Access connected.co.za. Connect | Cash Connect | Capital Connect | Card Connect

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value5.8 s

5/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value18.5 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value12.9 s

2/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value1,420 ms

15/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.992

2/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value14.8 s

8/100

10%

connected.co.za

144 ms

connected.co.za

1017 ms

jquery.min.js

64 ms

index.php

335 ms

layerslider.css

209 ms

Our browser made a total of 76 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 67% of them (51 requests) were addressed to the original Connected.co.za, 9% (7 requests) were made to Fonts.gstatic.com and 5% (4 requests) were made to Googletagmanager.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1.4 sec) belongs to the original domain Connected.co.za.

Content Size

838.5 kB

After Optimization

537.4 kB

In fact, the total size of Connected.co.za main page is 838.5 kB. 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. HTML takes 509.4 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-57%

Potential reduce by 291.9 kB

Original 509.4 kB
After minification 500.3 kB
After compression 217.5 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 291.9 kB or 57% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-1%

Potential reduce by 2.4 kB

Original 238.1 kB
After minification 235.7 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. Connect Ed images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 50 B

Original 54.9 kB
After minification 54.9 kB
After compression 54.9 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. This website has mostly compressed JavaScripts.

CSS Optimization

-19%

Potential reduce by 6.7 kB

Original 36.1 kB
After minification 36.1 kB
After compression 29.3 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. Connected.co.za needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 6.7 kB or 19% of the original size.

Requests Now

After Optimization

The browser has sent 67 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Connect Ed. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 18 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 7 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Accessibility Issues

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

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

High

Links do not have a discernible name

These items highlight common accessibility best practices.

High

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

Areas of Improvement

High

Does not use HTTPS

High

Includes front-end JavaScript libraries with known security vulnerabilities

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

High

Serves images with low resolution

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

High

Page has valid source maps

Search Engine Optimization Advices

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

High

Links are not crawlable

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

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

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

EN
Encoding

UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Connected.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 Connected.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

connected.co.za

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

Report Summary

Performance

Accessibility

Best Practices

SEO

Connect | Cash Connect | Capital Connect | Card Connect | Kazang Connect

Page Load Speed

First Response

Resources Loaded

Page Rendered

About Website

Key Findings

Performance Metrics

Measured Metrics

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

SI (Speed Index)

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Network Requests Diagram

connected.co.za

connected.co.za

jquery.min.js

index.php

layerslider.css

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Content Size

After Optimization

HTML Optimization

Image Optimization

JavaScript Optimization

CSS Optimization

Requests Breakdown

Requests Now

After Optimization

Network Requests Diagram

connected.co.za

connected.co.za

jquery.min.js

index.php

layerslider.css

greensock.js

jquery.min.js

jquery-noconflict.js

jquery-migrate.min.js

layerslider.js

layerslider.transitions.js

index.php

caption.js

js

bootstrap.min.css

popper.min.js

bootstrap.min.js

css

template.css

animate.css

gtm.js

fbevents.js

connect-logo-white.svg

search-w.svg

connected.co.za

menu-connect-bottom-01.png

menu-w.svg

black-side-arrow-3.png

Header_Image_-_Connect_Page.webp

slider-arrow-down.png

Header_Image_-_Cash_Connect_Page.webp

Header_Image_-_Capital_Connect_Page.webp

Header_Image_-_Card_Connect_Page_FINAL.webp

Header_Image_-_EasyPay_MoneyMarket_Page.webp

Header_Image_-_Connect_Page_MOBILE.webp

Header_Image_-_Cash_Connect_Page_MOBILE.webp

Header_Image_-_Capital_Connect_Page_MOBILE.webp

Header_Image_-_Card_Connect_Page_FINAL_MOBILE.webp

Header_Image_-_EasyPay_MoneyMarket_Page_MOBILE.webp

0001-Cash-Connect---Website-Pop-up---OPTION-2.jpg

logo-cash-connect-atm-vault-white.svg

capital-connect-logo-white.svg

card-connect-logo-white.svg