Speed Curve

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Throughout this post I've used examples from our public Industry Benchmarks dashboard , which I'd encourage you to check out so that you can explore these metrics on your own. Media sites are particularly guilty of this. Look at your own industry/competitor benchmarks and your own data! Is it loading?

Performance 135

Performance Metrics Benchmarking Google 135

Speed Curve

MAY 1, 2023

Media sites are particularly prone to this issue. The easiest way to validate your metrics is to look at rendering filmstrips in your synthetic test data, like this: In the example above (taken from our Industry Benchmarks ) you can see: Start Render does correlate to content appearing in the viewport.

Performance 98

Performance Metrics Media Google 98

Speed Curve

MARCH 5, 2023

If you work on a media site, then page views and bounce rate matter. Related: Web performance for retailers How to create correlation charts How to benchmark your site against your competitors How to set up real user monitoring (RUM)

Performance 52

Performance C++ Metrics Ecommerce 52

Speed Curve

MAY 31, 2020

In this demo account, we track a number of leading retail, travel, and media sites. Benchmark yourself against your competitors. Now let's walk through how to run a comparison and analysis using a real-world example from our "Top Sites" demo account. I've randomly selected CNN for the purpose of this post. Related reading.

Metrics 62

Metrics Retail Benchmarking Testing 62

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.

Google 103

Google Cache Speed Analytics 103

Rigor

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Emily is the VP of Engineering for UGG, an American footwear and activewear retail company. As performance benchmarks go, 1.937 seconds is a significant delay in which the user could think your link or site is broken because it will not respond. Scenario: Through the Lens of Visual Metrics Alone. UGG First Interactive Time.

Metrics 40

Metrics Social Media Website Retail 40

Rigor

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Emily is the VP of Engineering for UGG, an American footwear and activewear retail company. As performance benchmarks go, 1.937 seconds is a significant delay in which the user could think your link or site is broken because it will not respond. Scenario: Through the Lens of Visual Metrics Alone. UGG First Interactive Time.

Metrics 40

Metrics Social Media Website Retail 40

Rigor

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Author of the Pocket Guide to Web Performance and co-author of Using WebPageTest , Andy is an independent web performance consultant in the UK who has helped many leading retailers, newspapers and financial companies make their sites faster. He is a co-organizer of the London Web Performance meetup.

Performance 89

Performance Education Google Website 89