Report Summary

  • 32

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    52% of other websites

  • 73

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 39% of websites

  • 92

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    81% of websites

  • 82

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    44% of websites

m.msccruises.co.za

MSC Cruises South Africa: Holidays to the Caribbean, Mediterranean and Worldwide

Page Load Speed

5.1 sec in total

First Response

979 ms

Resources Loaded

2.9 sec

Page Rendered

1.2 sec

m.msccruises.co.za screenshot

About Website

Welcome to m.msccruises.co.za homepage info - get ready to check M MSC Cruises best content for South Africa right away, or after learning these important things about m.msccruises.co.za

MSC Cruises South Africa offers cruise holidays in the Mediterranean, Caribbean, Emirates and worldwide. Call MSC Cruises now at 011 844 6073 to get information about the cruise company and its destin...

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Key Findings

We analyzed M.msccruises.co.za page load time and found that the first response time was 979 ms and then it took 4.1 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 65% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

m.msccruises.co.za performance score

32

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.4 s

37/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value5.3 s

22/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value5.6 s

53/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value5,880 ms

0/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.03

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value10.3 s

24/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

www.msccruises.co.za

979 ms

ruxitagentjs_ICA27NQVfghjqrux_10281231207105659.js

74 ms

forms2.min.js

560 ms

b2c-common.js

29 ms

servicechargerules.js

53 ms

Our browser made a total of 92 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 0% of them (0 request) were addressed to the original M.msccruises.co.za, 5% (5 requests) were made to Sdk.privacy-center.org and 3% (3 requests) were made to Googletagmanager.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (979 ms) relates to the external source Msccruises.co.za.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 517.8 kB (9%)

Content Size

5.7 MB

After Optimization

5.1 MB

In fact, the total size of M.msccruises.co.za main page is 5.7 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. 85% of websites need less resources to load and that’s why Accessify’s recommendations for optimization and resource minification can be helpful for this project. Images take 4.1 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-71%

Potential reduce by 213.4 kB

  • Original 301.4 kB
  • After minification 293.0 kB
  • After compression 88.0 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. 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 213.4 kB or 71% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 27 B

  • Original 4.1 MB
  • After minification 4.1 MB

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. M MSC Cruises images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-22%

Potential reduce by 234.2 kB

  • Original 1.1 MB
  • After minification 1.1 MB
  • After compression 840.5 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 234.2 kB or 22% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-29%

Potential reduce by 70.2 kB

  • Original 240.8 kB
  • After minification 171.1 kB
  • After compression 170.6 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. M.msccruises.co.za needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 70.2 kB or 29% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 32 (37%)

Requests Now

86

After Optimization

54

The browser has sent 86 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of M MSC Cruises. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 27 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Accessibility Review

m.msccruises.co.za accessibility score

73

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

Buttons do not have an accessible name

High

Links do not have a discernible name

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

[id] attributes on active, focusable elements are not unique

High

Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order

Best practices

These items highlight common accessibility best practices.

Impact

Issue

High

[user-scalable="no"] is used in the <meta name="viewport"> element or the [maximum-scale] attribute is less than 5.

Best Practices

m.msccruises.co.za best practices score

92

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

SEO Factors

m.msccruises.co.za SEO score

82

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 M.msccruises.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 M.msccruises.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 data is detected on the main page of M MSC Cruises. This is the best way to make the web page social media friendly. Here is how it looks like on Facebook: