Just a few weeks ago I was lucky enough to attend the PerfMatters conference, up in San Francisco, CA. It was a site speed enthusiast’s dream. Not only we were around a bunch of other web performance nerds for two straight days, but we were graced with talks by speed experts from Google, Netflix, Etsy, …
It has long been accepted that page speed and SEO go hand in hand, but I ran an experiment last month that shows strong evidence that page size also directly affects search rankings. It started a couple months ago, just by adding a simple chat widget to our home page. It’s purpose was to allow you …
Did you know there’s a simple way to speed up your website without a ton of effort? Today we will explore resource hints and directives, which are tiny html snippets we can use to boost the performance of your website or web application in just a few minutes or less. By default browsers first load …
We all know website speed matters – from an SEO perspective, a CRO perspective, and frankly a common-sense perspective. And we all agree site speed monitoring is the first step to a fast website. Which is why we’re absolutely thrilled to announce free website speed monitoring. Yup, FREE Site Speed Monitoring Since our launch back …
UPDATE – We made a newer version of this for 2020: Average Page Load Times for 2020 With 2018 just around the corner it’s time to be aware of how your site performance compares to the standards of the new year. Each year the average size of a website goes up, but so does the …
A website is only as good as its speed. Unfortunately, determining the exact cause of your website’s speed deficiency can be an arduously meticulous task for website administrators. All’s not lost, however. There exists a simple technological solution to reduce the weight of your website and increase its speed: CDNs. This guide will serve as …