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ote.co.za

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Page Load Speed

5.2 sec in total

First Response

859 ms

Resources Loaded

4.2 sec

Page Rendered

157 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Ote.co.za page load time and found that the first response time was 859 ms and then it took 4.3 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 65% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

ote.co.za performance score

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Network Requests Diagram

ote.co.za

859 ms

lightbox.css

487 ms

main2013.css

466 ms

menu2013.js

473 ms

jquery-1.7.2.min.js

1189 ms

Our browser made a total of 23 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 91% of them (21 requests) were addressed to the original Ote.co.za, 9% (2 requests) were made to Google-analytics.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1.7 sec) belongs to the original domain Ote.co.za.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 170.6 kB (45%)

Content Size

375.7 kB

After Optimization

205.2 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Ote.co.za main page is 375.7 kB. This result falls beyond the top 1M of websites and identifies a large and not optimized web page that may take ages to load. 15% of websites need less resources to load. Javascripts take 209.5 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-88%

Potential reduce by 28.8 kB

  • Original 32.8 kB
  • After minification 32.1 kB
  • After compression 4.0 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 28.8 kB or 88% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-3%

Potential reduce by 3.3 kB

  • Original 125.6 kB
  • After minification 122.3 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. Ote images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-63%

Potential reduce by 131.9 kB

  • Original 209.5 kB
  • After minification 204.3 kB
  • After compression 77.6 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 131.9 kB or 63% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-83%

Potential reduce by 6.5 kB

  • Original 7.8 kB
  • After minification 3.4 kB
  • After compression 1.3 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. Ote.co.za needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 6.5 kB or 83% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 4 (19%)

Requests Now

21

After Optimization

17

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 21 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Ote. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 5 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

ote.co.za

ote.co.za

859 ms

lightbox.css

lightbox.css

487 ms

main2013.css

main2013.css

466 ms

menu2013.js

menu2013.js

473 ms

jquery-1.7.2.min.js

jquery-1.7.2.min.js

1189 ms

lightbox.js

lightbox.js

491 ms

ga.js

ga.js

8 ms

pageBG.gif

pageBG.gif

473 ms

gPlussNormal2.jpg

gPlussNormal2.jpg

472 ms

facebookNormal2.jpg

facebookNormal2.jpg

471 ms

banner.jpg

banner.jpg

486 ms

recentProject2.jpg

recentProject2.jpg

927 ms

recent-strip.jpg

recent-strip.jpg

1462 ms

awmlib2.js

awmlib2.js

1747 ms

__utm.gif

__utm.gif

13 ms

cross.png

cross.png

473 ms

headerBG.gif

headerBG.gif

499 ms

footerBG.gif

footerBG.gif

498 ms

loading.gif

loading.gif

485 ms

close.png

close.png

533 ms

dot.gif

dot.gif

512 ms

gPlussHover2.jpg

gPlussHover2.jpg

486 ms

facebookHover2.jpg

facebookHover2.jpg

481 ms

SEO Factors

ote.co.za SEO score

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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 Ote.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 Ote.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

ote.co.za

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