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After Optimization

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HTML Optimization

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Potential reduce by 89.4 kB

Original 112.1 kB
After minification 110.8 kB
After compression 22.7 kB

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Image Optimization

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Potential reduce by 56.5 kB

Original 1.5 MB
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JavaScript Optimization

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Original 137.9 kB
After minification 135.7 kB
After compression 133.0 kB

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CSS Optimization

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