O'Reilly

APRIL 23, 2024

Why is it that Google, a company once known for its distinctive “Do no evil” guideline, is now facing the same charges of “surveillance capitalism” as Facebook, a company that never made such claims? That’s exactly what Google, Amazon, and Meta are doing today. It’s not our data. They start to collect robber baron rents.

Social Media 108

Social Media Google Internet Internet 108

CSS Wizardry

JULY 23, 2023

Google’s Core Web Vitals initiative was launched in May of 2020 and, since then, its role in Search has morphed and evolved as roll-outs have been made and feedback has been received. However, to this day, messaging from Google can seem somewhat unclear and, in places, even contradictory. Don’t have time to read 5,500+ words?

Engineering 246

Engineering Google Speed Mobile 246

Testsigma

JANUARY 29, 2021

As per April 2019 data of Statistica[1], the global mobile population accounted for 4 billion unique users. The rise of mobile internet usage is evident across developed economies as well as developing ones (India, Bangladesh, etc.)[3]. that require internet connectivity. Why should you focus on Mobile Website Testing?

Website 98

Website Mobile Testing Strategy 98

Dynatrace

DECEMBER 16, 2021

The vulnerability, published as CVE-2021-44228 , enables a remote attacker to take control of a device on the internet, if the device is running certain versions of Log4j 2. Simply put, attackers can remotely take over any internet-connected device that uses certain versions of the Log4j library anywhere in the software stack.

Internet 259

Internet Internet Games Java 259

Dotcom-Montior

JUNE 25, 2021

The Great Firewall of China, or as it’s officially called, the Golden Shield Project, is an internet censorship project to block people from accessing specific foreign websites. It is the world’s most advanced and extensive Internet censorship program. China does exactly that for blocking commonly known websites.

Website 52

Website Internet Internet Performance 52

Dotcom-Montior

AUGUST 5, 2020

Page speed has been a key factor in Google’s ranking algorithm since 2010 , so it is essential to understand the various ways you can optimize your pages and why implementing synthetic monitoring can ensure your pages perform flawlessly and revenue isn’t lost. Synthetic Monitoring: Continuous Website Performance Monitoring.

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Website Speed Cache Traffic 92

Dotcom-Montior

APRIL 27, 2021

The Great Firewall of China, or as it’s officially called, the Golden Shield Project, is an internet censorship project to block people from accessing specific foreign websites. It is the world’s most advanced and extensive Internet censorship program. China does exactly that for blocking commonly known websites.

Website 52

Website Internet Internet Performance 52

Smashing Magazine

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Still, there’s nothing in there to tell us about the data Lighthouse is using to evaluate metrics. Why do we need Lighthouse at all when Google also offers similar reports in PageSpeed Insights (PSI)? What Does It Mean When PageSpeed Insights Says It Uses “Real-User Experience Data”? That’s what this article is about.

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Speed Google Website Metrics 97

Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 15, 2019

How Improving Website Performance Can Help Save The Planet. How Improving Website Performance Can Help Save The Planet. You may not think about it often, but the Internet uses a colossal amount of electricity. With that in mind, perhaps the first thing to consider is how do we measure the energy usage of our website?

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Website Performance Website Energy Performance 73

Smashing Magazine

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Speed Up Your Website With WebP. Speed Up Your Website With WebP. Spend enough time running websites through PageSpeed Insights and you’ll notice that Google has a major beef with traditional image formats like JPG, PNG and even GIF. Google developed WebP back in 2010 after acquiring a company called On2 Technologies.

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Website Speed Cache Google 72

High Scalability

JUNE 22, 2018

Setting aside the network quality & performance, which is objectively superior with Google, outside of GCE almost every other GCP product is offered as a managed service. . $40 million : Netflix monthly spend on cloud services; 5% : retention increase can increase profits 25%; 50+% : Facebook's IPv6 traffic from the U.S,

Internet 113

Internet Internet Scalability Artificial Intelligence 113

Testsigma

JUNE 17, 2021

A few years back, I gave my friend a keyword to search on Google and asked him to open the third link that pops up in the results. After five minutes of confusion, I realized we are not talking about the same website and even though the keyword was the same, the results appeared in a different order. Source: Shutterstock.

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Website Testing Google Ecommerce 52

Smashing Magazine

DECEMBER 17, 2020

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. This also means having a plan for tracking and analysing search data. Google Keyword Planner.

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Engineering Google Website Analytics 130

Smashing Magazine

DECEMBER 23, 2020

“Progressive Web Apps (PWA) are built and enhanced with modern APIs to deliver enhanced capabilities, reliability, and installability while reaching anyone, anywhere, on any device with a single codebase.” — Google’s developers. In other words, PWAs are websites that users can use as stand-alone applications. Service Workers.

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Cache Internet Internet Google 123

CSS - Tricks

MARCH 16, 2020

to run Google Lighthouse audits via the command line, save the reports they generate in JSON format and then compare them so web performance can be monitored as the website grows and develops. What is Google Lighthouse? Google Lighthouse is one of the best-automated tools available on a web developer's utility belt.

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Google Latency Website Metrics 82

O'Reilly

APRIL 30, 2024

Degrading quality for higher profit It is instructive to consider how the algorithmic technologies that underpinned the aggregator platforms of old (think Amazon, Google and Facebook among others) initially deployed to benefit users, were eventually reprogrammed to increase profits for the platform. But it is far from alone.

Social Media 88

Social Media Artificial Intelligence Innovation Logistics 88

MachMetrics

DECEMBER 14, 2019

As you know, there are many metrics that determine a website’s page speed, and we can’t look at just one of them to determine how performant our site is. By analyzing the data from Backlinko.com and their Page Speed Stats article, we’ll look to answer these questions: What size should be a website be?

Best Practices 105

Best Practices Speed Mobile Google 105

Smashing Magazine

DECEMBER 19, 2021

LCP, or Largest Contentful Paint , is one of the three Core Web Vitals that you must “pass” to get the full search ranking boost from Google as part of their Page Experience Update. From an SEO perspective, it doesn’t really matter what other tools tell you, GSC is what Google Search sees. The issue was that LCP was too slow on mobile.

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Google Traffic Mobile Website 143

Enprowess

JANUARY 12, 2022

Quick Summary:- Upgrading your website as per the current trend in the web development industry is crucial to get an edge over your competitors in the digital world. Let’s dive deep into the top website development trends to expect in 2022. Internet of Things (IoT). The Top web development trends in 2022. AI-powered Chatbots.

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Blockchain IoT Development Serverless 59

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. even the Google tools like PageSpeed Insights and the Core Web Vitals report in Google Search Console seem to give confusing information. Barry Pollard.

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Google Metrics Mobile Analytics 140

Dynatrace

JULY 31, 2020

These are just a fraction of the technology buzzwords you’ll find as you Google your way around the internet. In fact, most (if not all) of those terms are present on any technology website you visit. The answer is in the data collection, and more specifically, how the logs, metrics, traces are collected.

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Open Source Metrics Google Java 179

Dotcom-Montior

JUNE 25, 2020

Essentially, SSLs are small data files containing a cryptographic key. Around 600,000 websites have installed SSL certificates for security. These certificates are then activated on the company’s website which ensures that a secure connection is always set up between the web browser and the web server. Common Name.

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Monitoring Website Internet Internet 77

Dotcom-Montior

JUNE 15, 2020

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. IP Blocking.

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Monitoring Performance Artificial Intelligence Internet 52

KeyCDN

JANUARY 14, 2021

Frontend frameworks let you hit the ground running when developing a new website. Responsive Design - Any site that you develop should render properly across all devices, as more and more people access the internet via mobile devices. Originally created as an early fork of Angular by engineers at Google, Vue.js

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Google Mobile Open Source Website 135

Scalegrid

JANUARY 12, 2024

Key Takeaways A cloud workload encompasses any application or service running on a cloud infrastructure, facilitating tasks ranging from basic functions to advanced data analysis with the help of resources like databases, collaboration tools, and disaster recovery systems. Additionally.

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Cloud Virtualization Storage Efficiency 130

Smashing Magazine

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The internet accounts for an estimated 3–4% of global emissions — equivalent to some countries. The carbon emissions of the internet are roughly equivalent to those generated by the entire aviation industry, or the whole of Africa. Image credit: Website Carbon Calculator ) ( Large preview ). The Bigger Picture.

Strategy 123

Strategy Development Energy Website 123

MachMetrics

JUNE 30, 2021

Website performance & speed plays a major role in the success of an online business. With the latest introduction of the Core Web Vital section on GSC + upcoming Google’s core web vital update, site owners are forced to take note of their website speed and web vitals. Daniel An, Google, 2017.

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Cache Speed Google Website 78

Speed Curve

JANUARY 29, 2024

Time is a crucial usability factor If you don't consider time a crucial usability factor, you're missing a fundamental aspect of the user experience I'm embarrassed to admit that, in my previous career as a usability tester, I spent years testing websites in lab conditions. In the chart below, you can see the data for Patient A and Patient B.

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Speed Website Mobile Cloud 134

KeyCDN

OCTOBER 3, 2019

After HTTP/2, coming up next is QUIC (Quick UDP Internet Connections). Google has been working for quite some time to speed up its network protocols in order to minimize website response times. Google is hopeful that QUIC can reduce connection costs towards zero RTTs. Google plans to propose QUIC as an IETF standard.

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Transportation Internet Internet Google 51

Testsigma

JANUARY 30, 2021

With the rapidly increasing use of smartphones and ease of access to the internet across the globe, testing has spread across vast platforms. Mobile web applications do not allow users to save data and access any phone related feature such as a camera. About two decades ago, testing was only limited to the desktop.

Mobile 52

Mobile Testing Website Internet 52

MachMetrics

JUNE 16, 2020

Among the reasons for this was the common myth that using SSL may slow down your website. In a vacuum, an SSL certificate does add some additional latency, as it requires 2 extra round trips to establish a secure connection before sending any data to the browser. Source: Google Blog. So what’s the truth? Is SSL slow?

Speed 86

Speed Latency Google Website 86

Smashing Magazine

OCTOBER 27, 2021

If you are designing an app or a website, you can test how easy and intuitive it is to complete a specific task, fill out a form, find certain information, or buy a product. They used eye-tracking to measure visual attention on banners, animated graphics, and navigational tools in websites. Eye-Tracking Evolution.

Mobile 111

Mobile Website Hardware Social Media 111

Testsigma

MAY 5, 2021

seconds to form an opinion on a website — and whether they’ll use it or not. The same report also states that 57 percent of the population won’t recommend a non-responsive website. MultiBrowser supports testing on all versions of Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and Internet Explorer 11. According to Sweor , users take only 0.05

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Testing Tools Testing Internet Internet 74

Alex Russell

JULY 14, 2021

Google's Search App and Facebook's various apps for Android undermine these choices in slightly different ways. [3] Developers also suffer higher costs and reduced opportunities to escape Google, Facebook, and Apple's walled gardens. For a browser to serve as the user's agent, it must also receive navigations. PWA Feature Detector.

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Google Mobile Engineering Internet 121

Smashing Magazine

DECEMBER 14, 2021

They hold additional information about the data being sent. I tried with loads of websites to see how they behave in iframe. I observed that most of the websites don’t work in iframe due to x-frame-options and content-security-policy headers. They carry data about the data being transferred.

Testing 99

Testing Network Website Google 99

KeyCDN

MARCH 14, 2019

Progressive Web Apps Being responsive is no longer enough; today’s websites need to be progressive. Progressive web apps are websites that resemble native mobile apps. Companies that have switched from traditional websites to progressive web apps have seen higher conversions and customer engagement.

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Development Blockchain Serverless Social Media 101

Smashing Magazine

JULY 29, 2019

Last time, I navigated the web for a day using Internet Explorer 8. Many of us are lucky enough to be on mobile plans which allow several gigabytes of data transfer per month. Failing that, we are usually able to connect to home or public WiFi networks that are on fast broadband connections and have effectively unlimited data.

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Cache Google Mobile Network 96