Report Summary

  • 49

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    68% of other websites

  • 54

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 23% of websites

  • 58

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    19% of websites

  • 69

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    28% of websites

skisouthafrica.co.za

Tiffindell Ski Resort | Ski and Snowboarding Resort | South Africa

Page Load Speed

10 sec in total

First Response

1.1 sec

Resources Loaded

8.7 sec

Page Rendered

290 ms

skisouthafrica.co.za screenshot

About Website

Welcome to skisouthafrica.co.za homepage info - get ready to check Ski South Africa best content right away, or after learning these important things about skisouthafrica.co.za

Tiffindell Ski Resort is South Africa's only ski and snowboarding resort which is located in the Southern Drakensberg offering a variety of activities.

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Key Findings

We analyzed Skisouthafrica.co.za page load time and found that the first response time was 1.1 sec and then it took 9 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

skisouthafrica.co.za performance score

49

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value5.5 s

6/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value7.0 s

6/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value9.3 s

13/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value230 ms

86/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.073

96/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value6.9 s

54/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

skisouthafrica.co.za

1063 ms

www.tiffindell.co.za

3267 ms

jquery.min.js

29 ms

jquery.cycle.all.js

986 ms

website_bg.jpg

500 ms

Our browser made a total of 30 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 3% of them (1 request) were addressed to the original Skisouthafrica.co.za, 93% (28 requests) were made to Tiffindell.co.za and 3% (1 request) were made to Ajax.googleapis.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (3.6 sec) relates to the external source Tiffindell.co.za.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 151.8 kB (16%)

Content Size

962.0 kB

After Optimization

810.2 kB

In fact, the total size of Skisouthafrica.co.za main page is 962.0 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. 25% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 890.0 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-71%

Potential reduce by 14.2 kB

  • Original 19.9 kB
  • After minification 18.9 kB
  • After compression 5.7 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 14.2 kB or 71% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-11%

Potential reduce by 94.0 kB

  • Original 890.0 kB
  • After minification 796.0 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, Ski South Africa needs image optimization as it can save up to 94.0 kB or 11% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-84%

Potential reduce by 43.6 kB

  • Original 52.0 kB
  • After minification 34.7 kB
  • After compression 8.4 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 43.6 kB or 84% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

We found no issues to fix!

Requests Now

28

After Optimization

28

The browser has sent 28 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Ski South Africa. According to our analytics all requests are already optimized.

Accessibility Review

skisouthafrica.co.za accessibility score

54

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.

Internationalization and localization

These are opportunities to improve the interpretation of your content by users in different locales.

Impact

Issue

High

<html> element does not have a [lang] attribute

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

Form elements do not have associated labels

High

Links do not have a discernible name

Best Practices

skisouthafrica.co.za best practices score

58

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

High

Issues were logged in the Issues panel in Chrome Devtools

SEO Factors

skisouthafrica.co.za SEO score

69

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

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

Language and Encoding

  • Language Detected

    EN

  • Language Claimed

    N/A

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Skisouthafrica.co.za can be misinterpreted by Google and other search engines. Our service has detected that English is used on the page, and neither this language nor any other was claimed in <html> or <meta> tags. Our system also found out that Skisouthafrica.co.za 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

Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of Ski South Africa. 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: