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Report Summary

  • 52

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    69% of other websites

  • 70

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 35% of websites

  • 67

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    24% of websites

  • 83

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    46% of websites

simcomms.co.za

Structured Cabling and Fibre Optic Solutions : Simplistic Communications

Page Load Speed

5.4 sec in total

First Response

876 ms

Resources Loaded

4.2 sec

Page Rendered

239 ms

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About Website

Welcome to simcomms.co.za homepage info - get ready to check Simcomms best content right away, or after learning these important things about simcomms.co.za

Simplistic Communications are a Fibre Optics and Structured cabling specialist company, based in Durban, we serve organisations throughout South Africa.

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Key Findings

We analyzed Simcomms.co.za page load time and found that the first response time was 876 ms and then it took 4.5 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 70% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

simcomms.co.za performance score

52

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.6 s

32/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value12.6 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value7.5 s

26/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value230 ms

86/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value6.6 s

57/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

simcomms.co.za

876 ms

css

21 ms

layout.css

302 ms

mediaquery.css

599 ms

responsivemobilemenu.css

600 ms

Our browser made a total of 36 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 83% of them (30 requests) were addressed to the original Simcomms.co.za, 6% (2 requests) were made to Google-analytics.com and 3% (1 request) were made to Fonts.googleapis.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (2.7 sec) belongs to the original domain Simcomms.co.za.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 582.8 kB (20%)

Content Size

2.9 MB

After Optimization

2.4 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Simcomms.co.za main page is 2.9 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. 30% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 2.9 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-71%

Potential reduce by 12.1 kB

  • Original 16.9 kB
  • After minification 16.3 kB
  • After compression 4.8 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 12.1 kB or 71% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-20%

Potential reduce by 569.0 kB

  • Original 2.9 MB
  • After minification 2.3 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. Obviously, Simcomms needs image optimization as it can save up to 569.0 kB or 20% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-1%

Potential reduce by 556 B

  • Original 58.6 kB
  • After minification 58.6 kB
  • After compression 58.1 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. This website has mostly compressed JavaScripts.

CSS Optimization

-22%

Potential reduce by 1.1 kB

  • Original 5.0 kB
  • After minification 5.0 kB
  • After compression 3.9 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. Simcomms.co.za needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 1.1 kB or 22% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 9 (26%)

Requests Now

34

After Optimization

25

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 34 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Simcomms. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 5 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 6 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

simcomms.co.za

simcomms.co.za

876 ms

css

css

21 ms

layout.css

layout.css

302 ms

mediaquery.css

mediaquery.css

599 ms

responsivemobilemenu.css

responsivemobilemenu.css

600 ms

nivo-slider.css

nivo-slider.css

605 ms

default.css

default.css

605 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

8 ms

jquery.nivo.slider.pack.js

jquery.nivo.slider.pack.js

601 ms

responsivemobilemenu.js

responsivemobilemenu.js

614 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

56 ms

background.png

background.png

302 ms

header-background.png

header-background.png

304 ms

logo-l.png

logo-l.png

605 ms

elements-01.png

elements-01.png

598 ms

loading.gif

loading.gif

303 ms

fibre_optics_africa.jpg

fibre_optics_africa.jpg

2130 ms

structured_cabling.jpg

structured_cabling.jpg

1792 ms

wireless-network-server.png

wireless-network-server.png

2703 ms

wireless_network_guy_s.jpg

wireless_network_guy_s.jpg

1501 ms

image-menu.png

image-menu.png

1498 ms

Emtelle.png

Emtelle.png

909 ms

fibreflow.png

fibreflow.png

1213 ms

CFOT.png

CFOT.png

1518 ms

fujikura.png

fujikura.png

1801 ms

Exfo.png

Exfo.png

1806 ms

molex.png

molex.png

1822 ms

fluke-networks.png

fluke-networks.png

2098 ms

UBNT_Ubiquiti_Wireless_Networks.png

UBNT_Ubiquiti_Wireless_Networks.png

2103 ms

footer-background.png

footer-background.png

2114 ms

logo-s.png

logo-s.png

2128 ms

arrows.png

arrows.png

2405 ms

bullets.png

bullets.png

2407 ms

S6uyw4BMUTPHjx4wWA.woff

S6uyw4BMUTPHjx4wWA.woff

15 ms

collect

collect

27 ms

js

js

68 ms

Accessibility Review

simcomms.co.za accessibility score

70

Accessibility Issues

Navigation

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

Impact

Issue

High

Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order

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

simcomms.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

High

Serves images with low resolution

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

SEO Factors

simcomms.co.za SEO score

83

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 Simcomms.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 Simcomms.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

simcomms.co.za

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