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Report Summary

  • 98

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    95% of other websites

  • 55

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 23% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    36% of websites

  • 58

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    20% of websites

plato.org.za

South African Geomatics Council SAGC Council for land surveyors, engineering surveyors, photogrammetric surveyors, mining surveyors, GIS practitioners...

Page Load Speed

3.1 sec in total

First Response

555 ms

Resources Loaded

2.3 sec

Page Rendered

187 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Plato.org.za page load time and found that the first response time was 555 ms and then it took 2.5 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 45% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

plato.org.za performance score

98

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value0.8 s

100/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value2.3 s

93/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value2.0 s

99/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value90 ms

99/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value1.0 s

100/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

plato.org.za

555 ms

p7APscripts.js

97 ms

p7APMscripts.js

193 ms

p7TMMscripts.js

195 ms

p7TMM04.css

199 ms

Our browser made a total of 15 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that all of those requests were addressed to Plato.org.za and no external sources were called. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1.5 sec) belongs to the original domain Plato.org.za.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 78.2 kB (44%)

Content Size

178.2 kB

After Optimization

100.0 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Plato.org.za main page is 178.2 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. 15% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 135.5 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-83%

Potential reduce by 22.4 kB

  • Original 27.1 kB
  • After minification 25.4 kB
  • After compression 4.7 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 22.4 kB or 83% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-33%

Potential reduce by 44.1 kB

  • Original 135.5 kB
  • After minification 91.4 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, Plato needs image optimization as it can save up to 44.1 kB or 33% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-74%

Potential reduce by 9.1 kB

  • Original 12.3 kB
  • After minification 9.2 kB
  • After compression 3.1 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 9.1 kB or 74% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-78%

Potential reduce by 2.6 kB

  • Original 3.3 kB
  • After minification 2.6 kB
  • After compression 733 B

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. Plato.org.za needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 2.6 kB or 78% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

We found no issues to fix!

Requests Now

12

After Optimization

12

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 12 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Plato. According to our analytics all requests are already optimized.

Network Requests Diagram

plato.org.za

plato.org.za

555 ms

p7APscripts.js

p7APscripts.js

97 ms

p7APMscripts.js

p7APMscripts.js

193 ms

p7TMMscripts.js

p7TMMscripts.js

195 ms

p7TMM04.css

p7TMM04.css

199 ms

titleleft.gif

titleleft.gif

287 ms

animationright.gif

animationright.gif

1471 ms

bkgnd%20titlewht.jpg

bkgnd%20titlewht.jpg

193 ms

tmm_rootGradientBlack.jpg

tmm_rootGradientBlack.jpg

100 ms

tmmbevel_white.jpg

tmmbevel_white.jpg

193 ms

logohome1.jpg

logohome1.jpg

393 ms

logohome%20updatesm.jpg

logohome%20updatesm.jpg

294 ms

logohome%20updatesm1.jpg

logohome%20updatesm1.jpg

383 ms

tmm_page_square_gray.gif

tmm_page_square_gray.gif

98 ms

tmm_east_gray.gif

tmm_east_gray.gif

98 ms

Accessibility Review

plato.org.za accessibility score

55

Accessibility Issues

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

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

plato.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

SEO Factors

plato.org.za SEO score

58

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

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Plato.org.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 Plato.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

plato.org.za

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