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Report Summary

  • 66

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    79% of other websites

  • 57

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 24% of websites

  • 58

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    19% of websites

  • 58

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    20% of websites

soweto.co.za

Home - Soweto Events

Page Load Speed

4.2 sec in total

First Response

837 ms

Resources Loaded

2.8 sec

Page Rendered

489 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Soweto.co.za page load time and found that the first response time was 837 ms and then it took 3.3 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 55% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

soweto.co.za performance score

66

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.2 s

43/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value5.6 s

17/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value4.8 s

68/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value200 ms

89/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.005

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value4.0 s

88/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

soweto.co.za

837 ms

text.css

273 ms

jquery-1.8.1.min.js

825 ms

jkmegamenu.css

544 ms

jkmegamenu.js

544 ms

Our browser made a total of 23 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 91% of them (21 requests) were addressed to the original Soweto.co.za, 9% (2 requests) were made to Google-analytics.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1.1 sec) belongs to the original domain Soweto.co.za.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 99.8 kB (27%)

Content Size

375.9 kB

After Optimization

276.1 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Soweto.co.za main page is 375.9 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. 15% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 217.2 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-74%

Potential reduce by 27.6 kB

  • Original 37.4 kB
  • After minification 29.7 kB
  • After compression 9.8 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. This page needs HTML code to be minified as it can gain 7.7 kB, which is 21% 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 27.6 kB or 74% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-2%

Potential reduce by 4.1 kB

  • Original 217.2 kB
  • After minification 213.0 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. Soweto images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-55%

Potential reduce by 64.3 kB

  • Original 116.2 kB
  • After minification 114.7 kB
  • After compression 51.9 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 64.3 kB or 55% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-73%

Potential reduce by 3.7 kB

  • Original 5.1 kB
  • After minification 4.3 kB
  • After compression 1.4 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. Soweto.co.za needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 3.7 kB or 73% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

We found no issues to fix!

Requests Now

22

After Optimization

22

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 22 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Soweto. According to our analytics all requests are already optimized.

Network Requests Diagram

soweto.co.za

soweto.co.za

837 ms

text.css

text.css

273 ms

jquery-1.8.1.min.js

jquery-1.8.1.min.js

825 ms

jkmegamenu.css

jkmegamenu.css

544 ms

jkmegamenu.js

jkmegamenu.js

544 ms

ga.js

ga.js

62 ms

bgtile.jpg

bgtile.jpg

273 ms

head-main.jpg

head-main.jpg

563 ms

travel-south-africa.jpg

travel-south-africa.jpg

542 ms

nelson-mandela-dead.jpg

nelson-mandela-dead.jpg

274 ms

thabo_mbeki.jpg

thabo_mbeki.jpg

273 ms

th-ind-hazyview2.jpg

th-ind-hazyview2.jpg

542 ms

braai-day-shisanyama.jpg

braai-day-shisanyama.jpg

544 ms

border_ndebele_h.jpg

border_ndebele_h.jpg

546 ms

border_ndebele_v.jpg

border_ndebele_v.jpg

818 ms

fb.png

fb.png

813 ms

soweto-wines.jpg

soweto-wines.jpg

1083 ms

th-victor.jpg

th-victor.jpg

814 ms

advertise-on-soweto-here.jpg

advertise-on-soweto-here.jpg

816 ms

towers_jump.jpg

towers_jump.jpg

840 ms

springbok_tent.jpg

springbok_tent.jpg

1082 ms

advert-daytrips.jpg

advert-daytrips.jpg

1085 ms

__utm.gif

__utm.gif

10 ms

Accessibility Review

soweto.co.za accessibility score

57

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.

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

High

Links do not have a discernible name

Best Practices

soweto.co.za best practices score

58

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

soweto.co.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

Links do not have descriptive text

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 Soweto.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 Soweto.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

soweto.co.za

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