WebPagetest – Website Performance and Optimization Test
You can't know if the changes you've implemented have made a real difference without measuring. One great tool to do this can be found at WebPageTest.org: "Run a free website speed test from multiple...
View ArticleGTmetrix | Website Speed and Performance Optimization
Test the speed of your pages and get a comprehensive breakdown of your websites assets in an easy to use way: "Studies show that users leave a site if it hasn't loaded in 4 seconds; keep your users...
View ArticleSpeed testing your website with Siege Part One
A comprehensive guide to testing your website with Siege: "Tuning your web servers to handle more traffic without crashing is a science of its own and there are many ways to improve performance but...
View ArticleSpeed testing your website with Siege Part Two
The second part of the guide to using Siege: "Everything we have done so far has been testing single html files which is useful for testing page generation. But what if we need to find out the speed of...
View ArticleUS web users are less patient than the rest of the world
This excellent article entitled 'How One Second Could Cost Amazon $1.6 Billion In Sales' takes research on U.S net habits and discovers that US web users are less patient than the rest of the world:...
View ArticleMeasuring Front-end Performance With Real Users
Over on the Etsy blog there is and article about measuring front-end performance with real users. Based on a comment on their last article from Steve Sounders, Etsy tested his theory and published the...
View ArticleWebPageTest API
The webpagetest.org website is an incredibly useful resorce for testing website performance. Marcel Duran has written an API tool to interact with the site. Using node.js and npm to install you can...
View ArticleTracking Bounce Rates for Rails Applications in New Relic Using Redis
Tracking Bounce Rates for Rails Applications in New Relic Using Redis Bounce rates are a key metric for tracking the quality and usefulness of content on your site. By using New Relic to measure your...
View ArticlePerformance Benefits of Responsive Image Loading
Another great article over ay Yottaa shows the performance benefits of responsive image loading. Using a different number of techniques to influence the image loading they produce some very...
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