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Report Summary

  • 73

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    82% of other websites

  • 50

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 21% of websites

  • 50

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    19% of websites

  • 67

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    26% of websites

host4africa.co.za

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Page Load Speed

3 sec in total

First Response

492 ms

Resources Loaded

2.4 sec

Page Rendered

94 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Host4africa.co.za page load time and found that the first response time was 492 ms and then it took 2.5 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 50% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

host4africa.co.za performance score

73

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.4 s

36/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value4.4 s

39/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value4.4 s

74/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value80 ms

99/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.053

98/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value4.4 s

83/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

host4africa.co.za

492 ms

www.host4africa.com

673 ms

www.host4africa.com

411 ms

site_stylesheet.css

82 ms

jquery-ui-1.8.16.custom.css

163 ms

Our browser made a total of 48 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 2% of them (1 request) were addressed to the original Host4africa.co.za, 73% (35 requests) were made to Host4africa.com and 13% (6 requests) were made to Apis.google.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (673 ms) relates to the external source Host4africa.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 206.3 kB (40%)

Content Size

512.2 kB

After Optimization

306.0 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Host4africa.co.za main page is 512.2 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. 30% of websites need less resources to load. Javascripts take 271.8 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-79%

Potential reduce by 26.2 kB

  • Original 33.0 kB
  • After minification 26.7 kB
  • After compression 6.8 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. This page needs HTML code to be minified as it can gain 6.3 kB, which is 19% 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 26.2 kB or 79% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-42%

Potential reduce by 68.7 kB

  • Original 165.1 kB
  • After minification 96.4 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, Host4 Africa needs image optimization as it can save up to 68.7 kB or 42% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-28%

Potential reduce by 75.4 kB

  • Original 271.8 kB
  • After minification 270.2 kB
  • After compression 196.4 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 75.4 kB or 28% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-85%

Potential reduce by 36.0 kB

  • Original 42.3 kB
  • After minification 31.4 kB
  • After compression 6.4 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. Host4africa.co.za needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 36.0 kB or 85% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 18 (43%)

Requests Now

42

After Optimization

24

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 42 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Host4 Africa. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 12 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

host4africa.co.za

host4africa.co.za

492 ms

www.host4africa.com

www.host4africa.com

673 ms

www.host4africa.com

www.host4africa.com

411 ms

site_stylesheet.css

site_stylesheet.css

82 ms

jquery-ui-1.8.16.custom.css

jquery-ui-1.8.16.custom.css

163 ms

plusone.js

plusone.js

20 ms

jquery-3.2.1.min.js

jquery-3.2.1.min.js

398 ms

jquery.tools.min.js

jquery.tools.min.js

322 ms

jquery.autobox.js

jquery.autobox.js

242 ms

popup.js

popup.js

238 ms

javascript_functions.js

javascript_functions.js

241 ms

kaushan-script.js

kaushan-script.js

20 ms

urchin.js

urchin.js

25 ms

cb=gapi.loaded_0

cb=gapi.loaded_0

5 ms

background.jpg

background.jpg

87 ms

host4africa_logo_small.png

host4africa_logo_small.png

86 ms

icon_email.png

icon_email.png

88 ms

icon_twitter.png

icon_twitter.png

84 ms

icon_website.png

icon_website.png

88 ms

product_arrow.png

product_arrow.png

91 ms

product_spacer.png

product_spacer.png

166 ms

callback_block.jpg

callback_block.jpg

172 ms

callback_arrow.png

callback_arrow.png

170 ms

callback_submit.png

callback_submit.png

170 ms

nav_end_left.png

nav_end_left.png

173 ms

nav_slice.png

nav_slice.png

174 ms

nav_divider.png

nav_divider.png

249 ms

nav_end_right.png

nav_end_right.png

253 ms

button_lookup.png

button_lookup.png

254 ms

product_bottom.png

product_bottom.png

253 ms

button_read_more.png

button_read_more.png

257 ms

button_apply_now.png

button_apply_now.png

258 ms

icon_basic.png

icon_basic.png

330 ms

product_right_strip.png

product_right_strip.png

341 ms

icon_standard.png

icon_standard.png

418 ms

icon_power.png

icon_power.png

338 ms

icon_mega.png

icon_mega.png

414 ms

icon_ultra.png

icon_ultra.png

340 ms

icon_extreme.png

icon_extreme.png

410 ms

__utm.gif

__utm.gif

24 ms

cb=gapi.loaded_1

cb=gapi.loaded_1

8 ms

fastbutton

fastbutton

18 ms

postmessageRelay

postmessageRelay

36 ms

nav_current.png

nav_current.png

381 ms

3192416480-postmessagerelay.js

3192416480-postmessagerelay.js

16 ms

rpc:shindig_random.js

rpc:shindig_random.js

7 ms

developers.google.com

developers.google.com

255 ms

cb=gapi.loaded_0

cb=gapi.loaded_0

6 ms

Accessibility Review

host4africa.co.za accessibility score

50

Accessibility Issues

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

<frame> or <iframe> elements do not have a title

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

High

<input type="image"> elements do not have [alt] text

High

Form elements do not have associated labels

High

Links do not have a discernible name

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

host4africa.co.za best practices score

50

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

Serves images with low resolution

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

High

Issues were logged in the Issues panel in Chrome Devtools

SEO Factors

host4africa.co.za SEO score

67

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

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

Language and Encoding

  • Language Detected

    EN

  • Language Claimed

    N/A

  • Encoding

    ISO-8859-1

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Host4africa.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 Host4africa.co.za main page’s claimed encoding is iso-8859-1. Changing it to UTF-8 can be a good choice, as this format is commonly used for encoding all over the web and thus their visitors won’t have any troubles with symbol transcription or reading.

Social Sharing Optimization

host4africa.co.za

Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of Host4 Africa. 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: