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Fixing a slow site iteratively

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A 2017 study by Akamai says as much when it found that even a 100ms delay in page load can decrease conversions by 7% and lose 1% of their sales for every 100ms it takes for their site to load which, at the time of the study, was equivalent to $1.6 Source: Google /SOASTA Research, 2018. Lighthouse.

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Progress Delayed Is Progress Denied

Alex Russell

As an engineer on a browser team, I'm privy to the blow-by-blow of various performance projects, benchmark fire drills, and the ways performance marketing (deeply) impacts engineering priorities. With each team, benchmarks lost are understood as bugs. WebGL 2 launched for other platforms on Chrome and Firefox in 2017.

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The Performance Inequality Gap, 2021

Alex Russell

TL;DR: A lot has changed since 2017 when we last estimated a global baseline resource per-page resource budget of 130-170KiB. To update our global baseline from 2017, we want to update our priors on a few dimensions: The evolved device landscape. The Moto G4 , for example. Here begins our 2021 adventure. Hard Reset.

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The Performance Inequality Gap, 2024

Alex Russell

decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> Google spent more on the SoC for the Pixel 4a and enjoyed a later launch date, boosting performance relative to the A51. Pixels have never sold well, and Google's focus on strong SoC performance per dollar was sadly not replicated across the Android ecosystem, forcing us to use the A51 as our stand-in.

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Can You Afford It?: Real-world Web Performance Budgets

Alex Russell

— Alex Russell (@slightlylate) October 4, 2017. Budgets are scaled to a benchmark network & device. Deciding what benchmark to use for a performance budget is crucial. Our metrics at Google show a conflicted picture (which I’m working to get to clarity on). Maybe "ambush by JS"?

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6 Proven Ways to Improve Your eCommerce Conversion Rate

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eCommerce Conversion Rate Benchmarks First off, we’ll start with some benchmarks. According to Monetate , the following conversion rate results were gathered for Q3 of 2017 until Q3 of 2018. This reduces latency and speeds up your website. Conversion rates will vary based on industry, location, and device used.