Rigor

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

As web perfectionists, we have heard every excuse in the book for why teams cannot make web performance a priority. Whether it be time, money, or technical know how, every day we talk to eCommerce and Retail teams who explain why they aren’t monitoring their site’s performance. Sure, that can be the case.

Ecommerce 40

Ecommerce Retail Performance Benchmarking 40

Rigor

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Reading time 16 min Whether you’re a web performance expert, an evangelist for the culture of performance, a web engineer incorporating performance into your process, or someone new to the web performance entirely, you probably identify as curious, excited about new ideas, and always learning. Jake Archibald.

Performance 89

Performance Education Google Website 89

Rigor

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

These focus areas are integrally linked with website performance, so it’s essential that brands also work to improve their digital experience. As a retailer, you know that conversion rates are the lifeblood of your business. But, as a web performance professional, I also know that they can majorly impact site speed. Conclusion.

Retail 40

Retail Ecommerce Website Performance Mobile 40

Testsigma

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

We were going through Adobe Retail Shopping Insights (2020) and found out that more than 42% of consumers have done their holiday shopping via smartphones. So, in this post, we’ll talk about mobile web testing, why it’s important, and its best approaches. What Is Mobile Web Testing? Why Should We Perform Mobile Web Testing?

Mobile 65

Mobile Testing Website Speed 65

Speed Curve

MARCH 7, 2022

If you've been working in the performance space for a while and you hear me start to talk about page growth, I'd forgive you if you started running away. ;). How does page bloat affect other metrics, such as Google's Core Web Vitals? I've been writing about page size and complexity for years. How does page bloat hurt your business?

Mobile 145

Mobile Benchmarking Google Metrics 145

Speed Curve

JULY 3, 2023

HTML – Typically the smallest resource on the page, HTML's performance risk is usually negligible. And if that already wasn’t enough, the number of images on a page has been linked to lower conversion rates on retail sites. Core Web Vitals are a Google search ranking factor. More on that later.)

Mobile 52

Mobile Google Metrics Retail 52

Highly Scalable

APRIL 2, 2012

Some time ago I participated in design of a backend for one large online retailer company. Taking into account the previous considerations, performance requirements were set as 1000 faceted navigation requests/second per typical hardware blade. Data capacity of the system is not less than 1 million products.

Ecommerce 100

Ecommerce Cache Storage Architecture 100