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Web Performance Bookshelf

Rigor

Reading time 1 min Why share the library of the web performance books while there’s a substantial collection of fantastic websites and articles on the net? High Performance Websites. Even Faster Websites. This book shares guidelines and innovative techniques that will help you plan and execute a comprehensive SEO strategy.

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How to Avoid Vendor Lock In

IO River

For example, Akamai introduced ASI in 2005, which became the standard for building new websites. Therefore, some of Akamai clients decided to use it to build their own website, and they did. because their website can never be supported by any other CDN.‍Sign Akamai tried to convince many users to use this new framework.

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How to Avoid Vendor Lock In

IO River

So, when businesses integrate these exclusive features into their applications, they become tied to the vendor, as replicating these features in another CDN is impossible.‍For example, Akamai introduced ASI in 2005, which became the standard for building new websites. Akamai tried to convince many users to use this new framework.

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Rising Tide Rents and Robber Baron Rents

O'Reilly

In 2005, in “ What is Web 2.0? ,” I made the case that the companies that had survived the dotcom bust had all in one way or another become experts at “harnessing collective intelligence.” Without websites, there would be no need for Google search or raw material for its results; without merchants, no Amazon.

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Web Quality Assurance: From User Requirements To Web Risk Management

Smashing Magazine

That also means answering this other question: “How can one evaluate, manage and guarantee the quality of a website?” When delving into the concept of website quality assurance back in 2001, we started with a simple question: “What does quality mean for the users?”. That means describing what a website is.

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Making A Strong Case For Accessibility

Smashing Magazine

These are just a couple of examples of what disabled users face daily when they try and access a website that is inaccessible. The British Standards Institution (2005) defines inclusive design as : “The design of mainstream products and/or services that are accessible to, and usable by, as many people as reasonably possible.

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Data Mining Problems in Retail

Highly Scalable

Over years, this article has evolved into a book – please visit Introduction to Algorithmic Marketing website to download]. recommendations on a website) to each customer to maximize the purchasing performance of the population. were a subject of intensive research over the last century, if not longer. Applications.

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