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Interview With Web Optimization Expert Andy King

Posted by timothy on from the make-things-simple dept.

Adrian Holovaty writes "Andy King, author of the new book Speed Up Your Site: Web Site Optimization, was kind enough to chat with me about Web optimization -- making pages load and work efficiently -- and how it applies to news/information sites and weblogs. Andy founded WebReference.com and Javascript.com, two of the most respected Web development sites."

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  1. Banner Ads by misfit13b · · Score: 4, Insightful
    "At a certain point users will reject a multitude of banner ads."

    Ya think? Just check out one of the sites he founded, webreference.com. People take web design advice from that example?!

    1. Re:Banner Ads by cyb97 · · Score: 3, Interesting

      Founded != designed... further websites is usually taken over my moneygrabbing capitalists when they start to receive hits enough to charge ppv instead of clickthrough...
      No flame intended ;-)

    2. Re:Banner Ads by cyb97 · · Score: 3, Insightful

      There's a lot on that page that leaves stuff to be desired... IMHO the best way to convey information (which is basically what the web is *still* about, I hope) is not to have jumpy banners and moving animations all around the text the visitor is supposed to read...

  2. Oh, the hypocrisy! by Wonko42 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'll listen to this guy's advice on web optimization as soon as his sites begin adhering to W3C standards. Until then, he's a monkey in a tree throwing poo at the other monkeys trying to get them to stop throwing their poo at him.

  3. Tables suck? by dimator · · Score: 2, Insightful

    OK, I'm down with modern-day new-fangled design strategies, but sometimes a table does exactly what I need, with a minimum of effort. Am I evil?

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    1. Re:Tables suck? by great+throwdini · · Score: 3, Insightful
      I'm down with modern-day new-fangled design strategies, but sometimes a table does exactly what I need, with a minimum of effort. Am I evil?

      No, but if you're going to use them (on say ... your /. link) you should probably make certain they don't explode at font-sizes other than the one on your development platform (for example, on say ... your /. link). :p

  4. Holy cr... by metamatic · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I remember using webreference.com a couple of years ago. Hadn't been there in ages, just went back to look and... yeesh!

    If I hadn't read this story, I would have assumed that the owners of webreference.com had let the domain expire, and some lamer had snatched it up and used it as a backup URL for his GeoCities site.

    Needless to say, webreference.com is being deleted from my bookmarks as soon as I hit Submit.

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    GCHQ Quantum Insert installed. If only our tongues were made of glass, how much more careful we would be when we speak
  5. Superior Site by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    Personally I think www.w3schools.com is a far [far far] superior site.

    1. Re:Superior Site by Mastos · · Score: 2, Interesting

      DevGuru is also a good one if a bit Microsoft-centric.