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Report Summary

  • 27

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    47% of other websites

  • 85

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 60% of websites

  • 83

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    56% of websites

  • 62

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    22% of websites

blindsmart.co.za

Window Blinds | Window Shades | Wooden Blinds | Blinds Mart

Page Load Speed

5.2 sec in total

First Response

1.8 sec

Resources Loaded

3.2 sec

Page Rendered

255 ms

blindsmart.co.za screenshot

About Website

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

We have been designing and manufacturing stunning window blinds for years now. You can look forward to great quality lasting blinds with us.

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Key Findings

We analyzed Blindsmart.co.za page load time and found that the first response time was 1.8 sec 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

blindsmart.co.za performance score

27

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value6.2 s

3/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value14.8 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value10.9 s

6/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value610 ms

49/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.163

72/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value14.7 s

8/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

blindsmart.co.za

1817 ms

modal.css

101 ms

jquery-ui.css

124 ms

widgetkit-7c7eb54c.css

114 ms

phocadownload.css

124 ms

Our browser made a total of 76 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 93% of them (71 requests) were addressed to the original Blindsmart.co.za, 4% (3 requests) were made to Ajax.googleapis.com and 3% (2 requests) were made to Google-analytics.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1.8 sec) belongs to the original domain Blindsmart.co.za.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 721.5 kB (39%)

Content Size

1.9 MB

After Optimization

1.1 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Blindsmart.co.za main page is 1.9 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. 50% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 896.0 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-79%

Potential reduce by 36.1 kB

  • Original 45.9 kB
  • After minification 43.7 kB
  • After compression 9.9 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 36.1 kB or 79% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-5%

Potential reduce by 40.6 kB

  • Original 896.0 kB
  • After minification 855.5 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. Blinds Mart images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-67%

Potential reduce by 467.9 kB

  • Original 703.2 kB
  • After minification 691.8 kB
  • After compression 235.2 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 467.9 kB or 67% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-83%

Potential reduce by 176.9 kB

  • Original 212.5 kB
  • After minification 192.4 kB
  • After compression 35.6 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. Blindsmart.co.za needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 176.9 kB or 83% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 44 (60%)

Requests Now

73

After Optimization

29

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 73 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Blinds Mart. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 15 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 20 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

blindsmart.co.za

blindsmart.co.za

1817 ms

modal.css

modal.css

101 ms

jquery-ui.css

jquery-ui.css

124 ms

widgetkit-7c7eb54c.css

widgetkit-7c7eb54c.css

114 ms

phocadownload.css

phocadownload.css

124 ms

rokbox-style.css

rokbox-style.css

111 ms

grid-12.css

grid-12.css

119 ms

gantry-core.css

gantry-core.css

124 ms

joomla-core.css

joomla-core.css

144 ms

main-light.css

main-light.css

163 ms

accent.css

accent.css

164 ms

utilities.css

utilities.css

179 ms

typography.css

typography.css

174 ms

thirdparty-k2.css

thirdparty-k2.css

186 ms

thirdparty-k2-light.css

thirdparty-k2-light.css

216 ms

mycustomstyle.css

mycustomstyle.css

210 ms

demo-styles.css

demo-styles.css

220 ms

template.css

template.css

222 ms

template-gecko.css

template-gecko.css

227 ms

fusionmenu.css

fusionmenu.css

238 ms

rokajaxsearch.css

rokajaxsearch.css

254 ms

rokajaxsearch-theme.css

rokajaxsearch-theme.css

261 ms

mootools-core.js

mootools-core.js

323 ms

core.js

core.js

265 ms

mootools-more.js

mootools-more.js

415 ms

modal.js

modal.js

289 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

30 ms

jquerynoconflict.js

jquerynoconflict.js

308 ms

jquery-ui.min.js

jquery-ui.min.js

110 ms

k2.js

k2.js

305 ms

widgetkit-692db640.js

widgetkit-692db640.js

350 ms

rokbox.js

rokbox.js

352 ms

rokbox-config.js

rokbox-config.js

354 ms

gantry-smartload.js

gantry-smartload.js

355 ms

browser-engines.js

browser-engines.js

371 ms

fusion.js

fusion.js

373 ms

rokajaxsearch.js

rokajaxsearch.js

401 ms

lightbox.js

lightbox.js

368 ms

mediaelement-and-player.js

mediaelement-and-player.js

381 ms

spotlight.js

spotlight.js

378 ms

ga.js

ga.js

355 ms

slideshow.js

slideshow.js

98 ms

scratch.png

scratch.png

253 ms

header-overlay.png

header-overlay.png

96 ms

blinds_mart_logo.png

blinds_mart_logo.png

118 ms

contact-1.png

contact-1.png

95 ms

utility-shadow.png

utility-shadow.png

95 ms

utility-overlay.png

utility-overlay.png

118 ms

facebook-grey.png

facebook-grey.png

122 ms

twitter-grey.png

twitter-grey.png

125 ms

light-10.png

light-10.png

124 ms

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light-10.png

125 ms

arrows.png

arrows.png

137 ms

menu-overlay.png

menu-overlay.png

139 ms

menu-separator.png

menu-separator.png

149 ms

search-controls.png

search-controls.png

151 ms

mod-shadow-l.png

mod-shadow-l.png

159 ms

mod-shadow-b.png

mod-shadow-b.png

185 ms

shadow.png

shadow.png

207 ms

50mm%20Diamond%20Coated%20Bass%20Wood%20Blinds%20-%20Dark%20Roast-570ab4dd53.jpg

50mm%20Diamond%20Coated%20Bass%20Wood%20Blinds%20-%20Dark%20Roast-570ab4dd53.jpg

275 ms

nav.png

nav.png

224 ms

Shutter%20Banner.jpg

Shutter%20Banner.jpg

301 ms

Shade%20Trends%20grey.png

Shade%20Trends%20grey.png

228 ms

Shade%20Shutters%20grey.png

Shade%20Shutters%20grey.png

255 ms

Shade%20Trends%20Flooring%20grey.png

Shade%20Trends%20Flooring%20grey.png

271 ms

Shade%20Curtain%20Rods%20grey.png

Shade%20Curtain%20Rods%20grey.png

273 ms

Shade%20Motors%20grey.png

Shade%20Motors%20grey.png

300 ms

Shade%20Weave%20grey.png

Shade%20Weave%20grey.png

299 ms

Somfy%20grey.png

Somfy%20grey.png

321 ms

up-arrow.gif

up-arrow.gif

322 ms

__utm.gif

__utm.gif

32 ms

Bass%20Wood%20Shutters-c33ca8ebcc.jpg

Bass%20Wood%20Shutters-c33ca8ebcc.jpg

285 ms

Ooutdoor%20Laguna%20Bamboo%20Blinds-8262c8e46a.jpg

Ooutdoor%20Laguna%20Bamboo%20Blinds-8262c8e46a.jpg

427 ms

Panel%20Bamboo%20Blinds%20-%20007%20Bali-f95d2d4cda.jpg

Panel%20Bamboo%20Blinds%20-%20007%20Bali-f95d2d4cda.jpg

309 ms

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day-night-31e16ad8c2.jpg

327 ms

sunbreaker-8af34bb969.jpg

sunbreaker-8af34bb969.jpg

412 ms

Accessibility Review

blindsmart.co.za accessibility score

85

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.

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

<dl>'s do not contain only properly-ordered <dt> and <dd> groups, <script>, <template> or <div> elements.

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

These items highlight common accessibility best practices.

Impact

Issue

High

[user-scalable="no"] is used in the <meta name="viewport"> element or the [maximum-scale] attribute is less than 5.

Best Practices

blindsmart.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

SEO Factors

blindsmart.co.za SEO score

62

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

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 Blindsmart.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 Blindsmart.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

blindsmart.co.za

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