Access gigster.co.za. Gigster - musicians, comedians, celebs, corporate, wedding and party entertainers to hire

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.6 s

32/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value22.3 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value8.3 s

20/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value620 ms

48/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.036

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value9.6 s

29/100

10%

gigster.co.za

931 ms

styles.css

311 ms

cufon.js

1209 ms

scripts.js

1255 ms

addthis_widget.js

131 ms

Our browser made a total of 96 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 78% of them (75 requests) were addressed to the original Gigster.co.za, 19% (18 requests) were made to Platform.twitter.com and 2% (2 requests) were made to Syndication.twitter.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (3.3 sec) belongs to the original domain Gigster.co.za.

Content Size

4.8 MB

After Optimization

4.2 MB

In fact, the total size of Gigster.co.za main page is 4.8 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. 70% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 4.6 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-86%

Potential reduce by 62.7 kB

Original 72.5 kB
After minification 67.1 kB
After compression 9.8 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. 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 62.7 kB or 86% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-11%

Potential reduce by 512.8 kB

Original 4.6 MB
After minification 4.1 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. Obviously, Gigster needs image optimization as it can save up to 512.8 kB or 11% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-9%

Potential reduce by 10.3 kB

Original 109.0 kB
After minification 109.0 kB
After compression 98.7 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 2.2 kB

Original 11.8 kB
After minification 11.8 kB
After compression 9.6 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. Gigster.co.za needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 2.2 kB or 19% of the original size.

Requests Now

After Optimization

The browser has sent 93 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Gigster. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 19 to 1 for JavaScripts 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 semantics of the controls in your application. This may enhance the experience for users of assistive technology, like a screen reader.

High

Form elements do not have associated labels

High

Links do not have a discernible name

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

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

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 Gigster.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 Gigster.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

gigster.co.za

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

Gigster - musicians, comedians, celebs, corporate, wedding and party entertainers to hire

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

gigster.co.za

styles.css

cufon.js

scripts.js

addthis_widget.js

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

gigster.co.za

styles.css

cufon.js

scripts.js

addthis_widget.js

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