An independent follow-up study by the Tag Management Group along with e-commerce site Glasses Direct again confirms that for every second of delay you add to your website’s loading time, conversions can drop-off by 7%.
Google Analytics adds enhanced Site Speed reporting
Google has gone from a single metric on website speed performance, to a more comprehensive report that covers an overview, as well as page timings. These reports are now also integrated into other areas of the wider Analytics toolset – such as Intelligence reports that can be configured to create custom alerts.
URL: http://analytics.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/measure-your-websites-performance-with.html
Non-geeky guide to understanding web performance
The people at Strangeloop break down some of the common terms and definitions that can confuse many when talking about performance measurement and site speed.
URL: http://www.webperformancetoday.com/2012/02/13/non-geeky-guide-to-performance-measurement/
Yottaa launches a smarter CDN
Rather than pure distribution of web content, Yottaa is building in other site-speed technologies and methods to add a significant speed boost to sites that use it’s service.
The biggest misconception about Google Page Speed
The folks at Catchpoint explain why a great “Page Speed” score (as calculated by Google), doesn’t equate to increased page speed.
URL: http://blog.catchpoint.com/2011/12/27/biggest_misconception_about_google_page_speed/
Understanding bandwidth and latency
Zoompf explains why your internet connection (and how fast/good it is) has little to do with site speed.
URL: http://zoompf.com/blog/2011/12/i-dont-care-how-big-yours-is
Measuring impact of WordPress plugins on Loading Times
Without proper caching, having a large number of poorly optimized plugins can really impact both the server, and the page generation times.
URL: http://www.dev4press.com/2011/blog/benchmark/measuring-impact-of-plugins-on-wordpress-loading/
Site Speed and Crawl Rate
If any proof was needed that speed had an impact on how Google treats your site, then this should be it.
Google enhances Site Speed reporting in Analytics
Google’s Analytics solution has had an enhancement made to site speed reporting that provides more technical information on each phase of the request/response for pages tracked on websites.
URL: http://analytics.blogspot.com/2011/12/greater-insights-from-site-speed-report.html
Time-to-first-byte: The server impact on site speed
While many of the speed improvements can be made directly to the way the site is coded, a slow server can cripple your optimization efforts.
URL: http://www.websiteoptimization.com/speed/tweak/time-to-first-byte/