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Report Summary

  • 68

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    80% of other websites

  • 74

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 40% of websites

  • 83

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    55% of websites

  • 83

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    46% of websites

rippledigital.co.za

Ripple Digital | Transforming your online digital marketing ideas into a successful reality.

Page Load Speed

2.7 sec in total

First Response

161 ms

Resources Loaded

2.3 sec

Page Rendered

240 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Rippledigital.co.za page load time and found that the first response time was 161 ms and then it took 2.5 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

rippledigital.co.za performance score

68

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.5 s

35/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value3.5 s

64/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value7.4 s

28/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value180 ms

91/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.042

99/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value8.7 s

36/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

rippledigital.co.za

161 ms

rippledigital.co.za

233 ms

www.rippledigital.co.za

24 ms

www.rippledigital.co.za

251 ms

normalize.min.css

37 ms

Our browser made a total of 61 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 85% of them (52 requests) were addressed to the original Rippledigital.co.za, 5% (3 requests) were made to Fonts.gstatic.com and 3% (2 requests) were made to Netdna.bootstrapcdn.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1.2 sec) belongs to the original domain Rippledigital.co.za.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 183.8 kB (17%)

Content Size

1.1 MB

After Optimization

903.9 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Rippledigital.co.za main page is 1.1 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. 55% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 995.5 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-83%

Potential reduce by 19.9 kB

  • Original 23.8 kB
  • After minification 17.9 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. This page needs HTML code to be minified as it can gain 6.0 kB, which is 25% 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 19.9 kB or 83% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-16%

Potential reduce by 160.1 kB

  • Original 995.5 kB
  • After minification 835.4 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, Ripple Digital needs image optimization as it can save up to 160.1 kB or 16% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 17 B

  • Original 34.2 kB
  • After minification 34.2 kB
  • After compression 34.2 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. This website has mostly compressed JavaScripts.

CSS Optimization

-11%

Potential reduce by 3.9 kB

  • Original 34.2 kB
  • After minification 34.2 kB
  • After compression 30.3 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. Rippledigital.co.za needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 3.9 kB or 11% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 21 (41%)

Requests Now

51

After Optimization

30

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 51 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Ripple Digital. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 15 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 8 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

rippledigital.co.za

rippledigital.co.za

161 ms

rippledigital.co.za

rippledigital.co.za

233 ms

www.rippledigital.co.za

www.rippledigital.co.za

24 ms

www.rippledigital.co.za

www.rippledigital.co.za

251 ms

normalize.min.css

normalize.min.css

37 ms

bootstrap.min.css

bootstrap.min.css

50 ms

font-awesome.min.css

font-awesome.min.css

65 ms

flexslider.min.css

flexslider.min.css

42 ms

animate.min.css

animate.min.css

45 ms

base.css

base.css

42 ms

css

css

90 ms

TweenLite.min.js

TweenLite.min.js

46 ms

EasePack.min.js

EasePack.min.js

58 ms

rAF.js

rAF.js

61 ms

demo-1.js

demo-1.js

61 ms

mouse_gradient.svg

mouse_gradient.svg

57 ms

email-decode.min.js

email-decode.min.js

57 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

63 ms

jquery.nav-min.js

jquery.nav-min.js

67 ms

bootstrap.min.js

bootstrap.min.js

72 ms

waypoints.min.js

waypoints.min.js

72 ms

modernizr.js

modernizr.js

67 ms

flowtype.js

flowtype.js

67 ms

owl.carousel.min.js

owl.carousel.min.js

70 ms

classie.js

classie.js

79 ms

base-min.js

base-min.js

77 ms

js

js

474 ms

css

css

39 ms

ripple_logo.svg

ripple_logo.svg

387 ms

web_icon.png

web_icon.png

234 ms

ux_icon.png

ux_icon.png

222 ms

create_icon.png

create_icon.png

220 ms

banner.png

banner.png

221 ms

tim-intro-shot-488x640.png

tim-intro-shot-488x640.png

224 ms

adorn-thumbnail-341x320.png

adorn-thumbnail-341x320.png

217 ms

offlimit-thumbnail-341x320.jpg

offlimit-thumbnail-341x320.jpg

455 ms

nomu-thumbnail-341x320.png

nomu-thumbnail-341x320.png

439 ms

casestudies_thumbs-341x320.jpg

casestudies_thumbs-341x320.jpg

442 ms

shot_md-341x320.png

shot_md-341x320.png

439 ms

shot_md-1-341x320.png

shot_md-1-341x320.png

440 ms

ProminentPaints_caseStudy_thumb-341x320.jpg

ProminentPaints_caseStudy_thumb-341x320.jpg

439 ms

profile-341x320.jpg

profile-341x320.jpg

664 ms

brandsofTomorrow_logo.png

brandsofTomorrow_logo.png

663 ms

thisisme_logo.png

thisisme_logo.png

664 ms

cubeworkspace_logo.png

cubeworkspace_logo.png

653 ms

userflow.png

userflow.png

669 ms

betawealth_logo.png

betawealth_logo.png

664 ms

adorninsight.png

adorninsight.png

871 ms

agriintel.png

agriintel.png

874 ms

bercoindoor.png

bercoindoor.png

873 ms

exact.png

exact.png

874 ms

nomu.png

nomu.png

904 ms

prominentpaints.png

prominentpaints.png

884 ms

shelegal.png

shelegal.png

1077 ms

ripple_logo_white.png

ripple_logo_white.png

982 ms

Roboto-Light-webfont.woff

Roboto-Light-webfont.woff

1191 ms

JTUHjIg1_i6t8kCHKm4532VJOt5-QNFgpCtr6Hw5aXw.woff

JTUHjIg1_i6t8kCHKm4532VJOt5-QNFgpCtr6Hw5aXw.woff

99 ms

JTUHjIg1_i6t8kCHKm4532VJOt5-QNFgpCuM73w5aXw.woff

JTUHjIg1_i6t8kCHKm4532VJOt5-QNFgpCuM73w5aXw.woff

100 ms

glyphicons-halflings-regular.woff

glyphicons-halflings-regular.woff

1184 ms

fontawesome-webfont.woff

fontawesome-webfont.woff

97 ms

Ycm2sZJORluHnXbIfmlR-w.woff

Ycm2sZJORluHnXbIfmlR-w.woff

100 ms

Accessibility Review

rippledigital.co.za accessibility score

74

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

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

High

Links do not have a discernible name

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

rippledigital.co.za best practices score

83

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

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

SEO Factors

rippledigital.co.za SEO score

83

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

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 Rippledigital.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 Rippledigital.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

rippledigital.co.za

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