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Report Summary

  • 13

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    25% of other websites

  • 93

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 80% of websites

  • 83

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    55% of websites

  • 85

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    55% of websites

packagingmag.co.za

Packaging And Print Media - A magazine serving packaging & print industries

Page Load Speed

2.2 sec in total

First Response

744 ms

Resources Loaded

1.3 sec

Page Rendered

236 ms

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About Website

Click here to check amazing Packaging Mag content for South Africa. Otherwise, check out these important facts you probably never knew about packagingmag.co.za

Published 11 times a year, PPM is a vertically-integrated magazine serving the commercial printing sector, packaging printers and converters, and packaging end users in the FMCG and retail sectors.

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Key Findings

We analyzed Packagingmag.co.za page load time and found that the first response time was 744 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. This domain responded with an error, which can significantly jeopardize Packagingmag.co.za rating and web reputation

Performance Metrics

packagingmag.co.za performance score

13

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value7.5 s

1/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value19.3 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value17.3 s

0/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value5,400 ms

0/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.118

85/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value30.5 s

0/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

packagingmag.co.za

744 ms

main.css

67 ms

module_default.css

95 ms

mootools.js

133 ms

swfobject21.js

91 ms

Our browser made a total of 42 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 95% of them (40 requests) were addressed to the original Packagingmag.co.za, 5% (2 requests) were made to Google-analytics.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (744 ms) belongs to the original domain Packagingmag.co.za.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 223.4 kB (35%)

Content Size

631.7 kB

After Optimization

408.3 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Packagingmag.co.za main page is 631.7 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. 35% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 370.9 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-81%

Potential reduce by 34.7 kB

  • Original 42.6 kB
  • After minification 40.6 kB
  • After compression 7.9 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 34.7 kB or 81% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-12%

Potential reduce by 43.5 kB

  • Original 370.9 kB
  • After minification 327.5 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, Packaging Mag needs image optimization as it can save up to 43.5 kB or 12% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-61%

Potential reduce by 95.1 kB

  • Original 156.4 kB
  • After minification 150.3 kB
  • After compression 61.4 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 95.1 kB or 61% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-81%

Potential reduce by 50.1 kB

  • Original 61.7 kB
  • After minification 53.7 kB
  • After compression 11.6 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. Packagingmag.co.za needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 50.1 kB or 81% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 19 (48%)

Requests Now

40

After Optimization

21

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 40 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Packaging Mag. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 12 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 9 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

packagingmag.co.za

packagingmag.co.za

744 ms

main.css

main.css

67 ms

module_default.css

module_default.css

95 ms

mootools.js

mootools.js

133 ms

swfobject21.js

swfobject21.js

91 ms

acymailing_module.js

acymailing_module.js

87 ms

swfobject.js

swfobject.js

90 ms

rokajaxsearch.js

rokajaxsearch.js

117 ms

template.css

template.css

150 ms

light.css

light.css

148 ms

rokmoomenu.css

rokmoomenu.css

151 ms

typography.css

typography.css

151 ms

system.css

system.css

164 ms

general.css

general.css

178 ms

rokutils.js

rokutils.js

177 ms

rokfonts.js

rokfonts.js

182 ms

rokmoomenu.js

rokmoomenu.js

183 ms

mootools.bgiframe.js

mootools.bgiframe.js

185 ms

template.css

template.css

217 ms

rokbox.js

rokbox.js

225 ms

rokbox-style.css

rokbox-style.css

224 ms

rokbox-config.js

rokbox-config.js

233 ms

header-bg.jpg

header-bg.jpg

139 ms

lock2.png

lock2.png

49 ms

search-icon.png

search-icon.png

48 ms

z2_1-Mosca.jpg

z2_1-Mosca.jpg

86 ms

z2_2-Kemtek.jpg

z2_2-Kemtek.jpg

86 ms

z2_3-Paarl%20Print.jpg

z2_3-Paarl%20Print.jpg

130 ms

z2_4-MPS.jpg

z2_4-MPS.jpg

138 ms

z2_5-Corona.jpg

z2_5-Corona.jpg

98 ms

z2_6-Sapy.jpg

z2_6-Sapy.jpg

170 ms

z2_7-MPS.jpg

z2_7-MPS.jpg

170 ms

z2_8-Hulamin.jpg

z2_8-Hulamin.jpg

231 ms

cover.jpg

cover.jpg

177 ms

in_the_next_issue.jpg

in_the_next_issue.jpg

180 ms

roktabs-container.png

roktabs-container.png

180 ms

sidemod-h3.png

sidemod-h3.png

187 ms

arrow-readon.gif

arrow-readon.gif

185 ms

dark_gray_dot.gif

dark_gray_dot.gif

189 ms

readon-bg.png

readon-bg.png

195 ms

ga.js

ga.js

8 ms

__utm.gif

__utm.gif

13 ms

Accessibility Review

packagingmag.co.za accessibility score

93

Accessibility Issues

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.

Navigation

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

Impact

Issue

High

Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order

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

Links do not have a discernible name

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>).

Best Practices

packagingmag.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

User Experience

Impact

Issue

High

Serves images with low resolution

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

packagingmag.co.za SEO score

85

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

Crawling and Indexing

To appear in search results, crawlers need access to your app.

Impact

Issue

High

Links are not crawlable

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 Packagingmag.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 Packagingmag.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

packagingmag.co.za

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