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Report Summary

  • 62

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    77% of other websites

  • 76

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 43% of websites

  • 50

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    18% of websites

  • 77

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    36% of websites

services4africa.co.za

Business Directory South Africa | Approved Services - Servics4Africa.co.za

Page Load Speed

4.6 sec in total

First Response

984 ms

Resources Loaded

3.5 sec

Page Rendered

117 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Services4africa.co.za page load time and found that the first response time was 984 ms and then it took 3.6 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

services4africa.co.za performance score

62

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.0 s

49/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value5.2 s

24/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value6.1 s

44/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value300 ms

79/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.007

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value5.1 s

76/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

services4africa.co.za

984 ms

assist-css.css

711 ms

Home.css

473 ms

AutoSuggestionBoxes.css

495 ms

jquery-1.4.2.js

1454 ms

Our browser made a total of 30 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 87% of them (26 requests) were addressed to the original Services4africa.co.za, 7% (2 requests) were made to Google-analytics.com and 7% (2 requests) were made to Connect.facebook.net. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1.5 sec) belongs to the original domain Services4africa.co.za.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 103.0 kB (59%)

Content Size

174.2 kB

After Optimization

71.2 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Services4africa.co.za main page is 174.2 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. 15% of websites need less resources to load. Javascripts take 88.4 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-75%

Potential reduce by 19.4 kB

  • Original 25.7 kB
  • After minification 23.0 kB
  • After compression 6.3 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. This page needs HTML code to be minified as it can gain 2.7 kB, which is 11% 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 19.4 kB or 75% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-80%

Potential reduce by 43.6 kB

  • Original 54.3 kB
  • After minification 10.7 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, Services 4 Africa needs image optimization as it can save up to 43.6 kB or 80% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-43%

Potential reduce by 37.8 kB

  • Original 88.4 kB
  • After minification 88.4 kB
  • After compression 50.7 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 37.8 kB or 43% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-39%

Potential reduce by 2.2 kB

  • Original 5.7 kB
  • After minification 5.6 kB
  • After compression 3.5 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. Services4africa.co.za needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 2.2 kB or 39% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 15 (52%)

Requests Now

29

After Optimization

14

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 29 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Services 4 Africa. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 9 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

services4africa.co.za

services4africa.co.za

984 ms

assist-css.css

assist-css.css

711 ms

Home.css

Home.css

473 ms

AutoSuggestionBoxes.css

AutoSuggestionBoxes.css

495 ms

jquery-1.4.2.js

jquery-1.4.2.js

1454 ms

general.js

general.js

483 ms

front-page.js

front-page.js

500 ms

contact-us2.js

contact-us2.js

708 ms

AutoSuggestBox.js

AutoSuggestBox.js

726 ms

AutoSuggestionBoxes.js

AutoSuggestionBoxes.js

755 ms

ga.js

ga.js

28 ms

services4africa.GIF

services4africa.GIF

248 ms

but-find.gif

but-find.gif

256 ms

ads-label.gif

ads-label.gif

244 ms

Dekra-198x200.gif

Dekra-198x200.gif

727 ms

services4africa-logo.PNG

services4africa-logo.PNG

1210 ms

all.js

all.js

8 ms

navHolder-back.gif

navHolder-back.gif

237 ms

top-background.gif

top-background.gif

472 ms

nav-back-extras.gif

nav-back-extras.gif

470 ms

content-back-gradient.jpg

content-back-gradient.jpg

471 ms

search-botback.gif

search-botback.gif

476 ms

search-topback2.png

search-topback2.png

720 ms

search-tab1-off.gif

search-tab1-off.gif

720 ms

section-back.gif

section-back.gif

713 ms

bottom-back.jpg

bottom-back.jpg

709 ms

__utm.gif

__utm.gif

19 ms

all.js

all.js

37 ms

search-tab1-on2.png

search-tab1-on2.png

897 ms

front-text.gif

front-text.gif

889 ms

Accessibility Review

services4africa.co.za accessibility score

76

Accessibility Issues

Navigation

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

Impact

Issue

High

Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order

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

Form elements do not have associated labels

Best Practices

services4africa.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

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

SEO Factors

services4africa.co.za SEO score

77

Search Engine Optimization Advices

Language and Encoding

  • Language Detected

    EN

  • Language Claimed

    N/A

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Services4africa.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 Services4africa.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

services4africa.co.za

Open Graph data is detected on the main page of Services 4 Africa. This is the best way to make the web page social media friendly. Here is how it looks like on Facebook: