Report Summary

  • 80

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    86% of other websites

  • 60

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 26% of websites

  • 83

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    56% of websites

  • 92

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    75% of websites

sony.co.za

sony.co.za

Page Load Speed

13.9 sec in total

First Response

2 sec

Resources Loaded

7.4 sec

Page Rendered

4.4 sec

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Key Findings

We analyzed Sony.co.za page load time and found that the first response time was 2 sec and then it took 11.8 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 90% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

sony.co.za performance score

80

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value2.3 s

76/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value3.6 s

61/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value6.0 s

46/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value120 ms

97/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.014

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value4.7 s

81/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

sony.co.za

2040 ms

main.css

273 ms

jquery.min.js

798 ms

skel.min.js

683 ms

util.js

684 ms

Our browser made a total of 16 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 63% of them (10 requests) were addressed to the original Sony.co.za, 19% (3 requests) were made to Fonts.gstatic.com and 13% (2 requests) were made to Google-analytics.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (2 sec) belongs to the original domain Sony.co.za.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 156.4 kB (64%)

Content Size

242.8 kB

After Optimization

86.4 kB

In fact, the total size of Sony.co.za main page is 242.8 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. 30% of websites need less resources to load. Javascripts take 142.4 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-68%

Potential reduce by 2.6 kB

  • Original 3.8 kB
  • After minification 3.1 kB
  • After compression 1.2 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 700 B, which is 18% 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 2.6 kB or 68% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-36%

Potential reduce by 6.5 kB

  • Original 18.1 kB
  • After minification 11.7 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, Sony needs image optimization as it can save up to 6.5 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

-57%

Potential reduce by 81.9 kB

  • Original 142.4 kB
  • After minification 135.0 kB
  • After compression 60.5 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 81.9 kB or 57% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-83%

Potential reduce by 65.4 kB

  • Original 78.4 kB
  • After minification 66.1 kB
  • After compression 13.0 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. Sony.co.za needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 65.4 kB or 83% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 5 (45%)

Requests Now

11

After Optimization

6

The browser has sent 11 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Sony. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 6 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Accessibility Review

sony.co.za accessibility score

60

Accessibility Issues

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.

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

High

Links do not have a discernible name

Best Practices

sony.co.za best practices score

83

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

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

SEO Factors

sony.co.za SEO score

92

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

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

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 Sony.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 Sony.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 Sony. 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: