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Report Summary

  • 45

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    64% of other websites

  • 94

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 83% of websites

  • 92

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    80% of websites

  • 93

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    83% of websites

zimsec.co.zw

ZIMSEC

Page Load Speed

15.7 sec in total

First Response

883 ms

Resources Loaded

14 sec

Page Rendered

811 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Zimsec.co.zw page load time and found that the first response time was 883 ms and then it took 14.8 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 90% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

zimsec.co.zw performance score

45

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value16.5 s

0/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value28.0 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value26.7 s

0/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value70 ms

99/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.022

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value26.1 s

0/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

zimsec.co.zw

883 ms

www5.zimsec.co.zw

7357 ms

bdt-uikit.css

2094 ms

ep-helper.css

1467 ms

init.css

1096 ms

Our browser made a total of 77 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 1% of them (1 request) were addressed to the original Zimsec.co.zw, 95% (73 requests) were made to Www5.zimsec.co.zw and 1% (1 request) were made to Fonts.googleapis.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (7.4 sec) relates to the external source Www5.zimsec.co.zw.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 2.0 MB (71%)

Content Size

2.8 MB

After Optimization

822.8 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Zimsec.co.zw main page is 2.8 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. 60% of websites need less resources to load. CSS take 1.5 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-84%

Potential reduce by 126.2 kB

  • Original 150.4 kB
  • After minification 146.4 kB
  • After compression 24.1 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 126.2 kB or 84% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-4%

Potential reduce by 14.0 kB

  • Original 369.8 kB
  • After minification 355.7 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. ZIMSEC images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-69%

Potential reduce by 540.3 kB

  • Original 784.5 kB
  • After minification 782.6 kB
  • After compression 244.3 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 540.3 kB or 69% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-87%

Potential reduce by 1.3 MB

  • Original 1.5 MB
  • After minification 1.5 MB
  • After compression 198.7 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. Zimsec.co.zw needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 1.3 MB or 87% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 61 (87%)

Requests Now

70

After Optimization

9

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 70 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of ZIMSEC. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 30 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 33 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

zimsec.co.zw

zimsec.co.zw

883 ms

www5.zimsec.co.zw

www5.zimsec.co.zw

7357 ms

bdt-uikit.css

bdt-uikit.css

2094 ms

ep-helper.css

ep-helper.css

1467 ms

init.css

init.css

1096 ms

amo-team-showcase-public.css

amo-team-showcase-public.css

1396 ms

general.min.css

general.min.css

1727 ms

style.min.css

style.min.css

1403 ms

contactus.min.css

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1740 ms

generated-desktop.css

generated-desktop.css

1729 ms

style.min.css

style.min.css

1737 ms

theme.min.css

theme.min.css

1831 ms

header-footer.min.css

header-footer.min.css

2169 ms

frontend-lite.min.css

frontend-lite.min.css

2971 ms

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2172 ms

elementor-icons.min.css

elementor-icons.min.css

2170 ms

swiper.min.css

swiper.min.css

2183 ms

frontend-lite.min.css

frontend-lite.min.css

2172 ms

all.min.css

all.min.css

3789 ms

v4-shims.min.css

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2436 ms

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2433 ms

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2441 ms

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2453 ms

ekiticons.css

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3168 ms

widget-styles.css

widget-styles.css

3428 ms

responsive.css

responsive.css

3158 ms

general.min.css

general.min.css

2736 ms

css

css

35 ms

fontawesome.min.css

fontawesome.min.css

3174 ms

solid.min.css

solid.min.css

3219 ms

brands.min.css

brands.min.css

3420 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

3453 ms

jquery-migrate.min.js

jquery-migrate.min.js

3453 ms

contactus.min.js

contactus.min.js

3470 ms

scripts.js

scripts.js

3818 ms

v4-shims.min.js

v4-shims.min.js

3819 ms

widget-nav-menu.min.css

widget-nav-menu.min.css

3455 ms

widget-posts.min.css

widget-posts.min.css

3726 ms

widget-icon-list.min.css

widget-icon-list.min.css

2733 ms

animations.min.css

animations.min.css

3017 ms

maskedinput.min.js

maskedinput.min.js

3006 ms

script.min.js

script.min.js

2717 ms

hello-frontend.min.js

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2714 ms

frontend-script.js

frontend-script.js

2391 ms

widget-scripts.js

widget-scripts.js

2640 ms

general.min.js

general.min.js

2638 ms

premium-wrapper-link.min.js

premium-wrapper-link.min.js

3508 ms

bdt-uikit.min.js

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3031 ms

webpack.runtime.min.js

webpack.runtime.min.js

2548 ms

frontend-modules.min.js

frontend-modules.min.js

2597 ms

waypoints.min.js

waypoints.min.js

2595 ms

core.min.js

core.min.js

2603 ms

frontend.min.js

frontend.min.js

2608 ms

ep-background-overlay.min.js

ep-background-overlay.min.js

2994 ms

jquery.smartmenus.min.js

jquery.smartmenus.min.js

2743 ms

imagesloaded.min.js

imagesloaded.min.js

2745 ms

helper.min.js

helper.min.js

2743 ms

webpack-pro.runtime.min.js

webpack-pro.runtime.min.js

2734 ms

hooks.min.js

hooks.min.js

2695 ms

i18n.min.js

i18n.min.js

2468 ms

frontend.min.js

frontend.min.js

2278 ms

elements-handlers.min.js

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2272 ms

animate-circle.min.js

animate-circle.min.js

2276 ms

elementor.js

elementor.js

2286 ms

jquery.sticky.min.js

jquery.sticky.min.js

2324 ms

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88 ms

zimsec-logo.jpg

zimsec-logo.jpg

2272 ms

exam_timetable.jpg

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2571 ms

Results-portal.png

Results-portal.png

1915 ms

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1915 ms

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1916 ms

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2222 ms

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19 ms

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2848 ms

fa-solid-900.woff

fa-solid-900.woff

1843 ms

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fa-regular-400.woff

1460 ms

fa-brands-400.woff

fa-brands-400.woff

1809 ms

Accessibility Review

zimsec.co.zw 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

zimsec.co.zw best practices score

92

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

SEO Factors

zimsec.co.zw SEO score

93

Search Engine Optimization Advices

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 Zimsec.co.zw 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 Zimsec.co.zw 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

zimsec.co.zw

Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of ZIMSEC. 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: