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Report Summary

  • 14

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    26% of other websites

  • 92

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 80% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    36% of websites

  • 70

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    30% of websites

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Page Load Speed

62.6 sec in total

First Response

1.9 sec

Resources Loaded

37.6 sec

Page Rendered

23.1 sec

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Key Findings

We analyzed Web4africa.net page load time and found that the first response time was 1.9 sec and then it took 60.7 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is an excellent result, as only a small number of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

web4africa.net performance score

14

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value10.9 s

0/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value11.3 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value22.1 s

0/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value11,510 ms

0/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.086

93/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value29.2 s

0/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

web4africa.net

1934 ms

www.web4africa.net

3761 ms

analytics.js

1551 ms

wp-emoji-release.min.js

1150 ms

widget.css

1071 ms

Our browser made a total of 59 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 64% of them (38 requests) were addressed to the original Web4africa.net, 5% (3 requests) were made to Fonts.googleapis.com and 5% (3 requests) were made to Secure.gravatar.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (19.1 sec) belongs to the original domain Web4africa.net.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 1.4 MB (53%)

Content Size

2.7 MB

After Optimization

1.3 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Web4africa.net main page is 2.7 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. 65% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 1.1 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-78%

Potential reduce by 56.6 kB

  • Original 72.4 kB
  • After minification 70.8 kB
  • After compression 15.8 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 56.6 kB or 78% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-24%

Potential reduce by 278.3 kB

  • Original 1.1 MB
  • After minification 861.3 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, Web 4africa needs image optimization as it can save up to 278.3 kB or 24% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-68%

Potential reduce by 622.6 kB

  • Original 913.1 kB
  • After minification 819.7 kB
  • After compression 290.5 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 622.6 kB or 68% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-78%

Potential reduce by 483.4 kB

  • Original 617.6 kB
  • After minification 603.3 kB
  • After compression 134.1 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. Web4africa.net needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 483.4 kB or 78% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 42 (81%)

Requests Now

52

After Optimization

10

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 52 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Web 4africa. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 28 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 16 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

web4africa.net

web4africa.net

1934 ms

www.web4africa.net

www.web4africa.net

3761 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

1551 ms

wp-emoji-release.min.js

wp-emoji-release.min.js

1150 ms

widget.css

widget.css

1071 ms

simple-payments.css

simple-payments.css

2113 ms

shortcodes.css

shortcodes.css

2114 ms

renew.css

renew.css

2505 ms

renew.css

renew.css

2107 ms

css

css

1020 ms

app.css

app.css

2362 ms

perfect-scrollbar.min.css

perfect-scrollbar.min.css

2403 ms

info_bar.min.css

info_bar.min.css

3386 ms

social-logos.min.css

social-logos.min.css

3186 ms

css

css

2054 ms

jetpack.css

jetpack.css

3285 ms

frontend.min.js

frontend.min.js

3101 ms

jquery.js

jquery.js

4022 ms

jquery-migrate.min.js

jquery-migrate.min.js

4344 ms

x-head.min.js

x-head.min.js

4343 ms

cs-head.js

cs-head.js

4481 ms

hoverIntent.min.js

hoverIntent.min.js

4343 ms

x-head.min.js

x-head.min.js

4342 ms

get_this_deal.min.css

get_this_deal.min.css

4479 ms

css

css

1923 ms

scripts.js

scripts.js

6312 ms

devicepx-jetpack.js

devicepx-jetpack.js

3008 ms

gprofiles.js

gprofiles.js

3106 ms

wpgroho.js

wpgroho.js

6100 ms

x-body.min.js

x-body.min.js

6100 ms

comment-reply.min.js

comment-reply.min.js

6054 ms

cs-body.js

cs-body.js

11164 ms

twitter-timeline.js

twitter-timeline.js

10652 ms

x-body.min.js

x-body.min.js

10653 ms

wp-embed.min.js

wp-embed.min.js

10652 ms

mediaelement-and-player.min.js

mediaelement-and-player.min.js

10653 ms

idle-timer.min.js

idle-timer.min.js

10945 ms

info_bar.min.js

info_bar.min.js

11162 ms

e-201736.js

e-201736.js

2700 ms

conversion.js

conversion.js

3532 ms

collect

collect

895 ms

collect

collect

3097 ms

ga-audiences

ga-audiences

8965 ms

prum.min.js

prum.min.js

8191 ms

web4africa-icann-logo.png

web4africa-icann-logo.png

17528 ms

fireworks-74689_1920.jpg

fireworks-74689_1920.jpg

19095 ms

dotAfrica.png

dotAfrica.png

17702 ms

dotSITE-header.png

dotSITE-header.png

18997 ms

cross.png

cross.png

17527 ms

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4GwpJM7qx9X5Obd9KsnKxQ.ttf

11599 ms

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zpv3sOKAbMf4wff105oLjw.ttf

12645 ms

4iCv6KVjbNBYlgoCxCvjvmyI.ttf

4iCv6KVjbNBYlgoCxCvjvmyI.ttf

14739 ms

fontawesome-webfont.woff

fontawesome-webfont.woff

16687 ms

widgets.js

widgets.js

15011 ms

uwt.js

uwt.js

12569 ms

hovercard.css

hovercard.css

5377 ms

services.css

services.css

6014 ms

g.gif

g.gif

5855 ms

player_api

player_api

6338 ms

Accessibility Review

web4africa.net accessibility score

92

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.

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

Best Practices

web4africa.net 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

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

High

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

web4africa.net SEO score

70

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

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

Crawling and Indexing

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

Impact

Issue

High

Links are not crawlable

High

robots.txt is not valid

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 Web4africa.net 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 Web4africa.net 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

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Open Graph data is detected on the main page of Web 4africa. This is the best way to make the web page social media friendly. Here is how it looks like on Facebook: