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Test your site's load time with Webslug
It's nice to see a web-based tool to measure this stuff, no downloads required. I'm not sure how useful Webslug's data is, compared to the data you might get from other testing methods. There are aggregated numbers for different browsers and OS's, but those leaderboards might not mean much on their own. If you test Webslug, let us know whether you find it useful in the comments.
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Subscribe to commentsKevinJun 7th 2009 7:01PM
The analytics are actually really useful for your website once quite a few tests have been done.
http://www.webslug.info/index/view/id/396
For example you can see which pages are the slowest. The only thing I wish they'd add is geographic data. For example: Is my web site slower for people in England than it is for people in Singapore.
Drew GreenJun 8th 2009 7:44AM
I don't think this site is relevant if you host your own site...
I compared my site to Google, and my site loaded in 0.08 seconds vs Google's >1.3 seconds. Considering my website is hosted about 15 feet from here, that would make sense if it was polling the site from my computer rather than from their website.
Honey SinghAug 2nd 2009 6:33AM
The best way to optimize the http requests are:
1.Use CSS sprites instead of separate images
2.Use formatted CSS and java-script instead of lengthy file have use-less gaps.
3.Use less no of CSS and JS (as per required)
for example on wordpress their are various useless scripts and css called due to several plugins. You can avoid all this by removing the from header.
4.Avoid use of iframes
5.Avoid flash files on the home / landing pages.
Source: http://www.honeytechblog.com/how-to-optimize-website-loading-time-and-performance/