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Visit capeargus.co.zaWe analyzed Capeargus.co.za page load time and found that the first response time was 888 ms and then it took 10.4 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 90% of websites can load faster.
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Our browser made a total of 140 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 27% of them (38 requests) were addressed to the original Capeargus.co.za, 41% (57 requests) were made to Image-prod.iol.co.za and 14% (19 requests) were made to Streaming.fabrik.fm. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (3.5 sec) relates to the external source Streaming.fabrik.fm.
Page size can be reduced by 596.9 kB (30%)
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In fact, the total size of Capeargus.co.za main page is 2.0 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 1.1 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.
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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 315.8 kB or 83% of the original size.
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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. Cape Argus images are well optimized though.
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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 281.0 kB or 56% of the original size.
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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. Capeargus.co.za needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 56 B or 15% of the original size.
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capeargus.co.za accessibility score
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Links do not have a discernible name
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Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio.
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Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order
Tables and lists
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Lists do not contain only <li> elements and script supporting elements (<script> and <template>).
capeargus.co.za best practices score
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Does not use HTTPS
Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks
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Detected JavaScript libraries
Browser errors were logged to the console
Page has valid source maps
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Content Best Practices
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Links do not have descriptive text
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Links are not crawlable
Mobile Friendly
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Document uses legible font sizes
Tap targets are not sized appropriately
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