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Report Summary

  • 83

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    87% of other websites

  • 93

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 80% of websites

  • 58

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    20% of websites

  • 77

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    36% of websites

astralmedia.co.za

Astral Media, Web Design, Hosting, Advertising | Astral Group Partner

Page Load Speed

5.1 sec in total

First Response

904 ms

Resources Loaded

4.1 sec

Page Rendered

115 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Astralmedia.co.za page load time and found that the first response time was 904 ms and then it took 4.2 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 65% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

astralmedia.co.za performance score

83

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value1.7 s

91/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value1.7 s

99/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value9.6 s

11/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value20 ms

100/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value9.8 s

28/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

astralmedia.co.za

904 ms

custom.css

323 ms

jquery.min.js

953 ms

jquery.js

959 ms

jquery.jcarousel.min.js

641 ms

Our browser made a total of 34 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 94% of them (32 requests) were addressed to the original Astralmedia.co.za, 6% (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 Astralmedia.co.za.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 122.7 kB (19%)

Content Size

658.0 kB

After Optimization

535.4 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Astralmedia.co.za main page is 658.0 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. 40% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 464.6 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-81%

Potential reduce by 19.9 kB

  • Original 24.7 kB
  • After minification 18.7 kB
  • After compression 4.8 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 6.0 kB, which is 24% 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 19.9 kB or 81% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-22%

Potential reduce by 102.1 kB

  • Original 464.6 kB
  • After minification 362.5 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, Astral Media needs image optimization as it can save up to 102.1 kB or 22% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 407 B

  • Original 167.0 kB
  • After minification 167.0 kB
  • After compression 166.6 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. This website has mostly compressed JavaScripts.

CSS Optimization

-12%

Potential reduce by 194 B

  • Original 1.6 kB
  • After minification 1.6 kB
  • After compression 1.4 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. Astralmedia.co.za needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 194 B or 12% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 11 (34%)

Requests Now

32

After Optimization

21

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 32 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Astral Media. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 7 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

astralmedia.co.za

astralmedia.co.za

904 ms

custom.css

custom.css

323 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

953 ms

jquery.js

jquery.js

959 ms

jquery.jcarousel.min.js

jquery.jcarousel.min.js

641 ms

slider.js

slider.js

642 ms

cufon-yui.js

cufon-yui.js

648 ms

Franklin_Gothic_Book_400-Franklin_Gothic_Book_400.font.js

Franklin_Gothic_Book_400-Franklin_Gothic_Book_400.font.js

1285 ms

logo.jpg

logo.jpg

968 ms

call.jpg

call.jpg

968 ms

top-bottom.jpg

top-bottom.jpg

973 ms

nav-left.jpg

nav-left.jpg

1271 ms

nav-right.jpg

nav-right.jpg

1273 ms

port-14.jpg

port-14.jpg

1598 ms

port-15.jpg

port-15.jpg

1602 ms

port-12.jpg

port-12.jpg

1617 ms

port-8.jpg

port-8.jpg

1591 ms

port-13.jpg

port-13.jpg

1592 ms

port-10.jpg

port-10.jpg

1608 ms

port-11.jpg

port-11.jpg

1910 ms

port-6.jpg

port-6.jpg

1913 ms

main-top.jpg

main-top.jpg

1918 ms

grey-top.jpg

grey-top.jpg

1923 ms

home-image.jpg

home-image.jpg

1929 ms

grey-bottom.jpg

grey-bottom.jpg

1942 ms

main-bottom.jpg

main-bottom.jpg

2237 ms

background.jpg

background.jpg

1918 ms

nav-linear-over.jpg

nav-linear-over.jpg

1924 ms

nav-linear.jpg

nav-linear.jpg

1929 ms

car_li.png

car_li.png

1934 ms

ga.js

ga.js

18 ms

car_l.png

car_l.png

1288 ms

car_r.png

car_r.png

1881 ms

__utm.gif

__utm.gif

12 ms

Accessibility Review

astralmedia.co.za accessibility score

93

Accessibility Issues

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

astralmedia.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

SEO Factors

astralmedia.co.za SEO score

77

Search Engine Optimization Advices

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 Astralmedia.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 Astralmedia.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

astralmedia.co.za

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