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Page Load Speed

2.4 sec in total

First Response

351 ms

Resources Loaded

1.8 sec

Page Rendered

275 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Etc.dal.ca page load time and found that the first response time was 351 ms and then it took 2.1 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 40% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

etc.dal.ca performance score

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Network Requests Diagram

etc.dal.ca

351 ms

libraries.dal.ca

278 ms

jquery-ui.3_1_1.min.css

264 ms

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263 ms

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262 ms

Our browser made a total of 75 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 1% of them (1 request) were addressed to the original Etc.dal.ca, 77% (58 requests) were made to Static.dal.ca and 7% (5 requests) were made to Libraryh3lp.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (486 ms) relates to the external source Static.dal.ca.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 806.2 kB (44%)

Content Size

1.8 MB

After Optimization

1.0 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Etc.dal.ca main page is 1.8 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. 45% of websites need less resources to load. Javascripts take 868.5 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-84%

Potential reduce by 54.4 kB

  • Original 64.4 kB
  • After minification 57.6 kB
  • After compression 10.0 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. This page needs HTML code to be minified as it can gain 6.8 kB, which is 11% of the original size. It is highly recommended that content of this web page should be compressed using GZIP, as it can save up to 54.4 kB or 84% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-9%

Potential reduce by 71.6 kB

  • Original 779.1 kB
  • After minification 707.5 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. Etc Dal images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-68%

Potential reduce by 591.4 kB

  • Original 868.5 kB
  • After minification 863.0 kB
  • After compression 277.1 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 591.4 kB or 68% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-79%

Potential reduce by 88.8 kB

  • Original 112.4 kB
  • After minification 110.2 kB
  • After compression 23.7 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. Etc.dal.ca needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 88.8 kB or 79% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 46 (71%)

Requests Now

65

After Optimization

19

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 65 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Etc Dal. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 20 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 18 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

etc.dal.ca

etc.dal.ca

351 ms

libraries.dal.ca

libraries.dal.ca

278 ms

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264 ms

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SEO Factors

etc.dal.ca SEO score

0

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 Etc.dal.ca 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 Etc.dal.ca 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

etc.dal.ca

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