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Report Summary

  • 10

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    23% of other websites

  • 80

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 49% of websites

  • 67

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    24% of websites

  • 81

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    43% of websites

buildit.co.za

Build it - We say Yes to making home building simple!

Page Load Speed

9 sec in total

First Response

700 ms

Resources Loaded

8 sec

Page Rendered

341 ms

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About Website

Click here to check amazing Build It content for South Africa. Otherwise, check out these important facts you probably never knew about buildit.co.za

Build it is a full service builder’s merchant offering expert advice and the best product ranges for all your hardware and building requirements.

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Key Findings

We analyzed Buildit.co.za page load time and found that the first response time was 700 ms and then it took 8.3 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 85% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

buildit.co.za performance score

10

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value12.2 s

0/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value30.1 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value22.3 s

0/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value1,730 ms

10/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.273

45/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value37.2 s

0/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

buildit.co.za

700 ms

www.buildit.co.za

1548 ms

GetResource.ashx

250 ms

bootstrap.css

757 ms

all.css

45 ms

Our browser made a total of 108 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 58% of them (63 requests) were addressed to the original Buildit.co.za, 7% (8 requests) were made to Google.com and 7% (8 requests) were made to Googletagmanager.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (3.4 sec) belongs to the original domain Buildit.co.za.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 552.3 kB (12%)

Content Size

4.4 MB

After Optimization

3.9 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Buildit.co.za main page is 4.4 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. 75% of websites need less resources to load and that’s why Accessify’s recommendations for optimization and resource minification can be helpful for this project. Images take 3.6 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-80%

Potential reduce by 90.3 kB

  • Original 112.6 kB
  • After minification 106.0 kB
  • After compression 22.3 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 90.3 kB or 80% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-1%

Potential reduce by 19.8 kB

  • Original 3.6 MB
  • After minification 3.5 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. Build It images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-64%

Potential reduce by 434.2 kB

  • Original 679.1 kB
  • After minification 669.8 kB
  • After compression 244.9 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 434.2 kB or 64% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-10%

Potential reduce by 8.0 kB

  • Original 81.9 kB
  • After minification 81.1 kB
  • After compression 73.9 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. Buildit.co.za has all CSS files already compressed.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 60 (63%)

Requests Now

96

After Optimization

36

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 96 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Build It. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 43 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 11 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

buildit.co.za

buildit.co.za

700 ms

www.buildit.co.za

www.buildit.co.za

1548 ms

GetResource.ashx

GetResource.ashx

250 ms

bootstrap.css

bootstrap.css

757 ms

all.css

all.css

45 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

1484 ms

popper.min.js

popper.min.js

38 ms

bootstrap.min.js

bootstrap.min.js

50 ms

moment.js

moment.js

1947 ms

slick.min.js

slick.min.js

1502 ms

locationtracker.js

locationtracker.js

1022 ms

underscore.min.js

underscore.min.js

1259 ms

lodash.min.js

lodash.min.js

51 ms

URI.js

URI.js

1022 ms

mobile-detect.min.js

mobile-detect.min.js

1502 ms

vue.js

vue.js

1508 ms

builditUrl.js

builditUrl.js

1503 ms

storehistory.js

storehistory.js

1748 ms

store-finder.js

store-finder.js

1759 ms

ekko-lightbox.css

ekko-lightbox.css

1768 ms

ekko-lightbox.min.js

ekko-lightbox.min.js

1773 ms

GetResource.ashx

GetResource.ashx

1769 ms

GetResource.ashx

GetResource.ashx

1997 ms

GetResource.ashx

GetResource.ashx

2008 ms

GetResource.ashx

GetResource.ashx

2009 ms

GetResource.ashx

GetResource.ashx

2008 ms

GetResource.ashx

GetResource.ashx

2014 ms

GetResource.ashx

GetResource.ashx

2188 ms

WebResource.axd

WebResource.axd

2242 ms

ScriptResource.axd

ScriptResource.axd

2261 ms

ScriptResource.axd

ScriptResource.axd

2255 ms

js

js

78 ms

locationtracker.js

locationtracker.js

2252 ms

hotjar-2250032.js

hotjar-2250032.js

106 ms

gtm.js

gtm.js

42 ms

heap-105079103.js

heap-105079103.js

24 ms

js

js

63 ms

js

js

63 ms

destination

destination

272 ms

destination

destination

63 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

36 ms

destination

destination

268 ms

modules.404c8789d11e259a4872.js

modules.404c8789d11e259a4872.js

27 ms

collect

collect

217 ms

245 ms

242 ms

213 ms

collect

collect

198 ms

167 ms

143 ms

87 ms

35 ms

31 ms

36 ms

ga-audiences

ga-audiences

135 ms

40 ms

24 ms

19 ms

17 ms

19 ms

fbevents.js

fbevents.js

15 ms

js

js

65 ms

build-it-logo.png

build-it-logo.png

322 ms

ajax-loader.gif

ajax-loader.gif

322 ms

1-Range.aspx

1-Range.aspx

2472 ms

1-Range.aspx

1-Range.aspx

1029 ms

3-Advice.aspx

3-Advice.aspx

3449 ms

3-Advice.aspx

3-Advice.aspx

1301 ms

4-General.aspx

4-General.aspx

2230 ms

4-General.aspx

4-General.aspx

1282 ms

5-Service.aspx

5-Service.aspx

1507 ms

5-Service.aspx

5-Service.aspx

2305 ms

8-Paint.aspx

8-Paint.aspx

2022 ms

8-Paint.aspx

8-Paint.aspx

1781 ms

brick-icon-inv.png

brick-icon-inv.png

2027 ms

paint-icon-inv.png

paint-icon-inv.png

2264 ms

plumbing-icon-inv.png

plumbing-icon-inv.png

2274 ms

electrical-icon-inv.png

electrical-icon-inv.png

2484 ms

timber-icon-inv.png

timber-icon-inv.png

2505 ms

Building-materials-banner.png

Building-materials-banner.png

2527 ms

building-materials-icon.png

building-materials-icon.png

2555 ms

Roofing-banner.png

Roofing-banner.png

2722 ms

roofing-icon.png

roofing-icon.png

2732 ms

Tools-banner.png

Tools-banner.png

2754 ms

tools-icon.png

tools-icon.png

2771 ms

real-people.jpg

real-people.jpg

2803 ms

kanga-finance-logo.png

kanga-finance-logo.png

2972 ms

nedbank.jpg

nedbank.jpg

2977 ms

fin-homeloans.jpg

fin-homeloans.jpg

2999 ms

rcs.jpg

rcs.jpg

3018 ms

loyalty-rewards-banner-sml.jpg

loyalty-rewards-banner-sml.jpg

3066 ms

HelveticaNeue-Bold.woff

HelveticaNeue-Bold.woff

3115 ms

HelveticaNeue.woff

HelveticaNeue.woff

3110 ms

build-it-line-drawing.jpg

build-it-line-drawing.jpg

3136 ms

hellopeter-carousel.js

hellopeter-carousel.js

3136 ms

b-grayscale.jpg

b-grayscale.jpg

3162 ms

fa-regular-400.woff

fa-regular-400.woff

24 ms

fa-solid-900.woff

fa-solid-900.woff

167 ms

sdk.js

sdk.js

15 ms

ga.js

ga.js

157 ms

fa-brands-400.woff

fa-brands-400.woff

154 ms

tracking.js

tracking.js

183 ms

sdk.js

sdk.js

42 ms

slick.woff

slick.woff

3173 ms

__utm.gif

__utm.gif

34 ms

63 ms

collect

collect

16 ms

ga-audiences

ga-audiences

123 ms

Accessibility Review

buildit.co.za accessibility score

80

Accessibility Issues

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

Buttons do not have an accessible name

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

High

Links do not have a discernible name

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

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

Best Practices

buildit.co.za best practices score

67

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

High

Requests the geolocation permission on page load

High

Includes front-end JavaScript libraries with known security vulnerabilities

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

User Experience

Impact

Issue

High

Displays images with incorrect aspect ratio

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

buildit.co.za SEO score

81

Search Engine Optimization Advices

Crawling and Indexing

To appear in search results, crawlers need access to your app.

Impact

Issue

High

Links are not crawlable

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

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

    EN

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

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

buildit.co.za

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