techcentral.co.za

https://techcentral.co.za· First analyzed 29 Apr 2026· Updated 29 Apr 2026

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techcentral.co.za

Mobile

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Hosting Provider

Cloudflare

cloudflare.com

IP Address

104.26.11.220

Site Location

🇿🇦 Johannesburg, South Africavia tld

Server Location

🇨🇦 Toronto, Canada

ASN

AS13335

Organization

Cloudflare, Inc.

Server

Cloudflare

CDN

Cloudflare

WAF

Cloudflare

Nameservers

millie.ns.cloudflare.com.lennox.ns.cloudflare.com.

Performance

Core Web Vitals

Weight

First Contentful Paint

702 ms10%

Speed Index

913 ms10%

Largest Contentful Paint

—25%

Total Blocking Time

0.0 ms30%

Cumulative Layout Shift

0.00025%

1.1 MB

96 requests

Image Optimization

Lazy LoadResponsive

0–49

50–89

90–100

Architecture Stack

Monolithic

⚙️ SSR

WordPressv6.2.2

cms

SmartMagv10.3.2Custom

by ThemeSphere

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Technology Stack

19 Technologies Detected

Plugins

Webpushr Web Push Notifications

Libraries

Analytics

UI Components

CSS Frameworks

Icon Libraries

Fonts

Tag Managers

Email Marketing

Advertising

CDN

Customer Support

SEO Analysis

A83/100

Meta Tags12/15

Content10/12

Headings3/8

Technical24/25

E-E-A-T7/7

Images6/7

Links2/5

URL5/5

Social4/5

Freshness4/4

Mobile3/4

Indexability3/3

techcentral.co.zatechcentral.co.za

TechCentral | Technology News Leader in South Africa - TechCentral

TechCentral is South Africa's leading business-focused technology publication. Local and world news, analysis, opinion and podcasts.

Title Length66 chars

Recommended: 50-60 chars (~398px / 580px)

Description Length132 chars

Recommended: 120-160 chars

Issues (1)

• Missing H1 tag — every page should have exactly one H1

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Crawlability

Sitemap

Type: standard

23 URLs

robots.txt

45 rules

Sitemap reference found

Local SEO

Local Search Readiness

33/100

Needs Work

9 11

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AI & LLM Readiness

C69/100

Bot Access

20/25

Machine Read.

15/25

Schema Data

15/25

Citation

19/25

AI Bot Access

14/14 accessible

AI Search

OAI-SearchBot

PerplexityBot

Claude-SearchBot

Gemini-Deep-Research

DuckAssistBot

Training

GPTBot

ClaudeBot

Google-Extended

Meta-ExternalAgent

Bytespiderinfo

Amazonbot

Applebot-Extended

CCBotinfo

Fetch

ChatGPT-User

data-nosnippet

Machine Readability

llms.txtinvalid

llms-full.txt

Semantic HTML

Heading Hierarchy

nav

Text ratio:4%

Words:1,457

Token eff.:Optimal

Sections/1K:16.5

Depth:1/5

Structured Data

9 JSON-LD

Article×1.2Person×1.3Organization×1.1WebSiteBreadcrumbListSearchAction

sameAs entity links

Citation Readiness

Opening Summary32w

Descriptive Headingsavg 8.6w

Canonical URL

Open Graph3/3

Twitter Card1/3

Language Tag

Publish Date

Author Info

Lists

Tables

TL;DR / Summary

About Page Link

Recommendations (7)

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Accessibility

WCAG 2.1 Compliance

Evaluates how accessible your website is for users with disabilities, based on WCAG 2.1 guidelines. Checks images, forms, keyboard navigation, ARIA roles, and color contrast.

74/100

Passed

Critical

Warnings

Images & Alt Text

18/20

Checks if images have descriptive alt text for screen readers and visually impaired users.

Semantic Structure

15/20

Evaluates proper use of HTML5 semantic elements (header, nav, main, footer) and heading hierarchy.

Forms & Inputs

5/15

Verifies form fields have labels, error messages are clear, and inputs are properly associated.

Color & Contrast

15/15

Tests text-to-background color contrast ratios against WCAG AA/AAA minimum requirements.

Keyboard & Focus

9/15

Ensures all interactive elements are reachable and operable via keyboard (tab, enter, escape).

ARIA & Roles

12/15

Checks correct use of WAI-ARIA attributes (roles, states, properties) for assistive technologies.

2 recommendations

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Carbon Footprint

SWDM v4 · Eco-Score

Carbon emissions estimated using the Sustainable Web Design Model v4 (SWDM v4). Factors in data center, network, and device energy across new and returning visitors. Grade thresholds based on HTTP Archive percentiles.

69/100

118 mg

CO₂e / view

1.1 MB

Page Weight

70%

Cleaner Than

New Visitor

135 mg

Returning (cached)

68 mg

Annual (10K/mo)

14.2 kg

Emission Segments

Data Center

6 mg

Network

35 mg

Device

78 mg

Resource Breakdown

JavaScript

351.3 KB

Images

578.0 KB

CSS

126.5 KB

Fonts

13.5 KB

HTML

30.2 KB

Other

70.3 KB

Green Hosting Verified

Cloudflare

GWF Verified

4 recommendations

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Security Score

45%Poor

Critical / Transactional

HTTPS

WAF

38d

Certificate Details

Type

Domain Validated (DV)

Certificate Authority

Google Trust Services

Key Algorithm

ECDSA (secp256r1) (256 bit)

Signature

ECDSA with SHA-256

TLS Version

TLSv1.3

HTTP Protocol

HTTP/2

Valid From

08.03.2026

Valid Until

07.06.2026

OCSP Stapling

Enabled

Subject Alternative Names (2)

techcentral.co.za*.techcentral.co.za

SHA-256 Fingerprint

7F:5C:9A:29:60:13:6F:94:B8:EF:C7:1E:14:FB:69:DF:EF:6F:D6:0E...

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HTTP Headers

Developer Console

cf-cache-status

DYNAMIC

cf-ray

9f3fee603b0c4346-EWR

content-encoding

⚡ Brotli(br)

content-security-policy

default-src 'self' 'unsafe-inline' 'unsafe-eval' data: https...

content-type

text/html; charset=UTF-8

date

Wed, 29 Apr 2026 17:12:22 GMT

Good Warning Issue

Email Infrastructure

Microsoft 365

Score

SPF

DKIM

DMARC

DMARC Policy

None (Monitor Only)

MX Records (1)

techcentral-co-za.mail.protection.outlook.com

Domain Information

techcentral.co.za

DNSSEC

Not Enabled

Privacy & Compliance

Complianz

Cookie Consent Banner

Complianz

GDPR Indicators

Cookie consent banner detected

CMP: Complianz

Mobile Compatibility

Viewport & Responsive Test

Tests how well your website works on mobile devices. Checks viewport configuration, responsive layout, touch targets, font readability, and simulates rendering across different screen sizes.

80/100

Mobile Friendly6 breakpoints

Viewport Meta

The viewport meta tag tells mobile browsers how to scale the page. Without it, mobile devices render at desktop width.

Responsive Design

Uses CSS media queries or flexible layouts to adapt content to different screen sizes automatically.

Touch Icons

Apple touch icons and favicons displayed when users add the site to their home screen on mobile devices.

Readable Font Size

Base font size should be at least 16px on mobile to ensure text is readable without zooming.

Relative Units

Using em, rem, %, or vw instead of fixed px values allows content to scale properly across screen sizes.

No H-Scroll Risk

No elements wider than the viewport that would cause horizontal scrolling on mobile devices.

Tap Targets OK

Interactive elements (buttons, links) are at least 48x48px with enough spacing to prevent accidental taps.

No Fixed Widths

No elements with fixed pixel widths that could overflow on smaller screens and break the layout.

Viewport

width=device-width, initial-scale=1

1 recommendation

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Typography & Readability

Georgia

WCAG Partial

53/100

Readability

/30

14/30

12px · LH 1.50

Hierarchy

/20

12/20

WCAG

/25

14/25

1:1 min contrast

Performance

/25

13/25

System fonts

Heading Font

Georgia

Serif0

Body Font

Georgia

Serif12px

Contrast Ratio

1:1

20 issues

Reading Comfort

~41 CPL

Narrow lines

16px

34px

24px

20px

12px

❌ Critical: 12px body text is too small. Minimum 14px, recommend 16px+.

✅ Optimal line spacing: 1.50 ratio (ideal range 1.4–1.6).

⚠️ Partial contrast: 20 elements below WCAG AA threshold (min 1.0:1).

❌ Missing H1: Every page should have exactly one H1 element for SEO and accessibility.

⚠️ Fluid type without rem: clamp() detected but missing rem units. May fail WCAG 1.4.4 zoom test.

✅ System fonts: Zero font loading delay — best possible LCP impact.

GGoogle Fonts Buy on MyFontsFluid Type

Color Palette

11 unique colors

21:1 AAA Light

#ffffff

Background· 37.8%

#000000

Text· 13.5%

#0a1823

Primary· 7.6%

#7a645a

Secondary· 6.8%

#8f8577

Secondary· 6.4%

#e5ded8

Secondary· 4%

#4a636d

Secondary· 3.4%

#382429

Secondary· 3.1%

Business & Marketing Stack

5 Tools Detected

Enterprise

Marketing Automation

MailchimpSMB

Email marketing and automation platforms

Behavior Analytics

Google Tag ManagerFree

Google AnalyticsFree

User behavior and product analytics

Advertising

Google AdsEnterprise

Ad platforms and retargeting pixels

Privacy & Cookies

ComplianzSMB

Cookie consent and privacy compliance tools

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Scripts & Styles

29 Resources

Scripts

Styles

Async

Defer

Top Script Sources

techcentral.co.za(13)googletagmanager.com(3)chimpstatic.com(1)cdn.webpushr.com(1)googletagservices.com(1)

Website Identity

TechCentral

Organization

TechCentral is South Africa's leading business-focused technology publication. Local and world news, analysis, opinion and podcasts.

techcentral.co.za/

Location detected: 🇿🇦 South Africa, Johannesburgvia tld

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Social Profiles

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Last analyzed: 29 Apr 2026 at 17:12

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