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Report Summary

  • 33

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    53% of other websites

  • 53

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 22% of websites

  • 83

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    55% of websites

  • 83

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    46% of websites

candidateconnect.co.za

Candidate Connect | Specialist Recruitment, Cape Town.

Page Load Speed

14.1 sec in total

First Response

4.3 sec

Resources Loaded

9.5 sec

Page Rendered

320 ms

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About Website

Visit candidateconnect.co.za now to see the best up-to-date Candidate Connect content and also check out these interesting facts you probably never knew about candidateconnect.co.za

Whether you are a candidate looking for an exciting career opportunity or a client needing to fill a gap with a great candidate, we hope you find that!

Visit candidateconnect.co.za

Key Findings

We analyzed Candidateconnect.co.za page load time and found that the first response time was 4.3 sec and then it took 9.8 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 90% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

candidateconnect.co.za performance score

33

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value28.5 s

0/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value36.7 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value56.7 s

0/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value480 ms

60/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value35.0 s

0/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

www.candidateconnect.co.za

4307 ms

js

87 ms

wp-emoji-release.min.js

773 ms

style.min.css

1175 ms

ditto-jobs-public.css

1017 ms

Our browser made a total of 68 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 75% of them (51 requests) were addressed to the original Candidateconnect.co.za, 13% (9 requests) were made to Fonts.gstatic.com and 6% (4 requests) were made to Use.fontawesome.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (4.3 sec) belongs to the original domain Candidateconnect.co.za.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 1.2 MB (58%)

Content Size

2.1 MB

After Optimization

893.0 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Candidateconnect.co.za main page is 2.1 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 832.4 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-82%

Potential reduce by 107.6 kB

  • Original 131.1 kB
  • After minification 127.4 kB
  • After compression 23.5 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 107.6 kB or 82% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-6%

Potential reduce by 33.9 kB

  • Original 567.7 kB
  • After minification 533.8 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. Candidate Connect images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-72%

Potential reduce by 600.7 kB

  • Original 832.4 kB
  • After minification 797.9 kB
  • After compression 231.7 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 600.7 kB or 72% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-83%

Potential reduce by 507.3 kB

  • Original 611.4 kB
  • After minification 571.4 kB
  • After compression 104.1 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. Candidateconnect.co.za needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 507.3 kB or 83% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 40 (73%)

Requests Now

55

After Optimization

15

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 55 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Candidate Connect. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 23 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 19 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

www.candidateconnect.co.za

www.candidateconnect.co.za

4307 ms

js

js

87 ms

wp-emoji-release.min.js

wp-emoji-release.min.js

773 ms

style.min.css

style.min.css

1175 ms

ditto-jobs-public.css

ditto-jobs-public.css

1017 ms

light_style.css

light_style.css

782 ms

settings.css

settings.css

1012 ms

svgs-attachment.css

svgs-attachment.css

883 ms

style.css

style.css

1015 ms

base.css

base.css

1501 ms

layout.css

layout.css

1842 ms

shortcodes.css

shortcodes.css

1979 ms

animations.min.css

animations.min.css

1388 ms

jquery.ui.all.css

jquery.ui.all.css

1386 ms

jplayer.blue.monday.css

jplayer.blue.monday.css

1427 ms

responsive.css

responsive.css

1875 ms

css

css

33 ms

all.css

all.css

30 ms

loftloader.min.css

loftloader.min.css

1667 ms

css

css

65 ms

v4-shims.css

v4-shims.css

44 ms

jquery.js

jquery.js

2161 ms

jquery-migrate.min.js

jquery-migrate.min.js

1745 ms

ditto-jobs-public.js

ditto-jobs-public.js

1944 ms

jquery.themepunch.tools.min.js

jquery.themepunch.tools.min.js

2249 ms

jquery.themepunch.revolution.min.js

jquery.themepunch.revolution.min.js

2314 ms

css

css

16 ms

collapse.js

collapse.js

1705 ms

core.min.js

core.min.js

1844 ms

widget.min.js

widget.min.js

1804 ms

mouse.min.js

mouse.min.js

2002 ms

sortable.min.js

sortable.min.js

2006 ms

tabs.min.js

tabs.min.js

2055 ms

accordion.min.js

accordion.min.js

2066 ms

plugins.js

plugins.js

2323 ms

menu.js

menu.js

2145 ms

animations.min.js

animations.min.js

2234 ms

jplayer.min.js

jplayer.min.js

2254 ms

translate3d.js

translate3d.js

2282 ms

scripts.js

scripts.js

2339 ms

jquery.waitforimages.min.js

jquery.waitforimages.min.js

2419 ms

loftloader.min.js

loftloader.min.js

2467 ms

wp-embed.min.js

wp-embed.min.js

2496 ms

bg.png

bg.png

633 ms

CClogo-Logo-Options.png

CClogo-Logo-Options.png

699 ms

ImageHome1.png

ImageHome1.png

953 ms

Placeholder_Testimonial_block.png

Placeholder_Testimonial_block.png

760 ms

transparent.png

transparent.png

882 ms

FinancialIcon.png

FinancialIcon.png

827 ms

CommercialIcon.png

CommercialIcon.png

872 ms

DigitalIcon.png

DigitalIcon.png

942 ms

JobsImage.png

JobsImage.png

1286 ms

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72 ms

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93 ms

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mfn-icons.woff

997 ms

revolution.extension.slideanims.min.js

revolution.extension.slideanims.min.js

488 ms

revolution.extension.layeranimation.min.js

revolution.extension.layeranimation.min.js

496 ms

revolution.extension.navigation.min.js

revolution.extension.navigation.min.js

553 ms

loader.gif

loader.gif

233 ms

Accessibility Review

candidateconnect.co.za accessibility score

53

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

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

candidateconnect.co.za best practices score

83

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

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

SEO Factors

candidateconnect.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 Candidateconnect.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 Candidateconnect.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

candidateconnect.co.za

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