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Report Summary

  • 28

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    47% of other websites

  • 80

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 49% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    35% of websites

  • 85

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    55% of websites

handymandirect.co.za

Handyman Direct | Handyman Service | Handyman Near Me

Page Load Speed

16.2 sec in total

First Response

2.9 sec

Resources Loaded

12.7 sec

Page Rendered

600 ms

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About Website

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Key Findings

We analyzed Handymandirect.co.za page load time and found that the first response time was 2.9 sec and then it took 13.3 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 90% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

handymandirect.co.za performance score

28

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value17.9 s

0/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value19.3 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value26.3 s

0/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value690 ms

43/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value26.9 s

0/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

www.handymandirect.co.za

2892 ms

modernizr-2.6.2.js

975 ms

modernizr-2.8.3.js

1938 ms

api.js

33 ms

jquery-3.7.0.js

2669 ms

Our browser made a total of 62 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 68% of them (42 requests) were addressed to the original Handymandirect.co.za, 10% (6 requests) were made to Google.com and 8% (5 requests) were made to Gstatic.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (4.7 sec) belongs to the original domain Handymandirect.co.za.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 1.5 MB (48%)

Content Size

3.2 MB

After Optimization

1.7 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Handymandirect.co.za main page is 3.2 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. Javascripts take 1.5 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-82%

Potential reduce by 80.2 kB

  • Original 97.8 kB
  • After minification 61.5 kB
  • After compression 17.6 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 36.3 kB, which is 37% 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 80.2 kB or 82% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-16%

Potential reduce by 211.3 kB

  • Original 1.3 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. Obviously, Handyman Direct needs image optimization as it can save up to 211.3 kB or 16% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-68%

Potential reduce by 1.0 MB

  • Original 1.5 MB
  • After minification 1.2 MB
  • After compression 481.8 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 1.0 MB or 68% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-86%

Potential reduce by 251.7 kB

  • Original 291.7 kB
  • After minification 242.9 kB
  • After compression 39.9 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. Handymandirect.co.za needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 251.7 kB or 86% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 21 (38%)

Requests Now

56

After Optimization

35

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 56 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Handyman Direct. 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 5 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

www.handymandirect.co.za

www.handymandirect.co.za

2892 ms

modernizr-2.6.2.js

modernizr-2.6.2.js

975 ms

modernizr-2.8.3.js

modernizr-2.8.3.js

1938 ms

api.js

api.js

33 ms

jquery-3.7.0.js

jquery-3.7.0.js

2669 ms

jquery-ui-1.12.1.js

jquery-ui-1.12.1.js

4652 ms

bootstrap.css

bootstrap.css

2465 ms

bootstrap.bundle.js

bootstrap.bundle.js

2492 ms

jquery-ui.css

jquery-ui.css

1801 ms

swiper-bundle.min.js

swiper-bundle.min.js

4073 ms

swiper-bundle.min.css

swiper-bundle.min.css

2177 ms

js

js

63 ms

MsAjaxJs

MsAjaxJs

2662 ms

respond.js

respond.js

2470 ms

WebFormsJs

WebFormsJs

2499 ms

recaptcha__en.js

recaptcha__en.js

21 ms

bootstrap-icons.css

bootstrap-icons.css

30 ms

gtm.js

gtm.js

150 ms

logonew.png

logonew.png

294 ms

handyman-hammer.jpg

handyman-hammer.jpg

781 ms

watermark.png

watermark.png

302 ms

step1.png

step1.png

303 ms

step2.png

step2.png

2099 ms

step3.png

step3.png

528 ms

why1.png

why1.png

1957 ms

why2.png

why2.png

521 ms

why3.png

why3.png

2969 ms

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773 ms

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2349 ms

99 ms

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anchor

54 ms

anchor

anchor

137 ms

bootstrap-icons.woff

bootstrap-icons.woff

41 ms

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6 ms

recaptcha__en.js

recaptcha__en.js

21 ms

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48 ms

webworker.js

webworker.js

53 ms

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43 ms

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recaptcha__en.js

58 ms

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28 ms

Accessibility Review

handymandirect.co.za accessibility score

80

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

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

Best Practices

handymandirect.co.za best practices score

75

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

High

Includes front-end JavaScript libraries with known security vulnerabilities

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

Missing source maps for large first-party JavaScript

SEO Factors

handymandirect.co.za SEO score

85

Search Engine Optimization Advices

Crawling and Indexing

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

Impact

Issue

High

Links are not crawlable

Content Best Practices

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

Impact

Issue

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

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 Handymandirect.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 Handymandirect.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

handymandirect.co.za

Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of Handyman Direct. 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: