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Report Summary

  • 15

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    27% of other websites

  • 85

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 58% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    35% of websites

  • 76

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    35% of websites

eurosteel.co.za

Euro Steel: Premier Stainless & Aluminium Supplier in SA

Page Load Speed

6.7 sec in total

First Response

583 ms

Resources Loaded

5.8 sec

Page Rendered

235 ms

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About Website

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Leading South African supplier of affordable, top-notch stainless steel and aluminium products. Contact us for details.

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Key Findings

We analyzed Eurosteel.co.za page load time and found that the first response time was 583 ms and then it took 6.1 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 80% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

eurosteel.co.za performance score

15

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value11.6 s

0/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value23.8 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value78.1 s

0/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value84,880 ms

0/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.049

99/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value111.3 s

0/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

eurosteel.co.za

583 ms

www.eurosteel.co.za

1912 ms

mod_bannerslider.css

230 ms

mootools.js

731 ms

caption.js

455 ms

Our browser made a total of 67 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 73% of them (49 requests) were addressed to the original Eurosteel.co.za, 4% (3 requests) were made to S7.addthis.com and 4% (3 requests) were made to Platform.twitter.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (2.4 sec) belongs to the original domain Eurosteel.co.za.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 464.2 kB (26%)

Content Size

1.8 MB

After Optimization

1.3 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Eurosteel.co.za main page is 1.8 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. 45% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 1.1 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-74%

Potential reduce by 76.1 kB

  • Original 103.0 kB
  • After minification 101.6 kB
  • After compression 26.9 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 76.1 kB or 74% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-4%

Potential reduce by 44.5 kB

  • Original 1.1 MB
  • After minification 1.1 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. Euro Steel images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-63%

Potential reduce by 320.3 kB

  • Original 505.2 kB
  • After minification 504.3 kB
  • After compression 184.9 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. It is highly recommended that all JavaScript files should be compressed and minified as it can save up to 320.3 kB or 63% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-84%

Potential reduce by 23.3 kB

  • Original 27.9 kB
  • After minification 19.3 kB
  • After compression 4.6 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. Eurosteel.co.za needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 23.3 kB or 84% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 17 (26%)

Requests Now

65

After Optimization

48

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 65 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Euro Steel. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 11 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

eurosteel.co.za

eurosteel.co.za

583 ms

www.eurosteel.co.za

www.eurosteel.co.za

1912 ms

mod_bannerslider.css

mod_bannerslider.css

230 ms

mootools.js

mootools.js

731 ms

caption.js

caption.js

455 ms

mod_bannerslider.js

mod_bannerslider.js

457 ms

system.css

system.css

466 ms

template.css

template.css

471 ms

addthis_widget.js

addthis_widget.js

27 ms

host.js

host.js

1071 ms

lg-addthis-en.gif

lg-addthis-en.gif

12 ms

es_logologo.jpg

es_logologo.jpg

685 ms

eurosteel01.png

eurosteel01.png

1173 ms

eurosteel02.png

eurosteel02.png

940 ms

eurosteel03.png

eurosteel03.png

908 ms

eurosteel04.png

eurosteel04.png

1142 ms

eurosteel05.png

eurosteel05.png

930 ms

eurosteel06.png

eurosteel06.png

1447 ms

eurosteel07.png

eurosteel07.png

1368 ms

eurosteel08.png

eurosteel08.png

1629 ms

blank.png

blank.png

1174 ms

facebook.png

facebook.png

1369 ms

twitter.png

twitter.png

1408 ms

efriend.jpg

efriend.jpg

1410 ms

equote.jpg

equote.jpg

1595 ms

eurosteel-stainless01.jpg

eurosteel-stainless01.jpg

1596 ms

eurosteel-stainless02.jpg

eurosteel-stainless02.jpg

1641 ms

eurosteel-stainless03.jpg

eurosteel-stainless03.jpg

1646 ms

eurosteel-aluminium01.jpg

eurosteel-aluminium01.jpg

1675 ms

eurosteel-aluminium02.jpg

eurosteel-aluminium02.jpg

1822 ms

eurosteel-aluminium03.jpg

eurosteel-aluminium03.jpg

1823 ms

eurosteel-special01.jpg

eurosteel-special01.jpg

1861 ms

eurosteel-special02.jpg

eurosteel-special02.jpg

1877 ms

eurosteel-special03.jpg

eurosteel-special03.jpg

1880 ms

stainless_steel.gif

stainless_steel.gif

1903 ms

map.gif

map.gif

2049 ms

AFMETCO%20Logo.jpg

AFMETCO%20Logo.jpg

2053 ms

contact_us.jpg

contact_us.jpg

2092 ms

pipes.jpg

pipes.jpg

2109 ms

plswork.jpg

plswork.jpg

2114 ms

eurosteel.jpg

eurosteel.jpg

2129 ms

a.jpg

a.jpg

2275 ms

eurosteel_pipe.jpg

eurosteel_pipe.jpg

2280 ms

berrick.gif

berrick.gif

2325 ms

ecm.gif

ecm.gif

2343 ms

plasma.jpg

plasma.jpg

2348 ms

all.js

all.js

14 ms

alsysco%20logo.png

alsysco%20logo.png

2352 ms

141 ms

xd_arbiter.php

xd_arbiter.php

22 ms

xd_arbiter.php

xd_arbiter.php

65 ms

widgets.js

widgets.js

36 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

38 ms

300lo.json

300lo.json

32 ms

button.0308b81ff1714e446f674b5b9793f2cd.js

button.0308b81ff1714e446f674b5b9793f2cd.js

42 ms

sh.8e5f85691f9aaa082472a194.html

sh.8e5f85691f9aaa082472a194.html

36 ms

collect

collect

24 ms

tweet_button.b9740740e0bcf9b0657c5b11bd4388da.en-gb.html

tweet_button.b9740740e0bcf9b0657c5b11bd4388da.en-gb.html

16 ms

like.php

like.php

178 ms

jot

jot

92 ms

qeKvIRsJabD.js

qeKvIRsJabD.js

36 ms

LVx-xkvaJ0b.png

LVx-xkvaJ0b.png

20 ms

es_line.gif

es_line.gif

1822 ms

es_bg.png

es_bg.png

1604 ms

es_search.png

es_search.png

1633 ms

content_bottom.jpg

content_bottom.jpg

1644 ms

16a.png

16a.png

1449 ms

Accessibility Review

eurosteel.co.za accessibility score

85

Accessibility Issues

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.

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

<frame> or <iframe> elements do not have a title

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

High

Links do not have a discernible name

Navigation

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

Impact

Issue

High

Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order

Best Practices

eurosteel.co.za best practices score

75

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

User Experience

Impact

Issue

High

Displays images with incorrect aspect ratio

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

High

Missing source maps for large first-party JavaScript

SEO Factors

eurosteel.co.za SEO score

76

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

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

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

High

Tap targets are not sized appropriately

Language and Encoding

  • Language Detected

    EN

  • Language Claimed

    EN

  • Encoding

    ISO-8859-1

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

eurosteel.co.za

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