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Diagnosing Slow Web Servers with Time to First Byte

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. more »

By website optimization on 10 Dec 2011 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Velocity 2011 Web Performance Conference

Highlights from the 2011 installment of O'Reilly'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. more »

By website optimization on 28 Jun 2011 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Page Speed Online

The online version of Google's Page Speed browser extension features a new mobile web page analysis mode. more »

By website optimization on 30 Apr 2011 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Serving 2012 Olympic Tickets: London2012 15, CoSport 0

The race is on to get tickets to the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, England. Are the web sites handing the traffic as fast as the athletes they promote? more »

By website optimization on 18 Mar 2011 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

ETags Revisited

Learn how to configure or eliminate ETags to improve website performance. more »

By website optimization on 31 Jan 2011 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Automatically Speed Up Your Site with mod_pagespeed for Apache

mod_pagespeed is an open-source Apache module that automatically speeds up web sites. Through a number of filters, mod_pagespeed trims the fat off your HTML, CSS, JavaScript and images, reduces HTTP requests, and improves caching. In this article we introduce mod_pagespeed and summarize the available filters. more »

By website optimization on 12 Nov 2010 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Velocity 2010 Web Performance Conference

Highlights from the Velocity 2010 conference on web performance. This sold-out event explored the latest technique for fast websites, and is a must-see for performance engineers. more »

By website optimization on 29 Jun 2010 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

HTTP Compression

HTTP compression uses standards-based gzip and deflate compression algorithms to compress your XHTML, CSS, and JavaScript to speed up web page downloads and save bandwidth. more »

By website optimization on 22 Sep 2009 AM | Permalink | Comments (22)

Web Page Performance Thesis

A Ph.D. thesis on web page performance quantifies the key factors in web page response times. Uses software to measure, model, and monitor response times and improve user satisfaction. more »

By website optimization on 31 Jul 2009 PM | Permalink | Comments (2)

Offload Resource Intensive Scripts to Improve Server Performance

This article shows how offloading resource intensive scripts can significantly improve web server performance. By offloading the Web Page Analyzer script to a separate server, we improved response times by over 98%, improved throughput by a factor of 40, and significantly reduced response time variability. more »

By website optimization on 31 Jan 2009 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

O'Reilly Books on Web Performance

We sum up the available books on web performance from O'Reilly. more »

By website optimization on 20 Oct 2008 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)

Solid-State Drive Web Server Test

We test a new server with solid-state drives and faster processors. Upgrading our dedicated server improved performance by 35% to 50%. more »

By website optimization on 17 Oct 2008 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Optimize Parallel Downloads to Minimize Object Overhead

With the average web page growing past 50 external objects, object overhead now dominates most web page delays. Increasing parallel downloads by using multiple hostnames can realize up to a 40% improvement in web page latency. more »

By website optimization on 26 Dec 2007 AM | Permalink | Comments (10)

Use Delta Encoding to Compress RSS newsfeeds

Learn how to use delta encoding to compress your RSS XML newsfeeds. Save bandwidth by using delta compression for your RSS files. more »

By website optimization on 30 Nov 2007 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Suture CSS or JavaScript Files to Reduce HTTP Requests

Learn how to "suture" CSS or JavaScript files together before delivery from the server to save HTTP requests. You'll have your organization and eat it too with this server-side approach to merging files. more »

By website optimization on 31 Oct 2007 PM | Permalink | Comments (3)

Use Server Cache Control to Improve Performance

Configure your Apache server for more efficient caching to save bandwidth and improve web site performance. A web cache reduces latency and improves web site response times. more »

By website optimization on 23 Oct 2004 AM | Permalink | Comments (10)

Get a Dedicated Server Hosting Your Web Site

Upgrading to your own server improves performance, reliability, and control over your website. Andy King talks about his experience moving to a dedicated server for WebSiteOptimization.com. more »

By website optimization on 4 Oct 2004 AM | Permalink | Comments (4)

Abbreviate URLs with mod_rewrite

We look behind the screens at Yahoo and Webreference to see how using short abbreviated URLs and mod_rewrite can save space for maximum speed. more »

By website optimization on 13 Jul 2004 AM | Permalink | Comments (2)

Rewrite URLs with Content Negotiation

Content negotiation can make your URLs shorter and more abstract. By rewriting URLs without file extensions to the right resources you can save bytes and migration headaches. more »

By website optimization on 6 Jul 2004 AM | Permalink | Comments (1)

Use Conditional Server Side Includes

Conditional SSI let you deliver customized content to different browsers and platforms without requiring additional HTTP requests. With conditional CSS, you can include additional styles for modern browsers, without upsetting older ones. more »

By website optimization on 7 Jun 2004 AM | Permalink | Comments (1)

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