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safa.co.za

Domain Registered

Page Load Speed

4.7 sec in total

First Response

817 ms

Resources Loaded

3.4 sec

Page Rendered

448 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Safa.co.za page load time and found that the first response time was 817 ms and then it took 3.9 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 60% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

safa.co.za performance score

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Network Requests Diagram

safa.co.za

817 ms

swfobject_modified.js

289 ms

get_flash_player.gif

13 ms

index.html

273 ms

website_catalogue.jpg

2300 ms

Our browser made a total of 20 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 95% of them (19 requests) were addressed to the original Safa.co.za, 5% (1 request) were made to Adobe.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (2.3 sec) belongs to the original domain Safa.co.za.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 265.8 kB (39%)

Content Size

683.9 kB

After Optimization

418.1 kB

In fact, the total size of Safa.co.za main page is 683.9 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. 20% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 643.7 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-67%

Potential reduce by 2.3 kB

  • Original 3.4 kB
  • After minification 2.9 kB
  • After compression 1.1 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. This page needs HTML code to be minified as it can gain 502 B, which is 15% 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 2.3 kB or 67% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-36%

Potential reduce by 233.8 kB

  • Original 643.7 kB
  • After minification 410.0 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, Safa needs image optimization as it can save up to 233.8 kB or 36% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-81%

Potential reduce by 22.7 kB

  • Original 27.9 kB
  • After minification 16.5 kB
  • After compression 5.2 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 22.7 kB or 81% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-80%

Potential reduce by 7.1 kB

  • Original 8.9 kB
  • After minification 6.9 kB
  • After compression 1.8 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. Safa.co.za needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 7.1 kB or 80% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

We found no issues to fix!

Requests Now

19

After Optimization

19

The browser has sent 19 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Safa. According to our analytics all requests are already optimized.

SEO Factors

safa.co.za SEO score

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Language and Encoding

  • Language Detected

    N/A

  • Language Claimed

    N/A

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Safa.co.za can be misinterpreted by Google and other search engines. Unfortunately we cannot identify language used on the page (probably there is a mix of languages, too little text or something else) and no language is claimed in <html> or <meta> tags either. Our system also found out that Safa.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 Safa. 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: