Website Speed Testing | Your eyes can deceive you! Because it is hard to replicate the loading speed of your website on desktop and primarily hand-held devices. Therefore you must take into account the following.
CHECK YOUR COMPUTER OR DEVICE
Your machine speed (your computer or device). For example, you might have a device with an older processor. At the same time, your device may not have enough RAM. To illustrate, a computer running software such as Word, Point Power, Excel, and Outlook requires adequate RAM. Most important, web browsers also need RAM. Therefore it may be necessary for you to close some programs to free up your RAM or system resources.
CHECK YOUR INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER
On the other hand, your Internet Service Provider or ISP connection to the Internet might be slow. For example, you might have ISP service through COX, Verizon, Comcast, etc. First, check with your service provider to see if there are any connectivity issues on their end. Consequently, you can perform internet speed tests from the comfort of your home or office. Please see The 7 Best Internet Speed Test Sites.
CLEAN UP YOUR WEB BROWSER
Many of us use one or more of the following browsers. Specifically, Microsoft Edge, Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple’s Safari, etc. Consequently, your web browser accumulates a cache of links, images, and scripts as you visit websites over time. As a result, this can cause your web browser to load slow. Please read, How to clear your browser cache.
REBOOT YOUR ROUTER
In like fashion, your Internet router accumulates cache memory as you visit websites over time. Therefore a reboot can fix internet connectivity issues and slow connections. Moreover, this is one of the effective troubleshooting options available to you at home.
OPTIMIZE YOUR WEBSITE
Website speed optimization has become a massive factor in website ranking. For example, a slow-loading website will not rank well in Google compared to a similar website that loads fast.
There are several online tools you can use to evaluate your website. For example, see our complete list of speed testing tools below. Most importantly, do not consider a speed testing score the end-all-be-all measure of your website’s success. Speed is not the only measure of a successful website. To illustrate, please read The Website Wow Factor.
However, do not be discouraged if you have a low score. First, take a deep breath. Second, read the analysis, and do the research. Finally, if you instead do not tackle this yourself, consult your webmaster or contact website professionals at VISIONEFX.
FULL LIST OF SPEED TOOLS
Google Mobile-Friendly Test
https://search.google.com/test/mobile-friendly
Google PageSpeed Insights
https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights/
GTmetrix
https://gtmetrix.com/
Pingdom
http://tools.pingdom.com/fpt/
KeyCDN Speed Test
https://tools.keycdn.com/speed
WebPageTest
http://www.webpagetest.org/
Varvy Pagespeed Optimization
https://varvy.com/pagespeed/
UpTrends
https://www.uptrends.com/tools/website-speed-test
dotcom-monitor
https://www.dotcom-tools.com/website-speed-test.aspx
PageScoring
http://www.pagescoring.com/website-speed-test/
Yellow Lab Tools
http://yellowlab.tools/
Google Chrome DevTools
https://developer.chrome.com/devtools
Sucuri Load Time Tester
https://performance.sucuri.net/
Pagelocity
http://pagelocity.com/
YSlow
http://yslow.org/
PerfTool
https://github.com/devbridge/Performance
ABOUT VISIONEFX
VISIONEFX provides services to businesses nationwide. Our services include web development, complex web applications, and exceptional web maintenance services.
Our company believes the relationship with you does not stop the day after your application goes live. In other words, we strive to remain the touchstone for everything ‘Web-related. In the same way, we are all about having a long-term partnership to help you navigate the changing digital landscape.
We are a Virginia-based company serving website customers nationwide from 9:00 AM to 7:00 PM Monday through Friday and Saturday from 10 AM to 7:00 PM Eastern standard time.
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