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The psychology of site speed and human happiness

Speed Curve

In the fourteen years that I've been working in the web performance industry, I've done a LOT of research, writing, and speaking about the psychology of page speed – in other words, why we crave fast, seamless online experiences. In fairness, that was in the early 2000s, and site speed was barely on anyone's radar.

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SpaceX Spending $10 Billion to Make the Internet 20ms Faster

MachMetrics

Elon Musk’s need for speed. A lot of coverage on this project is centered (rightfully) around the potential of this project to deliver fast internet to underdeveloped nations at a minimal cost. This ultimately guides us to one conclusion: Speed is incredibly important. Starlink’s Goal: Reduce Internet Latency.

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The impact of 5G on mobile app development

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With some unique advantages like low latency and faster speed, 5G aims to give birth to a new era of mobile application development with some innovations. With the increase in speed and less latency, there are a lot of possibilities that can be explored in the field of the internet of things (IOT) and smart devices.

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Time to First Byte: What It Is and Why It Matters

CSS Wizardry

A trip from a device in London to a server in New York has a theoretical best-case speed of 28ms over fibre, but this makes lots of very optimistic assumptions. This is why serving your content from a CDN is so important: even in the internet age, being geographically closer to your customers is advantageous. Expect closer to 75ms.

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KeyCDN Launches POP in Romania

KeyCDN

Today we’re excited to announce that we’ve launched yet another POP location to help further supercharge our network’s content delivery speeds. According to Wikipedia , Romania ranked 5th place worldwide for the average connection speed of 38.60Mb/s. million Romanian eCommerce users who spend an average of $237.38

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The Importance of Monitoring SSL Certificates

Dotcom-Montior

The conversion rates of ecommerce sites are significantly improved with the help of SSL certificates. . The aim is to deliver content on the internet in a faster and smoother way. CDNs essentially act as the backbone for high speed internet content delivery and performance. Increase the Google rankings of your web pages.

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Why Companies Need Web Performance Monitoring

Dotcom-Montior

But beyond that, even more, important is speed and user experience. It’s even worse for the ecommerce, as every lost prospect is a lost sale. They anticipate websites and online applications to load at lightning speed. Now, speed and user experience has been added to the mix.