Speed Curve

JUNE 15, 2020

That's when Sander sent through this case study. As always, we welcome your feedback, best practices, and success stories! We felt it was an important metric, but we were disappointed with the lack of usage. We actually removed the metric for a few days to see if any customers noticed.

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Smashing Magazine

JUNE 1, 2022

Researchers and major companies have been publishing case studies for years , proving that slower page load experiences impact business metrics, including conversion rate, revenue, bounce rate, and more. The most popular, by far, is the Google Lighthouse report (available in Chrome Developer Tools) and Google’s Page Speed Insights.

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Smashing Magazine

MAY 9, 2022

You can also disable the Back/Forward Cache in Chrome at chrome://flags/#back-forward-cache if you want to experiment more, but the above steps should hopefully be a sufficient enough test to give a rough feel for the potential speed gains. 400 pages , jam-packed with in-depth user research and best practices.

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O'Reilly

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

case studies and ROI studies, along with industry-specific consulting and integration services—that will assist them as they plan their RPA implementations. Engaging experts and vendor tools can help speed RPA adoption for those new to the topic. RPA Don’ts.

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Speed Curve

DECEMBER 25, 2013

Recently Grigorik has been championing this approach and the Google Pagespeed Insight rules have been updated to reflect this best practice with recommendations on how to reduce the size of "above the fold" content. Case study: the new responsive Guardian site. Control and branch the loading of CSS and JS.

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Smashing Magazine

AUGUST 15, 2023

In case you’re wondering, 2.4 That’s practically an eternity when talking about page speed performance. 400 pages , jam-packed with in-depth user research and best practices. WebPageTest waterfall timeline report. seconds is not great. Here’s how we are approaching it.

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Speed Curve

JANUARY 31, 2018

In this post, I'm going to share some proven tips and best practices to help you create a healthy, happy, celebratory performance culture. Case studies are an awesome way to do this, which is why I've been helping curate WPOstats , a vendor-neutral directory of performance case studies. Score some easy wins.

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Smashing Magazine

AUGUST 3, 2023

Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) LCP measures the perceived load speed of a webpage from a user’s perspective. Each stage has its unique challenges and potential pitfalls, as other case studies show. The shorter the TTFB, the better the perceived speed of the site from the user’s perspective. LCP seconds over time.

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Smashing Magazine

AUGUST 17, 2018

Whitepapers, ebooks, case studies, reports, and other long-form content that provide heavily researched answers on related matters. Speed in getting to and through checkout is another. Blog posts, vlogs, podcasts, and other shorter content that can dabble more in appealing to the emotions of consumers.

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Speed Curve

JULY 8, 2024

A recent analysis of twenty leading websites found a surprising number of page speed optimizations that sites are not taking advantage of – to the detriment of their performance metrics, and more importantly, to the detriment of their users and ultimately their business. The margin for speed is tight.

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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. Why Care About Page Speed? There are a multitude of reasons why you should care about page speed. A site which loads in 2.6

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Speed Curve

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Google Lighthouse is an open-source tool that checks your page against rules for Performance, PWA, Accessibility, Best Practice, and SEO. > Speed Index (Synthetic). Speed Index was an important metric when it first came out several years ago. Hat tip to Harry Roberts for this best practice.)

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Smashing Magazine

JUNE 8, 2021

Twitter’s Image Pipeline (Case Study). +. This case study focuses on the different steps that Twitter has taken to load images faster while ensuring they are as impactful as intended. His team focuses on speed , helping keep the web fast. Let’s take a look at each one of them. DRM-free, of course. Get the eBook.

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Speed Curve

JANUARY 7, 2020

Harry Roberts did an eye-opening talk called From Milliseconds to Millions , in which he shared practical wisdom gleaned from his experience as a performance consultant for some of the biggest sites in the world. MORE: Performance culture tips and best practices. Reduce gatekeeping. Increase investment from the business.

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Smashing Magazine

APRIL 28, 2021

Twitter’s Image Pipeline (Case Study). +. This case study focuses on the different steps that Twitter has taken to load images faster while ensuring they are as impactful as intended. His team focuses on speed , helping keep the web fast. Let’s take a look at each one of them. DRM-free, of course. Get the eBook.

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Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 11, 2021

You need a business stakeholder buy-in, and to get it, you need to establish a case study, or a proof of concept using the Performance API on how speed benefits metrics and Key Performance Indicators ( KPIs ) they care about. It will help you build up a company-tailored case study with real data. How to get there?

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Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 7, 2019

You need a business stakeholder buy-in, and to get it, you need to establish a case study on how speed benefits metrics and Key Performance Indicators ( KPIs ) they care about. Study common complaints coming into customer service and see how improving performance can help relieve some of these common problems.

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Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 6, 2020

You need a business stakeholder buy-in, and to get it, you need to establish a case study, or a proof of concept using the Performance API on how speed benefits metrics and Key Performance Indicators ( KPIs ) they care about. It will help you build up a company-tailored case study with real data. How to get there?

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