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Report Summary

  • 48

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    66% of other websites

  • 80

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 49% of websites

  • 92

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    80% of websites

  • 77

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    36% of websites

rotorooter.co.za

Home :: Roto Rooter

Page Load Speed

3.1 sec in total

First Response

73 ms

Resources Loaded

2.3 sec

Page Rendered

734 ms

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About Website

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Key Findings

We analyzed Rotorooter.co.za page load time and found that the first response time was 73 ms and then it took 3 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 55% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

rotorooter.co.za performance score

48

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value2.0 s

84/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value3.1 s

75/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value6.9 s

34/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value3,550 ms

1/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.007

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value11.8 s

17/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

rotorooter.co.za

73 ms

rotorooter.co.za

914 ms

general.css

93 ms

page-content.css

344 ms

aos.css

347 ms

Our browser made a total of 61 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 93% of them (57 requests) were addressed to the original Rotorooter.co.za, 3% (2 requests) were made to Googletagmanager.com and 2% (1 request) were made to Apps.elfsight.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (914 ms) belongs to the original domain Rotorooter.co.za.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 41.9 kB (4%)

Content Size

1.0 MB

After Optimization

1.0 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Rotorooter.co.za main page is 1.0 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. 45% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 919.6 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-72%

Potential reduce by 38.8 kB

  • Original 54.2 kB
  • After minification 52.7 kB
  • After compression 15.3 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 38.8 kB or 72% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 1.2 kB

  • Original 919.6 kB
  • After minification 918.3 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. Roto Rooter images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-1%

Potential reduce by 322 B

  • Original 53.4 kB
  • After minification 53.4 kB
  • After compression 53.0 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

-7%

Potential reduce by 1.5 kB

  • Original 21.9 kB
  • After minification 21.9 kB
  • After compression 20.4 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. Rotorooter.co.za has all CSS files already compressed.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 6 (10%)

Requests Now

58

After Optimization

52

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 58 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Roto Rooter. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 7 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

rotorooter.co.za

rotorooter.co.za

73 ms

rotorooter.co.za

rotorooter.co.za

914 ms

general.css

general.css

93 ms

page-content.css

page-content.css

344 ms

aos.css

aos.css

347 ms

js

js

98 ms

platform.js

platform.js

39 ms

dragscroll.js

dragscroll.js

404 ms

jquery-3.6.0.min.js

jquery-3.6.0.min.js

460 ms

general.js

general.js

406 ms

aos.js

aos.js

181 ms

platform.js

platform.js

35 ms

gtm.js

gtm.js

83 ms

common.png

common.png

155 ms

roto-rooter-lrg.png

roto-rooter-lrg.png

47 ms

48-years.png

48-years.png

47 ms

street-blue-duotone-lrg.jpg

street-blue-duotone-lrg.jpg

337 ms

roto-rooter-van-lrg-homepage-shadow.png

roto-rooter-van-lrg-homepage-shadow.png

154 ms

roto-rooter-van-lrg-homepage-van.png

roto-rooter-van-lrg-homepage-van.png

337 ms

review-on-google.png

review-on-google.png

48 ms

team-lrg.jpg

team-lrg.jpg

436 ms

overview-intro-van-left.jpg

overview-intro-van-left.jpg

254 ms

overview-intro-van-right.jpg

overview-intro-van-right.jpg

176 ms

drain-cleaning.png

drain-cleaning.png

181 ms

drain-cleaning.png

drain-cleaning.png

263 ms

cctv-inspections.png

cctv-inspections.png

271 ms

cctv-inspections.png

cctv-inspections.png

340 ms

drain-repairs.png

drain-repairs.png

349 ms

drain-repairs.png

drain-repairs.png

359 ms

water-jetting.png

water-jetting.png

422 ms

water-jetting.png

water-jetting.png

427 ms

septic-tanks.png

septic-tanks.png

428 ms

septic-tanks.png

septic-tanks.png

436 ms

pipeline-rehabilitation.png

pipeline-rehabilitation.png

449 ms

pipeline-rehabilitation.png

pipeline-rehabilitation.png

508 ms

commercial-services.jpg

commercial-services.jpg

513 ms

call-centre-operative.jpg

call-centre-operative.jpg

515 ms

samuel-oscar-blanc.jpg

samuel-oscar-blanc.jpg

525 ms

1940s-roto-rooter-car.jpg

1940s-roto-rooter-car.jpg

523 ms

1976-roto-rooter-joburg-born.jpg

1976-roto-rooter-joburg-born.jpg

538 ms

1988-commercial.jpg

1988-commercial.jpg

595 ms

2020-under-new-management.jpg

2020-under-new-management.jpg

602 ms

2020-85th-anniversary.jpg

2020-85th-anniversary.jpg

602 ms

2021-cctv-added-in-all-vans.jpg

2021-cctv-added-in-all-vans.jpg

610 ms

2026-looking-to-the-future.jpg

2026-looking-to-the-future.jpg

618 ms

scroll-indicator.png

scroll-indicator.png

585 ms

IOPSA.png

IOPSA.png

640 ms

pirb-plumber.png

pirb-plumber.png

647 ms

social.png

social.png

644 ms

logo-roundel-lrg.png

logo-roundel-lrg.png

653 ms

drain-cleaning.jpg

drain-cleaning.jpg

640 ms

cctv-inspections.jpg

cctv-inspections.jpg

567 ms

drain-repairs.jpg

drain-repairs.jpg

619 ms

water-jetting.jpg

water-jetting.jpg

622 ms

septic-tanks.jpg

septic-tanks.jpg

605 ms

pipeline-rehabilitation.jpg

pipeline-rehabilitation.jpg

690 ms

trusted-roundel-sprite.png

trusted-roundel-sprite.png

548 ms

7-days-roundel-sprite.png

7-days-roundel-sprite.png

546 ms

same-day-roundel-sprite.png

same-day-roundel-sprite.png

589 ms

dkgrey-with-icons.png

dkgrey-with-icons.png

532 ms

city.jpg

city.jpg

614 ms

Accessibility Review

rotorooter.co.za accessibility score

80

Accessibility Issues

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

Buttons do not have an accessible name

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

High

Links do not have a discernible name

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

Best Practices

rotorooter.co.za best practices score

92

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

Missing source maps for large first-party JavaScript

SEO Factors

rotorooter.co.za SEO score

77

Search Engine Optimization Advices

Crawling and Indexing

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

Impact

Issue

High

Links are not crawlable

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

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 Rotorooter.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 Rotorooter.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

rotorooter.co.za

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