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Report Summary

  • 23

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    42% of other websites

  • 66

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 31% of websites

  • 83

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    55% of websites

  • 86

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    60% of websites

itweb.co.za

ITWeb | Business Technology Media Community

Page Load Speed

1.6 sec in total

First Response

66 ms

Resources Loaded

896 ms

Page Rendered

606 ms

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About Website

Visit itweb.co.za now to see the best up-to-date ITWeb content for South Africa and also check out these interesting facts you probably never knew about itweb.co.za

South Africa's original online ICT publisher providing news, insights, events and videos. Trusted since 1996 by the local business technology media community.

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Key Findings

We analyzed Itweb.co.za page load time and found that the first response time was 66 ms and then it took 1.5 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 30% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

itweb.co.za performance score

23

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.7 s

30/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value9.2 s

1/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value5.9 s

48/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value2,920 ms

3/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.12

84/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value12.8 s

13/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

www.itweb.co.za

66 ms

js

97 ms

gtag.config.js

277 ms

gpt.js

189 ms

pub-3105279529349488

129 ms

Our browser made a total of 41 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 88% of them (36 requests) were addressed to the original Itweb.co.za, 5% (2 requests) were made to Securepubads.g.doubleclick.net and 5% (2 requests) were made to Fundingchoicesmessages.google.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (737 ms) belongs to the original domain Itweb.co.za.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 1.3 MB (38%)

Content Size

3.5 MB

After Optimization

2.2 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Itweb.co.za main page is 3.5 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. 30% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 2.0 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-83%

Potential reduce by 367.6 kB

  • Original 444.5 kB
  • After minification 438.4 kB
  • After compression 76.9 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 367.6 kB or 83% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-6%

Potential reduce by 122.4 kB

  • Original 2.0 MB
  • After minification 1.8 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. ITWeb images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-71%

Potential reduce by 529.5 kB

  • Original 743.3 kB
  • After minification 605.5 kB
  • After compression 213.8 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 529.5 kB or 71% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-84%

Potential reduce by 289.7 kB

  • Original 346.2 kB
  • After minification 293.3 kB
  • After compression 56.4 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. Itweb.co.za needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 289.7 kB or 84% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 38 (95%)

Requests Now

40

After Optimization

2

  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 40 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of ITWeb. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 6 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 34 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

www.itweb.co.za

www.itweb.co.za

66 ms

js

js

97 ms

gtag.config.js

gtag.config.js

277 ms

gpt.js

gpt.js

189 ms

pub-3105279529349488

pub-3105279529349488

129 ms

ItwAd.CIW5uig1.css

ItwAd.CIW5uig1.css

20 ms

VGrid.mP8hOfTX.css

VGrid.mP8hOfTX.css

28 ms

VIcon.DFWTFF3q.css

VIcon.DFWTFF3q.css

23 ms

VListItem.3GeERdvI.css

VListItem.3GeERdvI.css

24 ms

VAvatar.CHSTyDe7.css

VAvatar.CHSTyDe7.css

22 ms

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index.Dxs2imWa.css

27 ms

VImg.0VflPtpB.css

VImg.0VflPtpB.css

27 ms

VNavigationDrawer.Y2n8WX3g.css

VNavigationDrawer.Y2n8WX3g.css

31 ms

VOverlay.C9cizOCC.css

VOverlay.C9cizOCC.css

36 ms

VList.CYPqSIkx.css

VList.CYPqSIkx.css

27 ms

VDivider.OYvKKSiS.css

VDivider.OYvKKSiS.css

29 ms

VMenu.BPGelWQH.css

VMenu.BPGelWQH.css

28 ms

VCard.CjZDZAt3.css

VCard.CjZDZAt3.css

33 ms

loader.BrMpcWwI.css

loader.BrMpcWwI.css

30 ms

VBtn.CDY1YwTu.css

VBtn.CDY1YwTu.css

684 ms

VProgressCircular.C7a_Vhgy.css

VProgressCircular.C7a_Vhgy.css

33 ms

footer.DB88DMHz.css

footer.DB88DMHz.css

30 ms

itwebIconOutlined.B7-JOwGM.css

itwebIconOutlined.B7-JOwGM.css

33 ms

VApp.C03tLMqT.css

VApp.C03tLMqT.css

35 ms

Companies.fOcw9G0f.css

Companies.fOcw9G0f.css

300 ms

Subtitle.CkllfYGu.css

Subtitle.CkllfYGu.css

34 ms

VTextField.ByfQqrr7.css

VTextField.ByfQqrr7.css

36 ms

VInput.BGUNoWP8.css

VInput.BGUNoWP8.css

36 ms

Page.36qA2ZlT.css

Page.36qA2ZlT.css

37 ms

horizontal.B6XuodJn.css

horizontal.B6XuodJn.css

37 ms

Timestamp.BFhzhNtZ.css

Timestamp.BFhzhNtZ.css

38 ms

Image.DUxPmO2O.css

Image.DUxPmO2O.css

37 ms

async-component.B2JWRwIR.css

async-component.B2JWRwIR.css

41 ms

loginModal.B74nssND.css

loginModal.B74nssND.css

41 ms

VDialog.B8C_rOMh.css

VDialog.B8C_rOMh.css

47 ms

VSkeletonLoader.Q1VcOs6R.css

VSkeletonLoader.Q1VcOs6R.css

737 ms

Default.CUx7ARD6.css

Default.CUx7ARD6.css

44 ms

hasImage.A6WP9Fzv.css

hasImage.A6WP9Fzv.css

46 ms

intellitext.Dr1tpLHm.css

intellitext.Dr1tpLHm.css

60 ms

pubads_impl.js

pubads_impl.js

11 ms

22684935574

22684935574

104 ms

Accessibility Review

itweb.co.za accessibility score

66

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

High

button, link, and menuitem elements do not have accessible names.

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.

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

itweb.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

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

High

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

itweb.co.za SEO score

86

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

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 doesn't use legible font sizes

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 Itweb.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 Itweb.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

itweb.co.za

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