Access dots.africa. Dots Africa

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value9.6 s

0/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value12.1 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value17.0 s

0/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value180 ms

92/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.024

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value10.1 s

26/100

10%

dots.africa

721 ms

www.dots.africa

3058 ms

normalize.css

510 ms

components.css

994 ms

dots-africa.css

3127 ms

Our browser made a total of 79 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 46% of them (36 requests) were addressed to the original Dots.africa, 30% (24 requests) were made to Fonts.gstatic.com and 15% (12 requests) were made to Uploads-ssl.webflow.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (4.5 sec) belongs to the original domain Dots.africa.

Content Size

968.4 kB

After Optimization

636.1 kB

In fact, the total size of Dots.africa main page is 968.4 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. 65% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 550.7 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-83%

Potential reduce by 103.0 kB

Original 124.4 kB
After minification 102.6 kB
After compression 21.4 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 21.8 kB, which is 18% 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 103.0 kB or 83% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-25%

Potential reduce by 136.6 kB

Original 550.7 kB
After minification 414.1 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. Obviously, Dots needs image optimization as it can save up to 136.6 kB or 25% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-18%

Potential reduce by 26.7 kB

Original 150.2 kB
After minification 150.2 kB
After compression 123.5 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 26.7 kB or 18% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-46%

Potential reduce by 66.1 kB

Original 143.1 kB
After minification 141.7 kB
After compression 77.0 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. Dots.africa needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 66.1 kB or 46% of the original size.

Requests Now

After Optimization

The browser has sent 52 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Dots. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 6 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 4 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Accessibility Issues

These are opportunities to improve the legibility of your content.

High

Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio.

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

High

Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order

These are opportunities to improve the interpretation of your content by users in different locales.

High

<html> element does not have a valid value for its [lang] attribute.

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

Areas of Improvement

High

Does not use HTTPS

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

High

Displays images with incorrect aspect ratio

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

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

robots.txt is not valid

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

ZU
Encoding

UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Dots.africa can be misinterpreted by Google and other search engines. Our service has detected that English is used on the page, and it does not match the claimed Zulu language. Our system also found out that Dots.africa 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

dots.africa

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

Dots Africa

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

dots.africa

www.dots.africa

normalize.css

components.css

dots-africa.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

dots.africa

www.dots.africa

normalize.css

components.css

dots-africa.css

webfont.js

fs-cc.js

jquery-3.5.1.min.dc5e7f18c8.js

dots-africa.js

anime.min.js

jquery.inview.min.js

css

Grain.gif

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Logomark.png

001.webp

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Group-6040.webp

Group-5916.webp

Logo-Placeholder-01.svg

Logo-Placeholder-02.svg

Logo-Placeholder-03.svg

Logo-Placeholder-04.svg

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006.webp

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