How To Test Website Speed
A fast loading website is important. For users there is nothing more annoying then webpages taking ages to load – they quickly go off to find another resource to fulfill their needs. So getting your site to load quickly is a must, just like cars – faster is better! But first you need to know how quick your site loads, then you can decide whether it needs improving.
2 Simple Tools
These 2 services allow you to quickly see the size of specific web pages, the load time and average speed per KB.
Resource 1) iWebtool – simply enter a list of URLs and click the ‘Check!’ button.
Resource 2) Selfseo – exactly the same as above.
You will find the results vary using both tools, so I advise you to use them both.
More Extensive Tool
If you want a bit more data to peek at, then use the WebsiteOptimization report. This tells you; object size totals (such as HTML, css etc), external objects and the download times depending on connection speeds. It also tells you an analysis and gives recommendations.
Published on November 26, 2009
