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centurytel.net

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Page Load Speed

3.9 sec in total

First Response

98 ms

Resources Loaded

2.7 sec

Page Rendered

1 sec

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Key Findings

We analyzed Centurytel.net page load time and found that the first response time was 98 ms and then it took 3.8 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

centurytel.net performance score

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Network Requests Diagram

centurytel.net

98 ms

start.centurylink.net

448 ms

res.php

133 ms

res.php

223 ms

res.php

105 ms

Our browser made a total of 120 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 1% of them (1 request) were addressed to the original Centurytel.net, 36% (43 requests) were made to Image.vam.synacor.com.edgesuite.net and 17% (20 requests) were made to Static.peridot.synacor.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (448 ms) relates to the external source Start.centurylink.net.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 633.1 kB (30%)

Content Size

2.1 MB

After Optimization

1.5 MB

In fact, the total size of Centurytel.net main page is 2.1 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. 70% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 1.4 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-86%

Potential reduce by 382.2 kB

  • Original 447.0 kB
  • After minification 429.6 kB
  • After compression 64.8 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 382.2 kB or 86% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-4%

Potential reduce by 56.2 kB

  • Original 1.4 MB
  • After minification 1.3 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. Century Tel images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-61%

Potential reduce by 194.7 kB

  • Original 317.5 kB
  • After minification 313.7 kB
  • After compression 122.8 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 194.7 kB or 61% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 15 (14%)

Requests Now

111

After Optimization

96

The browser has sent 111 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Century Tel. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 16 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

SEO Factors

centurytel.net 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 Centurytel.net 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 Centurytel.net 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 Century Tel. 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: