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Report Summary

  • 21

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    39% of other websites

  • 86

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 62% of websites

  • 58

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    19% of websites

  • 79

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    40% of websites

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Page Load Speed

12 sec in total

First Response

779 ms

Resources Loaded

10.6 sec

Page Rendered

615 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Grayhouse.co.za page load time and found that the first response time was 779 ms and then it took 11.3 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

grayhouse.co.za performance score

21

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value6.3 s

3/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value31.0 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value22.4 s

0/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value820 ms

35/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.172

69/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value28.9 s

0/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

grayhouse.co.za

779 ms

www.grayhouse.co.za

1519 ms

wp-emoji-release.min.js

732 ms

styles.css

493 ms

css

32 ms

Our browser made a total of 71 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 92% of them (65 requests) were addressed to the original Grayhouse.co.za, 3% (2 requests) were made to Fonts.googleapis.com and 3% (2 requests) were made to Google-analytics.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (4.5 sec) belongs to the original domain Grayhouse.co.za.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 1.6 MB (51%)

Content Size

3.1 MB

After Optimization

1.5 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Grayhouse.co.za main page is 3.1 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. 50% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 1.1 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-80%

Potential reduce by 51.5 kB

  • Original 64.3 kB
  • After minification 62.0 kB
  • After compression 12.8 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 51.5 kB or 80% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-3%

Potential reduce by 34.6 kB

  • Original 1.1 MB
  • After minification 1.1 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. Grayhouse images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-69%

Potential reduce by 690.9 kB

  • Original 997.7 kB
  • After minification 963.8 kB
  • After compression 306.8 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 690.9 kB or 69% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-86%

Potential reduce by 817.5 kB

  • Original 953.6 kB
  • After minification 788.8 kB
  • After compression 136.2 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. Grayhouse.co.za needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 817.5 kB or 86% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 52 (75%)

Requests Now

69

After Optimization

17

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 69 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Grayhouse. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 28 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 26 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

grayhouse.co.za

grayhouse.co.za

779 ms

www.grayhouse.co.za

www.grayhouse.co.za

1519 ms

wp-emoji-release.min.js

wp-emoji-release.min.js

732 ms

styles.css

styles.css

493 ms

css

css

32 ms

css3_grid_style.css

css3_grid_style.css

499 ms

css3_grid_style.css

css3_grid_style.css

755 ms

responsive.css

responsive.css

506 ms

styles.css

styles.css

506 ms

custom_styles.css

custom_styles.css

990 ms

dashicons.min.css

dashicons.min.css

1238 ms

go_pricing_styles.css

go_pricing_styles.css

994 ms

mediaelementplayer.min.css

mediaelementplayer.min.css

1002 ms

mediaelementplayer.css

mediaelementplayer.css

1218 ms

settings.css

settings.css

1258 ms

woocommerce-layout.css

woocommerce-layout.css

1481 ms

woocommerce.css

woocommerce.css

1492 ms

js_composer.css

js_composer.css

1512 ms

style.css

style.css

2001 ms

style-skin-1.css

style-skin-1.css

1744 ms

fonts.css

fonts.css

1987 ms

colorbox.css

colorbox.css

1992 ms

ubermenu.min.css

ubermenu.min.css

2007 ms

ubermenu.lite.css

ubermenu.lite.css

2205 ms

font-awesome.min.css

font-awesome.min.css

2236 ms

jquery.js

jquery.js

3211 ms

jquery-migrate.min.js

jquery-migrate.min.js

2481 ms

dvin_wcql.js

dvin_wcql.js

2487 ms

jquery.themepunch.tools.min.js

jquery.themepunch.tools.min.js

3254 ms

jquery.themepunch.revolution.min.js

jquery.themepunch.revolution.min.js

3459 ms

modernizr-2.7.1-respond-1.4.0.min.js

modernizr-2.7.1-respond-1.4.0.min.js

2969 ms

output.css

output.css

2966 ms

isotope.css

isotope.css

2988 ms

jquery.form.min.js

jquery.form.min.js

3529 ms

scripts.js

scripts.js

3531 ms

go_pricing_scripts.js

go_pricing_scripts.js

3531 ms

mediaelement-and-player.min.js

mediaelement-and-player.min.js

4477 ms

api.js

api.js

42 ms

wp-mediaelement.js

wp-mediaelement.js

3751 ms

add-to-cart.min.js

add-to-cart.min.js

3463 ms

jquery.blockUI.min.js

jquery.blockUI.min.js

3478 ms

woocommerce.min.js

woocommerce.min.js

3467 ms

jquery.cookie.min.js

jquery.cookie.min.js

3478 ms

cart-fragments.min.js

cart-fragments.min.js

3538 ms

jquery.jplayer.min.js

jquery.jplayer.min.js

4197 ms

jquery.isotope.min.js

jquery.isotope.min.js

3733 ms

onLoad.js

onLoad.js

3967 ms

jquery.nicescroll.min.js

jquery.nicescroll.min.js

3994 ms

ubermenu.min.js

ubermenu.min.js

3797 ms

js_composer_front.js

js_composer_front.js

3979 ms

waypoints.min.js

waypoints.min.js

3966 ms

isotope.pkgd.min.js

isotope.pkgd.min.js

4209 ms

css

css

14 ms

ga.js

ga.js

49 ms

gray-house-promotions-logo1.png

gray-house-promotions-logo1.png

1956 ms

call-grayhouse2.png

call-grayhouse2.png

1983 ms

header-background-home.jpg

header-background-home.jpg

3801 ms

logo-house2.png

logo-house2.png

2293 ms

headline-subtitle.png

headline-subtitle.png

2294 ms

year-end-gift-ideas-2015.jpg

year-end-gift-ideas-2015.jpg

3221 ms

gray-house-promotions-blog.jpg

gray-house-promotions-blog.jpg

4244 ms

african-business-350x120.jpg

african-business-350x120.jpg

2686 ms

direct-to-garment-print1-350x120.jpg

direct-to-garment-print1-350x120.jpg

2691 ms

business-ideas-350x120.jpg

business-ideas-350x120.jpg

2961 ms

ghp-footer-logo1.png

ghp-footer-logo1.png

3173 ms

fontawesome-webfont.woff

fontawesome-webfont.woff

3672 ms

fontawesome-webfont.woff

fontawesome-webfont.woff

3951 ms

__utm.gif

__utm.gif

14 ms

www.grayhouse.co.za

www.grayhouse.co.za

2087 ms

recaptcha__en.js

recaptcha__en.js

21 ms

woocommerce-smallscreen.css

woocommerce-smallscreen.css

507 ms

Accessibility Review

grayhouse.co.za accessibility score

86

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.

Navigation

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

Impact

Issue

High

Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order

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

grayhouse.co.za best practices score

58

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

User Experience

Impact

Issue

High

Displays images with incorrect aspect ratio

High

Serves images with low resolution

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

High

Page has valid source maps

High

Issues were logged in the Issues panel in Chrome Devtools

SEO Factors

grayhouse.co.za SEO score

79

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

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 Grayhouse.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 Grayhouse.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

grayhouse.co.za

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