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Report Summary

  • 19

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    36% of other websites

  • 60

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 26% of websites

  • 67

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    24% of websites

  • 75

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    32% of websites

carshop.co.za

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Page Load Speed

11.9 sec in total

First Response

103 ms

Resources Loaded

11.6 sec

Page Rendered

222 ms

carshop.co.za screenshot

About Website

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Key Findings

We analyzed Carshop.co.za page load time and found that the first response time was 103 ms and then it took 11.8 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 90% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

carshop.co.za performance score

19

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value9.0 s

0/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value16.9 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value20.9 s

0/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value1,600 ms

12/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.007

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value17.9 s

4/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

carshop.co.za

103 ms

carshop.co.za

1091 ms

www.carshop.co.za

1555 ms

menu.css

1021 ms

site.css

1121 ms

Our browser made a total of 75 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 71% of them (53 requests) were addressed to the original Carshop.co.za, 5% (4 requests) were made to Analytics.tiktok.com and 4% (3 requests) were made to Googletagmanager.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (6.1 sec) belongs to the original domain Carshop.co.za.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 144.5 kB (16%)

Content Size

883.4 kB

After Optimization

738.9 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Carshop.co.za main page is 883.4 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 520.5 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-73%

Potential reduce by 41.0 kB

  • Original 56.1 kB
  • After minification 56.1 kB
  • After compression 15.1 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 41.0 kB or 73% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-4%

Potential reduce by 22.5 kB

  • Original 520.5 kB
  • After minification 498.0 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. Cars Hop images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-25%

Potential reduce by 44.8 kB

  • Original 182.3 kB
  • After minification 182.3 kB
  • After compression 137.6 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 44.8 kB or 25% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-29%

Potential reduce by 36.2 kB

  • Original 124.4 kB
  • After minification 124.4 kB
  • After compression 88.2 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. Carshop.co.za needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 36.2 kB or 29% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 30 (48%)

Requests Now

63

After Optimization

33

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 63 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Cars Hop. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 19 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 8 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

carshop.co.za

carshop.co.za

103 ms

carshop.co.za

carshop.co.za

1091 ms

www.carshop.co.za

www.carshop.co.za

1555 ms

menu.css

menu.css

1021 ms

site.css

site.css

1121 ms

bootstrap.min.css

bootstrap.min.css

1057 ms

hamburger.min.css

hamburger.min.css

1112 ms

all.css

all.css

1105 ms

mobile.min.css

mobile.min.css

1087 ms

css

css

1504 ms

css

css

41 ms

modernizr

modernizr

1848 ms

jquery

jquery

2107 ms

bootstrap

bootstrap

1503 ms

builddesk.js

builddesk.js

2493 ms

customviewport.min.js

customviewport.min.js

2152 ms

customviewportmobile.js

customviewportmobile.js

2521 ms

vedd3670a3b1c4e178fdfb0cc912d969e1713874337387

vedd3670a3b1c4e178fdfb0cc912d969e1713874337387

95 ms

events.js

events.js

103 ms

gtm.js

gtm.js

125 ms

bat.js

bat.js

94 ms

carshoplogo.png

carshoplogo.png

1373 ms

hero-large.jpg

hero-large.jpg

1703 ms

second-hand-audi-for-sale-b-w.png

second-hand-audi-for-sale-b-w.png

1704 ms

second-hand-bmw-for-sale-b-w.png

second-hand-bmw-for-sale-b-w.png

1250 ms

second-hand-chevrolet-for-sale-b-w.png

second-hand-chevrolet-for-sale-b-w.png

2333 ms

transparent2.png

transparent2.png

2391 ms

second-hand-ford-for-sale-b-w.png

second-hand-ford-for-sale-b-w.png

2376 ms

second-hand-honda-for-sale-b-w.png

second-hand-honda-for-sale-b-w.png

2441 ms

second-hand-land-rover-for-sale-b-w.png

second-hand-land-rover-for-sale-b-w.png

2782 ms

second-hand-mazda-for-sale-b-w.png

second-hand-mazda-for-sale-b-w.png

2513 ms

second-hand-mercedes-benzfor-sale-b-w.png

second-hand-mercedes-benzfor-sale-b-w.png

3359 ms

second-hand-volkswagen-for-sale-b-w.png

second-hand-volkswagen-for-sale-b-w.png

3450 ms

second-hand-nissan-for-sale-b-w.png

second-hand-nissan-for-sale-b-w.png

3217 ms

second-hand-renault-for-sale-b-w.png

second-hand-renault-for-sale-b-w.png

3511 ms

second-hand-suzuki-for-sale-b-w.png

second-hand-suzuki-for-sale-b-w.png

3288 ms

second-hand-toyota-for-sale-b-w.png

second-hand-toyota-for-sale-b-w.png

3800 ms

second-hand-mitsubishi-for-sale-b-w.png

second-hand-mitsubishi-for-sale-b-w.png

4037 ms

second-hand-volvo-for-sale-b-w.png

second-hand-volvo-for-sale-b-w.png

4103 ms

home-slider1-cmh-ford-specials.jpg

home-slider1-cmh-ford-specials.jpg

4411 ms

home-slider2-cmh-honda-specials.jpg

home-slider2-cmh-honda-specials.jpg

4539 ms

home-slider3-cmh-mazda-specials.jpg

home-slider3-cmh-mazda-specials.jpg

3791 ms

home-slider4-cmh-nissan-specials.jpg

home-slider4-cmh-nissan-specials.jpg

4889 ms

home-slider5-cmh-renault-specials.jpg

home-slider5-cmh-renault-specials.jpg

4882 ms

gear.svg

gear.svg

4051 ms

footer-large.jpg

footer-large.jpg

5584 ms

user_64.png

user_64.png

5118 ms

wesbank.png

wesbank.png

5426 ms

absa.png

absa.png

5549 ms

wallet_64.png

wallet_64.png

5871 ms

137019062.js

137019062.js

12 ms

js

js

40 ms

js

js

156 ms

insight.min.js

insight.min.js

156 ms

fbevents.js

fbevents.js

115 ms

events.js

events.js

111 ms

events.js

events.js

112 ms

collect

collect

220 ms

main.MTc5M2Y0YjUwMQ.js

main.MTc5M2Y0YjUwMQ.js

109 ms

4915 ms

font.otf

font.otf

6146 ms

collect

collect

99 ms

insight_tag_errors.gif

insight_tag_errors.gif

143 ms

54 ms

31 ms

fa-solid-900.woff

fa-solid-900.woff

5854 ms

fa-regular-400.woff

fa-regular-400.woff

4770 ms

coming-soon.png

coming-soon.png

5607 ms

collect

collect

120 ms

Rokkit-Digital-Agency.png

Rokkit-Digital-Agency.png

5355 ms

KFOmCnqEu92Fr1Mu4mxP.ttf

KFOmCnqEu92Fr1Mu4mxP.ttf

93 ms

font-awesome.min.css

font-awesome.min.css

34 ms

fontawesome-webfont.woff

fontawesome-webfont.woff

15 ms

main.js

main.js

13 ms

rokkit-digital-agency.png

rokkit-digital-agency.png

1021 ms

Accessibility Review

carshop.co.za accessibility score

60

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.

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

Links do not have a discernible name

Best practices

These items highlight common accessibility best practices.

Impact

Issue

High

[user-scalable="no"] is used in the <meta name="viewport"> element or the [maximum-scale] attribute is less than 5.

Best Practices

carshop.co.za best practices score

67

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

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

SEO Factors

carshop.co.za SEO score

75

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 doesn't use 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 Carshop.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 Carshop.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

carshop.co.za

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