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Report Summary

  • 69

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    81% of other websites

  • 78

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 47% of websites

  • 58

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    19% of websites

  • 67

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    25% of websites

bsc.co.za

BSC Stationery Sales Catalogue Issue 0034

Page Load Speed

4.4 sec in total

First Response

1.3 sec

Resources Loaded

2.9 sec

Page Rendered

171 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Bsc.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 50% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

bsc.co.za performance score

69

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value2.2 s

77/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value2.7 s

85/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value4.7 s

68/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value960 ms

29/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.03

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value3.6 s

91/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

bsc.co.za

1319 ms

standard.php

180 ms

color.php

204 ms

jquery-1.7.1.min.js

407 ms

jquery.numeric.pack.js

166 ms

Our browser made a total of 46 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 91% of them (42 requests) were addressed to the original Bsc.co.za, 4% (2 requests) were made to Google-analytics.com and 2% (1 request) were made to Js-agent.newrelic.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1.3 sec) belongs to the original domain Bsc.co.za.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 305.2 kB (48%)

Content Size

642.0 kB

After Optimization

336.8 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Bsc.co.za main page is 642.0 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. 25% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 302.0 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-76%

Potential reduce by 18.8 kB

  • Original 24.8 kB
  • After minification 24.6 kB
  • After compression 6.0 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 18.8 kB or 76% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-22%

Potential reduce by 67.7 kB

  • Original 302.0 kB
  • After minification 234.2 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, BSC needs image optimization as it can save up to 67.7 kB or 22% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-62%

Potential reduce by 144.6 kB

  • Original 232.4 kB
  • After minification 210.0 kB
  • After compression 87.7 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 144.6 kB or 62% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-89%

Potential reduce by 74.0 kB

  • Original 82.9 kB
  • After minification 52.3 kB
  • After compression 8.8 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. Bsc.co.za needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 74.0 kB or 89% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 30 (67%)

Requests Now

45

After Optimization

15

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 45 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of BSC. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 8 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

bsc.co.za

bsc.co.za

1319 ms

standard.php

standard.php

180 ms

color.php

color.php

204 ms

jquery-1.7.1.min.js

jquery-1.7.1.min.js

407 ms

jquery.numeric.pack.js

jquery.numeric.pack.js

166 ms

highslide.js

highslide.js

246 ms

jquery-popup.js

jquery-popup.js

237 ms

javascript.js

javascript.js

530 ms

highslide.css

highslide.css

428 ms

bscdat_logo.jpg

bscdat_logo.jpg

164 ms

arrow_right.gif

arrow_right.gif

86 ms

BROWSE%20BRANDS%20BUTTON.jpg

BROWSE%20BRANDS%20BUTTON.jpg

382 ms

BROWSE%20CATEGORIES%20BUTTON.jpg

BROWSE%20CATEGORIES%20BUTTON.jpg

407 ms

BROWSE%20SPECIALS%20BUTTON.jpg

BROWSE%20SPECIALS%20BUTTON.jpg

410 ms

Catalogue%20button1.jpg

Catalogue%20button1.jpg

259 ms

ga.js

ga.js

37 ms

corner_tp_left.gif

corner_tp_left.gif

228 ms

bg_border_top.gif

bg_border_top.gif

298 ms

corner_tp_right.gif

corner_tp_right.gif

391 ms

panel_top_left.gif

panel_top_left.gif

406 ms

panel_top.gif

panel_top.gif

462 ms

panel_top_right.gif

panel_top_right.gif

539 ms

panel_left.gif

panel_left.gif

544 ms

panel_right.gif

panel_right.gif

551 ms

panel_bottom_left.gif

panel_bottom_left.gif

552 ms

panel_bottom.gif

panel_bottom.gif

567 ms

panel_bottom_right.gif

panel_bottom_right.gif

623 ms

sprites.gif

sprites.gif

780 ms

sprites_grey3d.gif

sprites_grey3d.gif

695 ms

bg_border_left.gif

bg_border_left.gif

712 ms

bg_border_bottom.gif

bg_border_bottom.gif

723 ms

curve_top.gif

curve_top.gif

718 ms

bg_top18.gif

bg_top18.gif

773 ms

curve_bot2.gif

curve_bot2.gif

857 ms

bg_gradient.gif

bg_gradient.gif

852 ms

bg_border_right.gif

bg_border_right.gif

859 ms

corner_bt_left.gif

corner_bt_left.gif

873 ms

corner_bt_right.gif

corner_bt_right.gif

924 ms

panel_grey_left.gif

panel_grey_left.gif

928 ms

panel_grey_right.gif

panel_grey_right.gif

1008 ms

__utm.gif

__utm.gif

30 ms

nr-686.min.js

nr-686.min.js

42 ms

rounded-white.png

rounded-white.png

82 ms

zoomout.cur

zoomout.cur

84 ms

loader.white.gif

loader.white.gif

78 ms

3b12ba0e3c

3b12ba0e3c

50 ms

Accessibility Review

bsc.co.za accessibility score

78

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

ARIA input fields 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.

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

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

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

High

Form elements do not have associated labels

High

Links do not have a discernible name

Best Practices

bsc.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

Serves images with low resolution

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

SEO Factors

bsc.co.za SEO score

67

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

    N/A

  • Language Claimed

    N/A

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Bsc.co.za can be misinterpreted by Google and other search engines. Unfortunately we cannot identify language used on the page (probably there is a mix of languages, too little text or something else) and no language is claimed in <html> or <meta> tags either. Our system also found out that Bsc.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

bsc.co.za

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