As we have seen proven time and again by various customer satisfaction studies, web performance optimization is critical to a successful website or application. Slow sites cause unhappy customers, unhappy customers don’t make purchases and even often share their bad experiences with others. Its clear to see that web performance optimization is key to customer…
Mobile web browsing and shopping is growing at a remarkable rate. Sites that aren’t optimized to perform well on mobile devices will miss out on a large part of the market! Check out some surprising statistics on why mobile web performance is so important:
Experiment: When it comes to web performance, study after study has proven: fast and scalable wins the race. But with thousands of WordPress hosting providers, how do you know which one is fast and scalable? That is where ReviewSignal.com comes in. Their business is all about helping people identify which hosting provider is the best choice…
Content Delivery Networks are systems designed to increase the capacity of your website. But is it worth implementing? How much does it improve scalability? 10%? 20%? 100%? Would you believe over 300%? How about that it alone quadrupled the amount of throughput our website can handle? Before we delve into the details of the results, we first…
1. Cyber Monday is Growing Adobe reported that Cyber Monday e-commerce sales in 2013 reached $2.29 billion – a staggering 16% increase over 2012. comScore reported that desktop sales on Cyber Monday 2013 totaled over $1.73 billion, making it the heaviest US online spending day in history. With these kinds of numbers, only time will…
A possible explanation is something that could be true, based on the information we have. A plausible explanation is something that is likely to be true, based on the information we have. What does it mean to be possible and plausible? When we think about something being possible, we are considering whether or not it…
A web developer called me the other day and asked, “What’s the difference between load testing vs performance testing?” I pondered for a moment and replied, “Not really.” Hmmmm…now I needed to support my answer. Thus began a hunt for good answers to my client’s question. Searching Google, gleaning from our interviews, and asking respected…
When it comes to McDonald’s, the “I’m Lovin’ It” slogan is more popular than “I Love It.” In a 2014 survey, 37% of people said they liked the “I’m Lovin’ It” slogan, while only 18% said they liked the “I Love It” slogan. The difference may be because “I’m Lovin’ It” is more positive and…
There is no difference between abuela and abuelita. They both mean “grandmother” in Spanish. If you grew up in a Spanish-speaking household, you may have called your grandmother abuela or abuelita. But what’s the difference between these two words? Abuela is the Spanish word for grandmother, while abuelita is a diminutive form of the word….
The F-16 is a single-engine, highly maneuverable fighter aircraft. It is smaller and lighter than the F-15, making it more agile. The F-16 can carry more weapons and has a higher top speed than the F-15. The F-15 is a twin-engine, long range fighter aircraft. It has superior range and payload capacity to the F-16….