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Visit cars.co.zaWe analyzed Cars.co.za page load time and found that the first response time was 927 ms and then it took 37.9 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.
cars.co.za performance score
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value
score
weighting
Value1.9 s
88/100
10%
Value2.1 s
96/100
25%
Value7.8 s
24/100
10%
Value4,300 ms
1/100
30%
Value0.001
100/100
15%
Value14.7 s
8/100
10%
927 ms
4727 ms
602 ms
527 ms
490 ms
Our browser made a total of 57 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 25% of them (14 requests) were addressed to the original Cars.co.za, 26% (15 requests) were made to Cdn-imgsvr.cars.co.za and 14% (8 requests) were made to Cdnx.cars.co.za. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (4.8 sec) belongs to the original domain Cars.co.za.
Page size can be reduced by 1.3 MB (56%)
2.4 MB
1.0 MB
In fact, the total size of Cars.co.za main page is 2.4 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. 60% of websites need less resources to load. Javascripts take 1.4 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.
Potential reduce by 70.2 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 22.4 kB, which is 26% 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 70.2 kB or 82% of the original size.
Potential reduce by 19.8 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. Cars images are well optimized though.
Potential reduce by 919.3 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 919.3 kB or 67% of the original size.
Potential reduce by 328.0 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. Cars.co.za needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 328.0 kB or 83% of the original size.
Number of requests can be reduced by 13 (25%)
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The browser has sent 53 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Cars. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 14 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.
cars.co.za
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www.cars.co.za
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css
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css
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modernizr-custom.js
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css_browser_selector.js
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loader.css
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main.js
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j.php
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Volkswagen-GTD-5.jpg
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logo.svg
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featured.jpg
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lil-arrow.png
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service1.png
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service2.png
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service3.png
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iab_logo.png
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cars-awards.png
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AMG-GT-2.jpg
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havalmain.jpg
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Volkswagen-GTD-5.jpg
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pubads_impl_147.js
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car-bg2.jpg
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analytics.js
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search.jpg
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title.gif
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activityi;src=6786252;type=rosg10;cat=cars-0;ord=7666944634682;~oref=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cars.co.za%2F
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container.html
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ads
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collect
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cars.co.za accessibility score
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
[aria-*] attributes do not match their roles
Contrast
These are opportunities to improve the legibility of your content.
Impact
Issue
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
Image elements do not have [alt] attributes
Links do not have a discernible name
cars.co.za best practices score
Trust and Safety
Impact
Issue
Does not use HTTPS
Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks
General
Impact
Issue
Detected JavaScript libraries
Page has valid source maps
cars.co.za SEO score
Content Best Practices
Format your HTML in a way that enables crawlers to better understand your app’s content.
Impact
Issue
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
Document uses legible font sizes
EN
EN
UTF-8
Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Cars.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 Cars.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.
cars.co.za
Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of Cars. 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: