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marshallindependent.com

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Page Load Speed

6.2 sec in total

First Response

203 ms

Resources Loaded

5.6 sec

Page Rendered

312 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Marshallindependent.com page load time and found that the first response time was 203 ms and then it took 6 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 75% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

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Network Requests Diagram

marshallindependent.com

203 ms

_defaults.css

111 ms

_layout_v2.css

115 ms

google_service.js

14 ms

jquery.jgfeed.js

87 ms

Our browser made a total of 285 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 14% of them (40 requests) were addressed to the original Marshallindependent.com, 6% (17 requests) were made to Pixel.rubiconproject.com and 5% (14 requests) were made to Z1.zedo.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (563 ms) relates to the external source As.casalemedia.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 1.2 MB (51%)

Content Size

2.4 MB

After Optimization

1.2 MB

In fact, the total size of Marshallindependent.com main page is 2.4 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. 80% of websites need less resources to load and that’s why Accessify’s recommendations for optimization and resource minification can be helpful for this project. Javascripts take 1.5 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-77%

Potential reduce by 102.4 kB

  • Original 132.2 kB
  • After minification 127.6 kB
  • After compression 29.8 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 102.4 kB or 77% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-11%

Potential reduce by 82.4 kB

  • Original 762.5 kB
  • After minification 680.1 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, Marshall Independent needs image optimization as it can save up to 82.4 kB or 11% 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 1.0 MB

  • Original 1.5 MB
  • After minification 1.5 MB
  • After compression 449.6 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 1.0 MB or 69% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-80%

Potential reduce by 17.8 kB

  • Original 22.3 kB
  • After minification 19.2 kB
  • After compression 4.5 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. Marshallindependent.com needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 17.8 kB or 80% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 169 (66%)

Requests Now

255

After Optimization

86

The browser has sent 255 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Marshall Independent. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 80 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 5 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

SEO Factors

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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 Marshallindependent.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 Marshallindependent.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

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