Report Summary

  • 33

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    53% of other websites

  • 74

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 41% of websites

  • 67

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    24% of websites

  • 82

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    44% of websites

johannesburg.gumtree.co.za

Buy & Sell On Gumtree: South Africa‘s Favourite Free Classifieds

Page Load Speed

57.9 sec in total

First Response

130 ms

Resources Loaded

45.7 sec

Page Rendered

12.1 sec

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Key Findings

We analyzed Johannesburg.gumtree.co.za page load time and found that the first response time was 130 ms and then it took 57.8 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is an excellent result, as only a small number of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

johannesburg.gumtree.co.za performance score

33

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.5 s

35/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value4.0 s

51/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value11.2 s

5/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value2,820 ms

3/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value25.4 s

0/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

johannesburg.gumtree.co.za

130 ms

www.gumtree.co.za

651 ms

Main.min.css

1698 ms

HomePage.min.css

1900 ms

8462781998.js

2414 ms

Our browser made a total of 74 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 1% of them (1 request) were addressed to the original Johannesburg.gumtree.co.za, 22% (16 requests) were made to Dpm.demdex.net and 22% (16 requests) were made to Img.classistatic.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (12.4 sec) relates to the external source Connect.facebook.net.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 1.3 MB (63%)

Content Size

2.0 MB

After Optimization

740.9 kB

In fact, the total size of Johannesburg.gumtree.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. 60% of websites need less resources to load. Javascripts take 939.2 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-77%

Potential reduce by 171.2 kB

  • Original 223.6 kB
  • After minification 206.7 kB
  • After compression 52.3 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 171.2 kB or 77% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-3%

Potential reduce by 6.2 kB

  • Original 191.5 kB
  • After minification 185.3 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. Johannesburg Gumtree images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-59%

Potential reduce by 555.4 kB

  • Original 939.2 kB
  • After minification 938.6 kB
  • After compression 383.8 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 555.4 kB or 59% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-82%

Potential reduce by 537.3 kB

  • Original 656.9 kB
  • After minification 653.0 kB
  • After compression 119.6 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. Johannesburg.gumtree.co.za needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 537.3 kB or 82% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 38 (56%)

Requests Now

68

After Optimization

30

The browser has sent 68 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Johannesburg Gumtree. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 20 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Accessibility Review

johannesburg.gumtree.co.za accessibility score

74

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

[aria-hidden="true"] elements contain focusable descendents

High

ARIA input fields do not have accessible names

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.

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

johannesburg.gumtree.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

Displays images with incorrect aspect ratio

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

High

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

johannesburg.gumtree.co.za SEO score

82

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

Links do not have descriptive text

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 Johannesburg.gumtree.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 Johannesburg.gumtree.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

Open Graph data is detected on the main page of Johannesburg Gumtree. This is the best way to make the web page social media friendly. Here is how it looks like on Facebook: