Tools & Wizards About Us
computerstore.co.za screenshot

Report Summary

  • 67

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    80% of other websites

  • 74

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 41% of websites

  • 58

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    19% of websites

  • 69

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    28% of websites

computerstore.co.za

Computers! Online computer shop & notebook sales South Africa - Computers, laptops, notebooks and software sales. Computer sales, notebooks and digita...

Page Load Speed

4.1 sec in total

First Response

482 ms

Resources Loaded

2.7 sec

Page Rendered

868 ms

computerstore.co.za screenshot

About Website

Click here to check amazing Computers Tore content for South Africa. Otherwise, check out these important facts you probably never knew about computerstore.co.za

Computers South Africa. Computers, laptops, notebooks and software sales direct to the public in South Africa. We also offer the best price on notebooks, laptops, computers and digital projectors.

Visit computerstore.co.za

Key Findings

We analyzed Computerstore.co.za page load time and found that the first response time was 482 ms and then it took 3.6 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 60% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

computerstore.co.za performance score

67

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value2.6 s

62/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value2.6 s

87/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value5.4 s

57/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value650 ms

46/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.008

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value8.1 s

42/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

computerstore.co.za

482 ms

www.computerstore.co.za

986 ms

style1201c.css

185 ms

head.load.min.js

188 ms

jquery-1.2.6.pack.js

276 ms

Our browser made a total of 59 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 73% of them (43 requests) were addressed to the original Computerstore.co.za, 3% (2 requests) were made to S7.addthis.com and 3% (2 requests) were made to Comx-computers.co.za. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (986 ms) belongs to the original domain Computerstore.co.za.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 355.9 kB (59%)

Content Size

605.9 kB

After Optimization

250.0 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Computerstore.co.za main page is 605.9 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. 40% of websites need less resources to load. Javascripts take 420.2 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-72%

Potential reduce by 70.2 kB

  • Original 97.0 kB
  • After minification 95.5 kB
  • After compression 26.8 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 70.2 kB or 72% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-3%

Potential reduce by 1.7 kB

  • Original 65.1 kB
  • After minification 63.5 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. Computers Tore images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-63%

Potential reduce by 264.8 kB

  • Original 420.2 kB
  • After minification 418.1 kB
  • After compression 155.3 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 264.8 kB or 63% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-81%

Potential reduce by 19.3 kB

  • Original 23.7 kB
  • After minification 19.6 kB
  • After compression 4.4 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. Computerstore.co.za needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 19.3 kB or 81% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 28 (49%)

Requests Now

57

After Optimization

29

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 57 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Computers Tore. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 10 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

computerstore.co.za

computerstore.co.za

482 ms

www.computerstore.co.za

www.computerstore.co.za

986 ms

style1201c.css

style1201c.css

185 ms

head.load.min.js

head.load.min.js

188 ms

jquery-1.2.6.pack.js

jquery-1.2.6.pack.js

276 ms

javascript-clean.js

javascript-clean.js

190 ms

ga-cstore.js

ga-cstore.js

190 ms

footerAd.js

footerAd.js

188 ms

addthis_widget.js

addthis_widget.js

20 ms

ga.js

ga.js

139 ms

314792_120x600.gif

314792_120x600.gif

172 ms

i.ashx

i.ashx

572 ms

insurance-save-100s.gif

insurance-save-100s.gif

544 ms

silver_alum.gif

silver_alum.gif

368 ms

corner-tl.gif

corner-tl.gif

167 ms

corner-tr.gif

corner-tr.gif

166 ms

bg-top-shade.gif

bg-top-shade.gif

166 ms

bg-shade.jpg

bg-shade.jpg

165 ms

top-bar-small.gif

top-bar-small.gif

365 ms

menu_sprite2.gif

menu_sprite2.gif

392 ms

subscribe-news.gif

subscribe-news.gif

365 ms

bottom-end.gif

bottom-end.gif

365 ms

cart-view.gif

cart-view.gif

365 ms

front3.jpg

front3.jpg

387 ms

comx-computers-top-tab.jpg

comx-computers-top-tab.jpg

387 ms

fa2em.gif

fa2em.gif

389 ms

mobile-shopping.gif

mobile-shopping.gif

390 ms

mant.gif

mant.gif

390 ms

hot%20logo.gif

hot%20logo.gif

402 ms

icons-home-big.jpg

icons-home-big.jpg

478 ms

th130_cartridge708_1.jpg

th130_cartridge708_1.jpg

414 ms

th130_cartridge-712b_1.jpg

th130_cartridge-712b_1.jpg

413 ms

th130_cartridge717m_1.jpg

th130_cartridge717m_1.jpg

414 ms

th130_cartridge717c_1.jpg

th130_cartridge717c_1.jpg

412 ms

closex.gif

closex.gif

469 ms

lock.gif

lock.gif

500 ms

corner-bl.gif

corner-bl.gif

501 ms

corner-br.gif

corner-br.gif

506 ms

fax-emails-rewards.gif

fax-emails-rewards.gif

457 ms

full-bar.jpg

full-bar.jpg

462 ms

background_blue.gif

background_blue.gif

514 ms

search-box.jpg

search-box.jpg

525 ms

blb.gif

blb.gif

547 ms

brb.gif

brb.gif

546 ms

tlbig.gif

tlbig.gif

552 ms

trb.gif

trb.gif

550 ms

like.php

like.php

325 ms

__utm.gif

__utm.gif

203 ms

view.php

view.php

706 ms

boost

boost

83 ms

300lo.json

300lo.json

59 ms

fy8tT2klpgR.js

fy8tT2klpgR.js

102 ms

LVx-xkvaJ0b.png

LVx-xkvaJ0b.png

89 ms

__report-viewed.php

__report-viewed.php

276 ms

myc.php

myc.php

282 ms

sh.07f0d9bf220d07a763adad1e.html

sh.07f0d9bf220d07a763adad1e.html

56 ms

163 ms

149 ms

GENERIC468x60.gif

GENERIC468x60.gif

124 ms

Accessibility Review

computerstore.co.za accessibility score

74

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

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

High

Form elements do not have associated labels

High

Links do not have a discernible name

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

Best Practices

computerstore.co.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

SEO Factors

computerstore.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

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

Language and Encoding

  • Language Detected

    EN

  • Language Claimed

    EN

  • Encoding

    ISO-8859-1

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Computerstore.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 Computerstore.co.za main page’s claimed encoding is iso-8859-1. Changing it to UTF-8 can be a good choice, as this format is commonly used for encoding all over the web and thus their visitors won’t have any troubles with symbol transcription or reading.

Social Sharing Optimization

computerstore.co.za

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