Report Summary

  • 18

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    34% of other websites

  • 79

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 48% of websites

  • 67

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    24% of websites

  • 74

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    32% of websites

pcshopper.co.za

Online Computer Store - Shop PCs & Hardware at PC Shopper

Page Load Speed

7.6 sec in total

First Response

723 ms

Resources Loaded

6.5 sec

Page Rendered

280 ms

pcshopper.co.za screenshot

About Website

Click here to check amazing PC Shopper content for South Africa. Otherwise, check out these important facts you probably never knew about pcshopper.co.za

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Key Findings

We analyzed Pcshopper.co.za page load time and found that the first response time was 723 ms and then it took 6.8 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 80% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

pcshopper.co.za performance score

18

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value4.6 s

14/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value13.1 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value19.2 s

0/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value1,830 ms

9/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.089

92/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value31.6 s

0/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

pcshopper.co.za

723 ms

style.css

771 ms

jquery-1.6.4.min.js

1291 ms

coin-slider.js

530 ms

script.js

524 ms

Our browser made a total of 49 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that all of those requests were addressed to Pcshopper.co.za and no external sources were called. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (3.6 sec) belongs to the original domain Pcshopper.co.za.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 308.0 kB (45%)

Content Size

691.2 kB

After Optimization

383.2 kB

In fact, the total size of Pcshopper.co.za main page is 691.2 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. Images take 325.3 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-87%

Potential reduce by 43.1 kB

  • Original 49.5 kB
  • After minification 35.5 kB
  • After compression 6.4 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 14.0 kB, which is 28% 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 43.1 kB or 87% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-13%

Potential reduce by 43.1 kB

  • Original 325.3 kB
  • After minification 282.2 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, PC Shopper needs image optimization as it can save up to 43.1 kB or 13% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-68%

Potential reduce by 171.5 kB

  • Original 253.8 kB
  • After minification 245.7 kB
  • After compression 82.3 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 171.5 kB or 68% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-80%

Potential reduce by 50.2 kB

  • Original 62.5 kB
  • After minification 49.7 kB
  • After compression 12.3 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. Pcshopper.co.za needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 50.2 kB or 80% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 22 (47%)

Requests Now

47

After Optimization

25

The browser has sent 47 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of PC Shopper. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 13 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 11 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Accessibility Review

pcshopper.co.za accessibility score

79

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

High

[role]s do not have all required [aria-*] attributes

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.

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

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

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

pcshopper.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

Displays images with incorrect aspect ratio

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

SEO Factors

pcshopper.co.za SEO score

74

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

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

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 Pcshopper.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 Pcshopper.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 PC Shopper. 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: