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Frictionless retail: A pandemic imperative for IT

Dynatrace

These are, of course, important questions. Figure 1: KPIs supporting revenue goals include sessions, conversions, cart size, and—of course—user experience. Are the steps intuitive? Do pages load quickly and without error, whether web or mobile? Are there points where users get frustrated and backtrack or abandon?

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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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The psychology of site speed and human happiness

Speed Curve

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. Web stress" is measurable When websites perform poorly, we react badly. Do delays really hurt productivity?

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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. One alternative is to host and deliver video through a third party like YouTube or Vimeo.

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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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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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SRE Principles: The 7 Fundamental Rules

Dotcom-Montior

While release engineering in itself is its own title and role, within the concept of SRE, this means delivering services that are stable, consistent, and of course, repeatable. Sounds like a complex subject, but in reality, it is just a simple way to define how software is built and delivered.