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Web Performance Bookshelf

Rigor

Take, for example, The Web Almanac , the golden collection of Big Data combined with the collective intelligence from most of the authors listed below, brilliantly spearheaded by Google’s @rick_viscomi. High Performance Browser Networking. Web Performance Collection. Professional Website Performance.

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Build a Node.js Tool to Record and Compare Google Lighthouse Reports

CSS - Tricks

to run Google Lighthouse audits via the command line, save the reports they generate in JSON format and then compare them so web performance can be monitored as the website grows and develops. What is Google Lighthouse? Google Lighthouse is one of the best-automated tools available on a web developer's utility belt.

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Improving The Performance Of Wix Websites (Case Study)

Smashing Magazine

A website’s performance can make or break its success, yet in August 2020, despite many improvements we had previously made, such as implementing Server-Side Rendering (SSR), the ratio of Wix websites with good Google Core Web Vitals (CWV) scores was only 4%. Google search ranking. Heavier websites.

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4 Most Common Page Speed Testing Mistakes

MachMetrics

While Google’s PageSpeed Insights give you both a score for how your website performs on both desktop and mobile, most of the other audit services default to testing your site on a desktop. If you’re unsure of where your traffic is coming from, use a tool like Google Analytics and track it for a while.

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Average Page Load Time in 2021

MachMetrics

Website performance & speed plays a major role in the success of an online business. High-performing fast sites attract and preserve users better than low-performing ones. The screenshot below explains that page load time and lighthouse performance scores are not the same, yet they are really close to each other.

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2021 in review: It was a big year!

Speed Curve

Technically, Elena joined us at the very end of 2020, but since this marks the end of her first full year at SpeedCurve, I wanted to include her here. Google's Core Web Vitals have been a huge topic this year. Here are some of the highlights. Elena Kay and Andy Davies joined our team! We're so happy to have him on Team SpeedCurve!

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How To Boost Media Performance On A Budget

Smashing Magazine

The same sentiment was conveyed by Conviva’s Q4 2020 State of Streaming (registration required), which noted that mobile phones saw 20% more buffering issues , a 19% higher video-start failure and 5% longer start-time than other devices. The Art Of Balancing Performance With Media Content. Serve the right format.

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