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Report Summary

  • 6

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    21% of other websites

  • 67

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 32% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    35% of websites

  • 70

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    29% of websites

hometesterclub.co.za

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Page Load Speed

4.1 sec in total

First Response

1.2 sec

Resources Loaded

2.1 sec

Page Rendered

779 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Hometesterclub.co.za page load time and found that the first response time was 1.2 sec and then it took 2.9 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 55% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

hometesterclub.co.za performance score

6

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value5.7 s

5/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value10.0 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value8.7 s

16/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value1,820 ms

9/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value4.37

0/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value13.8 s

10/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

en

1208 ms

gtm.js

63 ms

css

49 ms

jquery.bxslider.min.css

46 ms

ie10-viewport.min.css

211 ms

Our browser made a total of 46 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 0% of them (0 request) were addressed to the original Hometesterclub.co.za, 15% (7 requests) were made to Cdnjs.cloudflare.com and 9% (4 requests) were made to Hometesterclub.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1.2 sec) relates to the external source Hometesterclub.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 963.7 kB (55%)

Content Size

1.8 MB

After Optimization

804.4 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript

In fact, the total size of Hometesterclub.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. 50% of websites need less resources to load. Javascripts take 772.3 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-78%

Potential reduce by 563.5 kB

  • Original 723.8 kB
  • After minification 723.7 kB
  • After compression 160.3 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 563.5 kB or 78% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-10%

Potential reduce by 26.5 kB

  • Original 272.0 kB
  • After minification 245.5 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. Home Tester Club images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-48%

Potential reduce by 373.7 kB

  • Original 772.3 kB
  • After minification 772.1 kB
  • After compression 398.6 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 373.7 kB or 48% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 23 (59%)

Requests Now

39

After Optimization

16

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 39 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Home Tester Club. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 15 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 10 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

en

en

1208 ms

gtm.js

gtm.js

63 ms

css

css

49 ms

jquery.bxslider.min.css

jquery.bxslider.min.css

46 ms

ie10-viewport.min.css

ie10-viewport.min.css

211 ms

animate.min.css

animate.min.css

12 ms

css

css

63 ms

magnific-popup.min.css

magnific-popup.min.css

27 ms

adsbygoogle.js

adsbygoogle.js

266 ms

6a9b523002.js

6a9b523002.js

112 ms

27444600328.js

27444600328.js

127 ms

selectize.bootstrap3.min.css

selectize.bootstrap3.min.css

318 ms

css

css

19 ms

hubs

hubs

250 ms

otSDKStub.js

otSDKStub.js

50 ms

jquery.waypoints.min.js

jquery.waypoints.min.js

46 ms

jquery.counterup.min.js

jquery.counterup.min.js

192 ms

slick.min.js

slick.min.js

191 ms

jquery.touchSwipe.min.js

jquery.touchSwipe.min.js

27 ms

bxslider.4.2.12.js

bxslider.4.2.12.js

399 ms

magnific.popup.1.1.0.js

magnific.popup.1.1.0.js

190 ms

htc_logo2.png

htc_logo2.png

136 ms

RSA_homeHero.jpg

RSA_homeHero.jpg

494 ms

AUS_homeQuote.jpg

AUS_homeQuote.jpg

167 ms

quote.png

quote.png

162 ms

vector-smart-object.png

vector-smart-object.png

167 ms

star.png

star.png

166 ms

trophy.png

trophy.png

158 ms

paper-plane.png

paper-plane.png

159 ms

HTC_1_HTC.png

HTC_1_HTC.png

166 ms

footer-logo_black.png

footer-logo_black.png

208 ms

FB-f-Logo__black_512.png

FB-f-Logo__black_512.png

209 ms

TBPC-horizontal_black_500.png

TBPC-horizontal_black_500.png

177 ms

a27444600328.html

a27444600328.html

171 ms

Maison%20Neue%20Book.otf

Maison%20Neue%20Book.otf

105 ms

MaisonNeue-Book.woff

MaisonNeue-Book.woff

103 ms

Moderat-Bold2.otf

Moderat-Bold2.otf

105 ms

Moderat-Bold.woff

Moderat-Bold.woff

105 ms

fontawesome-webfont.woff

fontawesome-webfont.woff

106 ms

GT-Walsheim-Medium.woff

GT-Walsheim-Medium.woff

470 ms

show_ads_impl.js

show_ads_impl.js

380 ms

slick.min.css

slick.min.css

27 ms

563bf6f3-5def-47b5-9ba5-9c70f5094336-test.json

563bf6f3-5def-47b5-9ba5-9c70f5094336-test.json

104 ms

slick-theme.min.css

slick-theme.min.css

39 ms

location

location

45 ms

otBannerSdk.js

otBannerSdk.js

16 ms

Accessibility Review

hometesterclub.co.za accessibility score

67

Accessibility Issues

ARIA

These are opportunities to improve the usage of ARIA in your application which may enhance the experience for users of assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Impact

Issue

High

[aria-*] attributes do not match their roles

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

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

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

High

Links do not have a discernible name

Tables and lists

These are opportunities to improve the experience of reading tabular or list data using assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Impact

Issue

High

Lists do not contain only <li> elements and script supporting elements (<script> and <template>).

Best practices

These items highlight common accessibility best practices.

Impact

Issue

High

[user-scalable="no"] is used in the <meta name="viewport"> element or the [maximum-scale] attribute is less than 5.

Best Practices

hometesterclub.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

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

High

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

hometesterclub.co.za SEO score

70

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

    N/A

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

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

hometesterclub.co.za

Open Graph data is detected on the main page of Home Tester Club. This is the best way to make the web page social media friendly. Here is how it looks like on Facebook: