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    <updated>2012-01-12T16:43:16Z</updated>
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    <title>1.2 Billion Active Mobile Broadband Users</title>
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    <published>2011-12-31T16:37:00Z</published>
    <updated>2012-01-12T16:43:16Z</updated>
    
    <summary>There are over 1.2 billion active mobile broadband users worldwide, according to a recent survey. Europe leads the world in broadband penetration, for both wired and wireless connections.</summary>
    <author>
        <name>website optimization</name>
        <uri>http://www.websiteoptimization.com</uri>
    </author>
    
        <category term="Australia" />
    
        <category term="Austria" />
    
        <category term="Belgium" />
    
        <category term="Broadband" />
    
        <category term="Canada" />
    
        <category term="Denmark" />
    
        <category term="Estonia" />
    
        <category term="Europe" />
    
        <category term="Finland" />
    
        <category term="France" />
    
        <category term="Germany" />
    
        <category term="Hong Kong" />
    
        <category term="Ireland" />
    
        <category term="Japan" />
    
        <category term="Korea" />
    
        <category term="Luxembourg" />
    
        <category term="Macao" />
    
        <category term="Malta" />
    
        <category term="Netherlands" />
    
        <category term="New Zealand" />
    
        <category term="Norway" />
    
        <category term="Singapore" />
    
        <category term="Slovenia" />
    
        <category term="Sweden" />
    
        <category term="Switzerland" />
    
        <category term="UK" />
    
        <category term="US" />
    
        <category term="Wireless" />
    
        <category term="World" />
    
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        There are over 1.2 billion active mobile broadband users worldwide, according to a recent survey. Europe leads the world in broadband penetration, for both wired and wireless connections.
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<entry>
    <title>Diagnosing Slow Web Servers with Time to First Byte</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.websiteoptimization.com/speed/tweak/time-to-first-byte/" />
    <link rel="service.edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.websiteoptimization.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-atom.cgi/weblog/blog_id=3/entry_id=368" title="Diagnosing Slow Web Servers with Time to First Byte" />
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    <published>2011-12-10T18:12:54Z</published>
    <updated>2011-12-10T18:23:23Z</updated>
    
    <summary>Slow web servers can be caused by a number of factors. You can test for slow server response times with the time time to first byte metric.</summary>
    <author>
        <name>website optimization</name>
        <uri>http://www.websiteoptimization.com</uri>
    </author>
    
        <category term="Psychology" />
    
        <category term="Server optimization" />
    
        <category term="Speed optimization" />
    
        <category term="Surveys and Statistics" />
    
        <category term="Web performance" />
    
        <category term="Website optimization" />
    
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        Slow web servers can be caused by a number of factors. You can test for slow server response times with the time time to first byte metric.
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</entry>

<entry>
    <title>Rural States Go Wireless</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.websiteoptimization.com/bw/1110/" />
    <link rel="service.edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.websiteoptimization.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-atom.cgi/weblog/blog_id=2/entry_id=366" title="Rural States Go Wireless" />
    <id>tag:www.websiteoptimization.com,2011:/bw//2.366</id>
    
    <published>2011-10-24T17:22:17Z</published>
    <updated>2011-10-24T17:25:23Z</updated>
    
    <summary>Rural states in the US are adopting wireless technology at a faster clip than urban states. However, our need for speed is being hampered by the slow release of the wireless spectrum. Will spectrum supply keep up with demand?</summary>
    <author>
        <name>website optimization</name>
        <uri>http://www.websiteoptimization.com</uri>
    </author>
    
        <category term="Broadband" />
    
        <category term="FCC" />
    
        <category term="Quality of Service" />
    
        <category term="US" />
    
        <category term="Wireless" />
    
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        Rural states in the US are adopting wireless technology at a faster clip than urban states. However, our need for speed is being hampered by the slow release of the wireless spectrum. Will spectrum supply keep up with demand?
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</entry>

<entry>
    <title>US Wireless Broadband Penetration 24th Worldwide</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.websiteoptimization.com/bw/1109/" />
    <link rel="service.edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.websiteoptimization.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-atom.cgi/weblog/blog_id=2/entry_id=365" title="US Wireless Broadband Penetration 24th Worldwide" />
    <id>tag:www.websiteoptimization.com,2011:/bw//2.365</id>
    
    <published>2011-09-30T23:33:44Z</published>
    <updated>2011-10-16T23:50:07Z</updated>
    
    <summary>The US ranks 24th in wireless broadband penetration worldwide, according to a recent survey.</summary>
    <author>
        <name>website optimization</name>
        <uri>http://www.websiteoptimization.com</uri>
    </author>
    
        <category term="Australia" />
    
        <category term="Austria" />
    
        <category term="Broadband" />
    
        <category term="Brunei" />
    
        <category term="Cyprus" />
    
        <category term="Denmark" />
    
        <category term="Finland" />
    
        <category term="Greece" />
    
        <category term="Hong Kong" />
    
        <category term="Ireland" />
    
        <category term="Israel" />
    
        <category term="Italy" />
    
        <category term="Japan" />
    
        <category term="Korea" />
    
        <category term="Kuwait" />
    
        <category term="Luxembourg" />
    
        <category term="Macao" />
    
        <category term="New Zealand" />
    
        <category term="Portugal" />
    
        <category term="Saudi Arabia" />
    
        <category term="Singapore" />
    
        <category term="Spain" />
    
        <category term="Sweden" />
    
        <category term="UK" />
    
        <category term="US" />
    
        <category term="United Arab Emirates" />
    
        <category term="Wireless" />
    
        <category term="World" />
    
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        The US ranks 24th in wireless broadband penetration worldwide, according to a recent survey.
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<entry>
    <title>Use a Web Page Optimization Tool</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.websiteoptimization.com/speed/tweak/tools/" />
    <link rel="service.edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.websiteoptimization.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-atom.cgi/weblog/blog_id=3/entry_id=83" title="Use a Web Page Optimization Tool" />
    <id>tag:www.websiteoptimization.com,2004:/speed/tweaktest//3.83</id>
    
    <published>2011-09-26T15:39:58Z</published>
    <updated>2011-09-27T12:43:26Z</updated>
    
    <summary>Web page analysis and optimization tools can help locate and minimize performance bottlenecks. They can improve accessibility, spelling, XHTML markup, and even search engine visibility. We update our survey of the web page optimization tool landscape. 
</summary>
    <author>
        <name>website optimization</name>
        <uri>http://www.websiteoptimization.com</uri>
    </author>
    
        <category term="CSS optimization" />
    
        <category term="Graphic optimization" />
    
        <category term="JavaScript optimization" />
    
        <category term="Speed optimization" />
    
        <category term="Web performance" />
    
        <category term="XHTML optimization" />
    
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        Web page analysis and optimization tools can help locate and minimize performance bottlenecks. They can improve accessibility, spelling, XHTML markup, and even search engine visibility. We update our survey of the web page optimization tool landscape. 

    </content>
</entry>

<entry>
    <title>JPEGmini: More Efficient Image Compression</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.websiteoptimization.com/speed/tweak/jpegmini/" />
    <link rel="service.edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.websiteoptimization.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-atom.cgi/weblog/blog_id=3/entry_id=364" title="JPEGmini: More Efficient Image Compression" />
    <id>tag:www.websiteoptimization.com,2011:/speed/tweak//3.364</id>
    
    <published>2011-08-29T19:28:11Z</published>
    <updated>2011-08-29T19:57:22Z</updated>
    
    <summary>JPEGmini is JPEG optimization software that reduces the size of photographs by up to 5 or 6 times, while maintaining their visual quality. WSO tests the free service and interviews the CTO of ICTV.</summary>
    <author>
        <name>website optimization</name>
        <uri>http://www.websiteoptimization.com</uri>
    </author>
    
        <category term="Graphic optimization" />
    
        <category term="Multimedia optimization" />
    
        <category term="Photography" />
    
        <category term="Speed optimization" />
    
        <category term="Web performance" />
    
        <category term="Website optimization" />
    
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        JPEGmini is JPEG optimization software that reduces the size of photographs by up to 5 or 6 times, while maintaining their visual quality. WSO tests the free service and interviews the CTO of ICTV.
    </content>
</entry>

<entry>
    <title>Average Web Video Size Triples Since 2003</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.websiteoptimization.com/bw/1108/" />
    <link rel="service.edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.websiteoptimization.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-atom.cgi/weblog/blog_id=2/entry_id=359" title="Average Web Video Size Triples Since 2003" />
    <id>tag:www.websiteoptimization.com,2011:/bw//2.359</id>
    
    <published>2011-08-12T20:49:55Z</published>
    <updated>2011-08-16T12:54:26Z</updated>
    
    <summary>The size of the average web video has more than tripled since 2003. We survey the video landscape to show that the size, duration, quality, and usage of the mean web video has grown significantly over time.</summary>
    <author>
        <name>website optimization</name>
        <uri>http://www.websiteoptimization.com</uri>
    </author>
    
        <category term="Broadband" />
    
        <category term="Multimedia" />
    
        <category term="US" />
    
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        The size of the average web video has more than tripled since 2003. We survey the video landscape to show that the size, duration, quality, and usage of the mean web video has grown significantly over time.
    </content>
</entry>

<entry>
    <title>US Broadband Penetration Drops to 27th Place Worldwide</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.websiteoptimization.com/bw/1107/" />
    <link rel="service.edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.websiteoptimization.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-atom.cgi/weblog/blog_id=2/entry_id=360" title="US Broadband Penetration Drops to 27th Place Worldwide" />
    <id>tag:www.websiteoptimization.com,2011:/bw//2.360</id>
    
    <published>2011-07-30T16:29:15Z</published>
    <updated>2011-08-24T16:55:29Z</updated>
    
    <summary>The United States dropped two places in broadband penetration rankings in just over a  year, according to a survey by Point Topic. Serbia leads the world with an annual broadband growth rate of 68%.</summary>
    <author>
        <name>website optimization</name>
        <uri>http://www.websiteoptimization.com</uri>
    </author>
    
        <category term="Algeria" />
    
        <category term="Australia" />
    
        <category term="Bahrain" />
    
        <category term="Belarus" />
    
        <category term="Belgium" />
    
        <category term="Bolivia" />
    
        <category term="Brazil" />
    
        <category term="Broadband" />
    
        <category term="Canada" />
    
        <category term="China" />
    
        <category term="Cyprus" />
    
        <category term="Denmark" />
    
        <category term="Egypt" />
    
        <category term="Estonia" />
    
        <category term="Europe" />
    
        <category term="Finland" />
    
        <category term="France" />
    
        <category term="Germany" />
    
        <category term="Global" />
    
        <category term="Greece" />
    
        <category term="Guernsey" />
    
        <category term="Hong Kong" />
    
        <category term="Iceland" />
    
        <category term="India" />
    
        <category term="Indonesia" />
    
        <category term="Ireland" />
    
        <category term="Israel" />
    
        <category term="Italy" />
    
        <category term="Japan" />
    
        <category term="Jordan" />
    
        <category term="Kosovo" />
    
        <category term="Kuwait" />
    
        <category term="Latvia" />
    
        <category term="Liechtenstein" />
    
        <category term="Luxembourg" />
    
        <category term="Macao" />
    
        <category term="Malta" />
    
        <category term="Monaco" />
    
        <category term="Netherlands" />
    
        <category term="Norway" />
    
        <category term="Oman" />
    
        <category term="Pakistan" />
    
        <category term="Qatar" />
    
        <category term="Russia" />
    
        <category term="Senegal" />
    
        <category term="Serbia" />
    
        <category term="Singapore" />
    
        <category term="Slovenia" />
    
        <category term="South Korea" />
    
        <category term="Spain" />
    
        <category term="Sri Lanka" />
    
        <category term="Sweden" />
    
        <category term="Switzerland" />
    
        <category term="Thailand" />
    
        <category term="UK" />
    
        <category term="US" />
    
        <category term="United Arab Emirates" />
    
        <category term="Venezuela" />
    
        <category term="World" />
    
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        The United States dropped two places in broadband penetration rankings in just over a  year, according to a survey by Point Topic. Serbia leads the world with an annual broadband growth rate of 68%.
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</entry>

<entry>
    <title>The Benefits of Broadband</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.websiteoptimization.com/bw/1106/" />
    <link rel="service.edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.websiteoptimization.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-atom.cgi/weblog/blog_id=2/entry_id=358" title="The Benefits of Broadband" />
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    <published>2011-06-29T18:37:03Z</published>
    <updated>2011-07-24T18:45:33Z</updated>
    
    <summary>A recent report on the spread of broadband throughout the world quantified the many benefits of broadband. The report found that broadband investment has a multiplier effect on ncreased GDP growth, productivity, and jobs.</summary>
    <author>
        <name>website optimization</name>
        <uri>http://www.websiteoptimization.com</uri>
    </author>
    
        <category term="Broadband" />
    
        <category term="Global" />
    
        <category term="Quality of Service" />
    
        <category term="Regulation" />
    
        <category term="US" />
    
        <category term="World" />
    
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        A recent report on the spread of broadband throughout the world quantified the many benefits of broadband. The report found that broadband investment has a multiplier effect on ncreased GDP growth, productivity, and jobs.
    </content>
</entry>

<entry>
    <title>Velocity 2011 Web Performance Conference</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.websiteoptimization.com/speed/tweak/velocity-2011/" />
    <link rel="service.edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.websiteoptimization.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-atom.cgi/weblog/blog_id=3/entry_id=356" title="Velocity 2011 Web Performance Conference" />
    <id>tag:www.websiteoptimization.com,2011:/speed/tweak//3.356</id>
    
    <published>2011-06-28T19:36:31Z</published>
    <updated>2011-07-21T21:39:42Z</updated>
    
    <summary>Highlights from the 2011 installment of O&apos;Reilly&apos;s Velocity web performance conference, held in Santa Clara, CA in June. The author sums up the tools and tips from the conference as well as a book signing.</summary>
    <author>
        <name>website optimization</name>
        <uri>http://www.websiteoptimization.com</uri>
    </author>
    
        <category term="CSS optimization" />
    
        <category term="JavaScript optimization" />
    
        <category term="Server optimization" />
    
        <category term="Speed optimization" />
    
        <category term="Web performance" />
    
        <category term="Website optimization" />
    
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        Highlights from the 2011 installment of O&apos;Reilly&apos;s Velocity web performance conference, held in Santa Clara, CA in June. The author sums up the tools and tips from the conference as well as a book signing.
    </content>
</entry>

<entry>
    <title>Average Web Page Size Septuples Since 2003</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.websiteoptimization.com/speed/tweak/average-web-page/" />
    <link rel="service.edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.websiteoptimization.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-atom.cgi/weblog/blog_id=3/entry_id=186" title="Average Web Page Size Septuples Since 2003" />
    <id>tag:www.websiteoptimization.com,2008:/speed/tweak//3.186</id>
    
    <published>2011-05-31T20:00:01Z</published>
    <updated>2011-06-01T20:17:57Z</updated>
    
    <summary>Within the last eight years, the size of the average web page has more than septupled, and the number of external objects has more than tripled. While broadband users have experienced somewhat faster response times, dial-up users have been left behind.
</summary>
    <author>
        <name>website optimization</name>
        <uri>http://www.websiteoptimization.com</uri>
    </author>
    
        <category term="Psychology" />
    
        <category term="Speed optimization" />
    
        <category term="Surveys and Statistics" />
    
        <category term="Web performance" />
    
        <category term="Website optimization" />
    
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        Within the last eight years, the size of the average web page has more than septupled, and the number of external objects has more than tripled. While broadband users have experienced somewhat faster response times, dial-up users have been left behind.

    </content>
</entry>

<entry>
    <title>FCC Broadband Report: Higher GDP = Higher Broadband Adoption</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.websiteoptimization.com/bw/1105/" />
    <link rel="service.edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.websiteoptimization.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-atom.cgi/weblog/blog_id=2/entry_id=357" title="FCC Broadband Report: Higher GDP = Higher Broadband Adoption" />
    <id>tag:www.websiteoptimization.com,2011:/bw//2.357</id>
    
    <published>2011-05-30T19:04:31Z</published>
    <updated>2011-07-09T19:09:31Z</updated>
    
    <summary>The FCC&apos;s annual broadband report  found a strong correlation between broadband adoption and income. Surprisingly, they did not find a correlation between broadband adoption and education.</summary>
    <author>
        <name>website optimization</name>
        <uri>http://www.websiteoptimization.com</uri>
    </author>
    
        <category term="Broadband" />
    
        <category term="FCC" />
    
        <category term="US" />
    
        <category term="World" />
    
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        The FCC&apos;s annual broadband report  found a strong correlation between broadband adoption and income. Surprisingly, they did not find a correlation between broadband adoption and education.
    </content>
</entry>

<entry>
    <title>Page Speed Online</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.websiteoptimization.com/speed/tweak/page-speed-online/" />
    <link rel="service.edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.websiteoptimization.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-atom.cgi/weblog/blog_id=3/entry_id=355" title="Page Speed Online" />
    <id>tag:www.websiteoptimization.com,2011:/speed/tweak//3.355</id>
    
    <published>2011-04-30T20:48:50Z</published>
    <updated>2011-05-14T20:52:44Z</updated>
    
    <summary>The online version of Google&apos;s Page Speed browser extension features a new mobile web page analysis mode. </summary>
    <author>
        <name>website optimization</name>
        <uri>http://www.websiteoptimization.com</uri>
    </author>
    
        <category term="CSS optimization" />
    
        <category term="Graphic optimization" />
    
        <category term="JavaScript optimization" />
    
        <category term="Multimedia optimization" />
    
        <category term="Server optimization" />
    
        <category term="Speed optimization" />
    
        <category term="Web performance" />
    
        <category term="Website optimization" />
    
        <category term="XHTML optimization" />
    
    <content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.websiteoptimization.com/speed/tweak/">
        The online version of Google&apos;s Page Speed browser extension features a new mobile web page analysis mode. 
    </content>
</entry>

<entry>
    <title>Apple iTunes Penetration Closing Gap with Microsoft</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.websiteoptimization.com/bw/1104/" />
    <link rel="service.edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.websiteoptimization.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-atom.cgi/weblog/blog_id=2/entry_id=354" title="Apple iTunes Penetration Closing Gap with Microsoft" />
    <id>tag:www.websiteoptimization.com,2011:/bw//2.354</id>
    
    <published>2011-04-27T20:24:10Z</published>
    <updated>2011-04-27T20:28:10Z</updated>
    
    <summary>Apple is closing the gap with Microsoft in streaming media player share. By sometime late 2011 or 2012 Apple should pass Microsoft in streaming media player users.</summary>
    <author>
        <name>website optimization</name>
        <uri>http://www.websiteoptimization.com</uri>
    </author>
    
        <category term="Broadband" />
    
        <category term="Multimedia" />
    
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        Apple is closing the gap with Microsoft in streaming media player share. By sometime late 2011 or 2012 Apple should pass Microsoft in streaming media player users.
    </content>
</entry>

<entry>
    <title>Over 2 Billion Internet Users Worldwide</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.websiteoptimization.com/bw/1103/" />
    <link rel="service.edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.websiteoptimization.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-atom.cgi/weblog/blog_id=2/entry_id=353" title="Over 2 Billion Internet Users Worldwide" />
    <id>tag:www.websiteoptimization.com,2011:/bw//2.353</id>
    
    <published>2011-03-29T12:30:59Z</published>
    <updated>2011-03-29T12:34:05Z</updated>
    
    <summary>More than 2 billion people use the Internet worldwide, according to a recent survey. Europe leads the world in fixed broadband adoption with 54% more penetration than the Americas.</summary>
    <author>
        <name>website optimization</name>
        <uri>http://www.websiteoptimization.com</uri>
    </author>
    
        <category term="Broadband" />
    
        <category term="Europe" />
    
        <category term="Global" />
    
        <category term="Quality of Service" />
    
        <category term="US" />
    
        <category term="Wireless" />
    
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        More than 2 billion people use the Internet worldwide, according to a recent survey. Europe leads the world in fixed broadband adoption with 54% more penetration than the Americas.
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