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Report Summary

  • 17

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    32% 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

  • 58

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    21% of websites

nwdc.co.za

NWDC – The Centre of Trade, Investment and Economic Growth

Page Load Speed

3.6 sec in total

First Response

248 ms

Resources Loaded

3.1 sec

Page Rendered

217 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Nwdc.co.za page load time and found that the first response time was 248 ms and then it took 3.3 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 60% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

nwdc.co.za performance score

17

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value4.3 s

18/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value31.4 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value17.9 s

0/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value5,430 ms

0/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.021

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value27.9 s

0/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

nwdc.co.za

248 ms

nwdc.co.za

1510 ms

layerslider.css

79 ms

style.min.css

160 ms

jquery.bxslider.css

234 ms

Our browser made a total of 75 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 80% of them (60 requests) were addressed to the original Nwdc.co.za, 8% (6 requests) were made to Fonts.gstatic.com and 4% (3 requests) were made to Fonts.googleapis.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1.5 sec) belongs to the original domain Nwdc.co.za.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 545.8 kB (18%)

Content Size

3.1 MB

After Optimization

2.5 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Nwdc.co.za main page is 3.1 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. Images take 2.2 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-81%

Potential reduce by 126.6 kB

  • Original 156.4 kB
  • After minification 154.8 kB
  • After compression 29.7 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 126.6 kB or 81% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-13%

Potential reduce by 295.5 kB

  • Original 2.2 MB
  • After minification 1.9 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, NWDC needs image optimization as it can save up to 295.5 kB or 13% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-19%

Potential reduce by 107.1 kB

  • Original 557.9 kB
  • After minification 556.8 kB
  • After compression 450.8 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 107.1 kB or 19% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-12%

Potential reduce by 16.5 kB

  • Original 132.4 kB
  • After minification 132.3 kB
  • After compression 115.9 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. Nwdc.co.za needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 16.5 kB or 12% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 42 (67%)

Requests Now

63

After Optimization

21

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 63 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of NWDC. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 27 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 17 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

nwdc.co.za

nwdc.co.za

248 ms

nwdc.co.za

nwdc.co.za

1510 ms

layerslider.css

layerslider.css

79 ms

style.min.css

style.min.css

160 ms

jquery.bxslider.css

jquery.bxslider.css

234 ms

frontend.css

frontend.css

238 ms

fonts.css

fonts.css

244 ms

styles.css

styles.css

243 ms

ev-forms-public.css

ev-forms-public.css

244 ms

style.css

style.css

244 ms

be.css

be.css

473 ms

animations.min.css

animations.min.css

326 ms

fontawesome.css

fontawesome.css

333 ms

jplayer.blue.monday.min.css

jplayer.blue.monday.min.css

336 ms

responsive.css

responsive.css

330 ms

css

css

34 ms

css

css

41 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

414 ms

jquery-migrate.min.js

jquery-migrate.min.js

401 ms

jquery.cycle.all.min.js

jquery.cycle.all.min.js

407 ms

rotating_tweet.js

rotating_tweet.js

405 ms

layerslider.utils.js

layerslider.utils.js

522 ms

layerslider.kreaturamedia.jquery.js

layerslider.kreaturamedia.jquery.js

559 ms

layerslider.transitions.js

layerslider.transitions.js

521 ms

jquery.bxslider.min.js

jquery.bxslider.min.js

521 ms

frontend.js

frontend.js

522 ms

ev-forms-public.js

ev-forms-public.js

546 ms

js

js

72 ms

css

css

34 ms

rs6.css

rs6.css

619 ms

index.js

index.js

619 ms

index.js

index.js

619 ms

rbtools.min.js

rbtools.min.js

619 ms

rs6.min.js

rs6.min.js

772 ms

core.min.js

core.min.js

717 ms

tabs.min.js

tabs.min.js

717 ms

plugins.js

plugins.js

797 ms

menu.js

menu.js

717 ms

animations.min.js

animations.min.js

716 ms

jplayer.min.js

jplayer.min.js

806 ms

translate3d.js

translate3d.js

807 ms

scripts.js

scripts.js

832 ms

float.js

float.js

739 ms

t3t9RdW5_normal.jpg

t3t9RdW5_normal.jpg

129 ms

nwdc-logo.png

nwdc-logo.png

335 ms

stickyheader-logo.png

stickyheader-logo.png

233 ms

dummy.png

dummy.png

347 ms

WomensMonthInstagram.png

WomensMonthInstagram.png

663 ms

DEDECT-MEC-Lenkopane.png

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452 ms

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457 ms

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675 ms

IMG005-960x720.jpg

IMG005-960x720.jpg

433 ms

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Screenshot-2024-07-08-122729.png

734 ms

WhatsApp-Image-2024-06-22-at-13.29.38.jpeg

WhatsApp-Image-2024-06-22-at-13.29.38.jpeg

594 ms

NWDC-tenant-bakery_edited-960x720.jpg

NWDC-tenant-bakery_edited-960x720.jpg

611 ms

twitter-bird-16x16.png

twitter-bird-16x16.png

538 ms

reply.png

reply.png

618 ms

retweet.png

retweet.png

675 ms

favorite.png

favorite.png

691 ms

webchat

webchat

243 ms

stripes_3_b.png

stripes_3_b.png

665 ms

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98 ms

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175 ms

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176 ms

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93 ms

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91 ms

icons.woff

icons.woff

596 ms

fa-solid-900.woff

fa-solid-900.woff

618 ms

fa-regular-400.woff

fa-regular-400.woff

627 ms

nwdc-logo.png

nwdc-logo.png

642 ms

stickyheader-logo.png

stickyheader-logo.png

549 ms

legacy-block.8HYFEdnf.js

legacy-block.8HYFEdnf.js

93 ms

oneshell

oneshell

74 ms

t.js

t.js

168 ms

Accessibility Review

nwdc.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-hidden="true"] elements contain focusable descendents

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.

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

<frame> or <iframe> elements do not have a title

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

High

Links do not have a discernible name

Navigation

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

Impact

Issue

High

Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order

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>).

High

List items (<li>) are not contained within <ul> or <ol> parent elements.

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

nwdc.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

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

High

Missing source maps for large first-party JavaScript

High

Issues were logged in the Issues panel in Chrome Devtools

SEO Factors

nwdc.co.za SEO score

58

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

High

Page is blocked from indexing

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

    EN

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

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

nwdc.co.za

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