INFOGRAPHIC: Web Pages Getting Bigger, Slower

By , September 24, 2012
INFOGRAPHIC: Web Pages Getting Bigger, Slower
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Page speed and Web performance are important factors in terms of both usability and SEO - not to mention higher engagement, user retention and, in the case of e-commerce, conversions. So it's surprising that many sites are failing to follow the best practices in this area. These include the use of caching, compression and HTTP connection re-use (keepalives). This infographic from Strangeloop includes the results of a test of the load times of the top 2,000 retail websites. Check it out to find out where some sites are falling short on load time, and what could be done to make them faster.

E-Commerce Page Speed and Web Performance - Infographic
Source: Strangeloop.com

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