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Report Summary

  • 63

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    77% of other websites

  • 75

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 41% of websites

  • 67

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    24% of websites

  • 79

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    40% of websites

theblackcat.co.za

Renovations: Carpets & Wood floors | Kitchens & Painting

Page Load Speed

1.5 sec in total

First Response

26 ms

Resources Loaded

1.3 sec

Page Rendered

171 ms

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About Website

Visit theblackcat.co.za now to see the best up-to-date Theblackcat content and also check out these interesting facts you probably never knew about theblackcat.co.za

Products and services for home remodelling: Flooring - carpets, wood floors & synthetic grass | Kitchens, cupboards, painting & much more.

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Key Findings

We analyzed Theblackcat.co.za page load time and found that the first response time was 26 ms and then it took 1.4 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 30% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

theblackcat.co.za performance score

63

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value5.0 s

9/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value5.4 s

20/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value5.0 s

63/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value70 ms

99/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.075

95/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value5.5 s

71/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

theblackcat.co.za

26 ms

www.theblackcat.co.za

129 ms

index.php

69 ms

index.php

77 ms

style.css

70 ms

Our browser made a total of 96 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 97% of them (93 requests) were addressed to the original Theblackcat.co.za, 1% (1 request) were made to Fonts.googleapis.com and 1% (1 request) were made to Fonts.gstatic.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (486 ms) belongs to the original domain Theblackcat.co.za.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 119.5 kB (47%)

Content Size

253.3 kB

After Optimization

133.8 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Theblackcat.co.za main page is 253.3 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. 60% of websites need less resources to load. HTML takes 127.0 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-85%

Potential reduce by 107.8 kB

  • Original 127.0 kB
  • After minification 122.7 kB
  • After compression 19.1 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 107.8 kB or 85% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-5%

Potential reduce by 1.7 kB

  • Original 37.1 kB
  • After minification 35.4 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. Theblackcat images are well optimized though.

CSS Optimization

-11%

Potential reduce by 10.0 kB

  • Original 89.2 kB
  • After minification 86.9 kB
  • After compression 79.3 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. Theblackcat.co.za needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 10.0 kB or 11% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 69 (78%)

Requests Now

89

After Optimization

20

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 89 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Theblackcat. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 27 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 33 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

theblackcat.co.za

theblackcat.co.za

26 ms

www.theblackcat.co.za

www.theblackcat.co.za

129 ms

index.php

index.php

69 ms

index.php

index.php

77 ms

style.css

style.css

70 ms

squeezebox.css

squeezebox.css

84 ms

bootstrap.min.css

bootstrap.min.css

135 ms

pagebuilder.css

pagebuilder.css

100 ms

jsn-gui-frontend.css

jsn-gui-frontend.css

122 ms

front_end.css

front_end.css

125 ms

front_end_responsive.css

front_end_responsive.css

140 ms

style.css

style.css

152 ms

skitter.styles.css

skitter.styles.css

155 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

219 ms

jquery-noconflict.js

jquery-noconflict.js

182 ms

jquery-migrate.min.js

jquery-migrate.min.js

190 ms

caption.js

caption.js

202 ms

bootstrap.min.js

bootstrap.min.js

230 ms

jquery.ui.core.min.js

jquery.ui.core.min.js

230 ms

jquery.ui.sortable.min.js

jquery.ui.sortable.min.js

255 ms

jquery-ui-addons.js

jquery-ui-addons.js

312 ms

jquery.easing.min.js

jquery.easing.min.js

259 ms

squeezebox.min.js

squeezebox.min.js

294 ms

joomlashine.noconflict.js

joomlashine.noconflict.js

284 ms

bootstrap.min.js

bootstrap.min.js

307 ms

mootools-core.js

mootools-core.js

356 ms

core.js

core.js

299 ms

jsn_is_jquery_safe.js

jsn_is_jquery_safe.js

343 ms

jsn_is_conflict.js

jsn_is_conflict.js

349 ms

jquery.easing.1.3.js

jquery.easing.1.3.js

388 ms

jquery.animate-colors-min.js

jquery.animate-colors-min.js

361 ms

jquery.skitter.js

jquery.skitter.js

406 ms

wow.js

wow.js

402 ms

bootstrap-default-min.css

bootstrap-default-min.css

452 ms

bootstrap-responsive.css

bootstrap-responsive.css

431 ms

font-awesome.min.css

font-awesome.min.css

437 ms

css

css

20 ms

s5_flex_menu-min.js

s5_flex_menu-min.js

486 ms

s5_flex_menu.css

s5_flex_menu.css

449 ms

system.css

system.css

401 ms

general.css

general.css

423 ms

template_default.css

template_default.css

419 ms

template.css

template.css

433 ms

com_content.css

com_content.css

432 ms

editor.css

editor.css

406 ms

thirdparty.css

thirdparty.css

443 ms

multibox.css

multibox.css

412 ms

ajax.css

ajax.css

409 ms

s5_responsive_bars-min.css

s5_responsive_bars-min.css

441 ms

s5_responsive_hide_classes-min.css

s5_responsive_hide_classes-min.css

406 ms

s5_responsive.css

s5_responsive.css

406 ms

custom.css

custom.css

415 ms

s5_info_slide-min.css

s5_info_slide-min.css

420 ms

jsn-bootstrap.css

jsn-bootstrap.css

422 ms

jsn-fonticomoon.css

jsn-fonticomoon.css

402 ms

icomoon.css

icomoon.css

395 ms

font-awesome.min.css

font-awesome.min.css

418 ms

overlay.js

overlay.js

403 ms

multibox.js

multibox.js

454 ms

s5_font_adjuster-min.js

s5_font_adjuster-min.js

445 ms

s5_info_slide-min.js

s5_info_slide-min.js

366 ms

s5_columns_equalizer-min.js

s5_columns_equalizer-min.js

431 ms

s5_responsive_mobile_bar-min.js

s5_responsive_mobile_bar-min.js

428 ms

system.css

system.css

54 ms

search_light.png

search_light.png

66 ms

arrow_light.png

arrow_light.png

66 ms

login_sidebar_light.png

login_sidebar_light.png

58 ms

register_sidebar_light.png

register_sidebar_light.png

68 ms

belgotex-carpets-logo.jpg

belgotex-carpets-logo.jpg

67 ms

Belgotex-Commercial-Logo.jpg

Belgotex-Commercial-Logo.jpg

67 ms

nouwens-carpet-logo-meu.jpg

nouwens-carpet-logo-meu.jpg

149 ms

van-dyck-carpets-logo.jpg

van-dyck-carpets-logo.jpg

151 ms

crossley-logo.jpg

crossley-logo.jpg

151 ms

belgotex-duraturf-1.jpg

belgotex-duraturf-1.jpg

152 ms

menu_light.png

menu_light.png

152 ms

the_black_cat_logo_name_plus_cat.gif

the_black_cat_logo_name_plus_cat.gif

152 ms

call_to_action.gif

call_to_action.gif

170 ms

grass_22.gif

grass_22.gif

173 ms

house_picture_1.gif

house_picture_1.gif

193 ms

satisfied_client.gif

satisfied_client.gif

212 ms

house_painting.gif

house_painting.gif

194 ms

TK3_WkUHHAIjg75cFRf3bXL8LICs1_FvsUZiYA.ttf

TK3_WkUHHAIjg75cFRf3bXL8LICs1_FvsUZiYA.ttf

27 ms

facebook.png

facebook.png

143 ms

google.png

google.png

189 ms

twitter.png

twitter.png

200 ms

linked_in.png

linked_in.png

198 ms

rss.png

rss.png

219 ms

heading.jpg

heading.jpg

221 ms

lost-puppy.jpg

lost-puppy.jpg

192 ms

painting%209.gif

painting%209.gif

2 ms

s5_scroll_arrow.png

s5_scroll_arrow.png

177 ms

shape5_logo.png

shape5_logo.png

144 ms

s5_menu_arrow.png

s5_menu_arrow.png

145 ms

prev.png

prev.png

164 ms

next.png

next.png

182 ms

ajax-loader.gif

ajax-loader.gif

178 ms

Accessibility Review

theblackcat.co.za accessibility score

75

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

Form elements do not have associated labels

High

Links do not have a discernible name

Best Practices

theblackcat.co.za best practices score

67

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

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

SEO Factors

theblackcat.co.za SEO score

79

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

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 doesn't use 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 Theblackcat.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 Theblackcat.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

theblackcat.co.za

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