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Report Summary

  • 17

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    32% of other websites

  • 82

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 54% of websites

  • 92

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    81% of websites

  • 77

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    36% of websites

scratchpatch.co.za

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Page Load Speed

563 ms in total

First Response

127 ms

Resources Loaded

302 ms

Page Rendered

134 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Scratchpatch.co.za page load time and found that the first response time was 127 ms and then it took 436 ms to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is an excellent result, as only 5% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

scratchpatch.co.za performance score

17

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value8.0 s

0/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value13.3 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value19.0 s

0/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value2,650 ms

4/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.051

99/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value16.7 s

5/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

scratchpatch.co.za

127 ms

rollover.js

33 ms

fusion.css

59 ms

style.css

61 ms

site.css

62 ms

Our browser made a total of 17 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that all of those requests were addressed to Scratchpatch.co.za and no external sources were called. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (127 ms) belongs to the original domain Scratchpatch.co.za.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 31.9 kB (26%)

Content Size

123.8 kB

After Optimization

91.9 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Scratchpatch.co.za main page is 123.8 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. Only 10% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 84.1 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-83%

Potential reduce by 8.6 kB

  • Original 10.4 kB
  • After minification 8.4 kB
  • After compression 1.7 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 1.9 kB, which is 19% 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 8.6 kB or 83% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 0 B

  • Original 84.1 kB
  • After minification 84.1 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. Scratch Patch images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-79%

Potential reduce by 19.4 kB

  • Original 24.6 kB
  • After minification 21.4 kB
  • After compression 5.1 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 19.4 kB or 79% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-80%

Potential reduce by 3.8 kB

  • Original 4.8 kB
  • After minification 3.4 kB
  • After compression 966 B

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. Scratchpatch.co.za needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 3.8 kB or 80% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

We found no issues to fix!

Requests Now

16

After Optimization

16

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 16 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Scratch Patch. According to our analytics all requests are already optimized.

Network Requests Diagram

scratchpatch.co.za

scratchpatch.co.za

127 ms

rollover.js

rollover.js

33 ms

fusion.css

fusion.css

59 ms

style.css

style.css

61 ms

site.css

site.css

62 ms

banner1_w.jpg

banner1_w.jpg

60 ms

Home_Hp_Highlighted_1.gif

Home_Hp_Highlighted_1.gif

59 ms

Scratch-Patch_Np_Regular_1.gif

Scratch-Patch_Np_Regular_1.gif

61 ms

Mineral-World_Np_Regular.gif

Mineral-World_Np_Regular.gif

63 ms

About-Gemstones_Np_Regular.gif

About-Gemstones_Np_Regular.gif

64 ms

Gemstone-Types_Np_Regular.gif

Gemstone-Types_Np_Regular.gif

63 ms

Topstones_Np_Regular.gif

Topstones_Np_Regular.gif

93 ms

Cape-Attractions_Np_Regular_1.gif

Cape-Attractions_Np_Regular_1.gif

94 ms

Contact-Us_Np_Regular_1.gif

Contact-Us_Np_Regular_1.gif

94 ms

clearpixel.gif

clearpixel.gif

99 ms

mineral_world_w.jpg

mineral_world_w.jpg

124 ms

kids1_w.jpg

kids1_w.jpg

121 ms

Accessibility Review

scratchpatch.co.za accessibility score

82

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

These items highlight common accessibility best practices.

Impact

Issue

High

[user-scalable="no"] is used in the <meta name="viewport"> element or the [maximum-scale] attribute is less than 5.

Best Practices

scratchpatch.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

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

scratchpatch.co.za SEO score

77

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

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

    ISO-8859-1

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

scratchpatch.co.za

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