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Our browser made a total of 3 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that all of those requests were addressed to Blogs.sciencemag.org and no external sources were called. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (87 ms) belongs to the original domain Blogs.sciencemag.org.

Content Size

1.0 MB

After Optimization

373.5 kB

In fact, the total size of Blogs.sciencemag.org main page is 1.0 MB. This result falls within the top 5000 of lightweight and thus fast loading web pages. Only a small number of websites need less resources to load. Javascripts take 718.5 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-56%

Potential reduce by 8.8 kB

Original 15.6 kB
After minification 15.6 kB
After compression 6.8 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 8.8 kB or 56% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-5%

Potential reduce by 4.1 kB

Original 84.5 kB
After minification 80.4 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. Blogs Science Mag images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-65%

Potential reduce by 467.3 kB

Original 718.5 kB
After minification 701.6 kB
After compression 251.3 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 467.3 kB or 65% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-81%

Potential reduce by 152.1 kB

Original 187.1 kB
After minification 183.3 kB
After compression 35.0 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. Blogs.sciencemag.org needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 152.1 kB or 81% of the original size.

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After Optimization

The browser has sent 1 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Blogs Science Mag. According to our analytics all requests are already optimized.