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nrd.gov

National Resource Directory | Connecting our Service Members & Veterans

Page Load Speed

2.9 sec in total

First Response

254 ms

Resources Loaded

2.3 sec

Page Rendered

291 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Nrd.gov page load time and found that the first response time was 254 ms and then it took 2.6 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 50% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

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Network Requests Diagram

nrd.gov

254 ms

www.nrd.gov

284 ms

nrd

442 ms

css

77 ms

screen.css

266 ms

Our browser made a total of 61 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 3% of them (2 requests) were addressed to the original Nrd.gov, 69% (42 requests) were made to Ebenefits.va.gov and 5% (3 requests) were made to Static.addtoany.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (533 ms) relates to the external source Ebenefits.va.gov.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 861.4 kB (68%)

Content Size

1.3 MB

After Optimization

413.4 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Nrd.gov main page is 1.3 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. 45% of websites need less resources to load. Javascripts take 742.0 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-79%

Potential reduce by 68.8 kB

  • Original 87.1 kB
  • After minification 86.3 kB
  • After compression 18.3 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 68.8 kB or 79% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-15%

Potential reduce by 7.2 kB

  • Original 48.3 kB
  • After minification 41.1 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. Obviously, Nrd needs image optimization as it can save up to 7.2 kB or 15% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-66%

Potential reduce by 489.1 kB

  • Original 742.0 kB
  • After minification 703.2 kB
  • After compression 253.0 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 489.1 kB or 66% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-75%

Potential reduce by 296.3 kB

  • Original 397.2 kB
  • After minification 389.8 kB
  • After compression 101.0 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. Nrd.gov needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 296.3 kB or 75% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 32 (57%)

Requests Now

56

After Optimization

24

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 56 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Nrd. 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 from 9 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

nrd.gov

nrd.gov

254 ms

www.nrd.gov

www.nrd.gov

284 ms

nrd

nrd

442 ms

css

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77 ms

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266 ms

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security-banner.css

183 ms

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40 ms

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288 ms

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114 ms

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389 ms

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332 ms

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533 ms

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37 ms

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305 ms

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50 ms

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67 ms

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66 ms

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66 ms

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69 ms

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114 ms

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40 ms

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21 ms

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70 ms

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98 ms

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46 ms

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findLinkResources

267 ms

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counts

147 ms

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181 ms

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21 ms

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15 ms

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137 ms

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27 ms

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64 ms

SEO Factors

nrd.gov SEO score

0

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 Nrd.gov 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 Nrd.gov 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

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Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of Nrd. 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: