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Report Summary

  • 43

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    62% of other websites

  • 75

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 41% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    35% of websites

  • 91

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    70% of websites

vicfalls.co.za

Victoria Falls Holiday packages to Zambia and Zimbabwe, Safaris, hotel specials and lodge accommodation

Page Load Speed

6.3 sec in total

First Response

872 ms

Resources Loaded

4.8 sec

Page Rendered

613 ms

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About Website

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Victoria Falls Holiday and vacation packages to Zimbabwe and Zambia. Botswana accommodation options available. Flights out of Johannesburg

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Key Findings

We analyzed Vicfalls.co.za page load time and found that the first response time was 872 ms and then it took 5.4 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 75% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

vicfalls.co.za performance score

43

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.8 s

28/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value6.4 s

9/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value7.9 s

22/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value540 ms

54/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.02

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value7.7 s

45/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

vicfalls.co.za

872 ms

SpryMenuBarVertical.css

284 ms

SpryTabbedPanels2.css

554 ms

format.css

554 ms

vicfalls.css

547 ms

Our browser made a total of 67 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 91% of them (61 requests) were addressed to the original Vicfalls.co.za, 6% (4 requests) were made to Ajax.googleapis.com and 3% (2 requests) were made to Google-analytics.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (2.2 sec) belongs to the original domain Vicfalls.co.za.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 362.4 kB (35%)

Content Size

1.0 MB

After Optimization

668.2 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Vicfalls.co.za main page is 1.0 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. 40% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 551.0 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-84%

Potential reduce by 41.8 kB

  • Original 49.8 kB
  • After minification 35.8 kB
  • After compression 8.0 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 14.0 kB, which is 28% 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 41.8 kB or 84% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-5%

Potential reduce by 30.0 kB

  • Original 551.0 kB
  • After minification 520.9 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. Vic Falls images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-65%

Potential reduce by 241.3 kB

  • Original 372.9 kB
  • After minification 304.9 kB
  • After compression 131.6 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 241.3 kB or 65% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-86%

Potential reduce by 49.3 kB

  • Original 57.0 kB
  • After minification 38.3 kB
  • After compression 7.7 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. Vicfalls.co.za needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 49.3 kB or 86% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 33 (50%)

Requests Now

66

After Optimization

33

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 66 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Vic Falls. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 25 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 10 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

vicfalls.co.za

vicfalls.co.za

872 ms

SpryMenuBarVertical.css

SpryMenuBarVertical.css

284 ms

SpryTabbedPanels2.css

SpryTabbedPanels2.css

554 ms

format.css

format.css

554 ms

vicfalls.css

vicfalls.css

547 ms

jquery.fancybox.css

jquery.fancybox.css

554 ms

anylinkmenu.css

anylinkmenu.css

562 ms

jquery-1.7.1.min.js

jquery-1.7.1.min.js

854 ms

menucontents.js

menucontents.js

820 ms

anylinkmenu.js

anylinkmenu.js

826 ms

easing.js

easing.js

826 ms

cycle.js

cycle.js

831 ms

caption.js

caption.js

840 ms

jquery.mousewheel-3.0.6.pack.js

jquery.mousewheel-3.0.6.pack.js

1092 ms

jquery.fancybox.js

jquery.fancybox.js

1099 ms

jquery.fancybox.pack.js

jquery.fancybox.pack.js

1102 ms

floating-1.7.js

floating-1.7.js

1107 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

10 ms

jquery-ui.min.js

jquery-ui.min.js

11 ms

jquery-ui-i18n.min.js

jquery-ui-i18n.min.js

13 ms

jquery-ui.css

jquery-ui.css

10 ms

contactform.js

contactform.js

1145 ms

contactform.css

contactform.css

1146 ms

jse_form.js

jse_form.js

1359 ms

jse_search.js

jse_search.js

1369 ms

jquery.ui.all.css

jquery.ui.all.css

1370 ms

jquery.ui.autocomplete.css

jquery.ui.autocomplete.css

1378 ms

jquery.ui.core.js

jquery.ui.core.js

1397 ms

jquery.ui.widget.js

jquery.ui.widget.js

1407 ms

jquery.ui.position.js

jquery.ui.position.js

1631 ms

jquery.ui.autocomplete.js

jquery.ui.autocomplete.js

1643 ms

SpryMenuBar.js

SpryMenuBar.js

1648 ms

SpryTabbedPanels.js

SpryTabbedPanels.js

1652 ms

jquery.imgpreload.min.js

jquery.imgpreload.min.js

1680 ms

marquee.js

marquee.js

1688 ms

ga.js

ga.js

51 ms

trybg5.jpg

trybg5.jpg

842 ms

head-tile.jpg

head-tile.jpg

282 ms

head2.jpg

head2.jpg

818 ms

Twitter_48x48.png

Twitter_48x48.png

275 ms

FaceBook_48x48.png

FaceBook_48x48.png

276 ms

SpryMenuBarRight.gif

SpryMenuBarRight.gif

278 ms

rovos-rail-vic-falls.jpg

rovos-rail-vic-falls.jpg

819 ms

gallery.png

gallery.png

550 ms

map2.png

map2.png

824 ms

clip.png

clip.png

838 ms

david-livingstone-th.jpg

david-livingstone-th.jpg

1096 ms

lp_elephant-hills-th.jpg

lp_elephant-hills-th.jpg

1093 ms

lp_kingdom-th.jpg

lp_kingdom-th.jpg

1095 ms

lp_azambezi-river-lodge-th.jpg

lp_azambezi-river-lodge-th.jpg

1100 ms

pamusha-lodge.jpg

pamusha-lodge.jpg

1950 ms

lp_rainbow-hotel-th.jpg

lp_rainbow-hotel-th.jpg

1122 ms

lp_victoria-falls-hotel-th.jpg

lp_victoria-falls-hotel-th.jpg

1367 ms

lp_zambezi-waterfront-th.jpg

lp_zambezi-waterfront-th.jpg

1368 ms

lp_lokuthula-th.jpg

lp_lokuthula-th.jpg

1639 ms

lp_zambezi-sun-th.jpg

lp_zambezi-sun-th.jpg

1375 ms

lp_royal-livingstone-th.jpg

lp_royal-livingstone-th.jpg

1405 ms

lp_victoria-falls-safari-lodge-th.jpg

lp_victoria-falls-safari-lodge-th.jpg

1642 ms

lp_chundukwa-th.jpg

lp_chundukwa-th.jpg

1644 ms

lp_sussi-lodge-th.jpg

lp_sussi-lodge-th.jpg

1651 ms

elephants-eye-hwange.jpg

elephants-eye-hwange.jpg

1689 ms

satsa-bonded.gif

satsa-bonded.gif

1912 ms

SpryMenuBarRightHover.gif

SpryMenuBarRightHover.gif

1938 ms

foot-tile.jpg

foot-tile.jpg

2153 ms

tail-tile.jpg

tail-tile.jpg

2154 ms

searchbg.png

searchbg.png

2156 ms

__utm.gif

__utm.gif

24 ms

Accessibility Review

vicfalls.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

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

Links do not have a discernible name

Tables and lists

These are opportunities to improve the experience of reading tabular or list data using assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Impact

Issue

High

Lists do not contain only <li> elements and script supporting elements (<script> and <template>).

Best Practices

vicfalls.co.za best practices score

75

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

vicfalls.co.za SEO score

91

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

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

    N/A

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

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

vicfalls.co.za

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