Report Summary

  • 18

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    34% of other websites

  • 77

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 45% of websites

  • 67

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    24% of websites

  • 81

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    43% of websites

poetrystores.co.za

Women's Clothing, Footwear & Accessories | Poetry

Page Load Speed

6.6 sec in total

First Response

587 ms

Resources Loaded

5.7 sec

Page Rendered

311 ms

poetrystores.co.za screenshot

About Website

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The store concept appeals to sophisticated women who want beautiful clothing, shoes, accessories, bath and body products, confectionery and homeware such as the locally made Wonki Ware crockery. In an...

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Key Findings

We analyzed Poetrystores.co.za page load time and found that the first response time was 587 ms and then it took 6 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 75% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

poetrystores.co.za performance score

18

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.9 s

25/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value5.7 s

16/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value7.8 s

23/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value3,790 ms

1/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.237

52/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value15.3 s

7/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

poetrystores.co.za

587 ms

www.poetrystores.co.za

1529 ms

font-awesome.css

35 ms

260782b3470902824cb0ab6be4fc0bbe.54.css

2417 ms

bae84cd1e856d89055a99370f6af833a.31.js

2181 ms

Our browser made a total of 56 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 57% of them (32 requests) were addressed to the original Poetrystores.co.za, 16% (9 requests) were made to Capeunionmart.co.za and 5% (3 requests) were made to S7.addthis.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (2.4 sec) belongs to the original domain Poetrystores.co.za.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 1.4 MB (51%)

Content Size

2.6 MB

After Optimization

1.3 MB

In fact, the total size of Poetrystores.co.za main page is 2.6 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. 65% of websites need less resources to load. Javascripts take 1.3 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-78%

Potential reduce by 162.8 kB

  • Original 207.5 kB
  • After minification 205.9 kB
  • After compression 44.7 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 162.8 kB or 78% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-14%

Potential reduce by 129.5 kB

  • Original 955.8 kB
  • After minification 826.3 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, Poetry Stores needs image optimization as it can save up to 129.5 kB or 14% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-70%

Potential reduce by 888.8 kB

  • Original 1.3 MB
  • After minification 1.2 MB
  • After compression 387.6 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 888.8 kB or 70% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-83%

Potential reduce by 169.7 kB

  • Original 205.5 kB
  • After minification 182.4 kB
  • After compression 35.7 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. Poetrystores.co.za needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 169.7 kB or 83% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 14 (29%)

Requests Now

49

After Optimization

35

The browser has sent 49 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Poetry Stores. 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.

Accessibility Review

poetrystores.co.za accessibility score

77

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-*] attributes do not match their roles

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

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

High

Links do not have a discernible name

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

poetrystores.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

poetrystores.co.za SEO score

81

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

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

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

    N/A

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Poetrystores.co.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 Poetrystores.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 Poetry Stores. This is the best way to make the web page social media friendly. Here is how it looks like on Facebook: