Report Summary

  • 97

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    95% of other websites

  • 64

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 30% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    36% of websites

  • 77

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    36% of websites

vacutec.co.za

Life Science Equipment | Vacuum Pumps and related Products | Vacutec (Pty) Ltd

Page Load Speed

6.4 sec in total

First Response

1.1 sec

Resources Loaded

4.5 sec

Page Rendered

774 ms

vacutec.co.za screenshot

About Website

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

Vacutec is your first choice is top quality Laboratory Equipment which carries local support and repairs. We specialise in Life Science Equipment, Vacuum Products and Custom Built Systems.

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Key Findings

We analyzed Vacutec.co.za page load time and found that the first response time was 1.1 sec and then it took 5.3 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 75% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

vacutec.co.za performance score

97

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value0.8 s

100/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value1.2 s

100/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value4.6 s

70/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value0 ms

100/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value0.8 s

100/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

vacutec.co.za

1108 ms

stylesheet.css

384 ms

vacutec_logo.png

1518 ms

vacutec_bg.jpg

3043 ms

Our browser made a total of 4 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that all of those requests were addressed to Vacutec.co.za and no external sources were called. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (3 sec) belongs to the original domain Vacutec.co.za.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 8.9 kB (19%)

Content Size

47.6 kB

After Optimization

38.6 kB

In fact, the total size of Vacutec.co.za main page is 47.6 kB. This result falls within a vast category (top 1 000 000) of heavyweight, probably not optimized, and thus slow loading web pages. Only a small number of websites need less resources to load. Images take 45.7 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-56%

Potential reduce by 531 B

  • Original 956 B
  • After minification 934 B
  • After compression 425 B

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 531 B or 56% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-18%

Potential reduce by 8.2 kB

  • Original 45.7 kB
  • After minification 37.5 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, Vacutec needs image optimization as it can save up to 8.2 kB or 18% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

CSS Optimization

-24%

Potential reduce by 217 B

  • Original 908 B
  • After minification 908 B
  • After compression 691 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. Vacutec.co.za needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 217 B or 24% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

We found no issues to fix!

Requests Now

3

After Optimization

3

The browser has sent 3 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Vacutec. According to our analytics all requests are already optimized.

Accessibility Review

vacutec.co.za accessibility score

64

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

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

High

Links do not have a discernible name

Best Practices

vacutec.co.za best practices score

75

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

User Experience

Impact

Issue

High

Serves images with low resolution

SEO Factors

vacutec.co.za SEO score

77

Search Engine Optimization Advices

Crawling and Indexing

To appear in search results, crawlers need access to your app.

Impact

Issue

High

robots.txt is not valid

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

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 Vacutec.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 Vacutec.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 Vacutec. 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: