Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 15, 2019

How Improving Website Performance Can Help Save The Planet. How Improving Website Performance Can Help Save The Planet. But as it stands, websites are growing ever more obese, which means that the energy demand of the Internet is continuing to grow exponentially. Jack Lenox. 2019-01-15T13:30:32+01:00.

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Website Performance Website Energy Performance 73

Speed Curve

DECEMBER 13, 2023

My kids love LEGO, too, which means that every year I find myself spending a fair bit of time on the LEGO website during the holidays. So I thought it would be fun to spend some time poking around behind the scenes and give the site a holiday performance audit. The performance team is clearly doing a good job of fighting page bloat.

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Performance Retail Benchmarking Ecommerce 67

CSS - Tricks

MARCH 2, 2022

I have a handful of good links to articles about performance that are burning a hole in my bookmarks folder, and wanna drop them here to share. The new WebPageTest website design. Performance: Making a Fast Framework Even Faster — Ben Schwarz says that Next.js What does it look like to practice web performance?

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Performance Cache Best Practices Strategy 68

CSS Wizardry

OCTOBER 16, 2023

When serving and storing files on the web, there are a number of different things we need to take into consideration in order to balance ergonomics, performance, and effectiveness. Caching them at the other end: How long should we cache files on a user’s device? Cache This is the easy one. in this article. main.af8a22.css

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Cache Latency Strategy Speed 291

Smashing Magazine

JUNE 10, 2021

Are all the caching headers set correctly? These are only a few questions to consider when having the goal of building a fast website. But how do you find all these things causing performance issues? Let me share three tools that will help you spot performance issues and ship high-quality and fast websites.

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Cache Website Best Practices Network 105

CSS Wizardry

AUGUST 7, 2019

However, one metric I feel that front-end developers overlook all too quickly is Time to First Byte (TTFB). only to find that the resource they’re requesting isn’t in that PoP ’s cache. And with so much potentially taking place in our TTFB phase, it’s almost a miracle that websites load at all! can all provide valuable insights.

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Latency Ecommerce Servers Mobile 269

MachMetrics

DECEMBER 27, 2019

Offering 20 chapters with insights into Page Content, User Experience, Content Publishing, and Content Distribution, it can also be overwhelming, so we’ll be summarizing the web performance section in an easy-to-understand manner. We’ll be diving into Chapter 7 – Performance. Source: Web Almanac – HTTP Archive.

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Performance Speed Website Mobile 52

Dynatrace

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Session replay is an IT technology that creates anonymized video-like recordings of actions taken by users interacting with your website or mobile application. Replay software also captures web assets such as CSS so it can create accurate recordings even if your website changes. What is session replay? How does session replay work?

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Mobile Website Analytics Cache 240

Jos

JUNE 2, 2018

Web Performance is not only about understanding what makes a site fast. Performance is a feature and needs to be prioritized as such. Performance is a topic that has interested me for a long time. Moving over to web, the performance problems are different. These days we have more and better tools to audit our performance.

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Performance Speed Google Media 130

Smashing Magazine

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Improving The Performance Of Wix Websites (Case Study). Improving The Performance Of Wix Websites (Case Study). It was at this point that we realized we needed to make a significant change in our approach towards performance, and that we must embrace performance as part of our culture. Dan Shappir.

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Website Performance Google Media 126

MachMetrics

DECEMBER 14, 2019

With another year winding down, it’s time for us to take stock of how our site performance compares to the average page load times for 2020. Similar to our article Average Page Load Times for 2018 , we’ll go over the averages for metrics and help you determine if your site is faster or slower than average.

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Best Practices Speed Mobile Google 105

MachMetrics

JANUARY 16, 2020

Optimizing your images is often the very first suggestion that any performance writer or consultant will make when it comes to optimizing a website. However, what do you do when you optimize your images and still don’t see a noticeable improvement in the performance of your site? We’re no exception. Further analysis.

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Speed Website Metrics Cache 89

Alex Russell

MARCH 31, 2022

Browsers will cache tools popular among vocal, leading-edge developers. There's plenty of space for caching most popular frameworks. The best available proxy data also suggests that shared caches would have a minimal positive effect on performance. Suppose a user has only downloaded part of the cache.

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Cache Government Traffic Network 82

CSS - Tricks

JULY 25, 2019

This article is from my friend Ben who runs Calibre , a tool for monitoring the performance of websites. Now that Google uses page speed as a ranking factor, many organizations have become laser-focused on performance. Cache-Headers missing? Guidelines for improvement are suggested based on how specific metrics score.

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Google Engineering Speed Mobile 71

MachMetrics

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

However, you have likely used the Web UI that Google uses to allow you to test websites for speed – Google PageSpeed Insights. Lighthouse is a completely open-source tool that allows users to test any website in a multitude of ways. While PageSpeed Insights focuses solely on speed/performance, Lighthouse offers even more.

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Google Speed Testing Tools Testing 82

All Things Distributed

AUGUST 22, 2011

Today AWS has launched Amazon ElastiCache , a new service that makes it easy to add distributed in-memory caching to any application. Amazon ElastiCache handles the complexity of creating, scaling and managing an in-memory cache to free up brainpower for more differentiating activities. New AWS feature: Run your website from Amazon S3.

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Cloud Cache AWS Storage 117

Smashing Magazine

APRIL 11, 2022

JavaScript, CSS, images, iframes, and other resources impact how quickly website loads, renders and becomes usable to the user. Loading experience is crucial to the user’s first impression and overall usability, so Google defined Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) metric to measure how quickly the main content loads and is displayed to the user.

Media 69

Media Tuning Metrics Google 69

Smashing Magazine

MARCH 7, 2022

Signals For Customizing Website User Experience. Signals For Customizing Website User Experience. In my last article , I suggested using the SaveData API to deliver a different, more performant, experience to users that expressed that desire. This is a bit of a shame, as I believe they are useful for websites.

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Website Media Mobile Network 103

MachMetrics

JULY 15, 2020

When a user requests a website, the browser must process all the information available to determine the layout and style. If your website is built more like this… Pro Tip: Don’t have 21 external stylesheets. This is a roundtrip that the browser has to make before it renders the website. Perform an Audit of Your Site.

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Speed Website Cache Google 78

Smashing Magazine

MAY 12, 2022

How To Use Google CrUX To Analyze And Compare The Performance Of JS Frameworks. How To Use Google CrUX To Analyze And Compare The Performance Of JS Frameworks. These days it is fairly uncommon to encounter a new website or web app that doesn’t rely on some framework, or a platform such as a CMS. Dan Shappir. Large preview ).

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Google Performance Website Mobile 127

Smashing Magazine

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

If you haven’t heard, INP is replacing the First Input Delay (FID) metric, something you can read all about here on Smashing Magazine as a guide to prepare for the change. With performance at the forefront of my mind, I decided to head over to MDN for a fresh look at the Performance API.

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Performance Metrics Monitoring Google 95

Smashing Magazine

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

However, at the end of 2020, about 1% of websites included a Service Worker, and 2.2% Moreover, Garten-und-Freizeit, a German e-commerce store that sells furniture, saw an amazing improvement in their metrics after getting a PWA. The pages can be crawled, indexed, and ranked, as it happens with regular websites.

Code 74

Code Cache Retail Mobile 74

Smashing Magazine

AUGUST 3, 2023

How We Optimized Performance To Serve A Global Audience How We Optimized Performance To Serve A Global Audience Liran Cohen 2023-08-03T10:00:00+00:00 2023-08-03T13:06:00+00:00 I work for Bookaway , a digital travel brand. Large preview ) We’ve known for a long time that fast page performance influences search engine rankings.

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Performance Cache Traffic Metrics 74

Scalegrid

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Buckle up as we delve into the world of Redis® monitoring, exploring the most important Redis® metrics, discussing essential tools, and even peering into the future of Redis® performance management. Key Takeaways Redis® monitoring is essential for safeguarding performance, reliability, and security.

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Strategy Monitoring Latency DevOps 130

Smashing Magazine

APRIL 29, 2022

How Partytown Eliminates Website Bloat From Third-Party Apps. How Partytown Eliminates Website Bloat From Third-Party Apps. However, it’s not always easy to maintain high performance in websites. This is why performance is crucial when building websites. Steve Sewell. 2022-04-29T10:30:00+00:00.

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Website Google Open Source Mobile 80

MachMetrics

MARCH 21, 2019

Web performance metrics track the efficiency (or lack thereof) of any individual aspect of your website’s performance. The first step in improving your website is measuring it. Top 10 Web Perf Metrics to Track. The amount of web performance data that can be collected is vast and somewhat overwhelming.

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Metrics Social Media Performance Speed 74

Smashing Magazine

AUGUST 30, 2021

Refactoring CSS: Optimizing Size And Performance (Part 3). Refactoring CSS: Optimizing Size And Performance (Part 3). Deploying the refactored codebase shouldn’t result in worse website performance and worse user experience. After all, users won’t wait around forever for the website to load. Adrian Bece.

Media 108

Media Performance Cache Strategy 108

All Things Distributed

NOVEMBER 26, 2013

We have heard from Joel Callaway from Zoopla, a property listing and house prices website in UK that attracts over 20 million visits per month, that they are using the RDS Snapshot Copy feature to easily transfer hundreds of GB of their RDS databases from the US East Region to the EU West (Dublin) Region every week using a few simple API calls.

Cloud 145

Cloud AWS Traffic Latency 145

Smashing Magazine

JUNE 1, 2022

Don’t Sink Your Website With Third Parties. Don’t Sink Your Website With Third Parties. You’ve spent months putting together a great website design, crowd-pleasing content, and a business plan to bring it all together. Your website may be using more third-party services than you realize. Ken Harker.

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Website Design Network Best Practices 131

Smashing Magazine

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Answering Common Questions About Interpreting Page Speed Reports Answering Common Questions About Interpreting Page Speed Reports Geoff Graham 2023-10-31T16:00:00+00:00 2023-10-31T17:06:18+00:00 This article is sponsored by DebugBear Running a performance check on your site isn’t too terribly difficult. Can’t be perfect every time!

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Speed Google Website Metrics 97

Scalegrid

AUGUST 30, 2019

Depending on how it is configured, Redis can act like a database, a cache or a message broker. Session Cache: Many websites leverage Redis Strings to create a session cache to speed up their website experience by caching HTML fragments or pages. It’s important to note that Redis is a NoSQL database system.

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Cache Ecommerce Social Media Database 232

Smashing Magazine

JULY 18, 2022

If you think that static rendering is limited to generic, public content that is the same for every user of your website, you should definitely read this article. You are now “Head of Performance” at Repairing Magazine, the most serious competitor to Smashing Magazine. Static Rendering Gives The Best Performances But Is Less Flexible.

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Cache Website Energy Servers 114

CSS - Tricks

APRIL 1, 2021

Site performance is potentially the most important metric. The better the performance, the better chance that users stay on a page, read content, make purchases, or just about whatever they need to do. Speed is also something Google considers when ranking your website placement on mobile. Again, every millisecond counts.

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Cache Social Media Media Website 92

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. How are you monitoring end-user performance today? Rigor’s free performance report.

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Website Cache Ecommerce Traffic 74

Smashing Magazine

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

It has never been easier to build a personalized website, digitalize a product and start seeing results. That is why, today, Web Performance is as important and trendy as having an online presence. Table of Contents: What Is Web Performance? What Is Web Performance? The Relation Between Images And Web Performance.

Media 105

Media Cache Website Mobile 105

MachMetrics

JUNE 30, 2021

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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Cache Speed Google Website 78

Smashing Magazine

MAY 16, 2022

To my surprise, web performance monitoring conversations rarely surface Server-Timing or cover a very shallow understanding of its application — despite it being out for many years. The header is constructed via a name with an optional description and/or metric value. The only required field is the name. Consuming Server-Timing.

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Servers Monitoring Cache Network 92