Smashing Magazine

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Implementing SEO best practice doesn’t just give you the best chance possible of ranking well in search engines; it makes your websites better by scrutinizing quality, design, accessibility, and speed, among other things. Following best practice usually means a better website, more organic traffic, and happier visitors.

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Engineering Google Website Analytics 130

KeyCDN

AUGUST 29, 2019

Take these statistics from Google’s industry benchmarks for mobile page speed guide: We’ve said it before but it’s worth reiterating that as web page load times increase, so does the likelihood of your visitors. According to Google, the best practice for a website’s speed is to keep it under 3 seconds load time.

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Google Cache Speed Analytics 103

Smashing Magazine

MAY 9, 2022

WebPageTest is one of the few web performance testing tools that actually tests a reload of the page using a primed HTTP Cache — most of the other tools just flag if your HTTP resources are not explicitly set to be cached. 400 pages , jam-packed with in-depth user research and best practices.

Cache 91

Cache Games Performance Website 91

Testlodge

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

One persona might be Hazelnut Harry, a college student who orders from his phone or mobile device. Market Testing Feedback – Unlike personas, market data is drawn from actual users. It is collected through analytics, A/B testing , beta testing , user acceptance testing , or a more formal market test using volunteers.

Systems 81

Systems Testing Software Software 81

Speed Curve

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Google Lighthouse is an open-source tool that checks your page against rules for Performance, PWA, Accessibility, Best Practice, and SEO. If you're concerned about serving huge pages to your mobile users (which I would argue you should be), then you should consider tracking metrics like page size and number of resources.

Performance 134

Performance Metrics Benchmarking Google 134

Rigor

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

According to Rich Howard, CEO of Optimal, a business dedicated to optimizing websites and mobile apps , there are ten steps your business can take now to start preparing your website or web application for the upcoming holiday season. Traffic patterns outside of normal [RUM or Analytics]. Are they providing meaningful, actionable data?

Website 74

Website Cache Ecommerce Traffic 74

Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 11, 2021

This guide has been kindly supported by our friends at LogRocket , a service that combines frontend performance monitoring , session replay, and product analytics to help you build better customer experiences. Study common complaints coming into customer service and sales team, study analytics for high bounce rates and conversion drops.

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Performance Cache Media Metrics 145