Smashing Magazine

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Note : You can also just download the checklist (PDF, 158 KB). Following best practice usually means a better website, more organic traffic, and happier visitors. Prioritizing Metrics Online metrics are almost limitless. Analytics In the long term SEO is as much about monitoring as it is about on-site changes.

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Engineering Google Website Analytics 131

Dynatrace

JULY 24, 2023

Observability data provides a treasure trove of performance, stability, and user experience metrics encompassing error rates, response times, and user engagement. With swift precision, an answer-driven automation solution that uses causal AI can transform these metrics into invaluable insights. Download the free 2023 CIO Report.

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DevOps Traffic Efficiency Servers 229

Smashing Magazine

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Analytics is a good example. Writing a hand-spun analytics tracking dashboard isn’t what my clients really want to pay me for, so I’ll drop in the ol’ Google Analytics script and maybe never think of it again. You can see that Lighthouse does indeed provide that metric. It replaces the First Input Delay (FI D ) metric.

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Google Analytics Traffic Metrics 91

Smashing Magazine

APRIL 16, 2024

There are three web vitals metrics Google uses to measure different aspects of website performance: Largest Contentful Paint (LCP), Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS), Interaction to Next Paint (INP). Large preview ) Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) The Largest Contentful Paint metric is the closest thing to a traditional load time measurement.

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Google Monitoring Website Speed 106

Smashing Magazine

AUGUST 3, 2023

It increases our visibility and enables us to draw a steady stream of organic (or “free”) traffic to our site. While paid marketing strategies like Google Ads play a part in our approach as well, enhancing our organic traffic remains a major priority. The higher our organic traffic, the more profitable we become as a company.

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Performance Cache Traffic Metrics 74

Alex Russell

MARCH 31, 2022

Suppose a user has only downloaded part of the cache. Without pervasive SRI , it's difficult to justify the potential download size hit of a shared cache, not to mention the ongoing required updates. The bigger the download, the less likely users are to switch. That's how much wire size matters. Back of the Napkin #.

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Cache Government Traffic Network 82

Smashing Magazine

APRIL 19, 2021

Google has announced that from 1st May, they will start to consider “Page Experience” as part of Search ranking , as measured by a set of metrics called Core Web Vitals. The Core Web Vitals are a set of three metrics designed to measure the “core” experience of whether a website feels fast or slow to the users, and so gives a good experience.

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Google Metrics Mobile Analytics 140

Smashing Magazine

MARCH 2, 2021

These days, with mobile traffic accounting for over 50% of web traffic , it’s fair to assume that the very first encounter of your prospect customers with your brand will happen on a mobile device. However, there are quite a few high-profile case studies exploring the impact of mobile optimization on key business metrics.

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Mobile Testing Website Benchmarking 134

Smashing Magazine

MAY 20, 2020

Which metrics should I use?” Which values of these metrics are acceptable?”. The metrics selection is outside of the scope of this article and depends highly on the project context, but I recommend that you start by reading User-centric Performance Metrics by Philip Walton. Adding 20% to them and set as your next goals.

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Performance Metrics Best Practices Code 99

Smashing Magazine

JUNE 1, 2022

These services use requests to external hosts (not servers you control) to deliver JavaScript framework libraries, custom fonts, advertising content, marketing analytics trackers, and more. They can also highlight very long redirection chains in your third-party traffic. Other blocking effects. Design Optimizations.

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Website Design Network Best Practices 131

Smashing Magazine

JULY 29, 2019

South Korea has the fastest mobile download speed , averaging 52.4 Mbps download and 0.7 The USA ranks 40th in the world for mobile download speeds, at around 34 Mbps, and is at risk of falling further behind as the world moves towards 5G. For reference, the metric is $1.19 Mbps, but Iraq has the slowest, averaging 1.6

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Cache Google Mobile Network 96

Alex Russell

JULY 14, 2021

Meanwhile, on Android, the #2 and #3 sources of web traffic do not respect browser choice. This reduces friction and commensurately increases "engagement" metrics. [6]. On Android today and early iOS versions, WebViews allow embedders to observe and modify all network traffic (regardless of encryption). How can that be?

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Google Mobile Engineering Internet 121

Alex Russell

MARCH 6, 2021

The scale of the effect can be deeply situational or hard to suss out without solid metrics. Since then, the metrics conversation has moved forward significantly, culminating in Core Web Vitals , reported via the Chrome User Experience Report to reflect the real-world experiences of users. Is that a lot?

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Performance Network Cache Metrics 124

John McCalpin

APRIL 2, 2020

All of the SPECfp_rate2000 results were downloaded from www.spec.org, the results were sorted by processor type, and “peak floating-point operations per cycle” was manually added for each processor type. This data is from the 2007 presentation.

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Benchmarking Performance Latency Architecture 59

Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 21, 2021

Image source: Lighthouse Metrics ) ( Large preview ). Now, analytics tools and performance monitoring tools will provide this data when needed, but we looked specifically into CrUX , Chrome User Experience Report. CrUX generates an overview of performance distributions over time, with traffic collected from Chrome users.

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Performance Cache Mobile Network 145

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. LogRocket tracks key metrics, incl. Download The Checklist (PDF, Apple Pages, MS Word). Table Of Contents. Quick Wins.

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Performance Cache Media Metrics 145

Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 6, 2020

Getting Ready: Planning And Metrics. Download The Checklist (PDF, Apple Pages, MS Word). You can also just download the checklist PDF (166 KB) or download editable Apple Pages file (275 KB) or the.docx file (151 KB). (You Getting Ready: Planning And Metrics. Setting Realistic Goals. Defining The Environment.

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Performance Cache Network Metrics 145

Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 7, 2019

Getting Ready: Planning And Metrics. Download The Checklist (PDF, Apple Pages, MS Word). You can also just download the checklist PDF (166 KB) or download editable Apple Pages file (275 KB) or the.docx file (151 KB). (You Getting Ready: Planning And Metrics. Setting Realistic Goals. Defining The Environment.

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Performance Cache Network Metrics 104