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186 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 Biologydirect.com and no external sources were called. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (186 ms) belongs to the original domain Biologydirect.com.

Content Size

660.0 kB

After Optimization

193.1 kB

In fact, the total size of Biologydirect.com main page is 660.0 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 651.3 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-58%

Potential reduce by 5.0 kB

Original 8.6 kB
After minification 8.5 kB
After compression 3.6 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. 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 5.0 kB or 58% of the original size.

JavaScript Optimization

-71%

Potential reduce by 461.9 kB

Original 651.3 kB
After minification 651.3 kB
After compression 189.5 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 461.9 kB or 71% of the original size.

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After Optimization

Besides the initial HTML request, no CSS, Javascripts, AJAX or image files were requested in the course of web page rendering.

Language and Encoding

Language Detected

Language Claimed

Encoding

UTF-8

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Social Sharing Optimization

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