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Report Summary

  • 15

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    27% of other websites

  • 84

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 57% of websites

  • 92

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    81% of websites

  • 98

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    92% of websites

bkdesigns.co.za

Black Pearl Kitchens Boksburg | Kitchen Renovations Johannesburg | Kitchen Installers Johannesburg | Kitchen Companies Boksburg | Kitchen Makeover Bok...

Page Load Speed

2 sec in total

First Response

311 ms

Resources Loaded

1.3 sec

Page Rendered

400 ms

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About Website

Welcome to bkdesigns.co.za homepage info - get ready to check Bkdesigns best content for South Africa right away, or after learning these important things about bkdesigns.co.za

Our kitchen company Black Pearl Kitchens is a customer focused team of kitchen designers, remodelers and installers based in Boksburg(Johannesburg). We live, eat and breathe kitchen, bedroom cupboards...

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Key Findings

We analyzed Bkdesigns.co.za page load time and found that the first response time was 311 ms and then it took 1.7 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 30% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

bkdesigns.co.za performance score

15

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value4.9 s

11/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value13.3 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value12.7 s

3/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value850 ms

34/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.7

7/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value10.2 s

25/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

bkdesigns.co.za

311 ms

show_ads.js

11 ms

home%20page%20bg%20copy.png

261 ms

bkdesigns%20copy.jpg

183 ms

photo-gallery-bg%20copy.png

257 ms

Our browser made a total of 54 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 43% of them (23 requests) were addressed to the original Bkdesigns.co.za, 15% (8 requests) were made to Apis.google.com and 7% (4 requests) were made to Googleads.g.doubleclick.net. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (780 ms) belongs to the original domain Bkdesigns.co.za.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 183.6 kB (35%)

Content Size

520.5 kB

After Optimization

336.9 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript

In fact, the total size of Bkdesigns.co.za main page is 520.5 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. Images take 399.6 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-86%

Potential reduce by 67.5 kB

  • Original 78.7 kB
  • After minification 57.0 kB
  • After compression 11.2 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 21.7 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 67.5 kB or 86% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-28%

Potential reduce by 109.9 kB

  • Original 399.6 kB
  • After minification 289.7 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, Bkdesigns needs image optimization as it can save up to 109.9 kB or 28% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-15%

Potential reduce by 6.2 kB

  • Original 42.1 kB
  • After minification 42.0 kB
  • After compression 36.0 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 6.2 kB or 15% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 14 (28%)

Requests Now

50

After Optimization

36

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript

The browser has sent 50 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Bkdesigns. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 15 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

bkdesigns.co.za

bkdesigns.co.za

311 ms

show_ads.js

show_ads.js

11 ms

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home%20page%20bg%20copy.png

261 ms

bkdesigns%20copy.jpg

bkdesigns%20copy.jpg

183 ms

photo-gallery-bg%20copy.png

photo-gallery-bg%20copy.png

257 ms

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bedroom%20cupboards%20photo%20gallery%20text%20copy.png

260 ms

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quote%20me%20bg%20copy2.png

259 ms

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glossy_phone_transparent_small%20copy.png

193 ms

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home%20page%20contemp%20kitchens%20small.jpg

332 ms

royal%20birch%20shaker%20wrap%20door%20bedroom%20cupboards%20with%20tv%20stand%20and%208%20drawers%20copy%20SMALL.jpg

royal%20birch%20shaker%20wrap%20door%20bedroom%20cupboards%20with%20tv%20stand%20and%208%20drawers%20copy%20SMALL.jpg

333 ms

bathroom%20vanity%20copy%20SMALL.jpg

bathroom%20vanity%20copy%20SMALL.jpg

497 ms

floor%20plan%20SMALL%20copy.jpg

floor%20plan%20SMALL%20copy.jpg

671 ms

photo%27s%20of%20kitchens%20and%20kitchen%20cupboards.jpg

photo%27s%20of%20kitchens%20and%20kitchen%20cupboards.jpg

501 ms

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black%20phone%20button%20copy.png

377 ms

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black%20email%20button%20copy.png

707 ms

black%20photo%20gallery%20button%20copy.png

black%20photo%20gallery%20button%20copy.png

626 ms

footer-logo.png

footer-logo.png

35 ms

BBS.aspx

BBS.aspx

168 ms

LiveChat.js

LiveChat.js

163 ms

getpr.php

getpr.php

146 ms

high-gloss%20white%20built%20in%20bedroom%20cupboards.jpg

high-gloss%20white%20built%20in%20bedroom%20cupboards.jpg

758 ms

bathrooms.jpg

bathrooms.jpg

758 ms

bamboo%20kitchen%20designs.jpg

bamboo%20kitchen%20designs.jpg

570 ms

HDI%20ADD%20copy.jpg

HDI%20ADD%20copy.jpg

780 ms

zrt_lookup.html

zrt_lookup.html

39 ms

show_ads_impl.js

show_ads_impl.js

47 ms

ads

ads

482 ms

ads

ads

312 ms

ads

ads

305 ms

BEDROOM%20BG%20copy.png

BEDROOM%20BG%20copy.png

615 ms

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contact%202%20bg%20copy.png

600 ms

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amalgamated%20social%20buttons%20copy.png

645 ms

osd.js

osd.js

52 ms

BBS.aspx

BBS.aspx

549 ms

all.js

all.js

293 ms

plusone.js

plusone.js

118 ms

ga.js

ga.js

30 ms

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home%20page%20services%20block%20bg%20copy.png

660 ms

__utm.gif

__utm.gif

23 ms

cb=gapi.loaded_0

cb=gapi.loaded_0

8 ms

cb=gapi.loaded_1

cb=gapi.loaded_1

6 ms

fastbutton

fastbutton

60 ms

postmessageRelay

postmessageRelay

56 ms

cb=gapi.loaded_0

cb=gapi.loaded_0

21 ms

cb=gapi.loaded_1

cb=gapi.loaded_1

20 ms

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W5F8_SL0XFawnjxHGsZjJA.ttf

23 ms

3193398744-postmessagerelay.js

3193398744-postmessagerelay.js

42 ms

rpc:shindig_random.js

rpc:shindig_random.js

36 ms

cb=gapi.loaded_0

cb=gapi.loaded_0

11 ms

abg.js

abg.js

45 ms

101 ms

xd_arbiter.php

xd_arbiter.php

239 ms

xd_arbiter.php

xd_arbiter.php

447 ms

DBImage.ashx

DBImage.ashx

31 ms

Accessibility Review

bkdesigns.co.za accessibility score

84

Accessibility Issues

ARIA

These are opportunities to improve the usage of ARIA in your application which may enhance the experience for users of assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Impact

Issue

High

button, link, and menuitem elements do not have accessible names.

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

Form elements do not have associated labels

High

Links do not have a discernible name

Best Practices

bkdesigns.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

SEO Factors

bkdesigns.co.za SEO score

98

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

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 Bkdesigns.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 Bkdesigns.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

bkdesigns.co.za

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