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Report Summary

  • 27

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    46% of other websites

  • 94

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 83% of websites

  • 67

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    24% of websites

  • 81

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    43% of websites

looking4spares.co.za

Scrap Yards Gauteng : Scrapyards : Motor Spares : Car Spares : Part Find : Looking 4 Spares

Page Load Speed

7.6 sec in total

First Response

495 ms

Resources Loaded

6.7 sec

Page Rendered

394 ms

looking4spares.co.za screenshot

About Website

Click here to check amazing Looking 4 Spares content for South Africa. Otherwise, check out these important facts you probably never knew about looking4spares.co.za

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Key Findings

We analyzed Looking4spares.co.za page load time and found that the first response time was 495 ms and then it took 7.1 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

looking4spares.co.za performance score

27

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.9 s

25/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value5.1 s

25/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value8.7 s

16/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value690 ms

43/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.68

8/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value10.6 s

23/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

looking4spares.co.za

495 ms

looking4spares.co.za

1318 ms

content.css

254 ms

front.css

766 ms

bootstrap.min.css

942 ms

Our browser made a total of 97 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 97% of them (94 requests) were addressed to the original Looking4spares.co.za, 2% (2 requests) were made to Google-analytics.com and 1% (1 request) were made to Googletagmanager.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (2.1 sec) belongs to the original domain Looking4spares.co.za.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 147.7 kB (24%)

Content Size

613.6 kB

After Optimization

465.9 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Looking4spares.co.za main page is 613.6 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. Images take 276.9 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-79%

Potential reduce by 60.4 kB

  • Original 76.5 kB
  • After minification 71.1 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. HTML code on this page is well minified. It is highly recommended that content of this web page should be compressed using GZIP, as it can save up to 60.4 kB or 79% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-9%

Potential reduce by 26.3 kB

  • Original 276.9 kB
  • After minification 250.6 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. Looking 4 Spares images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-26%

Potential reduce by 45.5 kB

  • Original 173.2 kB
  • After minification 173.2 kB
  • After compression 127.7 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 45.5 kB or 26% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-18%

Potential reduce by 15.6 kB

  • Original 87.0 kB
  • After minification 86.5 kB
  • After compression 71.4 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. Looking4spares.co.za needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 15.6 kB or 18% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 69 (73%)

Requests Now

94

After Optimization

25

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 94 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Looking 4 Spares. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 28 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 36 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

looking4spares.co.za

looking4spares.co.za

495 ms

looking4spares.co.za

looking4spares.co.za

1318 ms

content.css

content.css

254 ms

front.css

front.css

766 ms

bootstrap.min.css

bootstrap.min.css

942 ms

mvc.css

mvc.css

749 ms

mod_ijoomlazone.css

mod_ijoomlazone.css

763 ms

btcontentslider.css

btcontentslider.css

729 ms

whatapp_style.css

whatapp_style.css

512 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

787 ms

jquery-noconflict.js

jquery-noconflict.js

979 ms

core.js

core.js

996 ms

keepalive.js

keepalive.js

1012 ms

jquery-migrate.min.js

jquery-migrate.min.js

1016 ms

bootstrap.min.js

bootstrap.min.js

1041 ms

script.js

script.js

1195 ms

bootstrap.bundle.min.js

bootstrap.bundle.min.js

1452 ms

helper.js

helper.js

1251 ms

domready.js

domready.js

1260 ms

slides.js

slides.js

1268 ms

default.js

default.js

1292 ms

jquery.easing.1.3.js

jquery.easing.1.3.js

1458 ms

ct-functions.js

ct-functions.js

1501 ms

base.css

base.css

1510 ms

layout.css

layout.css

1524 ms

menus.css

menus.css

1541 ms

modules.css

modules.css

1700 ms

tools.css

tools.css

1703 ms

system.css

system.css

1749 ms

extensions.css

extensions.css

1769 ms

custom.css

custom.css

1775 ms

font-awesome.css

font-awesome.css

1791 ms

foundation.css

foundation.css

1950 ms

red.css

red.css

1962 ms

red.css

red.css

2005 ms

aller.css

aller.css

2022 ms

aller.css

aller.css

2053 ms

ijoomla_ad_agency_zone.php

ijoomla_ad_agency_zone.php

739 ms

aller.css

aller.css

2058 ms

style.css

style.css

1964 ms

responsive.css

responsive.css

1707 ms

print.css

print.css

1537 ms

aller.css

aller.css

1542 ms

gt.js

gt.js

1565 ms

modernizr.foundation.js

modernizr.foundation.js

1564 ms

jquery.foundation.alerts.js

jquery.foundation.alerts.js

1681 ms

jquery.foundation.forms.js

jquery.foundation.forms.js

1513 ms

jquery.foundation.tabs.js

jquery.foundation.tabs.js

1547 ms

app.js

app.js

1549 ms

warp.js

warp.js

1576 ms

responsive.js

responsive.js

1563 ms

accordionmenu.js

accordionmenu.js

1672 ms

dropdownmenu.js

dropdownmenu.js

1533 ms

template.js

template.js

1531 ms

email-decode.min.js

email-decode.min.js

1287 ms

base.css

base.css

1302 ms

layout.css

layout.css

1311 ms

menus.css

menus.css

1307 ms

modules.css

modules.css

1267 ms

tools.css

tools.css

1270 ms

system.css

system.css

1284 ms

system.css

system.css

1314 ms

system-all.css

system-all.css

1337 ms

responsive.css

responsive.css

895 ms

print.css

print.css

962 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

117 ms

newback.jpg

newback.jpg

336 ms

social_facebook_box_white_32.png

social_facebook_box_white_32.png

330 ms

social_twitter_box_white_32.png

social_twitter_box_white_32.png

346 ms

head-bg90px.png

head-bg90px.png

567 ms

l4s-logo.png

l4s-logo.png

549 ms

nav-hline.gif

nav-hline.gif

336 ms

bg-left.png

bg-left.png

588 ms

buyandsellclassheader3.png

buyandsellclassheader3.png

600 ms

clickhere.png

clickhere.png

588 ms

vtoday.gif

vtoday.gif

595 ms

vyesterday.gif

vyesterday.gif

801 ms

vweek.gif

vweek.gif

826 ms

vmonth.gif

vmonth.gif

844 ms

1465542390.jpg

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1061 ms

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1082 ms

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1074 ms

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1054 ms

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1089 ms

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1320 ms

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1314 ms

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1328 ms

whatsapp_icon_1.png

whatsapp_icon_1.png

1333 ms

send-img.png

send-img.png

1351 ms

aller_rg-webfont.woff

aller_rg-webfont.woff

1493 ms

collect

collect

14 ms

re-left.png

re-left.png

1429 ms

re-right.png

re-right.png

1438 ms

bg-header.png

bg-header.png

1443 ms

pagination.png

pagination.png

1444 ms

js

js

103 ms

Accessibility Review

looking4spares.co.za accessibility score

94

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.

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

Links do not have a discernible name

Best Practices

looking4spares.co.za best practices score

67

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

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

looking4spares.co.za SEO score

81

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

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 Looking4spares.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 Looking4spares.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

looking4spares.co.za

Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of Looking 4 Spares. 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: