By design, HTTPS is slower than HTTP. Considering Google's focus on speed, does that mean that my site will be penalized if I switch to HTTPS? Gary Tamás, Zurich, CH Learn more about making the web faster: code.google.com SPDY: www.chromium.org … [Read more...]
How does Google determine page speed?
How does Google determine page speed? In GWT some pages are listed as very slow (8+ seconds). But I have tested on older computers/browsers and they do not take anywhere near that long to load. Why might Google show such high numbers? … [Read more...]
How is Google helping Google Analytics users with site speed?
A site using Google Analytics and other Google tracking codes do sometimes experience sites loading slower. Since Google is keen on site speed, how are you helping webmasters on the front? nijafriends, London Google Analytics asynchronous tracking … [Read more...]
Should I remove widgets that increase my site’s load time?
I'm trying to make my site faster, but I noticed that Facebook widgets slows down download, should i remove them? I think that it's usefull for users see how many people likes a page, don't you? … [Read more...]
Should I serve Googlebot content-only pages optimized for load speed?
Google announced page load speed matters for ranking. Should we be doing content-only pages for Google bots? (By removing images and loads of CSS & JS) Remiz Rahnas, Kerala, India … [Read more...]
Should I be obsessing about load times?
Ryan in Dearborn, MI asks: "Many SEO's are obsessing about your speed comments, but I get the feeling speed will be a very minor component in ranking. Am I right, or should I be obsessing about load times as well?" … [Read more...]
Site Performance For Webmasters
Maile Ohye gives an overview of site performance. … [Read more...]
Is speed more important than relevance?
Lumenbeing from Los Angeles asks: "Since we're hearing a lot of talk about the implications of Page Speed, I wonder if Google still cares as much about relevancy? Or are recentness and page load time more important?" … [Read more...]
Open Sourcing Page Speed
For more information, go to: code.google.com … [Read more...]
PHP performance tips
Learn how you can speed up your PHP scripts. For more information, visit code.google.com … [Read more...]