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Report Summary

  • 67

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    79% of other websites

  • 66

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 31% of websites

  • 58

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    20% of websites

  • 58

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    21% of websites

karoolighthouse.co.za

Colesberg Overnight Accommodation | Karoo Lighthouse Guesthouse

Page Load Speed

5.6 sec in total

First Response

758 ms

Resources Loaded

4.7 sec

Page Rendered

129 ms

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About Website

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Key Findings

We analyzed Karoolighthouse.co.za page load time and found that the first response time was 758 ms and then it took 4.8 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 70% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

karoolighthouse.co.za performance score

67

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value2.7 s

61/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value9.5 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value4.8 s

67/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value60 ms

100/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.008

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value3.2 s

94/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

karoolighthouse.co.za

758 ms

karoo.css

254 ms

jquery.min.js

9 ms

jquery.bxslider.min.js

491 ms

jquery.bxslider.css

501 ms

Our browser made a total of 61 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 89% of them (54 requests) were addressed to the original Karoolighthouse.co.za, 3% (2 requests) were made to Travelground.com and 3% (2 requests) were made to Google-analytics.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (2.8 sec) relates to the external source Travelground.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 1.2 MB (84%)

Content Size

1.4 MB

After Optimization

222.5 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Karoolighthouse.co.za main page is 1.4 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 1.3 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-72%

Potential reduce by 14.8 kB

  • Original 20.4 kB
  • After minification 19.6 kB
  • After compression 5.7 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 14.8 kB or 72% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-88%

Potential reduce by 1.1 MB

  • Original 1.3 MB
  • After minification 159.8 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. Obviously, Karoo Lighthouse needs image optimization as it can save up to 1.1 MB or 88% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 219 B

  • Original 55.8 kB
  • After minification 55.8 kB
  • After compression 55.5 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

-24%

Potential reduce by 473 B

  • Original 2.0 kB
  • After minification 2.0 kB
  • After compression 1.5 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. Karoolighthouse.co.za needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 473 B or 24% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 16 (29%)

Requests Now

56

After Optimization

40

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 56 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Karoo Lighthouse. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 4 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

karoolighthouse.co.za

karoolighthouse.co.za

758 ms

karoo.css

karoo.css

254 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

9 ms

jquery.bxslider.min.js

jquery.bxslider.min.js

491 ms

jquery.bxslider.css

jquery.bxslider.css

501 ms

counter_xhtml.js

counter_xhtml.js

18 ms

membership-badge-wide.png

membership-badge-wide.png

74 ms

spacer.gif

spacer.gif

255 ms

index_r1_c1.jpg

index_r1_c1.jpg

250 ms

index_r2_c1.jpg

index_r2_c1.jpg

260 ms

logo.jpg

logo.jpg

976 ms

slider-1.png

slider-1.png

1485 ms

slider-2.png

slider-2.png

1242 ms

slider-3.png

slider-3.png

1217 ms

slider-4.png

slider-4.png

1238 ms

slider-5.png

slider-5.png

1495 ms

slider-6.png

slider-6.png

1711 ms

index_r2_c20.jpg

index_r2_c20.jpg

1464 ms

index_r3_c1.jpg

index_r3_c1.jpg

1489 ms

index_r4_c1.jpg

index_r4_c1.jpg

1496 ms

index_r4_c2.jpg

index_r4_c2.jpg

1712 ms

index_r4_c3.jpg

index_r4_c3.jpg

1740 ms

index_r4_c4.jpg

index_r4_c4.jpg

1741 ms

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index_r4_c7.jpg

1747 ms

index_r4_c8.jpg

index_r4_c8.jpg

1752 ms

index_r4_c12.jpg

index_r4_c12.jpg

1960 ms

index_r4_c13.jpg

index_r4_c13.jpg

1958 ms

index_r4_c16.jpg

index_r4_c16.jpg

1995 ms

index_r4_c17.jpg

index_r4_c17.jpg

1994 ms

index_r4_c18.jpg

index_r4_c18.jpg

2001 ms

index_r4_c19.jpg

index_r4_c19.jpg

2002 ms

index_r4_c21.jpg

index_r4_c21.jpg

2205 ms

index_r5_c1.jpg

index_r5_c1.jpg

2209 ms

nightsbridge.png

nightsbridge.png

2247 ms

book.png

book.png

2248 ms

widget.jpg

widget.jpg

2253 ms

sa-venues.jpg

sa-venues.jpg

2254 ms

SealOFinsurance.jpg

SealOFinsurance.jpg

2453 ms

ncape.gif

ncape.gif

2459 ms

facebook.png

facebook.png

2499 ms

streep.gif

streep.gif

2502 ms

index_r14_c1.jpg

index_r14_c1.jpg

2507 ms

t.php

t.php

91 ms

index_r16_c1.jpg

index_r16_c1.jpg

2478 ms

ga.js

ga.js

21 ms

__utm.gif

__utm.gif

17 ms

membership-badge-wide.png

membership-badge-wide.png

2780 ms

index_r11_c1.jpg

index_r11_c1.jpg

2455 ms

testimonials.jpg

testimonials.jpg

2462 ms

blog.jpg

blog.jpg

2497 ms

index_r12_c20.jpg

index_r12_c20.jpg

1785 ms

index_r15_c1.jpg

index_r15_c1.jpg

1550 ms

bx_loader.gif

bx_loader.gif

1526 ms

slider-1.png

slider-1.png

1958 ms

controls.png

controls.png

1504 ms

homeover.gif

homeover.gif

258 ms

accommodationover.gif

accommodationover.gif

259 ms

booingsratesover.gif

booingsratesover.gif

251 ms

mapdirectionsover.gif

mapdirectionsover.gif

256 ms

galleryover.gif

galleryover.gif

256 ms

contactover.gif

contactover.gif

252 ms

Accessibility Review

karoolighthouse.co.za accessibility score

66

Accessibility Issues

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

Best Practices

karoolighthouse.co.za best practices score

58

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

Serves images with low resolution

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

SEO Factors

karoolighthouse.co.za SEO score

58

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

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 Karoolighthouse.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 Karoolighthouse.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

karoolighthouse.co.za

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