Google’s Analytics solution has had an enhancement made to site speed reporting that provides more technical information on each phase of the request/response for pages tracked on websites.
URL: http://analytics.blogspot.com/2011/12/greater-insights-from-site-speed-report.html
Great article on the different types of HTTP caching and the benefits to site speed performance.
URL: http://betterexplained.com/articles/how-to-optimize-your-site-with-http-caching/
While many of the speed improvements can be made directly to the way the site is coded, a slow server can cripple your optimization efforts.
URL: http://www.websiteoptimization.com/speed/tweak/time-to-first-byte/
Google is now making access to their Site Speed reporting inside their Analytics product easier by removing the cumbersome requirement to add a specific tracking tag. Now all sites that use Google Analytics will have access to Site Speed data.
URL: http://analytics.blogspot.com/2011/11/site-speed-now-even-easier-to-access.html
The folks at DynaTrace explain why user expectations of site performance have changed and how that translates to the technical aspects.
StrangeLoop conducted a report on luxury brand sites from one of the biggest, and most demanding, internet populations – China.
URL: http://www.webperformancetoday.com/2011/08/02/luxury-web-site-performance-page-load-china/