Image optimization is one of the simplest and efficient things you can do to make your website faster. And I want to show how you can optimize images. And I'll demonstrate how useful image optimization is in numbers. Also, I'll share with you several practical and very useful tips how you can optimize your new and existing images for free. This is easy and cool :) Intro and … [Read more...]
Hosting Performance Contest – April 2017 Roundup (15 Hosts Tested: The Cheap Wins)
May 1, 2017 By
Here's the 15th Monthly Hosting Performance Contest Roundup for April 2017! I've been testing 15 hosts in a non-stop manner the whole month and I'll show you you the results below. In general, this contest's result can be featured as "The cheap hosting wins the contest". By the way, you can find the latest roundups here and the performance tables and charts here. All monitored hosts are … [Read more...]
Display Images Only When You Need Them (Faster Site With Lazy Load. 50 Tests)
April 17, 2017 By
I've written this article to show you a practical effectiveness of lazy load optimization using a free WordPress plugin. It allows to significantly cut the page loading time (make your website faster). I've run 50 manual tests to get reliable test data. I also focused on Render Start time and Visual Complete time in my research. These are important metrics for a neat user experience that you'll … [Read more...]
Hosting Performance Contest – March 2017 Roundup (15 Hosts Tested: Two First Places)
April 3, 2017 By
Here's the 14th Monthly Hosting Performance Contest Roundup for March 2017! I've been testing 15 hosts in a non-stop manner the whole month and I'll show you you the results below. In general, this contest's result can be featured as "Two hosts take the first place". By the way, you can find the latest roundups here and the performance tables and charts here. All monitored hosts are … [Read more...]
How to Avoid Plugins or WordPress Update Breaking Your Site
March 20, 2017 By
This is a simple but very useful tutorial. I'll show you how you can avoid the situations when installing new plugins or updating your plugins or updating WordPress version breaks your site. This method works perfectly for huge websites too. It's easy and free. It's the best free way I know so far if your hosting does not offer staging environment for you. Intro Although … [Read more...]
Hosting Performance Contest – February 2017 Roundup (15 Hosts Tested: Cheaper Are Better)
March 2, 2017 By
Here's the 13th Monthly Hosting Performance Contest Roundup for February 2017! I've been testing 15 hosts in a non-stop manner the whole month and I'll show you you the results below. In general, this contest's result can be described as "The cheaper hosts are better than more expensive ones this month". By the way, you can find the latest roundups here and the performance tables and charts … [Read more...]
Most reliable and fastest hosting in 2016 (millions of uptime and speed tests)
February 20, 2017 By
This post summarizes all monthly reports about how 15 hosts performed in 2016. This outlines more than 11 millions of measurements. Also, in this post I will name the most reliable and the fastest hosting in 2016 according to the tests among the hosts I've been monitoring. Intro I've been monitoring the performance (uptime, full page load time and application performance index) of … [Read more...]
Hosting Performance Contest – January 2017 Roundup (15 Hosts Drift)
February 5, 2017 By
Here's the 12th Monthly Hosting Performance Contest Roundup for January 2017! I've been testing 15 hosts in a non-stop manner the whole month and I'll show you you the results right now. In general, this contest's result can be described as "The hosts continue drifting". By the way, you can find the latest roundups here and the performance tables and charts here. All monitored hosts are … [Read more...]
Can You Use Time To First Byte (TTFB) To Judge Hosting Speed (after 11.7 mln tests)?
January 16, 2017 By
I've seen many hosting reviews in which Time To First Byte (TTFB) or Server Response Time is directly associated with hosting speed. Sort of, the smaller Time To First Byte, the faster web hosting. This research is based on 125 hosting-months of continuous testing and monitoring the performance of different hosts. I will show you how really much TTFB has to do with hosting speed. There were 11 … [Read more...]
Hosting Performance Contest – December 2016 Roundup (15 Hosts, The Affordable Win)
January 3, 2017 By
Here's the 11th Monthly Hosting Performance Contest Roundup for December 2016! I've been testing 15 hosts in a non-stop manner the whole month and I'll show you you the results right now. In general, this contest's result can be described as "Affordable hosts outperformed more expensive ones". By the way, you can find the latest roundups here and the performance tables and charts here. All … [Read more...]