Report Summary

  • 45

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    64% of other websites

  • 95

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 87% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    36% of websites

  • 86

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    60% of websites

blackpages.co.za

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Page Load Speed

47.7 sec in total

First Response

8.2 sec

Resources Loaded

39 sec

Page Rendered

547 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Blackpages.co.za page load time and found that the first response time was 8.2 sec and then it took 39.5 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is an excellent result, as only a small number of websites can load faster. Unfortunately, there were 2 request timeouts, which can generally increase the web page load time, as the browser stays idle while waiting for website response.

Performance Metrics

blackpages.co.za performance score

45

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value18.8 s

0/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value24.2 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value18.8 s

0/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value100 ms

98/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.01

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value21.6 s

1/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

blackpages.co.za

8188 ms

k2.fonts.css

296 ms

k2.css

494 ms

jquery-ui-1.9.2.custom.min.css

399 ms

theme.min.css

696 ms

Our browser made a total of 103 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 84% of them (87 requests) were addressed to the original Blackpages.co.za, 4% (4 requests) were made to Ads.scifisystems.com and 3% (3 requests) were made to Connect.facebook.net. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (20.3 sec) relates to the external source Ads.scifisystems.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 1.9 MB (68%)

Content Size

2.8 MB

After Optimization

898.8 kB

In fact, the total size of Blackpages.co.za main page is 2.8 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. 55% of websites need less resources to load. Javascripts take 1.6 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-85%

Potential reduce by 110.8 kB

  • Original 130.3 kB
  • After minification 110.0 kB
  • After compression 19.4 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 20.3 kB, which is 16% 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 110.8 kB or 85% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-7%

Potential reduce by 32.3 kB

  • Original 464.2 kB
  • After minification 431.9 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. Black Pages images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-78%

Potential reduce by 1.2 MB

  • Original 1.6 MB
  • After minification 1.3 MB
  • After compression 354.7 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 1.2 MB or 78% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-85%

Potential reduce by 516.3 kB

  • Original 609.1 kB
  • After minification 527.7 kB
  • After compression 92.8 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. Blackpages.co.za needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 516.3 kB or 85% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 50 (51%)

Requests Now

99

After Optimization

49

The browser has sent 99 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Black Pages. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 30 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 17 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Accessibility Review

blackpages.co.za accessibility score

95

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

Links do not have a discernible name

Best Practices

blackpages.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

User Experience

Impact

Issue

High

Serves images with low resolution

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

SEO Factors

blackpages.co.za SEO score

86

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

Language and Encoding

  • Language Detected

    EN

  • Language Claimed

    EN

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Blackpages.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 Blackpages.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 Black Pages. This is the best way to make the web page social media friendly. Here is how it looks like on Facebook: