Great article explaining the psychology behind how we tolerate (or don’t!) the loading time of websites.
URL: http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2015/09/why-performance-matters-the-perception-of-time/
Beginner’s Guide to Website Speed Optimization
Comprehensive article from Kinsta on the reasons why page speed is important, how to measure and how to optimize.
Fixing Performance in the Web Stack
Nicolas Bevacqua writes a comprehensive guide to fixing performance issues by looking at each layer of the web stack.
Akamai’s Web Performance Video Gallery
Guy Podjarny from Akamai has gathered interviews from web performance specialists around the world and created a gallery of illustrated videos that speak to aspects of web speed.
URL: https://developer.akamai.com/stuff/Video_Gallery/Web_Performance_Series.html
More Weight doesn’t mean more Wait
Scott Jehl from the Filament group explains how perceived load times is a separate consideration to actual page weight.
The Google Gospel of Speed
From 2012, this article from Google’s SVP of Infrastructure, Urs Hoelzle, outline’s the search giant’s focus on Speed.
URL: https://www.thinkwithgoogle.com/articles/the-google-gospel-of-speed-urs-hoelzle.html
A slow site can cost you more in PPC
Beyond its benefits to conversion rates and SEO, this article from Search Engine Land outlines it’s impact on paid search.
URL: http://searchengineland.com/site-speed-ppc-performance-cant-ignore-slow-site-anymore-213029
HTTP/2 and Performance
Great article from the speed-kings at Zoompf on how HTTP/2 (aka SPDY) can solve some critical performance issues.
URL: http://zoompf.com/blog/2015/01/http2-fast-secure-bedrock-future-seo
Complete guide to reducing Page Weight
Craig Buckler gives a comprehensive run down on areas to focus on when you’re on a mission to reduce the bloat.
URL: http://www.sitepoint.com/complete-guide-reducing-page-weight/
Performance by Design
Nice little reminder on ensuring that the consideration of performance (benefits or impacts) is made during the web design and development process.
URL: https://medium.com/@eric_mobley/the-principals-of-performance-by-design-32d0a5306bbe