ms

emergencies.png

emergencies.png

453 ms

bench2_1.png

bench2_1.png

487 ms

sheild_icon.png

sheild_icon.png

488 ms

heart_1.png

heart_1.png

491 ms

estates_and_investments_logo.png

estates_and_investments_logo.png

494 ms

graph_1.png

graph_1.png

545 ms

books2.png

books2.png

561 ms

live_well_logo.png

live_well_logo.png

567 ms

market_1.png

market_1.png

590 ms

parking.png

parking.png

601 ms

people_newer.png

people_newer.png

601 ms

road.png

road.png

634 ms

sports1.png

sports1.png

649 ms

calendar.png

calendar.png

655 ms

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325 ms

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326 ms

cse.js

cse.js

114 ms

group_chat_1.png

group_chat_1.png

632 ms

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415 ms

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81 ms

gm_sidebar.css

gm_sidebar.css

91 ms

Tom_chat%20button%20right.png

Tom_chat%20button%20right.png

98 ms

speech_bubble_2.png

speech_bubble_2.png

540 ms

Cost_of_Living_Council_Homepage_Scroll_2.jpg

Cost_of_Living_Council_Homepage_Scroll_2.jpg

630 ms

cse_element__en.js

cse_element__en.js

23 ms

default+en.css

default+en.css

49 ms

minimalist.css

minimalist.css

50 ms

COLD_copy.jpg

COLD_copy.jpg

1019 ms

Children_s_Services_Social_Worker_Recruitment_2022_Council_Homepage_Scroll_1519x389_VADO.jpg

Children_s_Services_Social_Worker_Recruitment_2022_Council_Homepage_Scroll_1519x389_VADO.jpg

1021 ms

gm_intro.js

gm_intro.js

309 ms

version.json

version.json

80 ms

async-ads.js

async-ads.js

46 ms

clear.png

clear.png

36 ms

10by10_launch_Council_Homepage_Scroll_1519x389_VADO.jpg

10by10_launch_Council_Homepage_Scroll_1519x389_VADO.jpg

843 ms

TandWC_Corporate_Recruitment_2023_JOIN_TEAM_TELFORD_Council_homepage_scroll_1519x389_VADO.jpg

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693 ms

facebook.jpg

facebook.jpg

435 ms

twitter.jpg

twitter.jpg

521 ms

www.telford.gov.uk.js

www.telford.gov.uk.js

56 ms

flickr.jpg

flickr.jpg

527 ms

youtube.jpg

youtube.jpg

605 ms

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gov-metric-facesv2.png

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608 ms

iornbridge.jpg

iornbridge.jpg

3014 ms

sri.json

sri.json

5 ms

browsealoud.js

browsealoud.js

4 ms

modal.css

modal.css

71 ms

icons.data.svg.css

icons.data.svg.css

201 ms

Accessibility Review

telford.gov.uk accessibility score

98

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.

Best Practices

telford.gov.uk 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

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

telford.gov.uk SEO score

98

Search Engine Optimization Advices

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 Telford.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 Telford.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

telford.gov.uk

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