Report Summary

  • 24

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    43% of other websites

  • 83

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 56% of websites

  • 92

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    81% of websites

  • 69

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    28% of websites

businessreport.co.za

IOL | News that Connects South Africans

Page Load Speed

2.5 sec in total

First Response

277 ms

Resources Loaded

1.6 sec

Page Rendered

615 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Businessreport.co.za page load time and found that the first response time was 277 ms and then it took 2.2 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

businessreport.co.za performance score

24

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.2 s

42/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value5.9 s

14/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value11.2 s

5/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value3,530 ms

1/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.041

99/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value19.9 s

2/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

business

277 ms

modernizr-custom-3.2.0.js

181 ms

main.min.css

193 ms

unite-gallery.css

185 ms

jquery-2.1.4.min.js

376 ms

Our browser made a total of 57 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 0% of them (0 request) were addressed to the original Businessreport.co.za, 23% (13 requests) were made to Classic.iol.co.za and 4% (2 requests) were made to Google-analytics.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (686 ms) relates to the external source Iol.co.za.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 299.5 kB (64%)

Content Size

471.4 kB

After Optimization

172.0 kB

In fact, the total size of Businessreport.co.za main page is 471.4 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. 55% of websites need less resources to load. Javascripts take 223.1 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-80%

Potential reduce by 136.2 kB

  • Original 169.3 kB
  • After minification 167.4 kB
  • After compression 33.1 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 136.2 kB or 80% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-25%

Potential reduce by 19.6 kB

  • Original 79.0 kB
  • After minification 59.4 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. Obviously, Businessreport needs image optimization as it can save up to 19.6 kB or 25% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-64%

Potential reduce by 143.7 kB

  • Original 223.1 kB
  • After minification 223.1 kB
  • After compression 79.4 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 143.7 kB or 64% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 22 (55%)

Requests Now

40

After Optimization

18

The browser has sent 40 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Businessreport. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 23 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Accessibility Review

businessreport.co.za accessibility score

83

Accessibility Issues

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

Buttons do not have an accessible name

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

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

[id] attributes on active, focusable elements are not unique

High

Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order

Best Practices

businessreport.co.za best practices score

92

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Missing source maps for large first-party JavaScript

SEO Factors

businessreport.co.za SEO score

69

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

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

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

    N/A

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

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

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