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static.softlayer.com

SoftLayer | Cloud Servers, Storage, Big Data, & More IAAS Solutions

Page Load Speed

4.5 sec in total

First Response

367 ms

Resources Loaded

3.2 sec

Page Rendered

1 sec

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Key Findings

We analyzed Static.softlayer.com page load time and found that the first response time was 367 ms and then it took 4.2 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 65% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

static.softlayer.com performance score

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Network Requests Diagram

cloud

367 ms

www.css

206 ms

grid-fluid.css

253 ms

tables.css

277 ms

www.css

258 ms

Our browser made a total of 88 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 0% of them (0 request) were addressed to the original Static.softlayer.com, 25% (22 requests) were made to 1.www.s81c.com and 8% (7 requests) were made to Ibm.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1.8 sec) relates to the external source S3.us.cloud-object-storage.appdomain.cloud.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 467.0 kB (15%)

Content Size

3.2 MB

After Optimization

2.7 MB

In fact, the total size of Static.softlayer.com main page is 3.2 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. 85% 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. Images take 2.5 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-88%

Potential reduce by 96.2 kB

  • Original 108.7 kB
  • After minification 90.3 kB
  • After compression 12.6 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 18.5 kB, which is 17% 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 96.2 kB or 88% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 9.4 kB

  • Original 2.5 MB
  • After minification 2.5 MB

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. Static Soft Layer images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-40%

Potential reduce by 81.7 kB

  • Original 202.6 kB
  • After minification 198.5 kB
  • After compression 120.9 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 81.7 kB or 40% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-78%

Potential reduce by 279.7 kB

  • Original 359.2 kB
  • After minification 357.2 kB
  • After compression 79.5 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. Static.softlayer.com needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 279.7 kB or 78% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 40 (56%)

Requests Now

72

After Optimization

32

The browser has sent 72 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Static Soft Layer. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 35 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 7 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

    EN

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Static.softlayer.com 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 Static.softlayer.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 data is detected on the main page of Static Soft Layer. This is the best way to make the web page social media friendly. Here is how it looks like on Facebook: