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Best Web Performance Books to Learn Site Speed Optimization

MachMetrics

Author Steve Souders writes about the best practices that he gained as the Chief Performance Yahoo!, and the Head Performance Engineer at Google. Souders presents his 14 rules throughout the course of the book while discussing the importance of front-end performance.

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An In-Depth Guide To Measuring Core Web Vitals

Smashing Magazine

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. even the Google tools like PageSpeed Insights and the Core Web Vitals report in Google Search Console seem to give confusing information. Barry Pollard.

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Optimize Images for Web

KeyCDN

We normally focus solely on the performance aspect, but today we want to dive into additional ways you can optimize images for the web. The file size of your images of course is very important, but SEO and social media also play an important part in helping your website perform and convert better.

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Mobile Page Speed Testing

MachMetrics

Mobile use surpassed desktop use years ago, but all too often websites are still being built desktop first and mobile second. If you’re unsure of how your website performs on a mobile device (or even got a poor result on a speed audit), stick with us. Of course not. Improving Your Mobile Performance.

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How To Boost Media Performance On A Budget

Smashing Magazine

Even though rich media can promote user engagement, we need to balance the cost of delivering them with your website performance and business goals. And of course, you need to host and deliver your images. Also, be sure to synthetically track Google’s Core Web Vitals (CWVs) as part of your toolkit with tools like LightHouse.

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The psychology of site speed and human happiness

Speed Curve

Interestingly, and perhaps not coincidentally, 100 milliseconds is Google's stated goal when it comes to page load times. Some sensory memory does stick, of course. In a 1999 study of workplace interruptions , groups of workers were subjected to various disruptions in the course of their day-to-day responsibilities.

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SRE Principles: The 7 Fundamental Rules

Dotcom-Montior

Google was the first company to create, embrace, and put support behind the role of site reliability engineering. When Google first introduced the role of SRE, they set a goal that half of an SREs time should be focused on reducing future operational work or adding service features.