Telemetry Pipeline Insights & Observability Best Practices
How to Optimize Your Web Performance for Google’s Penguin 3.0
Ever since it launched in 2012, Google’s Penguin algorithm has aimed to penalize websites in their search index that use black-hat SEO techniques involving link schemes — a practice that violates Google’s Webmaster Guidelines. The most recent Penguin update, 2.1, was released on October 4th, 2013 and impacted around 1% of sites listed on Google. Many sites in … Read more
The Key to Avoiding System Overload
Your website is suddenly very, very popular (think Black Friday or Cyber Monday). Millions of people are trying to get on at once. Can your system handle the overload? Learn how to prevent system overload, delays, and crashes on your website or app. In terms of problems, system overload is one of the better ones … Read more
How to Make a Website Load Faster in 6 Steps
Online customers are impatient. If your webpage takes more than just three seconds to load, you risk losing customers and revenue. There are many elements controlling your website speed that you may not even be aware of. So, how do you make your website load faster? Start by following our tips below. 1. Reduce the … Read more
New Release: Apica LoadTest 2.9, Improvements & New Features
Apica LoadTest 2.9 is a major release with several important improvements and new features, detailed below. In total, 40+ functionalities have been improved and 43 bugs fixed. (New) ProxySniffer 5.2E is now the official supported version for the Apica Loadtest Portal (New) The Metric Browser has an improved layout and greater functionality on Result Overview … Read more
Browsing and Computer Processor Speeds in 50 Years
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo.In the past decade, the speed at which a website renders has been a huge deal. Web speed can have a direct and profound effect on sales revenue and brand reputation. It is fascinating (and somewhat daunting!) to … Read more
Advantages & Disadvantages of a Single-Page Website
Is a single page design the future of the web? To reignite and hopefully settle the debate, we’ll be looking at the pros and cons of single page websites. At one point, there was some spirited debate in the design community over whether responsive website design or single-page design was the way to go. CSS3, … Read more
Page Bloat: What Should We Do About It?
The ever-increasing size of the modern webpage, known affectionately as “page bloat“, is becoming a big problem. As this handy chart shows, industry insiders expect the average website page to balloon to somewhere around 2200 KB by May 2014 (half a year from now). Compared with May 2013 (hovering somewhere near 1520 KB a page), and … Read more
7 Reasons Why Your Website Needs To Be Faster
It’s one thing to say you should improve your website speed, and another thing when you see the numbers. Turns out there’s a ton of well-documented statistics surrounding website performance, customer engagement, conversion, and how they’re all related. Without further ado, here are 7 reasons why you absolutely need to have a faster website: Attention … Read more
Which Homepage Loads Faster?
Sometimes, you don’t need to have every last thing about website performance explained to you. Sometimes, you can just look at the world’s top websites and compare them for some interesting insights. That’s why sites like http://whichloadsfaster.com/ exist. Which Homepage Loads Faster? Abstract Use Alexa rankings to determine the world’s most trafficked websites and then … Read more
US Federal Health Exchange Site Slows To A Crawl
If you thought website performance issues were limited to the stuffy corporate server rooms, think again. Only a few hours ago, Washington’s new health insurance exchange site, HealthCare.gov, ground down to a halt. Thousands of site visitors were either unable to load pages, unable to create accounts, or experienced severe crashes. Quite the bitter pill to … Read more
3 Ways to Make Sure Your Site Thrives Through the Holidays
Tired of waiting for your website to load? So are your employees. So are your customers. The holiday season is just around the corner and while it’s a time for seeing friends and family, slurping down eggnog, and eating one too many cookies at the slew of holiday parties that invade your calendar, it’s also … Read more
3 Factors Impacting Content Management System Performance
Employing a content management system (CMS) is a logical way to store, organize and maintain your business or nonprofit organization’s ever-increasing volumes of content. Whether you use an open-source tool such as WordPress or an enterprise platform like Sitecore, there are certain inescapable factors that can inhibit CMS performance. 1. Your library of content never … Read more
