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softpedia.ro

Softpedia - Free Downloads Encyclopedia

Page Load Speed

3.2 sec in total

First Response

87 ms

Resources Loaded

2.5 sec

Page Rendered

618 ms

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About Website

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Key Findings

We analyzed Softpedia.ro page load time and found that the first response time was 87 ms and then it took 3.1 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 55% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

softpedia.ro performance score

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Network Requests Diagram

www.softpedia.com

87 ms

33 ms

31 ms

adsbygoogle.js

7 ms

jsstore.php

17 ms

Our browser made a total of 160 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 0% of them (0 request) were addressed to the original Softpedia.ro, 12% (19 requests) were made to I1-win.softpedia-static.com and 8% (13 requests) were made to I1-mac.softpedia-static.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (689 ms) relates to the external source I1-linux.softpedia-static.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 203.6 kB (21%)

Content Size

969.8 kB

After Optimization

766.2 kB

In fact, the total size of Softpedia.ro main page is 969.8 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. 65% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 651.3 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-80%

Potential reduce by 103.6 kB

  • Original 130.1 kB
  • After minification 128.9 kB
  • After compression 26.4 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. 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 103.6 kB or 80% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-3%

Potential reduce by 20.9 kB

  • Original 651.3 kB
  • After minification 630.4 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. Softpedia images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-42%

Potential reduce by 79.0 kB

  • Original 188.4 kB
  • After minification 186.6 kB
  • After compression 109.3 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 79.0 kB or 42% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 47 (32%)

Requests Now

149

After Optimization

102

The browser has sent 149 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Softpedia. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 31 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

SEO Factors

softpedia.ro SEO score

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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 Softpedia.ro 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 Softpedia.ro 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 Softpedia. 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: