Representation of how a slow site affects your bottom-line.
URL: http://www.strangeloopnetworks.com/resources/infographics/impact-of-1-second-delay/
Representation of how a slow site affects your bottom-line.
URL: http://www.strangeloopnetworks.com/resources/infographics/impact-of-1-second-delay/
Comprehensive tutorial on web caching with tips that help optimizing for speed.
Google’s comprehensive documentation on best practices for site speed. Covering many of the steps involved in page load time, including resolving DNS names, setting up TCP connections, transmitting HTTP requests, downloading resources, fetching resources from cache, parsing and executing scripts, and rendering objects on the page.
URL: http://code.google.com/speed/page-speed/docs/rules_intro.html
Shows how to improve the speed of web pages using Google Analytics with a few simple changes, while maintaining its advantages for faster-loading sites.
URL: http://www.websiteoptimization.com/speed/tweak/google-analytics/
Jeff Atwood (aka @codinghorror) gives a great run-down on why performance matters on the StackExchange network.
URL: http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2011/06/performance-is-a-feature.html
Simple test that breaks down the initial HTTP request by time.
For measuring load times segmented by the request handling.