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Report Summary

  • 29

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    49% of other websites

  • 94

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 83% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    35% of websites

  • 85

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    55% of websites

travelcounsellors.co.za

Travel Counsellors

Page Load Speed

2.8 sec in total

First Response

132 ms

Resources Loaded

2.3 sec

Page Rendered

410 ms

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About Website

Visit travelcounsellors.co.za now to see the best up-to-date Travel Counsellors content for South Africa and also check out these interesting facts you probably never knew about travelcounsellors.co.za

We connect you with experienced travel advisors who will craft your holiday with care and be on hand every step of the way

Visit travelcounsellors.co.za

Key Findings

We analyzed Travelcounsellors.co.za page load time and found that the first response time was 132 ms and then it took 2.7 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 50% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

travelcounsellors.co.za performance score

29

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value4.2 s

20/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value10.1 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value8.4 s

18/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value1,080 ms

24/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.001

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value9.4 s

31/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

travelcounsellors.co.za

132 ms

travelcounsellors.co.za

40 ms

www.travelcounsellors.co.za

683 ms

otSDKStub.js

50 ms

css2

55 ms

Our browser made a total of 60 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 63% of them (38 requests) were addressed to the original Travelcounsellors.co.za, 7% (4 requests) were made to Use.typekit.net and 5% (3 requests) were made to Cdn.cookielaw.org. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1 sec) belongs to the original domain Travelcounsellors.co.za.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 285.0 kB (22%)

Content Size

1.3 MB

After Optimization

1.0 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Travelcounsellors.co.za main page is 1.3 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. 50% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 759.8 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-83%

Potential reduce by 66.8 kB

  • Original 80.1 kB
  • After minification 62.9 kB
  • After compression 13.3 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 17.2 kB, which is 22% 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 66.8 kB or 83% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-23%

Potential reduce by 177.4 kB

  • Original 759.8 kB
  • After minification 582.5 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, Travel Counsellors needs image optimization as it can save up to 177.4 kB or 23% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-10%

Potential reduce by 36.9 kB

  • Original 388.0 kB
  • After minification 387.9 kB
  • After compression 351.1 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

-5%

Potential reduce by 3.9 kB

  • Original 74.1 kB
  • After minification 74.1 kB
  • After compression 70.2 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. Travelcounsellors.co.za has all CSS files already compressed.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 34 (67%)

Requests Now

51

After Optimization

17

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 51 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Travel Counsellors. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 13 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 14 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

travelcounsellors.co.za

travelcounsellors.co.za

132 ms

travelcounsellors.co.za

travelcounsellors.co.za

40 ms

www.travelcounsellors.co.za

www.travelcounsellors.co.za

683 ms

otSDKStub.js

otSDKStub.js

50 ms

css2

css2

55 ms

qmq0xez.css

qmq0xez.css

54 ms

DependencyHandler.axd

DependencyHandler.axd

180 ms

ig-theme-RDXLPSKR9ES5if3iWkhXrw.css

ig-theme-RDXLPSKR9ES5if3iWkhXrw.css

144 ms

css2

css2

79 ms

css2

css2

84 ms

tc-global-styles.css

tc-global-styles.css

214 ms

tp.widget.bootstrap.min.js

tp.widget.bootstrap.min.js

32 ms

VWO.js

VWO.js

400 ms

site.css

site.css

220 ms

slick.css

slick.css

296 ms

slick-theme.css

slick-theme.css

551 ms

holiday-type.css

holiday-type.css

430 ms

destinations-card.css

destinations-card.css

357 ms

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152 ms

p.css

p.css

34 ms

find-your-travel-counsellor.css

find-your-travel-counsellor.css

356 ms

DependencyHandler.axd

DependencyHandler.axd

355 ms

slick.min.js

slick.min.js

430 ms

site.js

site.js

462 ms

newsletter-signup.js

newsletter-signup.js

467 ms

mytc-social-modal.js

mytc-social-modal.js

443 ms

gtm.js

gtm.js

65 ms

location

location

51 ms

otBannerSdk.js

otBannerSdk.js

40 ms

j.php

j.php

40 ms

tc-primary-full-logo-horizontal_cherry-rbg.svg

tc-primary-full-logo-horizontal_cherry-rbg.svg

405 ms

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tc-primary-full-logo-horizontal_iceland-100-rgb.svg

375 ms

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281 ms

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trustpilot_5star.png

296 ms

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280 ms

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hero.jpg

529 ms

cruise-hero-seabourn.jpg

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412 ms

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558 ms

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457 ms

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512 ms

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569 ms

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570 ms

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614 ms

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1033 ms

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9 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

72 ms

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singapore-river-cruise.png

560 ms

croatia-beaches.jpg

croatia-beaches.jpg

551 ms

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573 ms

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582 ms

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611 ms

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coral.jpg

698 ms

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31 ms

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32 ms

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22 ms

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31 ms

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21 ms

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32 ms

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25 ms

ga-audiences

ga-audiences

131 ms

Accessibility Review

travelcounsellors.co.za accessibility score

94

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

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

travelcounsellors.co.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

Displays images with incorrect aspect ratio

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Missing source maps for large first-party JavaScript

SEO Factors

travelcounsellors.co.za SEO score

85

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

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

    EN

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Travelcounsellors.co.za can be misinterpreted by Google and other search engines. Our service has detected that English is used on the page, and it matches the claimed language. Our system also found out that Travelcounsellors.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

travelcounsellors.co.za

Open Graph data is detected on the main page of Travel Counsellors. This is the best way to make the web page social media friendly. Here is how it looks like on Facebook: