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Report Summary

  • 16

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    30% of other websites

  • 96

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 88% of websites

  • 50

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    19% of websites

  • 83

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    46% of websites

sowetan.co.za

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Page Load Speed

27 sec in total

First Response

238 ms

Resources Loaded

25.9 sec

Page Rendered

888 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Sowetan.co.za page load time and found that the first response time was 238 ms and then it took 26.8 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 95% of websites can load faster. Unfortunately, there was 1 request timeout, which can generally increase the web page load time, as the browser stays idle while waiting for website response.

Performance Metrics

sowetan.co.za performance score

16

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value4.2 s

20/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value15.6 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value14.6 s

1/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value9,580 ms

0/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.089

92/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value33.3 s

0/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

sowetan.co.za

238 ms

www.sowetanlive.co.za

1724 ms

gpt.js

123 ms

tag.js

695 ms

gtm.js

80 ms

Our browser made a total of 180 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 1% of them (1 request) were addressed to the original Sowetan.co.za, 18% (33 requests) were made to Sowetanlive.co.za and 6% (11 requests) were made to Fonts.gstatic.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (20.2 sec) relates to the external source Net-a-porter.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 534.3 kB (28%)

Content Size

1.9 MB

After Optimization

1.4 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Sowetan.co.za main page is 1.9 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. Only a small number of websites need less resources to load. Javascripts take 897.2 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-81%

Potential reduce by 231.4 kB

  • Original 285.3 kB
  • After minification 282.0 kB
  • After compression 53.9 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 231.4 kB or 81% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-17%

Potential reduce by 82.5 kB

  • Original 495.8 kB
  • After minification 413.2 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, Sowetan needs image optimization as it can save up to 82.5 kB or 17% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-11%

Potential reduce by 98.1 kB

  • Original 897.2 kB
  • After minification 897.2 kB
  • After compression 799.1 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 98.1 kB or 11% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-56%

Potential reduce by 122.2 kB

  • Original 219.5 kB
  • After minification 219.5 kB
  • After compression 97.2 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. Sowetan.co.za needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 122.2 kB or 56% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 38 (28%)

Requests Now

135

After Optimization

97

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 135 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Sowetan. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 34 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 6 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

sowetan.co.za

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Accessibility Review

sowetan.co.za accessibility score

96

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

<frame> or <iframe> elements do not have a title

Best Practices

sowetan.co.za best practices score

50

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

High

Requests the geolocation permission on page load

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

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

High

Missing source maps for large first-party JavaScript

High

Issues were logged in the Issues panel in Chrome Devtools

SEO Factors

sowetan.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

Crawling and Indexing

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

Impact

Issue

High

Links are not crawlable

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

High

Tap targets are not sized appropriately

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 Sowetan.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 Sowetan.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

sowetan.co.za

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