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Report Summary

  • 19

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    36% of other websites

  • 91

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 76% of websites

  • 83

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    55% of websites

  • 80

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    42% of websites

balloonandprinting.co.za

Balloon and Printing | Number One South African Balloon Branding

Page Load Speed

6.8 sec in total

First Response

506 ms

Resources Loaded

5.6 sec

Page Rendered

719 ms

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About Website

Visit balloonandprinting.co.za now to see the best up-to-date Balloon And Printing content for South Africa and also check out these interesting facts you probably never knew about balloonandprinting.co.za

Balloon & Printing Manufacturers (PTY) LTD has established itself over the past 28 years as the leading distributor and wholesaler of plain and printed balloons in Southern Africa. The company operate...

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Key Findings

We analyzed Balloonandprinting.co.za page load time and found that the first response time was 506 ms and then it took 6.3 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

balloonandprinting.co.za performance score

19

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value8.7 s

0/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value9.4 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value19.7 s

0/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value1,470 ms

14/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.004

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value36.4 s

0/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

balloonandprinting.co.za

506 ms

balloonandprinting.co.za

1196 ms

mobirise-icons.css

487 ms

font-awesome.css

939 ms

mobirise2.css

708 ms

Our browser made a total of 52 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 96% of them (50 requests) were addressed to the original Balloonandprinting.co.za, 2% (1 request) were made to Googletagmanager.com and 2% (1 request) were made to App.ecwid.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (2.4 sec) belongs to the original domain Balloonandprinting.co.za.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 1.4 MB (34%)

Content Size

4.2 MB

After Optimization

2.8 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Balloonandprinting.co.za main page is 4.2 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. 35% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 3.2 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-79%

Potential reduce by 28.1 kB

  • Original 35.4 kB
  • After minification 29.1 kB
  • After compression 7.3 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. This page needs HTML code to be minified as it can gain 6.3 kB, which is 18% 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 28.1 kB or 79% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-18%

Potential reduce by 580.7 kB

  • Original 3.2 MB
  • After minification 2.6 MB

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, Balloon And Printing needs image optimization as it can save up to 580.7 kB or 18% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-69%

Potential reduce by 183.7 kB

  • Original 266.6 kB
  • After minification 266.1 kB
  • After compression 83.0 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 183.7 kB or 69% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-89%

Potential reduce by 612.7 kB

  • Original 689.6 kB
  • After minification 596.1 kB
  • After compression 76.8 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. Balloonandprinting.co.za needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 612.7 kB or 89% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 25 (57%)

Requests Now

44

After Optimization

19

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 44 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Balloon And Printing. 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 14 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

balloonandprinting.co.za

balloonandprinting.co.za

506 ms

balloonandprinting.co.za

balloonandprinting.co.za

1196 ms

mobirise-icons.css

mobirise-icons.css

487 ms

font-awesome.css

font-awesome.css

939 ms

mobirise2.css

mobirise2.css

708 ms

style.css

style.css

1446 ms

bootstrap.min.css

bootstrap.min.css

1184 ms

bootstrap-grid.min.css

bootstrap-grid.min.css

726 ms

bootstrap-reboot.min.css

bootstrap-reboot.min.css

893 ms

tether.min.css

tether.min.css

952 ms

animate.min.css

animate.min.css

1210 ms

minicart-theme.css

minicart-theme.css

1131 ms

style.css

style.css

1181 ms

style.css

style.css

1200 ms

styles.css

styles.css

1615 ms

style.css

style.css

1427 ms

mbr-additional.css

mbr-additional.css

2365 ms

js

js

71 ms

script.js

script.js

432 ms

popper.min.js

popper.min.js

1221 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

1459 ms

bootstrap.min.js

bootstrap.min.js

1668 ms

tether.min.js

tether.min.js

1457 ms

smooth-scroll.js

smooth-scroll.js

1461 ms

jquery.viewportchecker.js

jquery.viewportchecker.js

1630 ms

minicart.js

minicart.js

1693 ms

minicart-customizer.js

minicart-customizer.js

1694 ms

jarallax.min.js

jarallax.min.js

1704 ms

nav-dropdown.js

nav-dropdown.js

1881 ms

navbar-dropdown.js

navbar-dropdown.js

1909 ms

jquery.touch-swipe.min.js

jquery.touch-swipe.min.js

1941 ms

script.js

script.js

1939 ms

bp-logo-web.svg

bp-logo-web.svg

984 ms

branded-promotional-balloons-1-984x984.png

branded-promotional-balloons-1-984x984.png

714 ms

wholesale-retail-balloons-1-984x984.png

wholesale-retail-balloons-1-984x984.png

743 ms

events-functions-decor-810x810.png

events-functions-decor-810x810.png

285 ms

balloon-accessories-1-984x984.png

balloon-accessories-1-984x984.png

1216 ms

promotional-products-984x984.jpeg

promotional-products-984x984.jpeg

737 ms

balloon-shapes-sizes-inflatables-1-984x984.png

balloon-shapes-sizes-inflatables-1-984x984.png

541 ms

biodegradable.svg

biodegradable.svg

787 ms

credit-card.svg

credit-card.svg

956 ms

debit-card.svg

debit-card.svg

980 ms

instanteft.svg

instanteft.svg

1002 ms

zapper.svg

zapper.svg

1030 ms

snapscan.svg

snapscan.svg

1194 ms

payfast-logo.svg

payfast-logo.svg

1226 ms

bp-logo-long-1.svg

bp-logo-long-1.svg

1696 ms

woman-giving-cheer-new-year-1-min-2000x1344.jpeg

woman-giving-cheer-new-year-1-min-2000x1344.jpeg

1436 ms

latex-rubber-plantation-para-rubber-tree-southern-thailand-2000x1299.jpg

latex-rubber-plantation-para-rubber-tree-southern-thailand-2000x1299.jpg

1735 ms

fontawesome-webfont.woff

fontawesome-webfont.woff

1340 ms

socicon.ttf

socicon.ttf

1360 ms

icon54.ttf

icon54.ttf

1639 ms

Accessibility Review

balloonandprinting.co.za accessibility score

91

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.

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

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

Links do not have a discernible name

Best Practices

balloonandprinting.co.za best practices score

83

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

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

balloonandprinting.co.za SEO score

80

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

Crawling and Indexing

To appear in search results, crawlers need access to your app.

Impact

Issue

High

Links are not crawlable

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 Balloonandprinting.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 Balloonandprinting.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

balloonandprinting.co.za

Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of Balloon And Printing. 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: