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Report Summary

  • 2

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    20% of other websites

  • 78

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 45% of websites

  • 50

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    19% of websites

  • 83

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    46% of websites

heraldlive.co.za

HeraldLIVE - Local Nelson Mandela Bay and Garden Route news

Page Load Speed

30.5 sec in total

First Response

2.7 sec

Resources Loaded

26.6 sec

Page Rendered

1.2 sec

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Key Findings

We analyzed Heraldlive.co.za page load time and found that the first response time was 2.7 sec and then it took 27.8 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is an excellent result, as only a small number of websites can load faster. Unfortunately, there were 3 request timeouts, which can generally increase the web page load time, as the browser stays idle while waiting for website response.

Performance Metrics

heraldlive.co.za performance score

2

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value4.4 s

16/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value20.1 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value52.2 s

0/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value23,380 ms

0/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value1.4

0/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value92.1 s

0/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

www.heraldlive.co.za

2656 ms

gpt.js

114 ms

tag.js

262 ms

gtm.js

81 ms

fbevents.js

42 ms

Our browser made a total of 221 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 14% of them (30 requests) were addressed to the original Heraldlive.co.za, 8% (17 requests) were made to Assets.alicdn.com and 5% (12 requests) were made to Ae01.alicdn.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (20.3 sec) relates to the external source Dyson.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 1.5 MB (46%)

Content Size

3.4 MB

After Optimization

1.8 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Heraldlive.co.za main page is 3.4 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. Only a small number of websites need less resources to load. Javascripts take 2.1 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-79%

Potential reduce by 163.4 kB

  • Original 205.7 kB
  • After minification 203.8 kB
  • After compression 42.3 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 163.4 kB or 79% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-13%

Potential reduce by 86.2 kB

  • Original 687.5 kB
  • After minification 601.4 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, HeraldLIVE needs image optimization as it can save up to 86.2 kB or 13% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-47%

Potential reduce by 967.8 kB

  • Original 2.1 MB
  • After minification 2.1 MB
  • After compression 1.1 MB

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 967.8 kB or 47% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-76%

Potential reduce by 313.3 kB

  • Original 413.9 kB
  • After minification 413.8 kB
  • After compression 100.5 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. Heraldlive.co.za needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 313.3 kB or 76% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 64 (36%)

Requests Now

180

After Optimization

116

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 180 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of HeraldLIVE. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 46 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 9 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

Accessibility Review

heraldlive.co.za accessibility score

78

Accessibility Issues

ARIA

These are opportunities to improve the usage of ARIA in your application which may enhance the experience for users of assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Impact

Issue

High

[aria-*] attributes do not match their roles

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

Best Practices

heraldlive.co.za best practices score

50

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

High

Requests the geolocation permission on page load

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

Missing source maps for large first-party JavaScript

High

Issues were logged in the Issues panel in Chrome Devtools

SEO Factors

heraldlive.co.za SEO score

83

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

    EN

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Heraldlive.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 Heraldlive.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 data is detected on the main page of HeraldLIVE. This is the best way to make the web page social media friendly. Here is how it looks like on Facebook: