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gardenmama.com

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Page Load Speed

1.6 sec in total

First Response

398 ms

Resources Loaded

1.1 sec

Page Rendered

147 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Gardenmama.com page load time and found that the first response time was 398 ms and then it took 1.2 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 25% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

gardenmama.com performance score

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Network Requests Diagram

gardenmama.com

398 ms

general.css

113 ms

3column.css

115 ms

jquery-1.7.2.min.js

245 ms

jssor.slider.min.js

136 ms

Our browser made a total of 35 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 91% of them (32 requests) were addressed to the original Gardenmama.com, 6% (2 requests) were made to Google-analytics.com and 3% (1 request) were made to Stats.g.doubleclick.net. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (449 ms) belongs to the original domain Gardenmama.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 160.5 kB (17%)

Content Size

939.6 kB

After Optimization

779.1 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Gardenmama.com main page is 939.6 kB. This result falls beyond the top 1M of websites and identifies a large and not optimized web page that may take ages to load. 25% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 719.3 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-82%

Potential reduce by 33.9 kB

  • Original 41.3 kB
  • After minification 31.5 kB
  • After compression 7.4 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 9.8 kB, which is 24% 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 33.9 kB or 82% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-3%

Potential reduce by 21.5 kB

  • Original 719.3 kB
  • After minification 697.8 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. Garden Mama images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-58%

Potential reduce by 96.9 kB

  • Original 168.5 kB
  • After minification 168.5 kB
  • After compression 71.6 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 96.9 kB or 58% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-79%

Potential reduce by 8.3 kB

  • Original 10.5 kB
  • After minification 7.9 kB
  • After compression 2.2 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. Gardenmama.com needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 8.3 kB or 79% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 9 (27%)

Requests Now

33

After Optimization

24

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 33 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Garden Mama. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

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gardenmama.com

398 ms

general.css

general.css

113 ms

3column.css

3column.css

115 ms

jquery-1.7.2.min.js

jquery-1.7.2.min.js

245 ms

jssor.slider.min.js

jssor.slider.min.js

136 ms

TopBackground.png

TopBackground.png

61 ms

logo.png

logo.png

141 ms

MenuBG.png

MenuBG.png

61 ms

dahlia.jpg

dahlia.jpg

154 ms

homepagebanner_0000_Layer6.jpg

homepagebanner_0000_Layer6.jpg

276 ms

homepagebanner_0001_Layer5.jpg

homepagebanner_0001_Layer5.jpg

306 ms

homepagebanner_0002_Layer4.jpg

homepagebanner_0002_Layer4.jpg

270 ms

homepagebanner_0003_Layer3.jpg

homepagebanner_0003_Layer3.jpg

162 ms

homepagebanner_0004_Layer2.jpg

homepagebanner_0004_Layer2.jpg

270 ms

homepagebanner_0005_Layer1.jpg

homepagebanner_0005_Layer1.jpg

227 ms

nellie.png

nellie.png

238 ms

shop_gardenmamabooks.GIF

shop_gardenmamabooks.GIF

272 ms

supertalk-radio-logo.GIF

supertalk-radio-logo.GIF

289 ms

gwa-logo.gif

gwa-logo.gif

344 ms

msnla-logo.GIF

msnla-logo.GIF

338 ms

iatse-logo.gif

iatse-logo.gif

346 ms

ggs-logo.GIF

ggs-logo.GIF

339 ms

gmfb.png

gmfb.png

344 ms

loading.gif

loading.gif

342 ms

a17.png

a17.png

392 ms

article_round_top.png

article_round_top.png

402 ms

article_round_border.png

article_round_border.png

401 ms

dateBG.png

dateBG.png

402 ms

article_round_bottom.png

article_round_bottom.png

403 ms

TopRound.png

TopRound.png

404 ms

arrow.jpg

arrow.jpg

433 ms

BottomRound.png

BottomRound.png

449 ms

ga.js

ga.js

20 ms

__utm.gif

__utm.gif

11 ms

collect

collect

50 ms

SEO Factors

gardenmama.com SEO score

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Language and Encoding

  • Language Detected

    EN

  • Language Claimed

    N/A

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Gardenmama.com can be misinterpreted by Google and other search engines. Our service has detected that English is used on the page, and neither this language nor any other was claimed in <html> or <meta> tags. Our system also found out that Gardenmama.com 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

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Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of Garden Mama. 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: