Speed Tweak
Learn speed techniques you can use to increase page download speed. Speed Tweak of the Week shows how to optimize XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, graphics, and other web page components to maximize web site speed and usability.
Average Web Page Breaks 1600K – web page statistics and survey trends for page size and web objects
The size of the average web page passed 1600K for the first time in July. Page size appears to inversely correlate with site traffic.
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WordPress Performance Optimization – speed optimize wordpress websites
Learn how to speed optimize WordPress for faster web pages and ultimately better conversions and rankings. Optimized hosting, performance plugins and modules, profilers, and other tools and software can help you pinpoint performance bottlenecks and speed up your site.
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Beware HTTP Redirects for SEO and Performance – carefully use URL redirection for SEO and web performance
Standardizing on an authoritative URL form is a best practice for search engine optimization and performance. Avoid duplicate content and first byte delays by canonicalizing your URLs.
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Install Mod_Pagespeed – improve website speed automatically testing mod_pagespeed
Installing mod_pagespeed can make significant improvements in web page performance. In our tests, web page start render times improved by 17% to 43% and load times improved by about one-third. However, while mod_pagespeed improved load times, it is no substitute for manual website optimization.
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Avoid Mass Web Hosting – improve TTFB and website speed by moving your server hosting
We investigate moving an example site from a slow mass host to a lightly loaded host and measure the results. Server response times were reduced by 82.1% and variability by about 7 fold.
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Healthcare.gov Website Performance Revisited – website speed audit and optimization of healthcare.gov with radware fastview
To test President Obama’s promise that the new healthcare.gov web site would be fixed by December 1, we speed audited the improved site. The site showed some improvements in “above the fold” speed, but slower load times than the old version. Optimizing the site with Radware’s Fastview service could cut load times by more than 68%.
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Speedy Mobile Sites Impact Google Search Rankings
Google is now factoring in mobile friendliness and mobile website speed into their search engine rankings.
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Use a Website Accelerator – testing automated web performance optimizer radware fastview
Automated website acceleration products can speed up your site without developer intervention. We test the effectiveness of Radware’s Fastview appliance on a test site and find significant improvements in speed.
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Velocity 2013 New York City Highlights – web site performance and operations conference
The first Velocity Web Performance conference held in New York City was chock full of interesting talks and hands-on workshops. We’ve got highlights.
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Healthcare.gov Performance Review – website speed audit of healthcare.gov affordable care act obamacare
This article evaluates the website performance issues of the healthcare.gov site, and offers some solutions to improve speed. A brief analysis shows a number of issues that could be addressed to improve the user experience.
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