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Report Summary

  • 19

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    36% of other websites

  • 99

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 96% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    35% of websites

  • 91

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    70% of websites

americanexpress.co.za

Credit Cards Rewards & Business Services | Amex South Africa

Page Load Speed

3.5 sec in total

First Response

82 ms

Resources Loaded

3.1 sec

Page Rendered

359 ms

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About Website

Click here to check amazing Americanexpress content for South Africa. Otherwise, check out these important facts you probably never knew about americanexpress.co.za

Welcome to American Express South Africa, provider of world-class Charge and Credit Cards, Rewards, Business Services and more.

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Key Findings

We analyzed Americanexpress.co.za page load time and found that the first response time was 82 ms and then it took 3.4 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 60% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

americanexpress.co.za performance score

19

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.8 s

26/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value9.3 s

1/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value10.6 s

7/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value4,940 ms

0/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value19.6 s

2/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

82 ms

dls.min.css

73 ms

enterprise.min.62e485da9610c83265d1dc2dbf8bfaa4.css

45 ms

clientlibs.min.86dbb33c40d57dfb3fcb6ac39c588103.css

49 ms

codesnippet.min.149f1b4583ecf1df45db55c77e3b00e7.css

69 ms

Our browser made a total of 51 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 0% of them (0 request) were addressed to the original Americanexpress.co.za, 33% (17 requests) were made to Aexp-static.com and 4% (2 requests) were made to Icm.aexp-static.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1.5 sec) relates to the external source Americanexpress.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 1.6 MB (57%)

Content Size

2.9 MB

After Optimization

1.2 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Americanexpress.co.za main page is 2.9 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. 60% of websites need less resources to load. Javascripts take 1.4 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-90%

Potential reduce by 216.9 kB

  • Original 241.8 kB
  • After minification 232.2 kB
  • After compression 24.9 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. 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 216.9 kB or 90% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-2%

Potential reduce by 14.9 kB

  • Original 795.5 kB
  • After minification 780.6 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. Americanexpress images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-73%

Potential reduce by 1.0 MB

  • Original 1.4 MB
  • After minification 1.4 MB
  • After compression 386.7 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 1.0 MB or 73% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-86%

Potential reduce by 345.6 kB

  • Original 401.1 kB
  • After minification 400.7 kB
  • After compression 55.5 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. Americanexpress.co.za needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 345.6 kB or 86% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 16 (41%)

Requests Now

39

After Optimization

23

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 39 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Americanexpress. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 13 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 5 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

82 ms

dls.min.css

dls.min.css

73 ms

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enterprise.min.62e485da9610c83265d1dc2dbf8bfaa4.css

45 ms

clientlibs.min.86dbb33c40d57dfb3fcb6ac39c588103.css

clientlibs.min.86dbb33c40d57dfb3fcb6ac39c588103.css

49 ms

codesnippet.min.149f1b4583ecf1df45db55c77e3b00e7.css

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69 ms

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editablegird.min.b7d82f85fc41036dac496478f5d69865.css

65 ms

navScript.js

navScript.js

195 ms

service-worker-client.js

service-worker-client.js

377 ms

footerScript.js

footerScript.js

181 ms

OneTaglibrary.min.js

OneTaglibrary.min.js

51 ms

script-supplier.js

script-supplier.js

73 ms

dls.min.js

dls.min.js

72 ms

enterprise.min.65d69473dbb025b675d494e9fabc9f61.js

enterprise.min.65d69473dbb025b675d494e9fabc9f61.js

73 ms

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login.min.06e906c2e44e9038348f5eb38045e549.js

55 ms

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clientlibs.min.2c2e5b5190523d80db6ad67d3c197c0b.js

153 ms

codesnippet.min.2cbccba84f1aa1778738683f6bf77d69.js

codesnippet.min.2cbccba84f1aa1778738683f6bf77d69.js

72 ms

adobegnstracking

adobegnstracking

729 ms

dls-icons.min.js

dls-icons.min.js

341 ms

dls-logo-bluebox-solid.svg

dls-logo-bluebox-solid.svg

74 ms

dls-logo-stack.svg

dls-logo-stack.svg

79 ms

dls-logo-stack-white.svg

dls-logo-stack-white.svg

71 ms

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dls-flag-za.svg

153 ms

dls-logo-line.svg

dls-logo-line.svg

92 ms

dls-flag-za.svg

dls-flag-za.svg

80 ms

MR_Card_LadyWithCardAndComputer.jpg

MR_Card_LadyWithCardAndComputer.jpg

722 ms

enterprisebc-bwoman-767x350.jpg

enterprisebc-bwoman-767x350.jpg

334 ms

Thumbnail_image.JPG

Thumbnail_image.JPG

1525 ms

AXP_GE_Ribbon_AmericanExpress_Reverse_White_DIGITAL.png

AXP_GE_Ribbon_AmericanExpress_Reverse_White_DIGITAL.png

702 ms

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AXP_tag_livelifehorizontal_white_RGB_digital-resized.png

1200 ms

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AXP_tag_dobusinesshorizontal_white_RGB_digital-resized.png

1155 ms

grid.less

grid.less

817 ms

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launch-af6704bb2f7b.min.js

22 ms

159 ms

error.html

error.html

405 ms

error.html

error.html

414 ms

worldservice-tile-brightblue.jpg

worldservice-tile-brightblue.jpg

37 ms

Amex-Web-Banners-Gold-2023.jpg

Amex-Web-Banners-Gold-2023.jpg

268 ms

Platinum_Metal_Card_Feb2022.jpg

Platinum_Metal_Card_Feb2022.jpg

397 ms

sbs-gold-2018-di-480x304.png

sbs-gold-2018-di-480x304.png

622 ms

corp-green-card.png

corp-green-card.png

678 ms

FINAL_AMEX_Membership_Rewards_Card_Consumer.png

FINAL_AMEX_Membership_Rewards_Card_Consumer.png

258 ms

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52 ms

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52 ms

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53 ms

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52 ms

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54 ms

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41 ms

AppMeasurement.min.js

AppMeasurement.min.js

28 ms

dest5.html

dest5.html

76 ms

ibs:dpid=411&dpuuid=ZkQqiAAAAH--uBva

ibs:dpid=411&dpuuid=ZkQqiAAAAH--uBva

6 ms

Accessibility Review

americanexpress.co.za 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

americanexpress.co.za 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

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

High

Missing source maps for large first-party JavaScript

SEO Factors

americanexpress.co.za SEO score

91

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

Links do not have descriptive text

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 Americanexpress.co.za 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 Americanexpress.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

americanexpress.co.za

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