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Report Summary

  • 37

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    56% of other websites

  • 82

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 52% of websites

  • 67

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    24% of websites

  • 71

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    30% of websites

hatch.co.za

Hatch - Consulting engineering and project implementation

Page Load Speed

3.6 sec in total

First Response

48 ms

Resources Loaded

3.4 sec

Page Rendered

189 ms

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About Website

Visit hatch.co.za now to see the best up-to-date Hatch content and also check out these interesting facts you probably never knew about hatch.co.za

Hatch supplies engineering, project and construction, business consulting and operational services to the mining, metallurgical, energy and infrastructure industries.

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Key Findings

We analyzed Hatch.co.za page load time and found that the first response time was 48 ms and then it took 3.6 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 60% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

hatch.co.za performance score

37

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value6.4 s

2/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value10.3 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value11.1 s

6/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value430 ms

65/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value12.1 s

16/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

hatch.co.za

48 ms

www.hatch.com

2957 ms

fonts.googleapis.SourceSansPro.css

84 ms

site.css

178 ms

bootstrap.min.css

162 ms

Our browser made a total of 67 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 1% of them (1 request) were addressed to the original Hatch.co.za, 88% (59 requests) were made to Hatch.com and 3% (2 requests) were made to Googletagmanager.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (3 sec) relates to the external source Hatch.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 365.8 kB (13%)

Content Size

2.8 MB

After Optimization

2.4 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Hatch.co.za main page is 2.8 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. 80% 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 2.3 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-84%

Potential reduce by 84.8 kB

  • Original 100.8 kB
  • After minification 78.1 kB
  • After compression 16.1 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. This page needs HTML code to be minified as it can gain 22.7 kB, which is 23% of the original size. It is highly recommended that content of this web page should be compressed using GZIP, as it can save up to 84.8 kB or 84% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-1%

Potential reduce by 30.9 kB

  • Original 2.3 MB
  • After minification 2.3 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. Hatch images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-69%

Potential reduce by 237.7 kB

  • Original 345.5 kB
  • After minification 323.5 kB
  • After compression 107.7 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 237.7 kB or 69% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-16%

Potential reduce by 12.4 kB

  • Original 75.5 kB
  • After minification 74.5 kB
  • After compression 63.1 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. Hatch.co.za needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 12.4 kB or 16% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 31 (53%)

Requests Now

58

After Optimization

27

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 58 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Hatch. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 24 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 9 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

hatch.co.za

hatch.co.za

48 ms

www.hatch.com

www.hatch.com

2957 ms

fonts.googleapis.SourceSansPro.css

fonts.googleapis.SourceSansPro.css

84 ms

site.css

site.css

178 ms

bootstrap.min.css

bootstrap.min.css

162 ms

owl.carousel.css

owl.carousel.css

94 ms

owl.theme.css

owl.theme.css

92 ms

owl.transitions.css

owl.transitions.css

92 ms

homepage-fixes.css

homepage-fixes.css

103 ms

jquery-3.5.0.min.js

jquery-3.5.0.min.js

157 ms

jquery.jscroll.min.js

jquery.jscroll.min.js

115 ms

bootstrap.bundle.min.js

bootstrap.bundle.min.js

165 ms

owl.carousel.min.js

owl.carousel.min.js

125 ms

hatch-wffm.css

hatch-wffm.css

150 ms

js

js

63 ms

cookieconsent.min.css

cookieconsent.min.css

148 ms

cookieconsent.min.js

cookieconsent.min.js

172 ms

jquery.validate.min.js

jquery.validate.min.js

223 ms

jquery.validate.unobtrusive.min.js

jquery.validate.unobtrusive.min.js

224 ms

jquery.unobtrusive-ajax.min.js

jquery.unobtrusive-ajax.min.js

225 ms

form.validate.js

form.validate.js

227 ms

form.tracking.js

form.tracking.js

227 ms

subscribe-form.js

subscribe-form.js

228 ms

download-brochure.js

download-brochure.js

229 ms

form.js

form.js

229 ms

megamenu.js

megamenu.js

218 ms

LatestInisght.js

LatestInisght.js

218 ms

navigation.js

navigation.js

215 ms

filmstrip.js

filmstrip.js

215 ms

infinite-scrolling.js

infinite-scrolling.js

215 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

91 ms

site24x7rum-min.js

site24x7rum-min.js

92 ms

gtm.js

gtm.js

69 ms

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7b525xjptj

197 ms

Hatch-Corporate-Logo.png

Hatch-Corporate-Logo.png

58 ms

Closebutton.png

Closebutton.png

123 ms

who-we-are-feature.jpg

who-we-are-feature.jpg

57 ms

tata-steel-menu-feature.jpg

tata-steel-menu-feature.jpg

41 ms

insights-feature.jpg

insights-feature.jpg

42 ms

digital-transformation-thumb.jpg

digital-transformation-thumb.jpg

41 ms

SustainabilityReport_2023_Hatchcom.jpg

SustainabilityReport_2023_Hatchcom.jpg

122 ms

green-steal-still.jpg

green-steal-still.jpg

124 ms

GIG-opening-still.jpg

GIG-opening-still.jpg

119 ms

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2_metals-still.jpg

121 ms

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4_Energy-still.jpg

121 ms

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124 ms

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PostiveChange-footer.png

122 ms

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123 ms

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122 ms

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123 ms

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145 ms

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143 ms

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SourceSansPro-Light.ttf.woff

144 ms

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SourceSansPro-ExtraLight.ttf.woff

144 ms

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SourceSansPro-Semibold.ttf.woff

145 ms

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SourceSansPro-Bold.ttf.woff

145 ms

SourceSansPro-Black.ttf.woff

SourceSansPro-Black.ttf.woff

178 ms

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glyphicons-halflings-regular.woff

161 ms

collect

collect

66 ms

Drones-are-helping-the-earth-sciences-reach-new-heights_og.jpg

Drones-are-helping-the-earth-sciences-reach-new-heights_og.jpg

62 ms

Port-as-a-Place_og.jpg

Port-as-a-Place_og.jpg

63 ms

DTP-pod-open-graph.jpg

DTP-pod-open-graph.jpg

63 ms

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63 ms

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64 ms

Hatch-wins-the-OPWA-Public-Works-Project-of-the-Year-Award_og.jpg

Hatch-wins-the-OPWA-Public-Works-Project-of-the-Year-Award_og.jpg

63 ms

International-Women-in-Engineering-List-of-Women_og.jpg

International-Women-in-Engineering-List-of-Women_og.jpg

63 ms

clarity.js

clarity.js

18 ms

Accessibility Review

hatch.co.za accessibility score

82

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.

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 IDs are not unique

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

hatch.co.za best practices score

67

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

SEO Factors

hatch.co.za SEO score

71

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

Crawling and Indexing

To appear in search results, crawlers need access to your app.

Impact

Issue

High

Links are not crawlable

High

robots.txt is not valid

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 Hatch.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 Hatch.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

hatch.co.za

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