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Report Summary

  • 75

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    84% of other websites

  • 89

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 72% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    36% of websites

  • 92

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    75% of websites

stp.ac.za

STP

Page Load Speed

7 sec in total

First Response

2.7 sec

Resources Loaded

4.2 sec

Page Rendered

128 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Stp.ac.za page load time and found that the first response time was 2.7 sec and then it took 4.3 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 65% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

stp.ac.za performance score

75

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.1 s

47/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value4.4 s

40/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value4.7 s

68/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value30 ms

100/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.077

95/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value3.5 s

92/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

stp.ac.za

2729 ms

STP.css

237 ms

student-technology-program.png

465 ms

bg-laptops1.png

464 ms

bg-tablets1.png

466 ms

Our browser made a total of 14 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that all of those requests were addressed to Stp.ac.za and no external sources were called. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (2.7 sec) belongs to the original domain Stp.ac.za.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 118.5 kB (42%)

Content Size

279.0 kB

After Optimization

160.5 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Stp.ac.za main page is 279.0 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. Only 10% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 265.6 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-80%

Potential reduce by 3.9 kB

  • Original 4.9 kB
  • After minification 3.0 kB
  • After compression 1.0 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 1.9 kB, which is 39% 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 3.9 kB or 80% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-41%

Potential reduce by 107.6 kB

  • Original 265.6 kB
  • After minification 157.9 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, STP needs image optimization as it can save up to 107.6 kB or 41% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

CSS Optimization

-82%

Potential reduce by 7.0 kB

  • Original 8.5 kB
  • After minification 5.3 kB
  • After compression 1.5 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. Stp.ac.za needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 7.0 kB or 82% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

We found no issues to fix!

Requests Now

13

After Optimization

13

  • Images
  • CSS

The browser has sent 13 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of STP. According to our analytics all requests are already optimized.

Network Requests Diagram

stp.ac.za

stp.ac.za

2729 ms

STP.css

STP.css

237 ms

student-technology-program.png

student-technology-program.png

465 ms

bg-laptops1.png

bg-laptops1.png

464 ms

bg-tablets1.png

bg-tablets1.png

466 ms

msOfficeLogo.png

msOfficeLogo.png

467 ms

homebut.png

homebut.png

473 ms

AboutstpBut.png

AboutstpBut.png

475 ms

programmebut.png

programmebut.png

694 ms

devicesbut.png

devicesbut.png

694 ms

bg-header.png

bg-header.png

927 ms

bg-content-1.png

bg-content-1.png

928 ms

bg-content-2.png

bg-content-2.png

1187 ms

bg-footer.png

bg-footer.png

995 ms

Accessibility Review

stp.ac.za accessibility score

89

Accessibility Issues

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

Links do not have a discernible name

Best Practices

stp.ac.za best practices score

75

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

SEO Factors

stp.ac.za SEO score

92

Search Engine Optimization Advices

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 Stp.ac.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 Stp.ac.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

stp.ac.za

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