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Report Summary

  • 19

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    36% of other websites

  • 94

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 84% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    36% of websites

  • 100

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    95% of websites

mecad.co.za

MECAD Systems - SOLIDWORKS and 3DEXPERIENCE SOUTH AFRICA

Page Load Speed

4.3 sec in total

First Response

1.3 sec

Resources Loaded

2.8 sec

Page Rendered

225 ms

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About Website

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Key Findings

We analyzed Mecad.co.za page load time and found that the first response time was 1.3 sec and then it took 3.1 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 55% of websites can load faster. This domain responded with an error, which can significantly jeopardize Mecad.co.za rating and web reputation

Performance Metrics

mecad.co.za performance score

19

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value6.5 s

2/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value12.7 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value19.9 s

0/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value960 ms

29/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.192

64/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value22.3 s

1/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

mecad.co.za

1271 ms

Index

124 ms

reset.css

119 ms

layout.css

162 ms

content.css

220 ms

Our browser made a total of 71 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 59% of them (42 requests) were addressed to the original Mecad.co.za, 8% (6 requests) were made to W.sharethis.com and 7% (5 requests) were made to Sd.sharethis.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1.3 sec) belongs to the original domain Mecad.co.za.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 1.9 MB (53%)

Content Size

3.6 MB

After Optimization

1.7 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Mecad.co.za main page is 3.6 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. 35% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 3.0 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-83%

Potential reduce by 56.1 kB

  • Original 67.6 kB
  • After minification 66.6 kB
  • After compression 11.5 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 56.1 kB or 83% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-48%

Potential reduce by 1.5 MB

  • Original 3.0 MB
  • After minification 1.6 MB

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, MECAD needs image optimization as it can save up to 1.5 MB or 48% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-73%

Potential reduce by 299.8 kB

  • Original 413.0 kB
  • After minification 393.9 kB
  • After compression 113.2 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 299.8 kB or 73% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-85%

Potential reduce by 64.8 kB

  • Original 76.5 kB
  • After minification 64.0 kB
  • After compression 11.7 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. Mecad.co.za needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 64.8 kB or 85% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 32 (49%)

Requests Now

65

After Optimization

33

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 65 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of MECAD. 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 from 14 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

mecad.co.za

mecad.co.za

1271 ms

Index

Index

124 ms

reset.css

reset.css

119 ms

layout.css

layout.css

162 ms

content.css

content.css

220 ms

prettyPhoto.css

prettyPhoto.css

198 ms

style1.css

style1.css

119 ms

Index

Index

256 ms

bgstretcher.js

bgstretcher.js

202 ms

jquery.PrettyPhoto.js

jquery.PrettyPhoto.js

272 ms

prefixfree.min.js

prefixfree.min.js

221 ms

modernizr.custom.86080.js

modernizr.custom.86080.js

351 ms

buttons.js

buttons.js

7 ms

loader.js

loader.js

9 ms

ga.js

ga.js

34 ms

Index

Index

28 ms

reset.css

reset.css

55 ms

layout.css

layout.css

60 ms

content.css

content.css

61 ms

prettyPhoto.css

prettyPhoto.css

55 ms

style1.css

style1.css

65 ms

__utm.gif

__utm.gif

11 ms

page-not-found

page-not-found

54 ms

plain-bkg.jpg

plain-bkg.jpg

140 ms

logo.jpg

logo.jpg

125 ms

facebook.png

facebook.png

128 ms

twitter.png

twitter.png

125 ms

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SigmaNEST%20Logo%20Website.jpg

126 ms

solidworks.png

solidworks.png

124 ms

mastercam.png

mastercam.png

127 ms

2015%20Website%20New.png

2015%20Website%20New.png

1165 ms

Mastercam%20X8%20Website.png

Mastercam%20X8%20Website.png

151 ms

watch-video.jpg

watch-video.jpg

130 ms

V10.jpg

V10.jpg

186 ms

search-icon.png

search-icon.png

121 ms

footer-bkg.png

footer-bkg.png

162 ms

bkg.jpg

bkg.jpg

284 ms

bkg2.jpg

bkg2.jpg

288 ms

bkg3.jpg

bkg3.jpg

353 ms

bkg4.jpg

bkg4.jpg

338 ms

bkg5.jpg

bkg5.jpg

395 ms

bkg6.jpg

bkg6.jpg

522 ms

bkg7.jpg

bkg7.jpg

478 ms

bkg8.jpg

bkg8.jpg

505 ms

getAllAppDefault.esi

getAllAppDefault.esi

219 ms

BEBAS-webfont.woff

BEBAS-webfont.woff

277 ms

getSegment.php

getSegment.php

157 ms

checkOAuth.esi

checkOAuth.esi

67 ms

BEBAS-webfont.ttf

BEBAS-webfont.ttf

36 ms

t.dhj

t.dhj

58 ms

hoverbuttons.6eab8de2ee93b309873157b6d3f977fe.css

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6 ms

hoverbuttons.035267d71d894482eb413e5bea488ff5.js

hoverbuttons.035267d71d894482eb413e5bea488ff5.js

7 ms

t.dhj

t.dhj

44 ms

cm

cm

41 ms

s-3271.xgi

s-3271.xgi

25 ms

hbpix

hbpix

97 ms

6 ms

33 ms

xrefid.xgi

xrefid.xgi

6 ms

pixel

pixel

21 ms

pixel

pixel

16 ms

2981

2981

33 ms

buttons.ab966a004186897711de4a5ed256c924.css

buttons.ab966a004186897711de4a5ed256c924.css

14 ms

__utm.gif

__utm.gif

11 ms

mini_Top_Cap.png

mini_Top_Cap.png

4 ms

mini_BG.png

mini_BG.png

3 ms

mini_Bottom_Cap.png

mini_Bottom_Cap.png

4 ms

facebook_32.png

facebook_32.png

4 ms

twitter_32.png

twitter_32.png

4 ms

linkedin_32.png

linkedin_32.png

5 ms

googleplus_32.png

googleplus_32.png

4 ms

Accessibility Review

mecad.co.za accessibility score

94

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

Links do not have a discernible name

Best Practices

mecad.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

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

High

Missing source maps for large first-party JavaScript

SEO Factors

mecad.co.za SEO score

100

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

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 Mecad.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 Mecad.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

mecad.co.za

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