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Report Summary

  • 22

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    40% of other websites

  • 82

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 52% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    35% of websites

  • 79

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    40% of websites

mountsierra.co.za

Self-Catering Holiday Accommodation in Western Cape, Cape Town | Holiday Resorts in South Africa | Mount Sierra

Page Load Speed

3.3 sec in total

First Response

505 ms

Resources Loaded

2.4 sec

Page Rendered

422 ms

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About Website

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Key Findings

We analyzed Mountsierra.co.za page load time and found that the first response time was 505 ms and then it took 2.8 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 50% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

mountsierra.co.za performance score

22

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value2.8 s

57/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value12.8 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value11.9 s

4/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value3,990 ms

1/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.002

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value17.3 s

4/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

mountsierra.co.za

505 ms

646 ms

js.cookie.min.js

38 ms

gtm.js

86 ms

gtm.js

122 ms

Our browser made a total of 25 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 4% of them (1 request) were addressed to the original Mountsierra.co.za, 40% (10 requests) were made to Firstgroup-sa.co.za and 12% (3 requests) were made to Cart.profitroom.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (987 ms) relates to the external source Profitroom-uploads.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 169.9 kB (16%)

Content Size

1.0 MB

After Optimization

873.0 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Mountsierra.co.za main page is 1.0 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 521.8 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-85%

Potential reduce by 111.8 kB

  • Original 131.7 kB
  • After minification 131.7 kB
  • After compression 20.0 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 111.8 kB or 85% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 0 B

  • Original 521.8 kB
  • After minification 521.8 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. Mount Sierra images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-15%

Potential reduce by 54.6 kB

  • Original 370.7 kB
  • After minification 370.7 kB
  • After compression 316.1 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 54.6 kB or 15% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-19%

Potential reduce by 3.6 kB

  • Original 18.8 kB
  • After minification 18.8 kB
  • After compression 15.2 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. Mountsierra.co.za needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 3.6 kB or 19% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 13 (68%)

Requests Now

19

After Optimization

6

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 19 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Mount Sierra. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 11 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 4 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

mountsierra.co.za

mountsierra.co.za

505 ms

646 ms

js.cookie.min.js

js.cookie.min.js

38 ms

gtm.js

gtm.js

86 ms

gtm.js

gtm.js

122 ms

0.26120b80.css

0.26120b80.css

180 ms

app.80df38c9.css

app.80df38c9.css

280 ms

300-400-500-600.css

300-400-500-600.css

50 ms

Booking.js

Booking.js

294 ms

runtime.f8d6d7ca.js

runtime.f8d6d7ca.js

120 ms

0.7243269d.js

0.7243269d.js

706 ms

app.04a2aa6a.js

app.04a2aa6a.js

385 ms

bootstrap.js

bootstrap.js

292 ms

en.min.js

en.min.js

290 ms

style.css

style.css

289 ms

202310091615580.Mount_Sierra_Logo.png

202310091615580.Mount_Sierra_Logo.png

192 ms

17046472863693_firstgroupmountsierrahotel11.jpg

17046472863693_firstgroupmountsierrahotel11.jpg

987 ms

img-blank.gif

img-blank.gif

100 ms

17084338459446_outputonlinepngtools3.png

17084338459446_outputonlinepngtools3.png

634 ms

bootstrap.js

bootstrap.js

48 ms

icomoon.35fc08a1.ttf

icomoon.35fc08a1.ttf

276 ms

app.js

app.js

474 ms

mountsierra

mountsierra

196 ms

abandoned

abandoned

93 ms

inner.js

inner.js

100 ms

Accessibility Review

mountsierra.co.za accessibility score

82

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.

Best Practices

mountsierra.co.za best practices score

75

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

Displays images with incorrect aspect ratio

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

High

Missing source maps for large first-party JavaScript

SEO Factors

mountsierra.co.za SEO score

79

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 Mountsierra.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 Mountsierra.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

mountsierra.co.za

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