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gdnet.org

Global Development Network | Local Research for Better Lives

Page Load Speed

12.1 sec in total

First Response

808 ms

Resources Loaded

7.3 sec

Page Rendered

4 sec

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Key Findings

We analyzed Gdnet.org page load time and found that the first response time was 808 ms and then it took 11.3 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 90% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

gdnet.org performance score

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Network Requests Diagram

page3.php

808 ms

AJS.js

331 ms

AJS_fx.js

1213 ms

gb_scripts.js

581 ms

gb_styles.css

553 ms

Our browser made a total of 43 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 0% of them (0 request) were addressed to the original Gdnet.org, 12% (5 requests) were made to W.sharethis.com and 5% (2 requests) were made to L.sharethis.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (2 sec) relates to the external source Gdn.int.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 490.7 kB (69%)

Content Size

709.7 kB

After Optimization

219.0 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Gdnet.org main page is 709.7 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. 40% of websites need less resources to load. Javascripts take 404.7 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-91%

Potential reduce by 90.9 kB

  • Original 100.3 kB
  • After minification 41.5 kB
  • After compression 9.4 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 58.8 kB, which is 59% 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 90.9 kB or 91% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-50%

Potential reduce by 76.5 kB

  • Original 152.4 kB
  • After minification 75.8 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. Obviously, Gdnet needs image optimization as it can save up to 76.5 kB or 50% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-69%

Potential reduce by 278.8 kB

  • Original 404.7 kB
  • After minification 397.0 kB
  • After compression 125.8 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 278.8 kB or 69% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-85%

Potential reduce by 44.4 kB

  • Original 52.3 kB
  • After minification 46.5 kB
  • After compression 7.9 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. Gdnet.org needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 44.4 kB or 85% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 17 (47%)

Requests Now

36

After Optimization

19

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 36 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Gdnet. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 8 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 4 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

page3.php

page3.php

808 ms

AJS.js

AJS.js

331 ms

AJS_fx.js

AJS_fx.js

1213 ms

gb_scripts.js

gb_scripts.js

581 ms

gb_styles.css

gb_styles.css

553 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

47 ms

ddaccordion.js

ddaccordion.js

1234 ms

common.js

common.js

551 ms

Mainstyle.css

Mainstyle.css

1232 ms

popupcssItam.css

popupcssItam.css

1398 ms

buttons.js

buttons.js

266 ms

popupwindow.js

popupwindow.js

1397 ms

jq_fade.css

jq_fade.css

1319 ms

loading2.gif

loading2.gif

2020 ms

async-buttons.js

async-buttons.js

1849 ms

pview

pview

1670 ms

ga.js

ga.js

1714 ms

share_button.png

share_button.png

428 ms

vector1.png

vector1.png

1766 ms

vector3.png

vector3.png

1567 ms

vector4.png

vector4.png

1614 ms

tweeter-icon.png

tweeter-icon.png

1566 ms

border_img1.png

border_img1.png

1565 ms

home-final.jpg

home-final.jpg

1614 ms

small_line.png

small_line.png

1612 ms

text_logo.png

text_logo.png

1600 ms

home.png

home.png

1601 ms

nav_redstrip.jpg

nav_redstrip.jpg

1649 ms

arrow.jpg

arrow.jpg

1617 ms

capacityimage2.png

capacityimage2.png

1617 ms

capacityimage3.png

capacityimage3.png

1800 ms

red_button.png

red_button.png

1800 ms

top_leftcorner.png

top_leftcorner.png

1801 ms

top_rightcorner.png

top_rightcorner.png

1787 ms

bottom_leftcorner.png

bottom_leftcorner.png

1804 ms

gdnet_rss.jpg

gdnet_rss.jpg

1804 ms

small_line2.png

small_line2.png

1805 ms

closed.png

closed.png

1805 ms

sc

sc

1430 ms

buttons.e80452d5e7cc382dad89d10f50bde247.css

buttons.e80452d5e7cc382dad89d10f50bde247.css

1319 ms

__utm.gif

__utm.gif

585 ms

p.js

p.js

414 ms

sharethis_32.png

sharethis_32.png

388 ms

SEO Factors

gdnet.org SEO score

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Language and Encoding

  • Language Detected

    EN

  • Language Claimed

    N/A

  • Encoding

    ISO-8859-1

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Gdnet.org 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 Gdnet.org main page’s claimed encoding is iso-8859-1. Changing it to UTF-8 can be a good choice, as this format is commonly used for encoding all over the web and thus their visitors won’t have any troubles with symbol transcription or reading.

Social Sharing Optimization

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