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Report Summary

  • 69

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    80% of other websites

  • 61

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 27% of websites

  • 67

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    24% of websites

  • 93

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    83% of websites

forexforum.co.za

forexforum.co.za - Forex, Stocks, ETF forums and CFDs forums - The best forex forum and CFDs forums in South Africa

Page Load Speed

2.9 sec in total

First Response

80 ms

Resources Loaded

2.5 sec

Page Rendered

253 ms

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About Website

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Key Findings

We analyzed Forexforum.co.za page load time and found that the first response time was 80 ms and then it took 2.8 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 55% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

forexforum.co.za performance score

69

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.0 s

50/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value3.6 s

61/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value3.6 s

86/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value410 ms

67/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value7.0 s

52/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

forexforum.co.za

80 ms

www.forexforum.co.za

382 ms

gtm.js

148 ms

yuiloader-dom-event.js

34 ms

connection-min.js

41 ms

Our browser made a total of 55 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 93% of them (51 requests) were addressed to the original Forexforum.co.za, 4% (2 requests) were made to Googletagmanager.com and 2% (1 request) were made to Code.jquery.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1.4 sec) belongs to the original domain Forexforum.co.za.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 118.5 kB (35%)

Content Size

341.3 kB

After Optimization

222.8 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript

In fact, the total size of Forexforum.co.za main page is 341.3 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. 35% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 177.6 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-84%

Potential reduce by 94.5 kB

  • Original 113.2 kB
  • After minification 113.1 kB
  • After compression 18.6 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 94.5 kB or 84% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-13%

Potential reduce by 23.5 kB

  • Original 177.6 kB
  • After minification 154.1 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, Forex Forum needs image optimization as it can save up to 23.5 kB or 13% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-1%

Potential reduce by 517 B

  • Original 50.6 kB
  • After minification 50.6 kB
  • After compression 50.1 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. This website has mostly compressed JavaScripts.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 34 (64%)

Requests Now

53

After Optimization

19

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 53 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Forex Forum. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 13 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

forexforum.co.za

forexforum.co.za

80 ms

www.forexforum.co.za

www.forexforum.co.za

382 ms

gtm.js

gtm.js

148 ms

yuiloader-dom-event.js

yuiloader-dom-event.js

34 ms

connection-min.js

connection-min.js

41 ms

vbulletin-core.js

vbulletin-core.js

41 ms

css.php

css.php

225 ms

vbulletin_read_marker.js

vbulletin_read_marker.js

48 ms

css.php

css.php

417 ms

css.php

css.php

411 ms

vbulletin-sidebar.js

vbulletin-sidebar.js

48 ms

js

js

123 ms

vbulletin_md5.js

vbulletin_md5.js

55 ms

js.cookie-2.0.3.min.js

js.cookie-2.0.3.min.js

61 ms

jquery-2.1.4.min.js

jquery-2.1.4.min.js

47 ms

core.js

core.js

61 ms

fbevents.js

fbevents.js

16 ms

animation-min.js

animation-min.js

15 ms

vbulletin4_logo.png

vbulletin4_logo.png

48 ms

search.png

search.png

319 ms

primextb120x240.gif

primextb120x240.gif

46 ms

navbit-home.png

navbit-home.png

46 ms

legacyfx.png

legacyfx.png

48 ms

collapse_40b.png

collapse_40b.png

45 ms

forum_old-48.png

forum_old-48.png

49 ms

lastpost-right.png

lastpost-right.png

48 ms

users_online.png

users_online.png

49 ms

forum_stats.png

forum_stats.png

50 ms

legend.png

legend.png

315 ms

forum_new-16.png

forum_new-16.png

50 ms

forum_old-16.png

forum_old-16.png

50 ms

category-16.png

category-16.png

51 ms

forum_link-16.png

forum_link-16.png

52 ms

tab-collapsed-left.png

tab-collapsed-left.png

52 ms

widget-comment.png

widget-comment.png

61 ms

image.php

image.php

334 ms

image.php

image.php

335 ms

image.php

image.php

342 ms

image.php

image.php

341 ms

image.php

image.php

432 ms

unknown.gif

unknown.gif

613 ms

image.php

image.php

407 ms

image.php

image.php

435 ms

image.php

image.php

451 ms

image.php

image.php

1404 ms

cron.php

cron.php

1422 ms

gradient-grey-down.png

gradient-grey-down.png

441 ms

arrow.png

arrow.png

389 ms

newbtn_middle.png

newbtn_middle.png

374 ms

grey-up.png

grey-up.png

380 ms

rss_40b.png

rss_40b.png

384 ms

gradient-greytowhite.png

gradient-greytowhite.png

396 ms

gradient-black-down.png

gradient-black-down.png

391 ms

bottom-shadow.png

bottom-shadow.png

398 ms

generic_button.png

generic_button.png

383 ms

Accessibility Review

forexforum.co.za accessibility score

61

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

[role]s do not have all required [aria-*] attributes

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

forexforum.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

forexforum.co.za SEO score

93

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

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 Forexforum.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 Forexforum.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

forexforum.co.za

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