Almost full marks for the BICYCLE COURIERS website!
Writing software is easy – it is making it work that is hard. The recent website grader test is a great testimony to the love and time and effort put into the bicycle couriers website. Because this is who we are and what we do. An online boxed bicycle transport aggregator. The very best one in South Africa. At least we like to believe so. But don’t take our word for it. Have a look at the Hubspot website grader results below and see why the bicycle couriers website is so highly ranked. Across all 4 metrics: speed, SEO, experience and security.
PERFORMANCE of the bicycle couriers website
Optimizing your website’s performance is crucial to increasing traffic, improving conversion rates, generating more leads, and increasing revenue.
- So fast! So light! (579KB) The heavier the site page, the slower the load. For optimal performance, try to keep page size below 3MB. Under page size…
- Zoom zoom. Nice work. Best-in-class webpages should become interactive within 5.3 seconds. Any slower and visitors will abandon your site, reducing conversions and sales. Ours loads in 4 ½ seconds. Under page speed…
- Your web caching is world class. Browser caching speeds up your website by storing frequently used content in local memory. Under browser caching…
- Straight to the point. Multiple redirects can make your site load slower. Aim for no more than one redirect. Under minimal page redirects.
- They fit perfectly! Images can take a long time to load. Use responsive images or SVGs to optimize your images for different screen sizes. Under image size…
- Short and sweet. When your CSS is properly compressed, it makes your website run much faster. Under minified CSS. Which stands for Cascading Style Sheets…
*TWO SUGGESTIONS: Hmmm. We can shorten that. The minified JavaScript. Add to the suggestions box. When your JavaScript is properly compressed, it makes your website run much faster. // AND the 44x page requests shows room for improvement. Will fix this with eh next round of web admin. The more HTTP requests your website makes, the slower it becomes. Try reducing the number of files your site loads.
SEO for the bicycle couriers website
Optimizing your website content for search helps you drive organic traffic to your website. You can do this by providing a great experience for people and web crawlers alike.
- Permission to index: Granted. In order for a page to appear in search results, search engines must have permission to store it in their index. If they can’t store it, no other changes matter.
- Look at you go! Meta descriptions tell people what your page is about in search results. Under meta descriptions. And yes we have spent a lot of time on this…
- *Clap, clap, clap* Good job! Search engines can’t always understand content that relies on browser plugins, such as Flash. Under content plugins…
- Your links make sense. Descriptive link text helps visitors know what they’ll see if they click the link. “Click here” doesn’t cut it. under descriptive link text…
MOBILE FRIENDLY bicycle couriers website
Traffic from mobile devices is growing fast. Optimize your website for mobile or you’ll miss out on valuable traffic, leads, and revenue.
- Easy on the eyes. Visitors may have difficulty reading small text, especially on mobile devices. We recommend at least 12px. Because of legible font sizes…
- Clicking is so easy! Mobile-friendly pages perform better in search results. Make sure interactive elements like buttons and links are not too small or too close together. Under tap targets…
- Fantastic! You’re ready to face the future. Responsive design gives you a bump in search rankings for searches on mobile devices. Under mobile responsiveness…
SECURITY for the bicycle couriers website
A secure website equipped with an SSL certificate and free from vulnerabilities is now the standard online. People and search engines love secure websites.
- Secured. HTTPS protects websites from attacks and gives visitors confidence that your site is authentic and trustworthy. Under HTTPS security. Which stands for Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure…
- Protected! Intruders can exploit outdated JavaScript libraries. Using the latest version of each library and updating it regularly will help keep you safe. Under Secure JavaScript libraries…
