Webmasters and developers are using powerful Javascript (JS) libraries and Cascading Styles Sheets (CSS) to improve the online experience, functionality and appearance for their users.  Most of these additions are stored in external files that must be downloaded by the visitor's browser when first using the script. Modern browsers cache these files to improve performance, but according to Yahoo's research on caching, about half of users will never have the opportunity to cache the page contents.  The files themselves often contain comments and other source that don't affect the usefulness of the file, but slow down the initial load.  That's where minification can help.  Minification involves compressing files through various techniques, from simply removing blanks to shortening variable names and compressing the files (most modern browsers also have the ability to decompress on-the-fly).

We'll be including minified files in future nukeSEO products, but you can quickly optimize your existing JS and CSS files and speed up your website your own using online tools...  Read more to see the options currently available - including powerful online minification services!