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How to check gzip compression enabled or not on website?

I find that gzip compression helps to load websites faster. I had a blog on blogger. I follow one tutorial on gzip compression but nothing changes seen on my blog. I measure page speed on GT matrix too. Nothing changes found. Is gzip compression a myth or what? And how to check if gzip compression enabled on my blog or not?

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Bobby Iliev
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• August 17, 2020
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Hi there,

In order to check if gzip compression is enabled for your website, you can run the following command to check your headers:

  1. curl -IL https://your_website.com/

Or you can use an external tool like this website for example:

https://varvy.com/tools/gzip/

If this is not the case, I could suggest following this tutorial here on how to do so:

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-add-the-gzip-module-to-nginx-on-ubuntu-16-04

Regards, Bobby