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Tests on linked resources only apply to HTTP header fields, so there's no need to retrieve the HTTP response body for linked resources. The mobileOK Checker currently issues HTTP GET requests for each and every resource. It should rather send HTTP HEAD requests for linked resources. This would speed up the retrieval step, as well as reduce the amount of memory needed, and bandwidth usage.