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Report Summary

  • 2

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    20% of other websites

  • 60

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 26% of websites

  • 67

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    24% of websites

  • 85

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    55% of websites

cellc.co.za

Prepaid Deals, Cellphone Contracts, Data, C-Fibre (FTTH) | Cell C

Page Load Speed

19.1 sec in total

First Response

984 ms

Resources Loaded

17.6 sec

Page Rendered

501 ms

cellc.co.za screenshot

About Website

Click here to check amazing Cell C content for South Africa. Otherwise, check out these important facts you probably never knew about cellc.co.za

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Key Findings

We analyzed Cellc.co.za page load time and found that the first response time was 984 ms and then it took 18.1 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.

Performance Metrics

cellc.co.za performance score

2

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value13.0 s

0/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value53.6 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value37.5 s

0/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value2,160 ms

6/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value2.528

0/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value46.7 s

0/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

cellc.co.za

984 ms

www.cellc.co.za

1227 ms

home

565 ms

font.css

494 ms

site.min.css

1199 ms

Our browser made a total of 176 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 80% of them (141 requests) were addressed to the original Cellc.co.za, 3% (6 requests) were made to Googletagmanager.com and 2% (4 requests) were made to Adservice.google.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (8.9 sec) belongs to the original domain Cellc.co.za.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 3.0 MB (51%)

Content Size

5.9 MB

After Optimization

2.9 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Cellc.co.za main page is 5.9 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. 75% of websites need less resources to load and that’s why Accessify’s recommendations for optimization and resource minification can be helpful for this project. Javascripts take 2.6 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-89%

Potential reduce by 220.4 kB

  • Original 248.1 kB
  • After minification 129.3 kB
  • After compression 27.8 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 118.8 kB, which is 48% 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 220.4 kB or 89% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-8%

Potential reduce by 181.1 kB

  • Original 2.1 MB
  • After minification 2.0 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. Cell C images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-71%

Potential reduce by 1.8 MB

  • Original 2.6 MB
  • After minification 2.2 MB
  • After compression 746.8 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 1.8 MB or 71% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-80%

Potential reduce by 796.3 kB

  • Original 997.4 kB
  • After minification 846.1 kB
  • After compression 201.1 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. Cellc.co.za needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 796.3 kB or 80% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 127 (76%)

Requests Now

167

After Optimization

40

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 167 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Cell C. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 104 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 11 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

cellc.co.za

cellc.co.za

984 ms

www.cellc.co.za

www.cellc.co.za

1227 ms

home

home

565 ms

font.css

font.css

494 ms

site.min.css

site.min.css

1199 ms

site.css

site.css

1219 ms

c-fibre.css

c-fibre.css

979 ms

site_2.css

site_2.css

1467 ms

site_3.css

site_3.css

742 ms

term_conStyle.css

term_conStyle.css

748 ms

product.css

product.css

992 ms

jquery-ui.css

jquery-ui.css

999 ms

api.js

api.js

34 ms

jquery.js

jquery.js

1702 ms

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angular.js

2208 ms

angular-filter.min.js

angular-filter.min.js

1251 ms

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bootstrap.js

1679 ms

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ui-bootstrap-custom-0.12.1.min.js

1454 ms

tweenmax.min.js

tweenmax.min.js

1747 ms

scrolltoplugin.min.js

scrolltoplugin.min.js

1698 ms

jquery.nouislider.all.min.js

jquery.nouislider.all.min.js

1715 ms

idangerous.swiper.min.js

idangerous.swiper.min.js

1923 ms

jquery.placeholder.min.js

jquery.placeholder.min.js

1945 ms

jquery.knob.min.js

jquery.knob.min.js

1946 ms

bootstrap-switch.min.js

bootstrap-switch.min.js

1964 ms

cFibre-Plan-Controller.js

cFibre-Plan-Controller.js

1997 ms

httpService.js

httpService.js

2166 ms

services.js

services.js

2659 ms

data-bundles-slider.js

data-bundles-slider.js

2194 ms

sms-bundles-slider.js

sms-bundles-slider.js

2277 ms

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black-slider-directive.js

2277 ms

registration_controller.js

registration_controller.js

2644 ms

device-controller.js

device-controller.js

2439 ms

contactListing_controller.js

contactListing_controller.js

2455 ms

productDetails_controller.js

productDetails_controller.js

2703 ms

settingscontroller.js

settingscontroller.js

2497 ms

product-listing.js

product-listing.js

2686 ms

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TechnicalContacts_controller.js

2706 ms

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my-account-controller.js

2749 ms

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js

43 ms

recaptcha__en.js

recaptcha__en.js

28 ms

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js

66 ms

global-menu.css

global-menu.css

2656 ms

sweetalert.css

sweetalert.css

2416 ms

contactus_controller.js

contactus_controller.js

2195 ms

minimal-form-directive.js

minimal-form-directive.js

2211 ms

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support-change-to-cellc.js

1977 ms

support-change-to-controller.js

support-change-to-controller.js

2015 ms

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storelocator-controller.js

2141 ms

newticket-controller.js

newticket-controller.js

1936 ms

linkNumbers_controller.js

linkNumbers_controller.js

1956 ms

historyUsage-controller.js

historyUsage-controller.js

1958 ms

RechargeHistoryController.js

RechargeHistoryController.js

1759 ms

manageSpendLimit-Controller.js

manageSpendLimit-Controller.js

1749 ms

productsCompare_controller.js

productsCompare_controller.js

1706 ms

my-support-tickets-controller.js

my-support-tickets-controller.js

1697 ms

balance-summary-controller.js

balance-summary-controller.js

1718 ms

my-details-sim-swap-controller.js

my-details-sim-swap-controller.js

1742 ms

pinlessRechargeController.js

pinlessRechargeController.js

2200 ms

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network-feedback-controller.js

1587 ms

app-controller.js

app-controller.js

1683 ms

compare-controller.js

compare-controller.js

1693 ms

payment-controller.js

payment-controller.js

1713 ms

orderReview-controller.js

orderReview-controller.js

1709 ms

cart-controller.js

cart-controller.js

1595 ms

register-controller.js

register-controller.js

1677 ms

address-controller.js

address-controller.js

1607 ms

myDetails-controller.js

myDetails-controller.js

1884 ms

voice-contracts-controller.js

voice-contracts-controller.js

1677 ms

calculator-controller.js

calculator-controller.js

1572 ms

manage-wasps-controller.js

manage-wasps-controller.js

1659 ms

security-controller.js

security-controller.js

1628 ms

balanceLoginController.js

balanceLoginController.js

1550 ms

spinner_controller.js

spinner_controller.js

1540 ms

referral-controller.js

referral-controller.js

1577 ms

constant-controller.js

constant-controller.js

1654 ms

newsroom-controller.js

newsroom-controller.js

1662 ms

franchise-app-controller.js

franchise-app-controller.js

1657 ms

int-roaming-controller.js

int-roaming-controller.js

1553 ms

int-calling-controller.js

int-calling-controller.js

1552 ms

contact-prepaid-addl-services.js

contact-prepaid-addl-services.js

1582 ms

angular-recaptcha.min.js

angular-recaptcha.min.js

1651 ms

my-account-add-extras-controller.js

my-account-add-extras-controller.js

1890 ms

iveriResponse-controller.js

iveriResponse-controller.js

1654 ms

preorder_controller.js

preorder_controller.js

1559 ms

upgradeController.js

upgradeController.js

1556 ms

c_fibre_controller.js

c_fibre_controller.js

1587 ms

upFrontPayment-controller.js

upFrontPayment-controller.js

1645 ms

upFront_iveriResponse_controller.js

upFront_iveriResponse_controller.js

1694 ms

c-fibre-slider.js

c-fibre-slider.js

1691 ms

featured_devices_controller.js

featured_devices_controller.js

1572 ms

upgrade-form_controller.js

upgrade-form_controller.js

1628 ms

voluntaryMonthlyLimitController.js

voluntaryMonthlyLimitController.js

1900 ms

gift-controller.js

gift-controller.js

1640 ms

pphvc-product-controller.js

pphvc-product-controller.js

1879 ms

hc-turbo-controller.js

hc-turbo-controller.js

1572 ms

sweetalert.min.js

sweetalert.min.js

1567 ms

slick.min.js

slick.min.js

1599 ms

jquery.bxslider.min.js

jquery.bxslider.min.js

1637 ms

jquery-ui.js

jquery-ui.js

2694 ms

app.js

app.js

1599 ms

jquery.lazyload.min.js

jquery.lazyload.min.js

1654 ms

nav.min.js

nav.min.js

1657 ms

core.min.js

core.min.js

1680 ms

home.min.js

home.min.js

1952 ms

loader.gif

loader.gif

1855 ms

menu-signal.png

menu-signal.png

2004 ms

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AI_star.svg

2760 ms

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menu_shop_banner.png

2017 ms

cellc-logo.png

cellc-logo.png

1933 ms

network-desktop.jpg

network-desktop.jpg

3152 ms

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2152 ms

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2521 ms

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access-desktop.png

2857 ms

GoogleBadge.png

GoogleBadge.png

2566 ms

iOSBadge.png

iOSBadge.png

2539 ms

Phonesforweb.png

Phonesforweb.png

2508 ms

footer-logo.png

footer-logo.png

2516 ms

uwt.js

uwt.js

49 ms

global-menu.png

global-menu.png

2026 ms

gtm.js

gtm.js

68 ms

intervogue-reg-webfont.woff

intervogue-reg-webfont.woff

2021 ms

intervogue-bold-webfont.woff

intervogue-bold-webfont.woff

2030 ms

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2498 ms

dealcycle-desktop-29april.jpg

dealcycle-desktop-29april.jpg

2918 ms

whatsapp-desktop.jpg

whatsapp-desktop.jpg

2467 ms

fiber-desktop-29april.jpg

fiber-desktop-29april.jpg

8898 ms

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Recharge.png

2258 ms

buyBundles.png

buyBundles.png

2266 ms

prepaid-lte.png

prepaid-lte.png

2509 ms

fibre.png

fibre.png

2518 ms

promotions.png

promotions.png

2715 ms

catalogue.png

catalogue.png

2742 ms

main-nav-plus-icon-grey.png

main-nav-plus-icon-grey.png

2757 ms

changeyourworld.png

changeyourworld.png

3221 ms

adsct

adsct

142 ms

adsct

adsct

473 ms

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js

113 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

107 ms

destination

destination

390 ms

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destination

386 ms

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53 ms

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53 ms

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377 ms

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intervogue-light-webfont.woff

2814 ms

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adsct

366 ms

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357 ms

cellcapp.png

cellcapp.png

2820 ms

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whatsapp.png

2812 ms

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292 ms

10076517.json

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280 ms

collect

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426 ms

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2644 ms

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Accessibility Review

cellc.co.za accessibility score

60

Accessibility Issues

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

High

[aria-*] attributes do not match their roles

High

ARIA input fields do not have accessible names

High

Elements with an ARIA [role] that require children to contain a specific [role] are missing some or all of those required children.

High

[role]s are not contained by their required parent element

High

ARIA toggle fields do not have accessible names

High

[aria-*] attributes do not have valid values

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

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

cellc.co.za best practices score

67

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

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

cellc.co.za SEO score

85

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

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 Cellc.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 Cellc.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

cellc.co.za

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