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250 ms

Our browser made a total of 1 request to load all elements on the main page. We found that all of those requests were addressed to Ojr.org and no external sources were called. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (250 ms) belongs to the original domain Ojr.org.

Content Size

519.7 kB

After Optimization

257.2 kB

In fact, the total size of Ojr.org main page is 519.7 kB. This result falls within the top 5000 of lightweight and thus fast loading web pages. Only a small number of websites need less resources to load. Javascripts take 318.2 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-60%

Potential reduce by 2.7 kB

Original 4.5 kB
After minification 4.3 kB
After compression 1.8 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 2.7 kB or 60% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-9%

Potential reduce by 13.8 kB

Original 160.4 kB
After minification 146.6 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. Ojr images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-68%

Potential reduce by 216.0 kB

Original 318.2 kB
After minification 317.8 kB
After compression 102.1 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 216.0 kB or 68% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-82%

Potential reduce by 29.9 kB

Original 36.7 kB
After minification 36.1 kB
After compression 6.8 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. Ojr.org needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 29.9 kB or 82% of the original size.