Alex Russell

JUNE 22, 2022

However, developers are loathe to do this; turning away users isn't a winning growth strategy, and prompting visitors to switch is passé. This market then funds all of the R&D and operational costs of search engines, including "traffic acquisition costs" like browser default placement deals. [2].

Engineering 110

Engineering Traffic Government Google 110

Smashing Magazine

OCTOBER 24, 2023

We can expand the metric to glean insights into what exactly is causing traffic on the main thread. Monitoring Interaction to Next Paint There’s going to be a new way to gain insights into main thread traffic when Interaction to Next Paint (INP) is released as a new core vital metric in March 2024. What’s so important about that?

Google 90

Google Analytics Traffic Metrics 90

Rigor

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Rich Howard is the founder and CEO of Optimal , a company dedicated to improving the performance of websites and mobile apps. When working on a project for the Man Booker Prize in 2007 (now known as the Booker Prize), Howard saw first-hand how a heavy-load day could impact a website. Introducing…Rich Howard. Practical planning.

Performance 68

Performance Traffic Website Performance Testing 68

Rigor

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Let’s start with a brief definition of two of the more prominent web performance methodologies: synthetic monitoring and real user monitoring (also known as RUM). Synthetic monitoring vendors provide a remote (often global) infrastructure that visits a website periodically and records the performance data for each run.

Monitoring 40

Monitoring Benchmarking Website Traffic 40

Smashing Magazine

JUNE 25, 2020

Django websites involve a lot of files. As if that wasn’t enough already, sometimes users come along and want to upload their own files to your website. Together, we’ll develop an intuition for the strategies available to Django developers for serving these files to users worldwide in a secure, performant, and cost-effective manner.

Media 69

Media Cache Storage AWS 69

Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 11, 2021

So, if we created an overview of all the things we have to keep in mind when improving performance — from the very start of the project until the final release of the website — what would that look like? CrUX generates an overview of performance distributions over time, with traffic collected from Google Chrome users.

Performance 145

Performance Cache Media Metrics 145

Percona

MAY 2, 2023

That’s why it’s essential to implement the best practices and strategies for MongoDB database backups. In the absence of a proper backup strategy, the data can be lost forever, leading to significant financial and reputational damage. Why are MongoDB database backups important?

Best Practices 52

Best Practices Database Storage Servers 52

Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 7, 2019

So, if we created an overview of all the things we have to keep in mind when improving performance — from the very start of the process until the final release of the website — what would that list look like? Goal: Be at least 20% faster than your fastest competitor. when web fonts aren’t loaded yet). Planning, planning, planning.

Performance 103

Performance Cache Metrics Network 103

Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 6, 2020

So, if we created an overview of all the things we have to keep in mind when improving performance — from the very start of the process until the final release of the website — what would that list look like? Goal: Be at least 20% faster than your fastest competitor. when web fonts aren’t loaded yet). Planning, planning, planning.

Performance 145

Performance Cache Network Metrics 145

Smashing Magazine

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

Note that there is an Apache Traffic Server implementation, though.). However, to the firewall, this will look as if a new connection is being used without first using a handshake, which might just as well be an attacker sending malicious traffic. Even if a server supports HTTP/3, however, clients (and website owners!)

Network 104

Network Servers Cache Traffic 104

The Netflix TechBlog

JANUARY 11, 2022

Our growth team advertises on social media platforms and other websites to share news about upcoming titles and new product features, with the ultimate goal of growing the number of Netflix members worldwide. We don’t have unlimited traffic or time, so sometimes we have to make hard choices. What’s the tradeoff of using those?

Innovation 243

Innovation Metrics Engineering Testing 243