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Report Summary

  • 94

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    93% of other websites

  • 68

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 33% of websites

  • 50

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    18% of websites

  • 79

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    40% of websites

southcoasthappenings.co.za

South Coast accommodation and Businesses

Page Load Speed

1.5 sec in total

First Response

215 ms

Resources Loaded

690 ms

Page Rendered

573 ms

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About Website

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Key Findings

We analyzed Southcoasthappenings.co.za page load time and found that the first response time was 215 ms and then it took 1.3 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 25% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

southcoasthappenings.co.za performance score

94

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value2.1 s

80/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value2.4 s

91/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value2.1 s

99/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value60 ms

100/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.085

93/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value3.0 s

95/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

southcoasthappenings.co.za

215 ms

dropdown.js

82 ms

mm_menu.js

121 ms

index.htm

133 ms

stylesch.css

99 ms

Our browser made a total of 37 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 95% of them (35 requests) were addressed to the original Southcoasthappenings.co.za, 3% (1 request) were made to Statcounter.com and 3% (1 request) were made to C.statcounter.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (314 ms) belongs to the original domain Southcoasthappenings.co.za.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 76.3 kB (21%)

Content Size

368.2 kB

After Optimization

291.9 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Southcoasthappenings.co.za main page is 368.2 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. 30% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 258.9 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-78%

Potential reduce by 46.0 kB

  • Original 58.8 kB
  • After minification 50.5 kB
  • After compression 12.8 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 8.2 kB, which is 14% 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 46.0 kB or 78% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 247 B

  • Original 258.9 kB
  • After minification 258.6 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. South Coast Happenings images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-57%

Potential reduce by 26.7 kB

  • Original 46.5 kB
  • After minification 41.2 kB
  • After compression 19.8 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 26.7 kB or 57% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-84%

Potential reduce by 3.4 kB

  • Original 4.0 kB
  • After minification 3.1 kB
  • After compression 653 B

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. Southcoasthappenings.co.za needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 3.4 kB or 84% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

We found no issues to fix!

Requests Now

36

After Optimization

36

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 36 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of South Coast Happenings. According to our analytics all requests are already optimized.

Network Requests Diagram

southcoasthappenings.co.za

southcoasthappenings.co.za

215 ms

dropdown.js

dropdown.js

82 ms

mm_menu.js

mm_menu.js

121 ms

index.htm

index.htm

133 ms

stylesch.css

stylesch.css

99 ms

counter.js

counter.js

7 ms

t.php

t.php

142 ms

facebook.jpg

facebook.jpg

47 ms

rhino.jpg

rhino.jpg

52 ms

new_logo_jude.jpg

new_logo_jude.jpg

129 ms

New%20menubar1.gif

New%20menubar1.gif

50 ms

menubar.jpg

menubar.jpg

97 ms

clickhere.gif

clickhere.gif

97 ms

ad_app.gif

ad_app.gif

95 ms

logo_small.jpg

logo_small.jpg

103 ms

logo.jpg

logo.jpg

114 ms

logo_small.jpg

logo_small.jpg

162 ms

logo_small.jpg

logo_small.jpg

146 ms

logo.gif

logo.gif

152 ms

logo_small.jpg

logo_small.jpg

157 ms

uqh.gif

uqh.gif

199 ms

anistar.gif

anistar.gif

184 ms

opal_blank.gif

opal_blank.gif

190 ms

search4events.jpg

search4events.jpg

241 ms

ct.jpg

ct.jpg

207 ms

durban.jpg

durban.jpg

205 ms

gauteng.jpg

gauteng.jpg

228 ms

jhb.jpg

jhb.jpg

234 ms

kzn.jpg

kzn.jpg

243 ms

limpopo.jpg

limpopo.jpg

251 ms

moz.jpg

moz.jpg

251 ms

mph.jpg

mph.jpg

278 ms

pta.jpg

pta.jpg

283 ms

sc.jpg

sc.jpg

284 ms

swazi.jpg

swazi.jpg

290 ms

wow.jpg

wow.jpg

308 ms

october_comp.gif

october_comp.gif

314 ms

Accessibility Review

southcoasthappenings.co.za accessibility score

68

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.

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

<frame> or <iframe> elements do not have a title

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

High

Links do not have a discernible name

Navigation

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

Impact

Issue

High

Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order

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

Best Practices

southcoasthappenings.co.za best practices score

50

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

SEO Factors

southcoasthappenings.co.za SEO score

79

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

High

Tap targets are not sized appropriately

Language and Encoding

  • Language Detected

    EN

  • Language Claimed

    N/A

  • Encoding

    ISO-8859-1

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Southcoasthappenings.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 Southcoasthappenings.co.za main page’s claimed encoding is iso-8859-1. Changing it to UTF-8 can be a good choice, as this format is commonly used for encoding all over the web and thus their visitors won’t have any troubles with symbol transcription or reading.

Social Sharing Optimization

southcoasthappenings.co.za

Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of South Coast Happenings. 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: