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Report Summary

  • 75

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    84% of other websites

  • 59

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 26% of websites

  • 50

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    18% of websites

  • 67

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    25% of websites

pvc-pipes.co.za

Page Load Speed

7.8 sec in total

First Response

962 ms

Resources Loaded

6.7 sec

Page Rendered

119 ms

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About Website

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PIPEWORKS SA is a leading PVC pipe suppliers in Johannesburg, South Africa. We are suppliers of SABS and NON SABS PVC Pipes. We can supply PVC Pipes, Water Pipes, Upvc Pipes and Fittings in various si...

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Key Findings

We analyzed Pvc-pipes.co.za page load time and found that the first response time was 962 ms and then it took 6.8 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 80% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

pvc-pipes.co.za performance score

75

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value2.4 s

69/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value2.4 s

91/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value3.7 s

85/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value710 ms

42/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.052

99/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value3.9 s

89/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

pvc-pipes.co.za

962 ms

style.css

915 ms

jquery.js

1381 ms

jquery.droppy.js

520 ms

header.jpg

761 ms

Our browser made a total of 16 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 88% of them (14 requests) were addressed to the original Pvc-pipes.co.za, 13% (2 requests) were made to Google-analytics.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (4.6 sec) belongs to the original domain Pvc-pipes.co.za.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 68.3 kB (28%)

Content Size

247.8 kB

After Optimization

179.5 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Pvc-pipes.co.za main page is 247.8 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. Only 10% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 153.0 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-74%

Potential reduce by 4.9 kB

  • Original 6.7 kB
  • After minification 4.8 kB
  • After compression 1.7 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. This page needs HTML code to be minified as it can gain 1.8 kB, which is 27% of the original size. It is highly recommended that content of this web page should be compressed using GZIP, as it can save up to 4.9 kB or 74% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-7%

Potential reduce by 11.5 kB

  • Original 153.0 kB
  • After minification 141.6 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. Pvc Pipes images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-54%

Potential reduce by 39.4 kB

  • Original 72.8 kB
  • After minification 72.3 kB
  • After compression 33.4 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 39.4 kB or 54% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-82%

Potential reduce by 12.5 kB

  • Original 15.3 kB
  • After minification 10.9 kB
  • After compression 2.8 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. Pvc-pipes.co.za needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 12.5 kB or 82% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

We found no issues to fix!

Requests Now

15

After Optimization

15

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 15 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Pvc Pipes. According to our analytics all requests are already optimized.

Network Requests Diagram

pvc-pipes.co.za

pvc-pipes.co.za

962 ms

style.css

style.css

915 ms

jquery.js

jquery.js

1381 ms

jquery.droppy.js

jquery.droppy.js

520 ms

header.jpg

header.jpg

761 ms

banner1.gif

banner1.gif

4581 ms

menu-bg.gif

menu-bg.gif

250 ms

container-divider.jpg

container-divider.jpg

250 ms

NON-SABS-PVC-PIPES.png

NON-SABS-PVC-PIPES.png

1102 ms

SABS-PVC-PIPES.png

SABS-PVC-PIPES.png

1163 ms

PVC-FITTINGS.png

PVC-FITTINGS.png

1227 ms

inner-right-col-bg.gif

inner-right-col-bg.gif

490 ms

right-menu-link-bg.gif

right-menu-link-bg.gif

744 ms

pipe-bullet.png

pipe-bullet.png

985 ms

ga.js

ga.js

4 ms

__utm.gif

__utm.gif

10 ms

Accessibility Review

pvc-pipes.co.za accessibility score

59

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.

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

pvc-pipes.co.za best practices score

50

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

Displays images with incorrect aspect ratio

High

Serves images with low resolution

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

SEO Factors

pvc-pipes.co.za SEO score

67

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

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

Language and Encoding

  • Language Detected

    EN

  • Language Claimed

    N/A

  • Encoding

    N/A

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Pvc-pipes.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 Pvc-pipes.co.za main page’s claimed encoding is . Changing it to UTF-8 can be a good choice, as this format is commonly used for encoding all over the web and thus their visitors won’t have any troubles with symbol transcription or reading.

Social Sharing Optimization

pvc-pipes.co.za

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