Tools & Wizards About Us
usaasa.org.za screenshot

Report Summary

  • 53

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    70% of other websites

  • 89

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 71% of websites

  • 58

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    20% of websites

  • 99

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    93% of websites

usaasa.org.za

USAASA - Universal Service and Access Agency of South Africa

Page Load Speed

3.1 sec in total

First Response

997 ms

Resources Loaded

1.8 sec

Page Rendered

261 ms

usaasa.org.za screenshot

About Website

Visit usaasa.org.za now to see the best up-to-date USAASA content for South Africa and also check out these interesting facts you probably never knew about usaasa.org.za

The Universal Service and Access Agency of South Africa (USAASA) is a State Owned Entity of government established through the Electronic Communications Act, No 36 of 2005, to ensure that "every man, ...

Visit usaasa.org.za

Key Findings

We analyzed Usaasa.org.za page load time and found that the first response time was 997 ms and then it took 2.1 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 40% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

usaasa.org.za performance score

53

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value2.5 s

68/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value10.3 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value5.4 s

55/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value290 ms

80/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value11.2 s

20/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

www.usaasa.org.za

997 ms

style.css

11 ms

menu.css

7 ms

theme.css

8 ms

modernizr-2.0.6.min.js

13 ms

Our browser made a total of 58 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 69% of them (40 requests) were addressed to the original Usaasa.org.za, 19% (11 requests) were made to Static.xx.fbcdn.net and 3% (2 requests) were made to Scontent-iad3-2.xx.fbcdn.net. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (997 ms) belongs to the original domain Usaasa.org.za.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 405.6 kB (28%)

Content Size

1.4 MB

After Optimization

1.0 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Usaasa.org.za main page is 1.4 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. 65% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 1.1 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-77%

Potential reduce by 13.4 kB

  • Original 17.4 kB
  • After minification 15.2 kB
  • After compression 4.0 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 2.2 kB, which is 13% 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 13.4 kB or 77% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-34%

Potential reduce by 379.9 kB

  • Original 1.1 MB
  • After minification 736.9 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, USAASA needs image optimization as it can save up to 379.9 kB or 34% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-3%

Potential reduce by 8.2 kB

  • Original 291.1 kB
  • After minification 289.0 kB
  • After compression 282.9 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

-31%

Potential reduce by 4.1 kB

  • Original 13.2 kB
  • After minification 13.0 kB
  • After compression 9.1 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. Usaasa.org.za needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 4.1 kB or 31% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 35 (63%)

Requests Now

56

After Optimization

21

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 56 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of USAASA. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 19 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 9 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

www.usaasa.org.za

www.usaasa.org.za

997 ms

style.css

style.css

11 ms

menu.css

menu.css

7 ms

theme.css

theme.css

8 ms

modernizr-2.0.6.min.js

modernizr-2.0.6.min.js

13 ms

udm-custom.js

udm-custom.js

14 ms

udm-control.js

udm-control.js

20 ms

api.js

api.js

74 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

19 ms

jquery-ui.min.js

jquery-ui.min.js

18 ms

plugins.js

plugins.js

22 ms

script.js

script.js

18 ms

js

js

158 ms

layout.css

layout.css

18 ms

menu-custom.css

menu-custom.css

18 ms

udm-purecss.css

udm-purecss.css

19 ms

generated.css

generated.css

18 ms

overwrite.css

overwrite.css

16 ms

menu-sep.png

menu-sep.png

579 ms

recaptcha__en.js

recaptcha__en.js

122 ms

page.php

page.php

184 ms

background.png

background.png

11 ms

logo.png

logo.png

10 ms

menu-sep.png

menu-sep.png

14 ms

home.jpg

home.jpg

14 ms

home2.jpg

home2.jpg

14 ms

home-content-shadow.jpg

home-content-shadow.jpg

11 ms

Home-page3.JPG

Home-page3.JPG

45 ms

Home-page4.JPG

Home-page4.JPG

46 ms

rss.gif

rss.gif

51 ms

orange-more.jpg

orange-more.jpg

48 ms

calendar.png

calendar.png

46 ms

prev-month.gif

prev-month.gif

46 ms

next-month.gif

next-month.gif

47 ms

DCDT-Green.png

DCDT-Green.png

54 ms

post-office.jpg

post-office.jpg

49 ms

sabc.jpg

sabc.jpg

51 ms

sentech.jpg

sentech.jpg

50 ms

nemisa.jpg

nemisa.jpg

51 ms

ICASA-Logo.jpg

ICASA-Logo.jpg

54 ms

go-digital-sa.jpg

go-digital-sa.jpg

55 ms

Boadband-infraco.jpg

Boadband-infraco.jpg

51 ms

prev-sponsor.gif

prev-sponsor.gif

51 ms

next-sponsor.gif

next-sponsor.gif

55 ms

ui-bg_flat_75_ffffff_40x100.png

ui-bg_flat_75_ffffff_40x100.png

55 ms

LO_ZbPzgR8d.css

LO_ZbPzgR8d.css

22 ms

Y7Y-iHUxgoM.js

Y7Y-iHUxgoM.js

30 ms

o1ndYS2og_B.js

o1ndYS2og_B.js

70 ms

4Dr55_uVn75.js

4Dr55_uVn75.js

72 ms

5SibLyTrxjh.js

5SibLyTrxjh.js

80 ms

Glud--w-qOK.js

Glud--w-qOK.js

70 ms

_eawcKGGOQC.js

_eawcKGGOQC.js

79 ms

p55HfXW__mM.js

p55HfXW__mM.js

78 ms

ALTQi95mOyD.js

ALTQi95mOyD.js

78 ms

441970980_1031022275451498_6819278607485099352_n.jpg

441970980_1031022275451498_6819278607485099352_n.jpg

82 ms

ItXcemdQgZa.js

ItXcemdQgZa.js

8 ms

359379805_826460769240984_4714328358545805943_n.jpg

359379805_826460769240984_4714328358545805943_n.jpg

28 ms

UXtr_j2Fwe-.png

UXtr_j2Fwe-.png

4 ms

Accessibility Review

usaasa.org.za accessibility score

89

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

High

Links do not have a discernible name

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

usaasa.org.za 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

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

usaasa.org.za SEO score

99

Search Engine Optimization Advices

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 Usaasa.org.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 Usaasa.org.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

usaasa.org.za

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