Access colgate.co.za. Colgate®: Toothpaste, Toothbrushes & Oral Care Resources

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value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value4.8 s

12/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value11.3 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value13.8 s

1/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value10,710 ms

0/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.095

91/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value22.3 s

1/100

10%

colgate.co.za

591 ms

colgate.co.za

11 ms

29 ms

Our browser made a total of 3 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 67% of them (2 requests) were addressed to the original Colgate.co.za, 33% (1 request) were made to Colgate.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (591 ms) belongs to the original domain Colgate.co.za.

Content Size

1.9 MB

After Optimization

1.6 MB

In fact, the total size of Colgate.co.za main page is 1.9 MB. This result falls within the top 5000 of lightweight and thus fast loading web pages. Only a small number of websites need less resources to load. Images take 1.5 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-32%

Potential reduce by 95 B

Original 297 B
After minification 293 B
After compression 202 B

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 95 B or 32% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-2%

Potential reduce by 37.5 kB

Original 1.5 MB
After minification 1.5 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. Colgate images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-69%

Potential reduce by 256.6 kB

Original 373.0 kB
After minification 345.1 kB
After compression 116.4 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 256.6 kB or 69% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-84%

Potential reduce by 37.8 kB

Original 44.8 kB
After minification 30.6 kB
After compression 7.0 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. Colgate.co.za needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 37.8 kB or 84% of the original size.

Requests Now

After Optimization

Besides the initial HTML request, no CSS, Javascripts, AJAX or image files were requested in the course of web page rendering.

Accessibility Issues

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.

High

[aria-*] attributes do not match their roles

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.

High

Links do not have a discernible name

Search Engine Optimization Advices

Format your HTML in a way that enables crawlers to better understand your app’s content.

High

Links do not have descriptive text

To appear in search results, crawlers need access to your app.

High

Links are not crawlable

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/).

High

Document uses legible font sizes

Language and Encoding

Language Detected

EN
Language Claimed

N/A
Encoding

ISO-8859-1

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Colgate.co.za can be misinterpreted by Google and other search engines. Our service has detected that English is used on the page, and neither this language nor any other was claimed in <html> or <meta> tags. Our system also found out that Colgate.co.za main page’s claimed encoding is iso-8859-1. Changing it to UTF-8 can be a good choice, as this format is commonly used for encoding all over the web and thus their visitors won’t have any troubles with symbol transcription or reading.

Social Sharing Optimization

colgate.co.za

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