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Report Summary

  • 58

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    74% of other websites

  • 70

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 35% of websites

  • 83

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    55% of websites

  • 80

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    42% of websites

growveg.co.za

Vegetable Garden Planner | Garden Planning Apps | GrowVeg.com

Page Load Speed

5.5 sec in total

First Response

326 ms

Resources Loaded

4.9 sec

Page Rendered

287 ms

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About Website

Welcome to growveg.co.za homepage info - get ready to check Grow Veg best content for South Africa right away, or after learning these important things about growveg.co.za

Garden Planning apps which help you grow fruit and vegetables whatever the size, shape or style of your garden.

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Key Findings

We analyzed Growveg.co.za page load time and found that the first response time was 326 ms and then it took 5.2 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 75% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

growveg.co.za performance score

58

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value2.8 s

57/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value3.8 s

56/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value8.0 s

22/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value370 ms

71/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.1

89/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value14.0 s

10/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

growveg.co.za

326 ms

www.growveg.co.za

417 ms

jqlite.min.js

77 ms

allpages.js

153 ms

lazysizes.min.js

230 ms

Our browser made a total of 54 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 70% of them (38 requests) were addressed to the original Growveg.co.za, 13% (7 requests) were made to Gardenplannerwebsites.azureedge.net and 11% (6 requests) were made to Gardenplannerwebsites.blob.core.windows.net. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (3.4 sec) relates to the external source Gardenplannerwebsites.blob.core.windows.net.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 136.6 kB (8%)

Content Size

1.7 MB

After Optimization

1.5 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Growveg.co.za main page is 1.7 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. 35% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 1.5 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-71%

Potential reduce by 79.4 kB

  • Original 111.6 kB
  • After minification 100.8 kB
  • After compression 32.2 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 79.4 kB or 71% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-3%

Potential reduce by 43.2 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. Grow Veg images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-32%

Potential reduce by 11.3 kB

  • Original 35.6 kB
  • After minification 35.5 kB
  • After compression 24.3 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 11.3 kB or 32% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-13%

Potential reduce by 2.6 kB

  • Original 19.7 kB
  • After minification 19.5 kB
  • After compression 17.0 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. Growveg.co.za needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 2.6 kB or 13% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 15 (31%)

Requests Now

49

After Optimization

34

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 49 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Grow Veg. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 13 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 4 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

growveg.co.za

growveg.co.za

326 ms

www.growveg.co.za

www.growveg.co.za

417 ms

jqlite.min.js

jqlite.min.js

77 ms

allpages.js

allpages.js

153 ms

lazysizes.min.js

lazysizes.min.js

230 ms

cachejs.js

cachejs.js

322 ms

geoip.js

geoip.js

320 ms

modal.js

modal.js

317 ms

growveg.js

growveg.js

305 ms

header-footer.css

header-footer.css

320 ms

growveg.css

growveg.css

329 ms

cookieconsent.js

cookieconsent.js

3270 ms

cookieconsent-config.js

cookieconsent-config.js

3270 ms

console-polyfill.js

console-polyfill.js

3270 ms

shared-session.js

shared-session.js

3270 ms

header.js

header.js

3270 ms

geoip

geoip

3229 ms

strawberry-masterclass-harvested-2x.jpg

strawberry-masterclass-harvested-2x.jpg

3330 ms

luck-with-carrots-yellow-2x.jpg

luck-with-carrots-yellow-2x.jpg

2977 ms

start-before-spring-planting-garlic-2x.jpg

start-before-spring-planting-garlic-2x.jpg

2994 ms

crop-rotation-beds-2x.jpg

crop-rotation-beds-2x.jpg

3003 ms

5-garden-planning-tips-raised-beds-2x.jpg

5-garden-planning-tips-raised-beds-2x.jpg

3010 ms

logo.svg

logo.svg

2943 ms

menu-icon-planner.png

menu-icon-planner.png

3019 ms

menu-icon-journal.png

menu-icon-journal.png

3027 ms

menu-icon-guides.png

menu-icon-guides.png

3026 ms

menu-icon-videos.png

menu-icon-videos.png

3027 ms

menu-icon-about.png

menu-icon-about.png

3027 ms

menu-icon-contact.png

menu-icon-contact.png

3027 ms

home-promo-left.png

home-promo-left.png

3095 ms

home-promo-right.png

home-promo-right.png

3341 ms

book-promo.png

book-promo.png

3107 ms

comment-icon.png

comment-icon.png

3105 ms

www.growveg.co.za

www.growveg.co.za

3184 ms

fb.svg

fb.svg

3111 ms

tw.svg

tw.svg

3171 ms

yt.svg

yt.svg

3181 ms

pt.svg

pt.svg

3183 ms

ig.svg

ig.svg

3187 ms

classic-vegetable-varieties-red-russian-kale-2x.jpg

classic-vegetable-varieties-red-russian-kale-2x.jpg

3328 ms

feb-jobs-mulching-fruit-bushes-2x.jpg

feb-jobs-mulching-fruit-bushes-2x.jpg

3402 ms

sow-late-winter-cutting-lemongrass-2x.jpg

sow-late-winter-cutting-lemongrass-2x.jpg

3403 ms

header.jpg

header.jpg

3352 ms

home-main-promo-bkgnd.jpg

home-main-promo-bkgnd.jpg

2935 ms

gv-logo-location-redirect.png

gv-logo-location-redirect.png

2946 ms

ptsansreg-webfont.woff

ptsansreg-webfont.woff

3231 ms

ptsansreg-webfont.woff

ptsansreg-webfont.woff

3251 ms

fontello.woff

fontello.woff

341 ms

if-i-could-only-grow-10-crops-id-choose-these.jpg

if-i-could-only-grow-10-crops-id-choose-these.jpg

535 ms

the-complete-guide-to-sowing-seeds.jpg

the-complete-guide-to-sowing-seeds.jpg

535 ms

promo.png

promo.png

46 ms

print.css

print.css

76 ms

cookieconsent.css

cookieconsent.css

76 ms

arcz3v0u

arcz3v0u

27 ms

Accessibility Review

growveg.co.za accessibility score

70

Accessibility Issues

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

Buttons do not have an accessible name

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

High

Form elements do not have associated labels

High

Links do not have a discernible name

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.

Navigation

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

Impact

Issue

High

Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order

Internationalization and localization

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

Impact

Issue

High

<html> element does not have a [lang] attribute

Best Practices

growveg.co.za best practices score

83

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

Serves images with low resolution

SEO Factors

growveg.co.za SEO score

80

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

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

    N/A

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

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

growveg.co.za

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