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Report Summary

  • 79

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    85% of other websites

  • 97

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 91% of websites

  • 83

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    55% of websites

  • 91

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    70% of websites

hobbytronics.co.za

Hobbytronics

Page Load Speed

7.4 sec in total

First Response

650 ms

Resources Loaded

6.4 sec

Page Rendered

262 ms

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About Website

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Hobbytronics | SA electronic components supplier for the electronics enthusiast and educational markets. Specialist supplier of components, sensors, robotics, breakout boards, Arduino, mechatronics an...

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Key Findings

We analyzed Hobbytronics.co.za page load time and found that the first response time was 650 ms and then it took 6.7 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 80% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

hobbytronics.co.za performance score

79

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.4 s

38/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value3.4 s

67/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value6.2 s

44/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value0 ms

100/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value3.4 s

93/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

hobbytronics.co.za

650 ms

hobbytronics.co.za

1712 ms

ga.js

23 ms

styles.css

708 ms

jquery-ui-1.8.17.custom.css

1170 ms

Our browser made a total of 56 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 96% of them (54 requests) were addressed to the original Hobbytronics.co.za, 4% (2 requests) were made to Ssl.google-analytics.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (2.3 sec) belongs to the original domain Hobbytronics.co.za.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 461.9 kB (37%)

Content Size

1.2 MB

After Optimization

779.4 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Hobbytronics.co.za main page is 1.2 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. 30% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 724.8 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-82%

Potential reduce by 32.6 kB

  • Original 39.8 kB
  • After minification 31.5 kB
  • After compression 7.2 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 8.3 kB, which is 21% 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 32.6 kB or 82% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-12%

Potential reduce by 85.0 kB

  • Original 724.8 kB
  • After minification 639.8 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, Hobbytronics needs image optimization as it can save up to 85.0 kB or 12% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-68%

Potential reduce by 244.4 kB

  • Original 360.1 kB
  • After minification 357.0 kB
  • After compression 115.7 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 244.4 kB or 68% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-86%

Potential reduce by 99.9 kB

  • Original 116.6 kB
  • After minification 98.2 kB
  • After compression 16.7 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. Hobbytronics.co.za needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 99.9 kB or 86% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 23 (43%)

Requests Now

54

After Optimization

31

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 54 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Hobbytronics. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 9 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 4 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

hobbytronics.co.za

hobbytronics.co.za

650 ms

hobbytronics.co.za

hobbytronics.co.za

1712 ms

ga.js

ga.js

23 ms

styles.css

styles.css

708 ms

jquery-ui-1.8.17.custom.css

jquery-ui-1.8.17.custom.css

1170 ms

navigation-outside.css

navigation-outside.css

944 ms

nivo-slider.css

nivo-slider.css

946 ms

jquery-1.7.1.min.js

jquery-1.7.1.min.js

1652 ms

jquery.unobtrusive-ajax.min.js

jquery.unobtrusive-ajax.min.js

956 ms

jquery.validate.min.js

jquery.validate.min.js

1212 ms

jquery.validate.unobtrusive.min.js

jquery.validate.unobtrusive.min.js

1178 ms

jquery-ui.min.js

jquery-ui.min.js

1416 ms

public.common.js

public.common.js

1197 ms

public.ajaxcart.js

public.ajaxcart.js

1404 ms

jquery.nivo.slider.pack.js

jquery.nivo.slider.pack.js

1414 ms

__utm.gif

__utm.gif

13 ms

bg-body.gif

bg-body.gif

238 ms

ico-close-notification-bar.png

ico-close-notification-bar.png

231 ms

bg-container.gif

bg-container.gif

245 ms

logo.gif

logo.gif

240 ms

ico-register.gif

ico-register.gif

242 ms

ico-login.gif

ico-login.gif

241 ms

ico-cart.gif

ico-cart.gif

461 ms

ico-wishlist.gif

ico-wishlist.gif

473 ms

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474 ms

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476 ms

loading.gif

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464 ms

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703 ms

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2340 ms

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687 ms

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686 ms

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704 ms

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925 ms

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950 ms

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1158 ms

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1434 ms

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1593 ms

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1613 ms

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245 ms

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238 ms

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240 ms

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243 ms

Accessibility Review

hobbytronics.co.za accessibility score

97

Accessibility Issues

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

Best Practices

hobbytronics.co.za best practices score

83

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

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

SEO Factors

hobbytronics.co.za SEO score

91

Search Engine Optimization Advices

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

    N/A

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Hobbytronics.co.za can be misinterpreted by Google and other search engines. Our service has detected that English is used on the page, and neither this language nor any other was claimed in <html> or <meta> tags. Our system also found out that Hobbytronics.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

hobbytronics.co.za

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