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Report Summary

  • 30

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    50% of other websites

  • 87

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 66% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    35% of websites

  • 84

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    52% of websites

blindsdirect.co.za

Blinds Direct | Made to Measure Blinds | Instant online quotes for shades + shutters

Page Load Speed

8.4 sec in total

First Response

1.5 sec

Resources Loaded

6 sec

Page Rendered

972 ms

blindsdirect.co.za screenshot

About Website

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

Blinds Direct offers the best custom made blinds in South Africa. High-quality modern blinds, shades & shutters to suit every budget. Buy blinds online & save! + Free Nationwide delivery

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Key Findings

We analyzed Blindsdirect.co.za page load time and found that the first response time was 1.5 sec and then it took 6.9 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

blindsdirect.co.za performance score

30

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value4.1 s

21/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value5.0 s

28/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value7.2 s

30/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value1,960 ms

8/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.038

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value15.4 s

7/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

www.blindsdirect.co.za

1462 ms

sample-orders.css

456 ms

followups.css

671 ms

if-menu-site.css

675 ms

swatches-and-photos.css

685 ms

Our browser made a total of 100 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 87% of them (87 requests) were addressed to the original Blindsdirect.co.za, 8% (8 requests) were made to Embed.tawk.to and 1% (1 request) were made to Widget.trustpilot.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1.8 sec) belongs to the original domain Blindsdirect.co.za.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 265.7 kB (20%)

Content Size

1.3 MB

After Optimization

1.1 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Blindsdirect.co.za main page is 1.3 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. 55% of websites need less resources to load. Javascripts take 533.1 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-82%

Potential reduce by 226.4 kB

  • Original 277.3 kB
  • After minification 266.1 kB
  • After compression 51.0 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 226.4 kB or 82% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-2%

Potential reduce by 6.9 kB

  • Original 430.9 kB
  • After minification 423.9 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. Blinds Direct images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-6%

Potential reduce by 30.2 kB

  • Original 533.1 kB
  • After minification 533.1 kB
  • After compression 503.0 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. This website has mostly compressed JavaScripts.

CSS Optimization

-3%

Potential reduce by 2.3 kB

  • Original 87.2 kB
  • After minification 87.2 kB
  • After compression 84.9 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. Blindsdirect.co.za has all CSS files already compressed.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 69 (70%)

Requests Now

98

After Optimization

29

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 98 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Blinds Direct. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 49 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 12 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

www.blindsdirect.co.za

www.blindsdirect.co.za

1462 ms

sample-orders.css

sample-orders.css

456 ms

followups.css

followups.css

671 ms

if-menu-site.css

if-menu-site.css

675 ms

swatches-and-photos.css

swatches-and-photos.css

685 ms

frontend.css

frontend.css

686 ms

paygate_checkout.css

paygate_checkout.css

689 ms

flatsome.css

flatsome.css

935 ms

flatsome-shop.css

flatsome-shop.css

893 ms

style.css

style.css

898 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

917 ms

jquery-migrate.min.js

jquery-migrate.min.js

916 ms

breeze-prefetch-links.min.js

breeze-prefetch-links.min.js

917 ms

headerScript.min.js

headerScript.min.js

1116 ms

fue-account-subscriptions.js

fue-account-subscriptions.js

1124 ms

jquery.blockUI.min.js

jquery.blockUI.min.js

1147 ms

add-to-cart.min.js

add-to-cart.min.js

1144 ms

js.cookie.min.js

js.cookie.min.js

1145 ms

jquery.bind-first-0.2.3.min.js

jquery.bind-first-0.2.3.min.js

1163 ms

js.cookie-2.1.3.min.js

js.cookie-2.1.3.min.js

1339 ms

public.js

public.js

1350 ms

headerScript.min.js

headerScript.min.js

907 ms

tp.widget.bootstrap.min.js

tp.widget.bootstrap.min.js

14 ms

trustBoxScript.min.js

trustBoxScript.min.js

929 ms

wc-blocks.css

wc-blocks.css

1294 ms

dashicons.min.css

dashicons.min.css

1443 ms

login.1717686858.css

login.1717686858.css

1294 ms

main.js

main.js

1293 ms

sample-orders.js

sample-orders.js

1353 ms

fue-front.js

fue-front.js

1355 ms

woocommerce.min.js

woocommerce.min.js

1517 ms

sourcebuster.min.js

sourcebuster.min.js

1516 ms

order-attribution.min.js

order-attribution.min.js

1519 ms

gtm4wp-form-move-tracker.js

gtm4wp-form-move-tracker.js

1561 ms

gtm4wp-ecommerce-generic.js

gtm4wp-ecommerce-generic.js

1576 ms

gtm4wp-woocommerce.js

gtm4wp-woocommerce.js

1656 ms

swatches-and-photos.js

swatches-and-photos.js

1744 ms

frontend.js

frontend.js

1746 ms

jquery.blinds.js

jquery.blinds.js

1747 ms

api.js

api.js

43 ms

flatsome-live-search.js

flatsome-live-search.js

1784 ms

paygate_paymethod.js

paygate_paymethod.js

1573 ms

paygate_checkout.js

paygate_checkout.js

1442 ms

hoverIntent.min.js

hoverIntent.min.js

1526 ms

flatsome.js

flatsome.js

1519 ms

woocommerce.js

woocommerce.js

1517 ms

cart-fragments.min.js

cart-fragments.min.js

1546 ms

underscore.min.js

underscore.min.js

1355 ms

wp-util.min.js

wp-util.min.js

1441 ms

add-to-cart-variation.min.js

add-to-cart-variation.min.js

1511 ms

login.1717686858.js

login.1717686858.js

1515 ms

tp.min.js

tp.min.js

14 ms

gtm.js

gtm.js

224 ms

logo.png

logo.png

1077 ms

Roller-Premierweave-Blind-3-247x296.jpg

Roller-Premierweave-Blind-3-247x296.jpg

1078 ms

plaswood-icon.png

plaswood-icon.png

1078 ms

basswood-icon.png

basswood-icon.png

1166 ms

aluminium-icon.png

aluminium-icon.png

1252 ms

vertical-icon.png

vertical-icon.png

1258 ms

roller-blinds-icon.png

roller-blinds-icon.png

1259 ms

blind-types-icon.png

blind-types-icon.png

1277 ms

outdoor-icon.png

outdoor-icon.png

1295 ms

roman-icon.png

roman-icon.png

1287 ms

fl-icons.ttf

fl-icons.ttf

1368 ms

polyester-blinds-icon.png

polyester-blinds-icon.png

1386 ms

aluwood-icon.png

aluwood-icon.png

1352 ms

bamboo-icon.png

bamboo-icon.png

1346 ms

1f2k80eaj

1f2k80eaj

214 ms

shutter-icon.png

shutter-icon.png

1261 ms

honeycomb-icon.png

honeycomb-icon.png

1327 ms

panel-icon.png

panel-icon.png

1375 ms

shade-sail-icon.png

shade-sail-icon.png

1378 ms

curtains-icon.png

curtains-icon.png

1379 ms

Customer-service-LatoB-copy@2x-1.png

Customer-service-LatoB-copy@2x-1.png

1340 ms

Save-50-LatoB-copy@2x.png

Save-50-LatoB-copy@2x.png

1352 ms

FREE-DEL-NEW2@2x.png

FREE-DEL-NEW2@2x.png

1379 ms

Widest-Range-LatoB-copy@2x.png

Widest-Range-LatoB-copy@2x.png

1374 ms

hero-bg.png

hero-bg.png

1839 ms

aluminium-247x296.jpg

aluminium-247x296.jpg

1380 ms

faux_wood_blinds_paints-247x296.jpg

faux_wood_blinds_paints-247x296.jpg

1340 ms

131669518173-247x296.jpg

131669518173-247x296.jpg

1352 ms

roller-blinds1-247x296.jpg

roller-blinds1-247x296.jpg

1378 ms

bamboo-blinds-247x296.jpg

bamboo-blinds-247x296.jpg

1374 ms

150X150-Guarantee.jpg

150X150-Guarantee.jpg

1374 ms

Blinds-Sample-247x296.jpg

Blinds-Sample-247x296.jpg

1380 ms

25mm-Valance-Clip2-247x296.jpg

25mm-Valance-Clip2-247x296.jpg

1368 ms

Order-32452-300x225.jpg

Order-32452-300x225.jpg

1471 ms

recaptcha__de.js

recaptcha__de.js

28 ms

Order-32280-300x300.jpg

Order-32280-300x300.jpg

1464 ms

Order-32459-300x224.jpg

Order-32459-300x224.jpg

1375 ms

Order-32486-300x272.jpg

Order-32486-300x272.jpg

1336 ms

PriceCheck-tag-Logo.png

PriceCheck-tag-Logo.png

1571 ms

1-e1535960926518.png

1-e1535960926518.png

1528 ms

twk-event-polyfill.js

twk-event-polyfill.js

55 ms

twk-main.js

twk-main.js

70 ms

twk-vendor.js

twk-vendor.js

104 ms

twk-chunk-vendors.js

twk-chunk-vendors.js

30 ms

twk-chunk-common.js

twk-chunk-common.js

57 ms

twk-runtime.js

twk-runtime.js

41 ms

twk-app.js

twk-app.js

95 ms

Accessibility Review

blindsdirect.co.za accessibility score

87

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

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

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

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

blindsdirect.co.za best practices score

75

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

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

SEO Factors

blindsdirect.co.za SEO score

84

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 Blindsdirect.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 Blindsdirect.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

blindsdirect.co.za

Open Graph data is detected on the main page of Blinds Direct. This is the best way to make the web page social media friendly. Here is how it looks like on Facebook: