This was a recent talk that I gave at Experian about the simple steps that you can take to ensure that your website runs faster. http://deanhume.com
Speed is Important
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How important is speed?
Purposely injected a 100msdelay into their page load times.This decreased their sales by 1 %
$10,711,000,000
£66 MillionThat’s massive!
At Bing, a 2 seconds delay causeda 4.3% drop in revenue per user.
So where do we start?
The easiest place first
Scalable. Quick. Easy.
Its all about making thesize of the page smaller
ImageCompressionExpiry HeadersMinify JavaScript & CSSCompression
Minify JavaScript & CSSajaxmin.codeplex.comVisual Studio 2012
Image CompressionKraken.ioSmush.it
CompressionEnabled in IIS in 3 clicksEnabled in Web.config
Expiry HeadersEnabled in IIS in 3 clicksEnabled in Web.config
You will need helpalong the way
Developer tools = best friend
Use these toolsYahoo! YSlowGoogle PageSpeed
Test from differentlocations around the worldWebpagetest.org
Think about mobiledevices and tablets
Show me the difference!
Everyone fast
Thank you.Any questions?