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Google planning a new ‘Badge of Shame’ for slow websites

MachMetrics

Google has announced plans for a new badging system that would let users know whether a website typically loads slowly. If you’re using best practices and keeping web performance in mind, you shouldn’t need to worry about being badged. Most stemmed from Google exercising too much power with this move.

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The future of AI: Kelsey Hightower on how AI can raise the bar for humanity

Dynatrace

Google Cloud Distinguished Engineer Kelsey Hightower hopes to solve the many problems facing IT culture by equipping people with the mental and computational software they need to succeed in the competitive world of technology. He noted that a boundary is beneficial between an internet service provider and its customer. “I

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Implementing service-level objectives to improve software quality

Dynatrace

In what follows, we explore some of these best practices and guidance for implementing service-level objectives in your monitored environment. Best practices for implementing service-level objectives. The Dynatrace ACE services team has experience helping customers with defining and implementing SLOs. Reliability.

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Average Page Load Times for 2020 – Are you faster?

MachMetrics

In 2017, mobile internet usage passed desktop as the majority. Unfortunately, the data from Backlinko paints a bleak picture when it comes to mobile internet browsing. Google’s best practice is to have a speed index under 3 seconds. Google’s best practice is to be below 0.5

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Search Engine Optimization Checklist (PDF)

Smashing Magazine

The most beautiful, spectacular site in the world won’t do anyone much good if people can’t find it on Google (or Bing, or DuckDuckGo). Following best practice usually means a better website, more organic traffic, and happier visitors. Google Keyword Planner. Google Trends. Google Mobile-Friendly Test.

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Why Page Speed Scores can be Dangerous

MachMetrics

Google PageSpeed Insights has a their “Speed Score.” The reality is that these scores are estimates of how well your site implements performance best practices. These best practices can make your site faster, but they don’t always. Is that really the best use of your time and effort?

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The Great Firewall of China: Obstacles to Monitoring Performance

Dotcom-Montior

The entire country of China’s internet connectivity is shielded by the Great Firewall (GFW). There are three state-owned ISP providers, China Unicom, China Telecom, and China Mobile , that control internet in China. These updates will disable access of Google apps downloader, for example. Keyword Filtering and Blocking.