Google Shares Insights On Accelerating Web Sites

miller60 writes "The average web page takes 4.9 seconds to load and includes 320 KB of content, according to Google executive Urs Holzle. In his keynote at the O'Reilly Velocity conference on web performance, Holzle said that competition from Chrome has made Internet Explorer and Firefox faster. He also cited the potential for refinements to TCP, DNS, and SSL/TLS to make the web a much faster place, and cited compressing headers as a powerful performance booster. Holzle also noted that Google's ranking algorithm now includes a penalty for sites that load too slowly."

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java sites screwed

[codepunk]

"Holzle also noted that Google's ranking algorithm now includes a penalty for sites that load too slowly"

If it is server response time the java sites are screwed.

What the hell I have karma to burn.

Re:I feel happier with NoScript

[dave420]

Then don't visit the fucking site. They *want* you to use their ad server's bandwidth, as that gets them money. What is so hard to understand about this? Oh yeah, it makes you look like a selfish bastard. Your "guess" isn't worth shit - it's a bullshit argument without any basis in reality.

Re:I feel happier with NoScript

[Fjandr]

You should load it because the adview provides the revenue for the sites you use. If you think they are paid per click, you know nothing about web advertising. They're paid per impression, and if everyone blocks the ads, free sites go away.

If a site is unusable, fine. Blocking everything just because you can means you're either ignorant or selfish.

Re:Noscript

[Saeed al-Sahaf]

Exactly. I also turn off pictures, CSS and that pointless HTML rendering. What's the reason for that anyway? I just miss out on all that random shit that I couldn't care less about. :P

So, again, rather than strutt around with your balls all oiled up and your ass in the air, why not just browse with Lynx? Or is that not "leet" enough for you?