Tim Kadlec

JANUARY 12, 2021

Client-side A/B testing has been a performance loving developer’s worst friend for years. They can wreak havoc on a site’s performance. In some cases, like Google Optimize, it’s even free. First, let’s look at the impact this Optimizely script has on performance when it’s in place.

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Dotcom-Montior

JUNE 15, 2020

Essentially, all traffic between China and the rest of the world goes through a few national level and a handful of core level access points in different regions. These updates will disable access of Google apps downloader, for example. This makes censorship of domestic traffic faster. . IP Blocking.

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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. Like PageSpeed, Lighthouse also has a performance score. What is Google Lighthouse? Recommended!

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Official Blog - World Web Technology

JUNE 28, 2023

All you need to do is to download the WordPress software and follow the instructions you find online. It simply means that you don’t need to pay any license fees to download the software. You can download it for free and start developing your website. Also, you will be able to drive more traffic and leads.

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Alex Russell

MARCH 6, 2021

Back in 2016, I gave a talk outlining the causes and effects of the terrible performance of web apps built using popular tools on the fastest-growing device segment: low-end to mid-range Android phones. Poor performance has a compound effect on user expectations at an ecosystem level. Live by the link, die by the link.

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Dotcom-Montior

AUGUST 5, 2020

As an ad publisher, your revenue depends on two main factors: traffic to your site and ad optimization. A lot of the focus goes into the practice and processes of driving traffic to your site from an SEO perspective, but what if when visitors get to your site, they have a less than ideal experience? Find Your Performance Baseline.

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Percona

MARCH 29, 2023

As the amount of data grows, the need for efficient data compression becomes increasingly important to save storage space, reduce I/O overhead, and improve query performance. Block compression can improve performance by allowing data to be read and written in smaller chunks. Snappy is a compression library developed by Google.

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Smashing Magazine

JUNE 8, 2021

For a thorough guide on image optimization, we’ve teamed up with Addy Osmani , an engineer manager working on Google Chrome who was working all around web performance for decades. Jump to the details ↓ Download a free PDF sample (12MB). Download PDF , ePUB , Kindle. Image Decoding Performance. +.

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Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 6, 2020

Front-End Performance Checklist 2020 [PDF, Apple Pages, MS Word]. Front-End Performance Checklist 2020 [PDF, Apple Pages, MS Word]. Web performance is a tricky beast, isn’t it? How do we actually know where we stand in terms of performance, and what our performance bottlenecks exactly are? Vitaly Friedman.

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Smashing Magazine

JUNE 1, 2022

You may have a lean, agile, responsive site design only to find it gradually loaded down with more and more “extras” that are often put onto the site by marketing departments or business leaders who are not always thinking about website performance. They can also highlight very long redirection chains in your third-party traffic.

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Smashing Magazine

APRIL 28, 2021

For a thorough guide on image optimization, we’ve teamed up with Addy Osmani , an engineer manager working on Google Chrome and focusing around performance for decades. Jump to the details ↓ Download a free PDF sample (12MB). Download PDF , ePUB , Kindle. Image Decoding Performance. +. DRM-free, of course.

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Media Cache Google Best Practices 92

Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 21, 2021

How We Improved SmashingMag Performance. How We Improved SmashingMag Performance. Every web performance story is similar, isn’t it? A day when a project, fully polished and carefully optimized, gets launched, ranking high and soaring above performance scores in Lighthouse and WebPageTest. Vitaly Friedman.

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Adrian Cockcroft

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

The next layer is defined by the languages you want to use, Java, Python, Go, , Javascript, Rust etc, and the ecosystem of library functions you bought from a vendor or downloaded. Mobile app platforms are much more standardized around iOS and Android, with Apple and Google providing the platform.

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MachMetrics

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

” Look put these stats on some numbers: Effect on Sale: 79% of customers who report dissatisfaction with website performance are less likely to buy from that same site again. Therefore, having a faster site will improve your SEO rankings and the higher your web page in the Google search result, which we all know affects revenue.

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Alex Russell

JUNE 22, 2022

Nobody frames it precisely this way; instead they'll say, if WebKit weren't mandated, Chromium would take over , or Google would dominate the web if not for the WebKit restriction. Without the ability to differentiate on features, security, performance, and privacy, what's to sell? And that's a choice. "WebKit

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Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 7, 2019

Front-End Performance Checklist 2019 [PDF, Apple Pages, MS Word]. Front-End Performance Checklist 2019 [PDF, Apple Pages, MS Word]. Web performance is a tricky beast, isn’t it? How do we actually know where we stand in terms of performance, and what our performance bottlenecks exactly are? Vitaly Friedman.

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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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Smashing Magazine

MARCH 2, 2021

These days, with mobile traffic accounting for over 50% of web traffic , it’s fair to assume that the very first encounter of your prospect customers with your brand will happen on a mobile device. With Core Web Vitals , Google has been pushing the experience factors on mobile further to the forefront. billion by 2026.

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Alex Russell

JULY 14, 2021

Engine diversity is essential, as it is the mechanism that causes competition to deliver better performance, capability, privacy, security, and user controls. Meanwhile, on Android, the #2 and #3 sources of web traffic do not respect browser choice. More on that when we get to iOS. How can that be?

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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). Note : You can also just download the checklist (PDF, 158 KB). Following best practice usually means a better website, more organic traffic, and happier visitors. Google Keyword Planner.

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Smashing Magazine

JULY 29, 2019

South Korea has the fastest mobile download speed , averaging 52.4 Mbps download and 0.7 The USA ranks 40th in the world for mobile download speeds, at around 34 Mbps, and is at risk of falling further behind as the world moves towards 5G. Google Homepage — DOM. Performance Tip #1: Inline Critical CSS.

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Cache Google Mobile Network 96

Smashing Magazine

APRIL 11, 2022

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. Of all those options, it’s safe to assume that text is the best choice for LCP performance because it loads and renders fast.

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Media Tuning Metrics Google 69

Dotcom-Montior

JUNE 19, 2017

Let’s face it – the ideal load test emulates real world traffic, yet most load testing software doesn’t come close. Thanks to cloud-based virtual servers, LoadView can send traffic to your site or application from around the world. This review will focus on performing a simple load test with LoadView.

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Alex Russell

MARCH 31, 2022

The best available proxy data also suggests that shared caches would have a minimal positive effect on performance. Removal also creates a performance cliff for content that assumes cache availability. Suppose a user has only downloaded part of the cache. The bigger the download, the less likely users are to switch.

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Testsigma

JANUARY 30, 2021

The native and mobile web browser testing is being performed more and more compared to desktop testing. Applications that do not require to be downloaded and can be accessed via hitting the URL on a mobile browser are known as mobile web applications. Google ranks applications based on how user friendly it is. Signup Now.

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Tech News Gather

JUNE 16, 2023

Ensure scalability and performance optimization: As your clone app gains popularity and attracts more users, scalability and performance optimization become crucial. Choose a robust technology stack that can handle high traffic and accommodate future growth. Evaluate your resources and timeline to make an informed decision.

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Rigor

JULY 2, 2019

Either way, redirection increases the amount of time it takes for your site to render, and you should minimize its use to optimize page performance. Redirection increases the amount of time it takes for your site to render, and you should minimize its use to optimize page performance. webperf #perfmatters Click To Tweet.

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Tim Kadlec

MARCH 14, 2019

Google formally announced Lite Pages the other day and the response has been… let’s say mixed. But in this case, the announcement has to deal with Google making changes to HTTPS content which, as you would expect, makes folks a little more nervous. Understandably so. Sometimes that’s fine. What We Know. Data Saver !==

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MachMetrics

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

But once you get more than 10 urls on a single graph it’s hard to see the performance trends easily. Native (No Traffic Shaping). The speeds listed in parentheses are the download and upload speeds, respectively. Mobile LTE (12/12 Mbps).

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Speed Curve

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Understanding the importance of loading scripts asynchronously might help increase adoption of this critical performance improvement, so we're going to walk through the evolution of async script loading starting way back in 2007. The preloader is the most important performance improvement browsers ever made. Enter the Preloader.

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Smashing Magazine

MARCH 19, 2021

Working around improving performance was an ongoing journey on SmashingMag for a while. In the end of last year we’ve noticed that we’ve seen quite a drop in performance in 2020, so we rolled up our sleeves and got to work. We were busy not only with performance and UX optimizations though. Vitaly Friedman. Large preview ).

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Alex Russell

OCTOBER 22, 2017

TL;DR: performance budgets are an essential but under-appreciated part of product success and team health. Nobody is trying to do a poor job, and yet the results of a “completed” PWA project often require weeks or months of painstaking rework to deliver minimally acceptable performance. Partner meetings are illuminating.

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Rigor

JULY 11, 2019

When your website isn’t performing optimally, you risk not only your revenue but also your reputation as a trusted resource. Additionally, teams are measuring and tracking key business metrics – conversion rates, cart abandonment rates, customer lifetime value, revenue by traffic source, and so on.

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Dotcom-Montior

AUGUST 18, 2016

LoadView is a new load and stress testing product capable of performing load tests that scale to thousands of simultaneous users. There are two main types of tests you can perform with LoadView, load testing and stress testing. A load test is typically performed to simulate different levels of simultaneous visitors on a website.

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Enprowess

MAY 24, 2022

This functionality gives an edge to Reactjs by increasing performance and decreasing programming time compared to another mobile app development platform. Reactjs has the capability of server-side rendering, which offers a power boost to the SEO of a web page or an application and helps in fetching more organic traffic. Conclusion.

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Tim Kadlec

OCTOBER 17, 2010

Performance optimization is the Rodney Dangerfield of web development–it “don’t get no respect” In spite of its great importance in the overall user experience, it is all too often pushed aside and treated as an afterthought. Performance optimization isn’t that necessary. Performance matters.

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Smashing Magazine

JUNE 25, 2021

For this, you can use such well-known tools as Semrush and SimilarWeb and reviews from Trustpilot , Google Play , and Apple’s App Store. The tool analyzes edX’s rank, traffic sources, advertising, and audience interests. edX analysis on Google PageSpeed ( Large preview ). First, I analyzed statistical data about the platform.

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