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Report Summary

  • 31

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    51% of other websites

  • 40

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 19% of websites

  • 58

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    20% of websites

  • 82

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    44% of websites

age.co.za

Automation System Integrators, PLC Programming & SCADA Support-AGE Technologies

Page Load Speed

7.8 sec in total

First Response

771 ms

Resources Loaded

6.8 sec

Page Rendered

273 ms

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About Website

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

AGE Technologies are Automation System Integrators, PLC Programming & SCADA Development Specialist in South Africa. Contact for Automation Integration & Electrical Engineering projects.

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Key Findings

We analyzed Age.co.za page load time and found that the first response time was 771 ms and then it took 7 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 80% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

age.co.za performance score

31

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value5.2 s

8/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value6.8 s

7/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value10.5 s

7/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value550 ms

53/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.188

65/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value11.6 s

18/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

age.co.za

771 ms

default.aspx

1495 ms

default.css

488 ms

skin.css

758 ms

container.css

993 ms

Our browser made a total of 88 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 86% of them (76 requests) were addressed to the original Age.co.za, 5% (4 requests) were made to Fonts.gstatic.com and 2% (2 requests) were made to Google-analytics.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (2.2 sec) belongs to the original domain Age.co.za.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 472.2 kB (33%)

Content Size

1.5 MB

After Optimization

978.8 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Age.co.za main page is 1.5 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. 50% of websites need less resources to load. Javascripts take 724.4 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-80%

Potential reduce by 62.7 kB

  • Original 78.0 kB
  • After minification 73.4 kB
  • After compression 15.3 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 62.7 kB or 80% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-2%

Potential reduce by 13.0 kB

  • Original 548.3 kB
  • After minification 535.3 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. AGE images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-49%

Potential reduce by 355.5 kB

  • Original 724.4 kB
  • After minification 718.3 kB
  • After compression 368.9 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 355.5 kB or 49% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-41%

Potential reduce by 40.9 kB

  • Original 100.2 kB
  • After minification 99.1 kB
  • After compression 59.3 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. Age.co.za needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 40.9 kB or 41% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 62 (77%)

Requests Now

81

After Optimization

19

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 81 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of AGE. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 34 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 15 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

age.co.za

age.co.za

771 ms

default.aspx

default.aspx

1495 ms

default.css

default.css

488 ms

skin.css

skin.css

758 ms

container.css

container.css

993 ms

portal.css

portal.css

1001 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

1277 ms

jquery-ui.min.js

jquery-ui.min.js

1294 ms

Style.css

Style.css

1018 ms

colorpicker.css

colorpicker.css

1022 ms

js

js

66 ms

WebResource.axd

WebResource.axd

1240 ms

jquery.cookie.js

jquery.cookie.js

1249 ms

jquery.easing.1.3.js

jquery.easing.1.3.js

1271 ms

bootstrap-colorpicker.js

bootstrap-colorpicker.js

1279 ms

colorpicker.js

colorpicker.js

1490 ms

jquery.common.js

jquery.common.js

1499 ms

Slide.js

Slide.js

1541 ms

accordion.js

accordion.js

1523 ms

Telerik.Web.UI.WebResource.axd

Telerik.Web.UI.WebResource.axd

1798 ms

dnn.js

dnn.js

1540 ms

dnn.xml.js

dnn.xml.js

1738 ms

dnn.xmlhttp.js

dnn.xmlhttp.js

1749 ms

dnncore.js

dnncore.js

1776 ms

dnn.modalpopup.js

dnn.modalpopup.js

1785 ms

default.css

default.css

1791 ms

light.css

light.css

1983 ms

dark.css

dark.css

1996 ms

bar.css

bar.css

2023 ms

nivo-slider.css

nivo-slider.css

2025 ms

style.css

style.css

2039 ms

jquery-1.9.0.min.js

jquery-1.9.0.min.js

2059 ms

jquery.nivo.slider.js

jquery.nivo.slider.js

2230 ms

js

js

54 ms

jquery.gmap.min.js

jquery.gmap.min.js

2014 ms

jquery.lavalamp.js

jquery.lavalamp.js

2039 ms

bootstrap.js

bootstrap.js

2055 ms

scrolltop.js

scrolltop.js

2057 ms

animatedcollapse.js

animatedcollapse.js

2081 ms

jquery.clingify.js

jquery.clingify.js

2242 ms

jquery.visible.js

jquery.visible.js

2013 ms

css

css

33 ms

bootstrap.css

bootstrap.css

1801 ms

animation.css

animation.css

1552 ms

custom.js

custom.js

1546 ms

chart.js

chart.js

1585 ms

tabs.js

tabs.js

1708 ms

initWidgets.js

initWidgets.js

1509 ms

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51 ms

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64 ms

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65 ms

home-logosa-2021.png

home-logosa-2021.png

1272 ms

co-FR.gif

co-FR.gif

274 ms

logo-2014.png

logo-2014.png

282 ms

search_icon.png

search_icon.png

281 ms

menu_icon.png

menu_icon.png

278 ms

age-experience.jpg

age-experience.jpg

865 ms

age-view-all.png

age-view-all.png

395 ms

complaints-icon.png

complaints-icon.png

516 ms

vacancies-icon.png

vacancies-icon.png

531 ms

age-facebook.png

age-facebook.png

533 ms

age-linkedin.png

age-linkedin.png

532 ms

styler_arrow.png

styler_arrow.png

604 ms

st_open.png

st_open.png

720 ms

login_line.jpg

login_line.jpg

735 ms

header_bg.png

header_bg.png

736 ms

topmenu_arrow.png

topmenu_arrow.png

740 ms

header_shadow.png

header_shadow.png

840 ms

subscribe.html

subscribe.html

1231 ms

loading.gif

loading.gif

926 ms

topp_bg.png

topp_bg.png

950 ms

midpa_bg.png

midpa_bg.png

954 ms

midpc_bg.png

midpc_bg.png

959 ms

botoutp_bg.jpg

botoutp_bg.jpg

1293 ms

botbg_map.png

botbg_map.png

1061 ms

Contact_icon_footer.png

Contact_icon_footer.png

1169 ms

backtotop.png

backtotop.png

1197 ms

DotNetNukeAjaxShared.js

DotNetNukeAjaxShared.js

1137 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

17 ms

fbevents.js

fbevents.js

31 ms

collect

collect

31 ms

widgets.js

widgets.js

245 ms

mc-validate.js

mc-validate.js

37 ms

classic-081711.css

classic-081711.css

20 ms

age-4sight-news.jpg

age-4sight-news.jpg

508 ms

arrows.png

arrows.png

244 ms

bullets.png

bullets.png

249 ms

Accessibility Review

age.co.za accessibility score

40

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

Form elements do not have associated labels

High

Links do not have a discernible name

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

Tables and lists

These are opportunities to improve the experience of reading tabular or list data using assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Impact

Issue

High

Lists do not contain only <li> elements and script supporting elements (<script> and <template>).

Best practices

These items highlight common accessibility best practices.

Impact

Issue

High

[user-scalable="no"] is used in the <meta name="viewport"> element or the [maximum-scale] attribute is less than 5.

Best Practices

age.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

Browser errors were logged to the console

High

Page has valid source maps

High

Issues were logged in the Issues panel in Chrome Devtools

SEO Factors

age.co.za SEO score

82

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

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Age.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 Age.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

age.co.za

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