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Report Summary

  • 22

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    40% of other websites

  • 96

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 89% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    36% of websites

  • 89

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    67% of websites

icb.org.za

NQF Accredited Qualifications with the ICB

Page Load Speed

5.1 sec in total

First Response

553 ms

Resources Loaded

4.4 sec

Page Rendered

216 ms

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About Website

Welcome to icb.org.za homepage info - get ready to check ICB best content for South Africa right away, or after learning these important things about icb.org.za

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Key Findings

We analyzed Icb.org.za page load time and found that the first response time was 553 ms and then it took 4.6 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 70% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

icb.org.za performance score

22

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value7.0 s

1/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value10.3 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value15.9 s

0/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value990 ms

27/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.109

87/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value18.1 s

3/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

icb.org.za

553 ms

www.icb.org.za

1575 ms

template.css.php

272 ms

mootools.js

11 ms

jquery.min.js

5 ms

Our browser made a total of 57 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 89% of them (51 requests) were addressed to the original Icb.org.za, 7% (4 requests) were made to Google-analytics.com and 2% (1 request) were made to Ajax.googleapis.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1.6 sec) belongs to the original domain Icb.org.za.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 250.5 kB (35%)

Content Size

723.9 kB

After Optimization

473.4 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Icb.org.za main page is 723.9 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. 50% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 498.4 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-79%

Potential reduce by 23.7 kB

  • Original 30.0 kB
  • After minification 26.3 kB
  • After compression 6.3 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. This page needs HTML code to be minified as it can gain 3.7 kB, which is 12% 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 23.7 kB or 79% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-19%

Potential reduce by 92.3 kB

  • Original 498.4 kB
  • After minification 406.1 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, ICB needs image optimization as it can save up to 92.3 kB or 19% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-64%

Potential reduce by 97.6 kB

  • Original 153.3 kB
  • After minification 148.9 kB
  • After compression 55.7 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 97.6 kB or 64% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-87%

Potential reduce by 36.9 kB

  • Original 42.2 kB
  • After minification 28.9 kB
  • After compression 5.3 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. Icb.org.za needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 36.9 kB or 87% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 7 (13%)

Requests Now

55

After Optimization

48

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 55 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of ICB. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 8 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

icb.org.za

icb.org.za

553 ms

www.icb.org.za

www.icb.org.za

1575 ms

template.css.php

template.css.php

272 ms

mootools.js

mootools.js

11 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

5 ms

k2.js

k2.js

11 ms

caption.js

caption.js

540 ms

ieHover.js

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15 ms

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5 ms

jquery.fpss.js

jquery.fpss.js

535 ms

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reset.css

10 ms

template.css

template.css

12 ms

ga.js

ga.js

73 ms

page_bg.gif

page_bg.gif

17 ms

header_bg.jpg

header_bg.jpg

18 ms

menu_main_separator.gif

menu_main_separator.gif

21 ms

icb_logo.gif

icb_logo.gif

20 ms

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search_button.png

17 ms

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23 ms

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21 ms

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23 ms

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25 ms

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26 ms

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24 ms

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60 ms

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61 ms

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61 ms

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60 ms

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60 ms

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61 ms

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content_mid_bg.gif

60 ms

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content_bottom_bg.gif

61 ms

content_top_bg.gif

content_top_bg.gif

60 ms

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539 ms

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2016_icon_icb_public_sector_accounting_02.png

540 ms

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540 ms

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536 ms

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539 ms

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1594 ms

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1064 ms

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16 ms

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8 ms

Accessibility Review

icb.org.za accessibility score

96

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

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

icb.org.za best practices score

75

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

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

icb.org.za SEO score

89

Search Engine Optimization Advices

Crawling and Indexing

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

Impact

Issue

High

Links are not crawlable

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 Icb.org.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 Icb.org.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

icb.org.za

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