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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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Page Experience and Core Web Vitals: a new SEO factor focusing on website speed

Dareboost

The Speed Report in the Google Search Console (recently renamed “Core Web Vitals”) is offering two new performance metrics: Cumulative Layout Shift and Largest Contentful Paint additionally to the First Input Delay. Core Web Vitals have also been deployed in tools such as Page Speed Insights or Lighthouse.

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The Importance of Web Hosting Speed and Performance For Your Website

DZone

Speed Matters on the Internet. billion fewer in sales per year, while Google claims that less than a one-second delay results in eight million fewer searches per day. When it comes to whether visitors look at your page or not, the most significant factor is how fast your page loads.

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Google Lighthouse Audits – How to use Chrome’s built-in speed testing tool

MachMetrics

If you’re not a developer/designer, you may not be familiar with the Chrome DevTools and the extremely powerful Google Lighthouse Audits that can be found inside. However, you have likely used the Web UI that Google uses to allow you to test websites for speedGoogle PageSpeed Insights. Performance.

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Google planning a new ‘Badge of Shame’ for slow websites

MachMetrics

Google has announced plans for a new badging system that would let users know whether a website typically loads slowly. Early looks show one option being the ‘Badge of Shame’ showing on a splash screen as a slow website loads. Another displays a green loading bar for a website known to load quickly.

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How the Great Firewall of China Affects Performance of Websites Outside of China

Dotcom-Montior

The Great Firewall of China, or as it’s officially called, the Golden Shield Project, is an internet censorship project to block people from accessing specific foreign websites. By doing this, China is also able to force people to use Chinese alternatives for websites. China does exactly that for blocking commonly known websites.

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How to Estimate Web Performance Impact Before Making Fixes

Jos

Web Performance is important for user experience and business metrics. This post explains several ways of assessing the potential performance gains with little effort and, more importantly, without actually implementing fixes. What is the business opportunity for web performance improvements? I would repeat over and over.