Report Summary

  • 16

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    30% of other websites

  • 78

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 46% of websites

  • 83

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    56% of websites

  • 90

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    68% of websites

usn.co.za

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Page Load Speed

10.2 sec in total

First Response

785 ms

Resources Loaded

9.1 sec

Page Rendered

290 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Usn.co.za page load time and found that the first response time was 785 ms and then it took 9.4 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 85% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

usn.co.za performance score

16

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value20.8 s

0/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value39.6 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value26.1 s

0/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value3,130 ms

2/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.017

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value50.5 s

0/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

usn.co.za

785 ms

www.usn.co.za

1488 ms

site_new.css

498 ms

site_gen_new.css

750 ms

ajax.js

504 ms

Our browser made a total of 81 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 96% of them (78 requests) were addressed to the original Usn.co.za, 2% (2 requests) were made to Google-analytics.com and 1% (1 request) were made to Stats.g.doubleclick.net. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (3.3 sec) belongs to the original domain Usn.co.za.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 790.2 kB (32%)

Content Size

2.5 MB

After Optimization

1.7 MB

In fact, the total size of Usn.co.za main page is 2.5 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. 30% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 1.7 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-78%

Potential reduce by 24.2 kB

  • Original 31.0 kB
  • After minification 29.8 kB
  • After compression 6.8 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. 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 78% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-11%

Potential reduce by 193.4 kB

  • Original 1.7 MB
  • After minification 1.5 MB

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, USN needs image optimization as it can save up to 193.4 kB or 11% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-78%

Potential reduce by 532.4 kB

  • Original 682.2 kB
  • After minification 510.3 kB
  • After compression 149.9 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 532.4 kB or 78% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-85%

Potential reduce by 40.3 kB

  • Original 47.5 kB
  • After minification 36.8 kB
  • After compression 7.2 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. Usn.co.za needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 40.3 kB or 85% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 20 (26%)

Requests Now

76

After Optimization

56

The browser has sent 76 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of USN. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 15 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 7 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Accessibility Review

usn.co.za accessibility score

78

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

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

Buttons do not have an accessible name

High

Links do not have a discernible name

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

High

Some elements have a [tabindex] value greater than 0

Best Practices

usn.co.za best practices score

83

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

High

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

usn.co.za SEO score

90

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

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

    N/A

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Usn.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 Usn.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 USN. 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: