Speed Curve

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Here are some common questions I’m asked when I talk with people about performance: Which metrics should I care about? Page Speed Benchmarks is an interactive dashboard that lets you explore and compare web performance data for leading websites across several industries – from retail to media. How fast should I be?

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Benchmarking Speed Performance Media 135

Rigor

JUNE 14, 2019

It’s true that what might be considered the “most important” or “best” web performance metrics can vary by industry. But there is some information that is universal for all websites – and everyone has to start somewhere, right? Time to Interactive. Why track it? First Contentful Paint. Visually Complete.

Metrics 101

Metrics Performance Speed Ecommerce 101

MachMetrics

JULY 15, 2020

However, if utilized carelessly, CSS can greatly affect our page speed. 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. Perform an Audit of Your Site.

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Speed Website Cache Google 78

Dotcom-Montior

JUNE 30, 2021

In this current age of the Internet, it’s a common practice to build a website to run your online business. If you plan to do business online with China, its Internet infrastructure and the Great Firewall might greatly impact your website performance. Why Should You Monitor Your Website Performance?

Website 52

Website Monitoring Website Performance Performance 52

Speed Curve

DECEMBER 10, 2017

It's important that the critical content is downloaded and rendered before users get frustrated. Network metrics have been around for decades, but rendering metrics are newer. Speed Index. These are a few of the rendering metrics that currently exist. A brief history of performance metrics. Start Render.

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Metrics Website Speed Monitoring 69

MachMetrics

MAY 14, 2020

When we gave a complete overview of the state of the web in 2020 we challenged our readers to compare their own website metrics to the multiple metric averages. How did you end up doing on your page weight (the download size of your entire webpage)? Compress and cache your website. MB for mobile. MB for mobile.

Website 52

Website Testing Speed Cache 52

Rigor

JULY 11, 2019

Reading Time: 8 minutes Whether your ecommerce business is 100% online or you supplement with bricks and mortar, your website is a critical revenue driver. When your website isn’t performing optimally, you risk not only your revenue but also your reputation as a trusted resource. Which Metrics Matter for Ecommerce?

Ecommerce 87

Ecommerce Metrics Website Mobile 87

Dotcom-Montior

JUNE 30, 2020

In this current age of the Internet, it’s a common practice to build a website to run your online business. If you plan to do business online with China, its Internet infrastructure and the Great Firewall might greatly impact your website performance. Why Should You Monitor Your Website Performance?

Website 52

Website Monitoring Website Performance Performance 52

Dotcom-Montior

JULY 7, 2020

In this current age of the Internet, it’s a common practice to build a website to run your online business. If you plan to do business online with China, its Internet infrastructure and the Great Firewall might greatly impact your website performance. Why Should You Monitor Your Website Performance?

Website 52

Website Monitoring Website Performance Performance 52

Smashing Magazine

AUGUST 3, 2023

This commitment involves prioritizing websites that offer not only relevant content but also an excellent user experience. Google’s Core Web Vitals is a set of performance metrics that site owners can use to evaluate performance and diagnose performance issues. Core Web Vital metrics definitions.

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Performance Cache Traffic Metrics 74

Speed Curve

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

Across the performance industry, the metric that's used the most is "page load time" (i.e, "window.onload" or "document complete"). when pages were simpler and each user action loaded a new web page (multi-page websites). Any performance metric that values all the content the same is not a good metric. User Timing Spec.

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Metrics Website Innovation Speed 72

Dynatrace

MAY 27, 2022

Each piece of the AIOps triumvirate plays a crucial role in the automation process to speed innovation. When the website goes down, an event pops up in Dynatrace and kicks off an action. These metrics can show DevSecOps teams whether the problem is with Apache, the central processing unit, MySQL, or a query issue.

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Artificial Intelligence Innovation Servers Database 186

MachMetrics

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Unfortunately, Target.com is not a fast website. And this is shocking since we all know that page load speed is directly correlated to site revenue (you’re aware that faster websites lead to increased conversion and sales, right?). ” This is because Target.com does an excellent job of improving user-perceived speed.

Retail 82

Retail Speed Website Google 82

CSS - Tricks

APRIL 1, 2021

Site performance is potentially the most important metric. seconds faster on average and it drove 60 million more Firefox downloads per year. Speed is also something Google considers when ranking your website placement on mobile. Go ahead, briefly look at the things that Lighthouse says are wrong with the website.

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Cache Social Media Media Website 92

Smashing Magazine

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Implementing SEO best practice doesn’t just give you the best chance possible of ranking well in search engines; it makes your websites better by scrutinizing quality, design, accessibility, and speed, among other things. Note : You can also just download the checklist (PDF, 158 KB). Table Of Contents. Setting Realistic Goals.

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Engineering Google Website Analytics 130

Dynatrace

MARCH 10, 2021

They collect metrics and raise alerts, but they provide few answers as to what went wrong in the first place. Davis—the Dynatrace AI engine —uses the application topology and service flow maps together with high-fidelity metrics to perform a fault tree analysis. Visit the AWS website to learn more about the AWS Competency Program.

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AWS Cloud Artificial Intelligence Innovation 144

Smashing Magazine

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Total Blocking Time One thing I know would be more helpful than a set of Core Web Vitals scores from Lighthouse is knowing the time it takes to go from the First Contentful Paint (FCP) to the Time to Interactive (TTI), a metric known as the Total Blocking Time (TBT). You can see that Lighthouse does indeed provide that metric.

Google 90

Google Analytics Traffic Metrics 90

Percona

JUNE 22, 2023

Database uptime and availability Monitoring database uptime and availability is crucial as it directly impacts the availability of critical data and the performance of applications or websites that rely on the MySQL database. Monitoring these metrics helps ensure data protection, minimize downtime, and ensure business continuity.

Performance 105

Performance Monitoring Traffic Database 105

Smashing Magazine

AUGUST 15, 2023

In order for the browser to display the image, it has a fairly long chain of dependencies: Download the HTML. Download and parse the CSS. Download the image. So noticeable, in fact, that Core Web Vitals has a metric all about it called Largest Contentful Paint (LCP). Reconcile the CSS ruleset with the DOM.

Media 73

Media Metrics Mobile Best Practices 73

KeyCDN

AUGUST 29, 2019

Running speed tests with tools like Google PageSpeed Insights , WebPageTest , or KeyCDN’s Website Speed Test are always a good way to help gauge your website’s performance. While these metrics can be very helpful it is also important to keep this data in perspective. Why Care About Page Speed?

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Google Cache Speed Analytics 103

Smashing Magazine

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Improving The Performance Of Wix Websites (Case Study). Improving The Performance Of Wix Websites (Case Study). We deployed these enhancements gradually over time to ensure that our users didn’t experience any disruptions, but instead only a consistent improvement of their site speed. Dan Shappir. 2021-11-22T10:30:00+00:00.

Website 126

Website Performance Google Media 126

Speed Curve

JULY 10, 2023

Demonstrating the impact of performance on your users – and on your business – is one of the best ways to get your company to care about the speed of your site. The performance of your website can make or break engagement with your users. It's not enough to improve your Lighthouse score or Core Web Vitals results.

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Performance Metrics Traffic Speed 52

Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 11, 2021

LogRocket tracks key metrics, incl. 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? Download The Checklist (PDF, Apple Pages, MS Word). Table Of Contents.

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Performance Cache Media Metrics 145

Smashing Magazine

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

It has never been easier to build a personalized website, digitalize a product and start seeing results. Web performance refers to the speed at which a website loads, how fast it’s downloaded, and how an app is displayed on the user’s browser. Webpage performance test report for the Smashing Magazine website.

Media 105

Media Cache Website Mobile 105

Speed Curve

MARCH 7, 2022

How does page bloat affect other metrics, such as Google's Core Web Vitals? Poorly executed stylesheets can create a host of performance problems, ranging from stylesheets taking too long to download and parse, to improperly placed stylesheets that block the rest of the page from rendering. How does page bloat hurt your business?

Mobile 145

Mobile Benchmarking Google Metrics 145

Smashing Magazine

MARCH 2, 2021

This requires your website or application to be heavily optimized for mobile. However, there are quite a few high-profile case studies exploring the impact of mobile optimization on key business metrics. Driving Business Metrics. One of the famous examples is Flipkart , India’s largest e-commerce website.

Mobile 133

Mobile Testing Website Benchmarking 133

Smashing Magazine

JUNE 2, 2021

Every front-end developer is chasing the same holy grail of performance: green scores in Google Page Speed. Real-life performance for your users and how the website “feels” when you’re using it should not be discounted, even if it costs you a point or two in Page Speed (otherwise, we would all just have a search bar and unstyled text).

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Performance Cache Website Mobile 115

Smashing Magazine

DECEMBER 19, 2021

Previous metrics measured variations of the first paint to screen (often this was a header or background color); incidentally content that isn’t really what the user actually wants to get out of the page. And the “contentful” part of the name shows this metric is intended to ignore (e.g. And NOW we were finally done.

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Google Traffic Mobile Website 143

Smashing Magazine

JULY 29, 2019

The speed of mobile networks, too, varies considerably between countries. Perhaps surprisingly, users experience faster speeds over a mobile network than WiFi in at least 30 countries worldwide, including Australia and France. South Korea has the fastest mobile download speed , averaging 52.4 Mbps download and 0.7

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Cache Google Mobile Network 96

Smashing Magazine

MAY 9, 2022

Browsers have lots of caches , the most well-known of which is the HTTP Cache that stores copies of downloaded resources on a local drive for later reuse. Ensuring your website caches most of its assets for future uses has long been touted as essential for web performance. so reusing them from that home page visit is a good saving.

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Cache Games Performance Website 91

Tech News Gather

APRIL 27, 2022

This troubleshooting mantra will help you identify and solve the common performance issue in your Angular apps: Slow Loading: When an app gets slower than its actual speed, something is wrong with the app. An optimized build will have a small bundle size, which is faster to download and will perform better on modern browsers.

Website 52

Website Speed Servers Code 52

Smashing Magazine

MARCH 25, 2021

Unquestionably, media enlivens websites, adding appeal, excitement, and intrigue, let alone enticements to stay on a page and frequently revisit it. Of the many factors that affect page-load speed, media is a significant one. However, having a performance budget as a standalone metric might not be of much help. Akshay Ranganath.

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Media Performance Mobile Latency 117

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. The Core Web Vitals are a set of three metrics designed to measure the “core” experience of whether a website feels fast or slow to the users, and so gives a good experience.

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Google Metrics Mobile Analytics 140

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. It shows how key metrics align with the rendering timeline (the filmstrip view at the top of the chart). I love LEGO. This is a high-level waterfall for the LEGO.com home page.

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Performance Retail Benchmarking Ecommerce 67

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? Getting Ready: Planning And Metrics. Download The Checklist (PDF, Apple Pages, MS Word). Build Optimizations.

Performance 145

Performance Cache Network Metrics 145

Alex Russell

MARCH 31, 2022

Suppose a user has only downloaded part of the cache. Without pervasive SRI , it's difficult to justify the potential download size hit of a shared cache, not to mention the ongoing required updates. The bigger the download, the less likely users are to switch. That's how much wire size matters. Back of the Napkin #.

Cache 82

Cache Government Traffic Network 82

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. It allows you to quickly audit a website in a number of key areas which together can form a measure of its overall quality. Let’s find out how.

Google 82

Google Latency Website Metrics 82