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time.gov

National Institute of Standards and Technology | NIST

Page Load Speed

2.2 sec in total

First Response

374 ms

Resources Loaded

1.7 sec

Page Rendered

117 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Time.gov page load time and found that the first response time was 374 ms and then it took 1.8 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 35% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

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Network Requests Diagram

time.gov

374 ms

time.gov

244 ms

embed-compressed.js

196 ms

Universal-Federated-Analytics-Min.js

273 ms

LFCdhtml.js

569 ms

Our browser made a total of 22 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 73% of them (16 requests) were addressed to the original Time.gov, 14% (3 requests) were made to Google-analytics.com and 5% (1 request) were made to Dap.digitalgov.gov. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (651 ms) belongs to the original domain Time.gov.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 1.1 MB (74%)

Content Size

1.5 MB

After Optimization

373.7 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript

In fact, the total size of Time.gov main page is 1.5 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. 15% of websites need less resources to load. Javascripts take 1.3 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-71%

Potential reduce by 10.3 kB

  • Original 14.5 kB
  • After minification 12.8 kB
  • After compression 4.2 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 1.7 kB, which is 12% 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 10.3 kB or 71% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-8%

Potential reduce by 7.1 kB

  • Original 93.3 kB
  • After minification 86.2 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. Time images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-79%

Potential reduce by 1.1 MB

  • Original 1.3 MB
  • After minification 1.2 MB
  • After compression 283.3 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 1.1 MB or 79% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 12 (60%)

Requests Now

20

After Optimization

8

  • Images
  • JavaScript

The browser has sent 20 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Time. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 7 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

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time.gov

374 ms

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time.gov

244 ms

embed-compressed.js

embed-compressed.js

196 ms

Universal-Federated-Analytics-Min.js

Universal-Federated-Analytics-Min.js

273 ms

LFCdhtml.js

LFCdhtml.js

569 ms

bgndteal.gif

bgndteal.gif

184 ms

starstripe-bg.jpg

starstripe-bg.jpg

177 ms

starstripe.jpg

starstripe.jpg

177 ms

rightnow3.gif

rightnow3.gif

173 ms

horz2line.gif

horz2line.gif

176 ms

night.jpg

night.jpg

439 ms

sunshine.gif

sunshine.gif

444 ms

timeby.gif

timeby.gif

447 ms

privacyc.gif

privacyc.gif

448 ms

timeexhibits_sm.gif

timeexhibits_sm.gif

600 ms

62S.jpg

62S.jpg

651 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

27 ms

iframe_api

iframe_api

68 ms

collect

collect

44 ms

collect

collect

18 ms

www-widgetapi.js

www-widgetapi.js

22 ms

nist_time.lzx.js

nist_time.lzx.js

251 ms

SEO Factors

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Language and Encoding

  • Language Detected

    EN

  • Language Claimed

    N/A

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Time.gov can be misinterpreted by Google and other search engines. Our service has detected that English is used on the page, and neither this language nor any other was claimed in <html> or <meta> tags. Our system also found out that Time.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 Time. 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: