Speed Curve

JANUARY 29, 2024

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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Speed Website Mobile Cloud 136

Dynatrace

AUGUST 12, 2024

Performance, errors, and user experience Dynatrace has long understood the importance of performance as a foundational component of user experience and the impact that page speed and any friction introduced by errors have on user behavior.

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Airlines Metrics Speed Internet 258

High Scalability

JULY 20, 2018

A typical example of modern "microservices-inspired" Java application would function along these lines: Netflix : We observed during experimentation that RAM random read latencies were rarely higher than 1 microsecond whereas typical SSD random read speeds are between 100–500 microseconds. There are a few more quotes.

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Internet Internet Scalability Automotive 121

Smashing Magazine

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Answering Common Questions About Interpreting Page Speed Reports Answering Common Questions About Interpreting Page Speed Reports Geoff Graham 2023-10-31T16:00:00+00:00 2023-10-31T17:06:18+00:00 This article is sponsored by DebugBear Running a performance check on your site isn’t too terribly difficult.

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Speed Google Website Metrics 100

MachMetrics

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Google has announced plans for a new badging system that would let users know whether a website typically loads slowly. With its search engine being easily the most used on the internet, Google has an incredible influence on the web. Most stemmed from Google exercising too much power with this move.

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Google Website Best Practices Internet 86

Jos

JUNE 2, 2018

Google’s Lighthouse is one of them, which shows information about PWA, SEO and more. presented in Google IO 2018 ( source ) These tools make it easier to determine where we need to put emphasis to improve our sites. Also, the speed of my internet connection is humongous and I’m close to data centres located in Stockholm and London.

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Performance Speed Google Media 237

DZone

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

When it comes to cross-browser testing, we tend to focus on executing test cases for bigwigs like Google Chrome, Firefox, or Safari. Opera may not be your default browser, but it still is a popular web browser in the market and is especially loved in areas that don’t have high-speed Internet. What about the other browsers?

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Testing Internet Internet Speed 113

Scalegrid

MAY 13, 2020

For example, a billion dollar scale Internet Marketing company is using Greenplum advanced analytics to perform audience profiling to understand who their audience is, what they buy, which networks and devices they use, and where they are geographically located so they can better understand and serve their market.

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Big Data Database Artificial Intelligence Open Source 321

Smashing Magazine

DECEMBER 23, 2020

It doesn’t come as a surprise, considering the benefits of higher conversion rates, customer engagement, decreased page loading speed, and lower costs on development and overhead. The service workers enable the offline usage of the PWA by fetching cached data or informing the user about the absence of an Internet connection.

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Cache Internet Internet Google 126

MachMetrics

DECEMBER 14, 2019

As you know, there are many metrics that determine a website’s page speed, and we can’t look at just one of them to determine how performant our site is. By analyzing the data from Backlinko.com and their Page Speed Stats article, we’ll look to answer these questions: What size should be a website be?

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Best Practices Speed Mobile Google 105

Smashing Magazine

DECEMBER 17, 2020

The most beautiful, spectacular site in the world won’t do anyone much good if people can’t find it on Google (or Bing, or DuckDuckGo). With Google Search Console you can see exactly where your pages are (or aren’t) ranking for different keywords. Google Keyword Planner. Google Trends. Google Mobile-Friendly Test.

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Engineering Google Website Mobile 132

Dynatrace

JUNE 26, 2023

Consider how AI-enabled chatbots such as ChatGPT and Google Bard help DevOps teams write code snippets or resolve problems in custom code without time-consuming human intervention. DevSecOps and ITOps teams can then perform tasks with accuracy at the speed a business requires. Operations. Digital experience. Business analytics.

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Software Software Analytics Big Data 200

CSS Wizardry

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

The speed at which files download will be a function of bandwidth and round trip time. It can also provide genuine seamless connection migration as devices traverse the internet. Each of these packets has its own RTT lifecycle (although not necessarily synchronously). The bad news? Avoid Incurring Latency Alright!

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Latency Cache Transportation Mobile 215

Smashing Magazine

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

You’ve fired up Google Lighthouse from Chrome’s DevTools because everyone and their uncle uses it to evaluate performance. Except, don’t — at least not using Google Lighthouse as your sole proof. Google Lighthouse is merely one tool in a complete performance toolkit. That’s what we’re aiming for, after all!

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Website Speed Google Metrics 88

Brendan Gregg

JULY 4, 2021

## References I've reproduced the talk references below, so you can click on links: - [Gregg 08] Brendan Gregg, “ZFS L2ARC,” [link] Jul 2008 - [Gregg 10] Brendan Gregg, “Visualizations for Performance Analysis (and More),” [link] 2010 - [Greenberg 11] Marc Greenberg, “DDR4: Double the speed, double the latency? Ford, et al., “TCP

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Performance Latency Hardware Storage 121

CSS - Tricks

MARCH 16, 2020

to run Google Lighthouse audits via the command line, save the reports they generate in JSON format and then compare them so web performance can be monitored as the website grows and develops. I’m hopeful this can serve as a good introduction for any developer interested in learning about how to work with Google Lighthouse programmatically.

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Google Latency Website Metrics 82

Dotcom-Montior

JUNE 25, 2020

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. It is the world’s most advanced and extensive Internet censorship program. The How and What of The Great Firewall of China. Deep Packet Inspection.

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Website Internet Internet Performance 97

KeyCDN

JANUARY 14, 2021

Then again, a newer but less widely known framework may more effectively suit your needs, so it's worth it to get up to speed about today's most popular options. Responsive Design - Any site that you develop should render properly across all devices, as more and more people access the internet via mobile devices.

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Google Mobile Open Source Website 135

Smashing Magazine

APRIL 19, 2021

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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Google Metrics Mobile Analytics 141

MachMetrics

JUNE 16, 2020

Many were hesitant to sacrifice site speed for the added layer of security if they felt like they didn’t need it. Google made SSL use a ranking factor way back in 2014, and since Chrome 68, a “Not Secure” warning appears next to the URL of sites that aren’t using HTTPS. Source: Google Blog. Is SSL slow?

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Speed Latency Google Website 86

Dynatrace

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Cloud-native architecture is a structural approach to planning and implementing an environment for software development and deployment that uses resources and processes common with public clouds like Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform. Stateless whenever possible. The time to productivity is faster. Trust nothing.

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Cloud Architecture Serverless Infrastructure 162

Dotcom-Montior

AUGUST 5, 2020

Page speed has been a key factor in Google’s ranking algorithm since 2010 , so it is essential to understand the various ways you can optimize your pages and why implementing synthetic monitoring can ensure your pages perform flawlessly and revenue isn’t lost. Remember, speed is key to the user experience. Optimize Your Pages.

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Website Speed Cache Traffic 92

Dotcom-Montior

MARCH 27, 2022

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. It is the world’s most advanced and extensive Internet censorship program. The How and What of The Great Firewall of China. Deep Packet Inspection.

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Website Internet Internet Performance 82

MachMetrics

JUNE 30, 2021

Website performance & speed plays a major role in the success of an online business. Many people often confuse site speed with page speed grades of performance testing tools, which are actually calculated based on multiple factors of a page including its loading speed. Daniel An, Google, 2017.

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Cache Speed Google Website 78

MachMetrics

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

We’re happy to announce two new features that many of you have been asking for: custom dashboards and the ability to specify connection speed for your tests. If you’re monitoring the speed of a few urls, the default “All Urls” dashboard works just great. Connection Speed. Custom Dashboards. 0.384 Mbps).

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Speed Mobile Traffic Internet 45

Smashing Magazine

AUGUST 25, 2022

How do I account for different network speeds in different environments? This solution is fine when network speeds are fast, but it can be problematic when network speeds are not fast (or fluctuate). And if there is one thing we all know — we cannot control the speed network our customers are using.

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Media Speed Network Analytics 110

Smashing Magazine

JULY 29, 2019

Last time, I navigated the web for a day using Internet Explorer 8. The speed of mobile networks, too, varies considerably between countries. Perhaps surprisingly, users experience faster speeds over a mobile network than WiFi in at least 30 countries worldwide, including Australia and France. per GB respectively. Mbps upload.

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Cache Mobile Google Network 97

MachMetrics

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Elon Musk’s need for speed. A lot of coverage on this project is centered (rightfully) around the potential of this project to deliver fast internet to underdeveloped nations at a minimal cost. This ultimately guides us to one conclusion: Speed is incredibly important. Starlink’s Goal: Reduce Internet Latency.

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Internet Internet Latency Speed 44

Speed Curve

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

The internet. Synthetic is great for trending over time, especially when looking at the number and size of requests (images, JavaScript, CSS), which collectively have a big impact on speed. Check out our Industry Page Speed Benchmarks for an idea of how you can use benchmarking part of your toolkit. Real user monitoring (RUM).

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Performance Benchmarking Metrics Monitoring 143

Brendan Gregg

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

## References I've reproduced the references from my SREcon22 keynote below, so you can click on links: - [Gregg 08] Brendan Gregg, “ZFS L2ARC,” [link] Jul 2008 - [Gregg 10] Brendan Gregg, “Visualizations for Performance Analysis (and More),” [link] 2010 - [Greenberg 11] Marc Greenberg, “DDR4: Double the speed, double the latency?

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Performance Latency Cache Virtualization 103

Speed Curve

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Sia Karamalegos is a web performance diva we've come to know through her many articles, workshops, conference talks, and her stint as an MC at performance.now() last year – not to mention her role in speeding up a pretty big slice of the internet! Sia currently works as a freelance web performance engineer.

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Performance Tuning Internet Internet 72

Alex Russell

JANUARY 30, 2024

HTML, CSS, images, and fonts can all be parsed and run at near wire speeds on low-end hardware, but JavaScript is at least three times more expensive, byte-for-byte. Many critiques are possible, both of the target (five seconds for first load), the sample population (worldwide internet users), and of the methodology (informed reckons).

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Performance Network Mobile Speed 98

Testlodge

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Results may vary because of factors like resolution, internet speed, and different OS versions. For medium to large scale applications, compatible with all commonly available operating systems and internet browsers is essential. Why Perform Compatibility Testing?

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Testing Hardware Operating System Mobile 78

KeyCDN

OCTOBER 3, 2019

After HTTP/2, coming up next is QUIC (Quick UDP Internet Connections). Google has been working for quite some time to speed up its network protocols in order to minimize website response times. Google is hopeful that QUIC can reduce connection costs towards zero RTTs. Google plans to propose QUIC as an IETF standard.

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Transportation Internet Internet Google 51

Testsigma

JANUARY 29, 2021

The rise of mobile internet usage is evident across developed economies as well as developing ones (India, Bangladesh, etc.)[3]. that require internet connectivity. Popular search engines like Google give preference to websites that are mobile-ready[4]. Speed and Accuracy. online shopping, bill payments, etc.)

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Website Mobile Testing Strategy 98

Jos

JUNE 2, 2018

Google’s Lighthouse is one of them, which shows information about PWA, SEO and more. presented in Google IO 2018 ( source ). At the same time, they open a door to lots of concepts that might be overwhelming: PRPL, RAIL, Paint Timing API, TTI, HTTP/2, Speed Index, Priority Hints and more …. A screenshot of Lighthouse 3.0,

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Performance Speed Google Media 100

Dotcom-Montior

JUNE 25, 2020

Increase the Google rankings of your web pages. The aim is to deliver content on the internet in a faster and smoother way. CDNs essentially act as the backbone for high speed internet content delivery and performance. Over 90 percent of the time, Chrome users prefer secure websites with SSL certificates.

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