Report Summary

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hortors.co.za

IIS Windows Server

Page Load Speed

11 sec in total

First Response

2.7 sec

Resources Loaded

8 sec

Page Rendered

276 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Hortors.co.za page load time and found that the first response time was 2.7 sec and then it took 8.3 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 85% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

hortors.co.za performance score

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Network Requests Diagram

hortors.co.za

2661 ms

jquery.js

2913 ms

elegant-press.css

1575 ms

elegant-press.js

2189 ms

jquery.colorbox.js

1341 ms

Our browser made a total of 36 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 92% of them (33 requests) were addressed to the original Hortors.co.za, 8% (3 requests) were made to Hortorsonline.co.za. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (3.1 sec) relates to the external source Hortorsonline.co.za.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 453.2 kB (53%)

Content Size

859.2 kB

After Optimization

406.0 kB

In fact, the total size of Hortors.co.za main page is 859.2 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. 25% of websites need less resources to load. Javascripts take 390.3 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-76%

Potential reduce by 18.9 kB

  • Original 24.9 kB
  • After minification 21.3 kB
  • After compression 6.0 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 3.6 kB, which is 14% 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 18.9 kB or 76% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-20%

Potential reduce by 76.9 kB

  • Original 380.7 kB
  • After minification 303.8 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, Hortors needs image optimization as it can save up to 76.9 kB or 20% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-79%

Potential reduce by 309.9 kB

  • Original 390.3 kB
  • After minification 268.6 kB
  • After compression 80.4 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 309.9 kB or 79% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-75%

Potential reduce by 47.5 kB

  • Original 63.3 kB
  • After minification 58.7 kB
  • After compression 15.8 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. Hortors.co.za needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 47.5 kB or 75% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 6 (17%)

Requests Now

35

After Optimization

29

The browser has sent 35 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Hortors. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests and as a result speed up the page load time.

SEO Factors

hortors.co.za SEO score

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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 Hortors.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 Hortors.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 description is not detected on the main page of Hortors. 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: