Tag Archives: Websites

Google Now Considers Website Speed In Its Ranking

Written by Aijaz Ansari. Posted on April 10, 2010. Filed under Computers. Tagged , , , , , , , , . 1 Comment.
PageSpeed Results After Optimization
Google reported yesterday that their search engine will now include a website’s speed in the list of factors it uses to decide how high to rank the site in its search results.  In this post I consider what this means for web developers and what steps you can take to make your site faster.

The Performance Cost of Using WordPress

Written by Aijaz Ansari. Posted on March 31, 2010. Filed under Computers. Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , . 4 Comments.
Safari's Web Inspector
I recently tried to switch a website over from a homegrown content management system to WordPress. The results were thoroughly disheartening. This post illustrates the steps I took, and how I managed to move in the opposite direction and optimize my site even more.