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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

  • 58

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    20% of websites

  • 83

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    46% of websites

sa-soldier.com

A soldier’s tribute to the South African Defence Force (SADF)

Page Load Speed

3.6 sec in total

First Response

282 ms

Resources Loaded

3.2 sec

Page Rendered

208 ms

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About Website

Click here to check amazing Sa Soldier content. Otherwise, check out these important facts you probably never knew about sa-soldier.com

SA-Soldier.com - Dedicated to the South African Defence Force (SADF), and to the many soldiers who fought on South Africa's borders between 1966 and 1989

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Key Findings

We analyzed Sa-soldier.com page load time and found that the first response time was 282 ms and then it took 3.4 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 60% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

sa-soldier.com performance score

68

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value2.3 s

73/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value5.1 s

25/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value8.5 s

18/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value120 ms

97/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value4.4 s

83/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

sa-soldier.com

282 ms

SADF-styles.css

96 ms

jquery-1.3.2.min.js

283 ms

jquery.effects.core.min.js

307 ms

jquery.effects.slide.min.js

305 ms

Our browser made a total of 69 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 26% of them (18 requests) were addressed to the original Sa-soldier.com, 12% (8 requests) were made to Px.owneriq.net and 9% (6 requests) were made to Dsum-sec.casalemedia.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1.2 sec) belongs to the original domain Sa-soldier.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 977.3 kB (65%)

Content Size

1.5 MB

After Optimization

537.1 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Sa-soldier.com main page is 1.5 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. Javascripts take 928.7 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-91%

Potential reduce by 197.5 kB

  • Original 217.3 kB
  • After minification 215.7 kB
  • After compression 19.8 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 197.5 kB or 91% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-16%

Potential reduce by 58.4 kB

  • Original 363.2 kB
  • After minification 304.8 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, Sa Soldier needs image optimization as it can save up to 58.4 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

-77%

Potential reduce by 717.1 kB

  • Original 928.7 kB
  • After minification 926.2 kB
  • After compression 211.5 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 717.1 kB or 77% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-80%

Potential reduce by 4.2 kB

  • Original 5.3 kB
  • After minification 3.6 kB
  • After compression 1.0 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. Sa-soldier.com needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 4.2 kB or 80% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 39 (70%)

Requests Now

56

After Optimization

17

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 56 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Sa Soldier. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 17 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

sa-soldier.com

sa-soldier.com

282 ms

SADF-styles.css

SADF-styles.css

96 ms

jquery-1.3.2.min.js

jquery-1.3.2.min.js

283 ms

jquery.effects.core.min.js

jquery.effects.core.min.js

307 ms

jquery.effects.slide.min.js

jquery.effects.slide.min.js

305 ms

jquery.effects.blind.min.js

jquery.effects.blind.min.js

305 ms

jquery.superbgimage.min.js

jquery.superbgimage.min.js

309 ms

shareaholic.js

shareaholic.js

21 ms

graphcount.php

graphcount.php

1201 ms

SADF-banner-BG.png

SADF-banner-BG.png

99 ms

SADF-banner2014-short.png

SADF-banner2014-short.png

328 ms

01-SADF-ratel-big.png

01-SADF-ratel-big.png

1102 ms

68707d4356a5e0a5d6697f3591dd9929.json

68707d4356a5e0a5d6697f3591dd9929.json

45 ms

shrMain.min.js

shrMain.min.js

12 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

38 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

9 ms

pageview.gif

pageview.gif

27 ms

app.js

app.js

7 ms

partners.js

partners.js

405 ms

angular.min.js

angular.min.js

22 ms

shareaholic-icons.woff

shareaholic-icons.woff

5 ms

graph.facebook.com

graph.facebook.com

58 ms

sholic.js

sholic.js

41 ms

usermatch

usermatch

211 ms

beacon.js

beacon.js

9 ms

cms-sh2c.html

cms-sh2c.html

67 ms

eexelate.js

eexelate.js

19 ms

127 ms

ep

ep

27 ms

ping_match.gif

ping_match.gif

14 ms

44 ms

2964

2964

19 ms

pixel

pixel

41 ms

rs

rs

10 ms

net.php

net.php

9 ms

pixel

pixel

16 ms

generic

generic

6 ms

pixel

pixel

23 ms

generic

generic

4 ms

match-result

match-result

41 ms

xrefid.xgi

xrefid.xgi

5 ms

ep

ep

37 ms

pixel.gif

pixel.gif

23 ms

pixel.gif

pixel.gif

25 ms

pixel

pixel

17 ms

usermatch

usermatch

102 ms

cm

cm

40 ms

xrefid.xgi

xrefid.xgi

5 ms

1.gif

1.gif

104 ms

3.gif

3.gif

1109 ms

7.gif

7.gif

207 ms

2.gif

2.gif

1137 ms

SADF-8-South-African-Infantry-Bn.png

SADF-8-South-African-Infantry-Bn.png

121 ms

Vu6.WsAoJXEAACs01WkAAAA9%26934

Vu6.WsAoJXEAACs01WkAAAA9%26934

112 ms

ecs

ecs

134 ms

i.gif

i.gif

131 ms

pixelssl.htm

pixelssl.htm

123 ms

cs

cs

96 ms

ermcm

ermcm

53 ms

rum

rum

143 ms

cfcm.ashx

cfcm.ashx

12 ms

crum

crum

146 ms

crum

crum

182 ms

ddcssl.htm

ddcssl.htm

36 ms

crum

crum

157 ms

crum

crum

93 ms

rum

rum

152 ms

SADF-portal-17.jpg

SADF-portal-17.jpg

299 ms

01-SADF-ratel-big_ak.png

01-SADF-ratel-big_ak.png

521 ms

Accessibility Review

sa-soldier.com 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.

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

Best Practices

sa-soldier.com best practices score

58

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

Serves images with low resolution

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

SEO Factors

sa-soldier.com SEO score

83

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 Sa-soldier.com 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 Sa-soldier.com 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

sa-soldier.com

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