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Report Summary

  • 0

    Performance

  • 99

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 96% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    35% of websites

  • 87

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    65% of websites

sci.va.gov

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Page Load Speed

5.7 sec in total

First Response

783 ms

Resources Loaded

4.7 sec

Page Rendered

277 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Sci.va.gov page load time and found that the first response time was 783 ms and then it took 5 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

sci.va.gov performance score

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Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value9.9 s

0/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value0

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value12.0 s

4/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value950 ms

29/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.747

6/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value18.6 s

3/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

sci.va.gov

783 ms

bootstrap.css

108 ms

layout.css

71 ms

accessibleMegaMenu.css

59 ms

health.css

58 ms

Our browser made a total of 95 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 62% of them (59 requests) were addressed to the original Sci.va.gov, 18% (17 requests) were made to Va.gov and 6% (6 requests) were made to Cdn.eo.va.gov. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (3 sec) belongs to the original domain Sci.va.gov.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 1.0 MB (18%)

Content Size

5.7 MB

After Optimization

4.7 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Sci.va.gov main page is 5.7 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. 70% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 4.4 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-84%

Potential reduce by 71.3 kB

  • Original 85.2 kB
  • After minification 65.3 kB
  • After compression 13.9 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. This page needs HTML code to be minified as it can gain 19.9 kB, which is 23% 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 71.3 kB or 84% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-9%

Potential reduce by 377.5 kB

  • Original 4.4 MB
  • After minification 4.0 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. Sci Va images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-40%

Potential reduce by 312.9 kB

  • Original 788.1 kB
  • After minification 614.8 kB
  • After compression 475.3 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 312.9 kB or 40% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-53%

Potential reduce by 266.0 kB

  • Original 506.4 kB
  • After minification 439.6 kB
  • After compression 240.4 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. Sci.va.gov needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 266.0 kB or 53% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 32 (35%)

Requests Now

92

After Optimization

60

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 92 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Sci Va. 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 from 15 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

sci.va.gov

sci.va.gov

783 ms

bootstrap.css

bootstrap.css

108 ms

layout.css

layout.css

71 ms

accessibleMegaMenu.css

accessibleMegaMenu.css

59 ms

health.css

health.css

58 ms

slider.css

slider.css

54 ms

slide-menu-custom.css

slide-menu-custom.css

43 ms

tabs.css

tabs.css

55 ms

modal.css

modal.css

69 ms

all.css

all.css

73 ms

jquery-1-10-2.js

jquery-1-10-2.js

114 ms

swipe-min.js

swipe-min.js

76 ms

scrollable.js

scrollable.js

75 ms

left-nav.js

left-nav.js

102 ms

tabs-library.js

tabs-library.js

101 ms

tabs-accord.js

tabs-accord.js

103 ms

accessible2.js

accessible2.js

124 ms

custom.js

custom.js

126 ms

externalLinks.js

externalLinks.js

127 ms

Universal-Federated-Analytics-Min.js

Universal-Federated-Analytics-Min.js

26 ms

styleConsolidated.css

styleConsolidated.css

513 ms

polyfills.entry.js

polyfills.entry.js

441 ms

vendor.entry.js

vendor.entry.js

455 ms

proxy-rewrite.entry.js

proxy-rewrite.entry.js

669 ms

uswds.min.js

uswds.min.js

317 ms

analytics-po.js

analytics-po.js

124 ms

crisis-modal2.js

crisis-modal2.js

101 ms

gtm.js

gtm.js

55 ms

site-styles.css

site-styles.css

15 ms

site-styles.css

site-styles.css

15 ms

extended-styles.min.css

extended-styles.min.css

14 ms

font-awesome.min.css

font-awesome.min.css

13 ms

va-colors.min.css

va-colors.min.css

54 ms

bg-middle-effect.png

bg-middle-effect.png

670 ms

bg-header.jpg

bg-header.jpg

108 ms

arrow-right.svg

arrow-right.svg

162 ms

main-search-button.png

main-search-button.png

789 ms

header-logo.png

header-logo.png

131 ms

button_close.png

button_close.png

129 ms

arrow-down.png

arrow-down.png

130 ms

closed.png

closed.png

130 ms

bg-content-no-right-column.png

bg-content-no-right-column.png

130 ms

gray_nav_bkgd.png

gray_nav_bkgd.png

130 ms

list-icon1.png

list-icon1.png

456 ms

bg-locator.png

bg-locator.png

455 ms

button-locator.png

button-locator.png

454 ms

arrow-left.png

arrow-left.png

456 ms

bt_pause_s2.png

bt_pause_s2.png

454 ms

bt_play_s2.png

bt_play_s2.png

455 ms

handcycle.jpg

handcycle.jpg

577 ms

Veteranwithphone.png

Veteranwithphone.png

570 ms

VeteranWithClinician.png

VeteranWithClinician.png

2966 ms

arrow-right.png

arrow-right.png

564 ms

SCICenters.png

SCICenters.png

564 ms

VAClinician.jpg

VAClinician.jpg

565 ms

nurse.jpg

nurse.jpg

566 ms

VA_Seal.jpg

VA_Seal.jpg

566 ms

vha-excellence.png

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564 ms

social-email.png

social-email.png

567 ms

social-fb.png

social-fb.png

567 ms

social-twitter.png

social-twitter.png

568 ms

social-blog.png

social-blog.png

570 ms

social-flickr.png

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570 ms

social-youtube.png

social-youtube.png

570 ms

social-instagram.png

social-instagram.png

570 ms

button-footer-email.png

button-footer-email.png

571 ms

vcl-logo.png

vcl-logo.png

562 ms

social-email.png

social-email.png

860 ms

social-fb.png

social-fb.png

948 ms

social-twitter.png

social-twitter.png

1037 ms

social-blog.png

social-blog.png

1038 ms

social-flickr.png

social-flickr.png

1040 ms

social-youtube.png

social-youtube.png

1037 ms

social-instagram.png

social-instagram.png

1043 ms

button-health.png

button-health.png

1128 ms

button-protect-your-health.png

button-protect-your-health.png

1216 ms

button-health-a-z.png

button-health-a-z.png

1363 ms

badge_VCL.jpg

badge_VCL.jpg

1302 ms

badge_MHEV.jpg

badge_MHEV.jpg

1219 ms

Badge_HBE.png

Badge_HBE.png

1226 ms

Badge_LongTermCare.png

Badge_LongTermCare.png

1316 ms

Badge_VAHealthCareApplyNow.png

Badge_VAHealthCareApplyNow.png

1396 ms

Badge_PrescriptionsRefillOnline.png

Badge_PrescriptionsRefillOnline.png

1393 ms

js

js

90 ms

slider-bckgrnd-nonactive.jpg

slider-bckgrnd-nonactive.jpg

446 ms

slider-bckgrnd-notch-active.jpg

slider-bckgrnd-notch-active.jpg

447 ms

tabs.png

tabs.png

447 ms

icon-pdf.png

icon-pdf.png

449 ms

bg-footer-effect.png

bg-footer-effect.png

451 ms

sub-closed.png

sub-closed.png

125 ms

open.png

open.png

125 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

30 ms

fa-solid-900.woff

fa-solid-900.woff

60 ms

fa-regular-400.woff

fa-regular-400.woff

30 ms

collect

collect

33 ms

Accessibility Review

sci.va.gov accessibility score

99

Accessibility Issues

Navigation

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

Impact

Issue

High

Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order

Best Practices

sci.va.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

High

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

sci.va.gov SEO score

87

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

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 Sci.va.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 Sci.va.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

sci.va.gov

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