Report Summary

  • 1

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    19% of other websites

  • 68

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 33% of websites

  • 83

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    56% of websites

  • 70

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    30% of websites

usedcars.co.za

New & Used Cars from Bidvest McCarthy | McCarthy.co.za

Page Load Speed

5.3 sec in total

First Response

1.1 sec

Resources Loaded

4 sec

Page Rendered

167 ms

usedcars.co.za screenshot

About Website

Click here to check amazing Used Cars content. Otherwise, check out these important facts you probably never knew about usedcars.co.za

New & Used Cars from Bidvest McCarthy, your one-stop Bidvest McCarthy Dealership where Peace of Mind Motoring is our guarantee. Simply search our database of New and Used Vehicles to find the vehicle ...

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Key Findings

We analyzed Usedcars.co.za page load time and found that the first response time was 1.1 sec and then it took 4.1 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

usedcars.co.za performance score

1

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value10.4 s

0/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value15.3 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value19.6 s

0/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value4,420 ms

0/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.788

5/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value28.6 s

0/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

my.callacar.co.za

1121 ms

incl-css.cfm

995 ms

incl-css.cfm

509 ms

incl-css.cfm

513 ms

incl-css.cfm

528 ms

Our browser made a total of 35 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 0% of them (0 request) were addressed to the original Usedcars.co.za, 11% (4 requests) were made to Maps.googleapis.com and 6% (2 requests) were made to Cdn.callacar.co.za. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1.8 sec) relates to the external source My.callacar.co.za.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 241.4 kB (63%)

Content Size

380.9 kB

After Optimization

139.4 kB

In fact, the total size of Usedcars.co.za main page is 380.9 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. 50% of websites need less resources to load. Javascripts take 345.8 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-82%

Potential reduce by 24.2 kB

  • Original 29.6 kB
  • After minification 28.8 kB
  • After compression 5.4 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 24.2 kB or 82% of the original size.

JavaScript Optimization

-61%

Potential reduce by 212.6 kB

  • Original 345.8 kB
  • After minification 345.8 kB
  • After compression 133.2 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 212.6 kB or 61% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-84%

Potential reduce by 4.7 kB

  • Original 5.5 kB
  • After minification 5.0 kB
  • After compression 855 B

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. Usedcars.co.za needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 4.7 kB or 84% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 28 (85%)

Requests Now

33

After Optimization

5

The browser has sent 33 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Used Cars. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 22 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 8 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Accessibility Review

usedcars.co.za accessibility score

68

Accessibility Issues

ARIA

These are opportunities to improve the usage of ARIA in your application which may enhance the experience for users of assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Impact

Issue

High

[aria-*] attributes do not match their roles

High

ARIA input fields do not have accessible names

High

ARIA toggle fields do not have accessible names

High

[aria-*] attributes do not have valid values

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.

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

These items highlight common accessibility best practices.

Impact

Issue

High

[user-scalable="no"] is used in the <meta name="viewport"> element or the [maximum-scale] attribute is less than 5.

Best Practices

usedcars.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

High

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

usedcars.co.za SEO score

70

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

High

Page is blocked from indexing

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

    EN

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Usedcars.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 Usedcars.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 data is detected on the main page of Used Cars. This is the best way to make the web page social media friendly. Here is how it looks like on Facebook: