New Google Tools Help Speed Up Your Website. Good web developers know that even the most beautifully designed page is worthless if it takes too long to load.
To help you optimize your pages, Google has announced a new Labs feature in Google Webmaster Tools designed to track page load speed. The new Site Performance tool is one part tracking and stats tool, and one part Firefox add-on. The tracking and stats can be accessed through the Labs menu in Google Webmaster Tools. To get the live profiling add-on, you’ll need to be using Firefox and have the Firebug add-on installed. Yes, like Yahoo’s YSlow add-on, Google’s Page Speed add-on injects some extra profiling tools into the Firebug panel.
These days, nearly everyone has a blog or a website they maintain. To get the new tools, install the Firebug add-on and head to the Site Performance section of Google Webmaster Tools. Click on Page Speed and run the tool and you’ll get a list of potential speed killers. So what does Google’s new tool offer that YSlow doesn’t? See Also: 10 Reasons Why You Should Be Using Firebug. Firebug is one of the most popular tools used by web developers.
In this article, we'll take a closer look at ten of its most attractive features. 1. Console The first thing you're going to notice when opening Firebug (either from the status bar or using the ctrl+F12 key combination) will be the Console panel. After a quick look, one might think that it is an alternate version of the Error Console (Ctrl+Shift+J). Logging of errors, warnings and noticesability to run Javascript code But Firebug extends the Firefox functionality, so it can do much more, such as: logging errors for Javascript, CSS, XML, XMLHttpRequest (AJAX) and Chrome (Firefox internals)run Javascript code upon the current webpageadditional Javascript object is put at disposal (console) Let's look over some examples built upon the console object.
This will generate the following result. This button is equivalent to the "Inspect Element" in a webpage context menu. 4. The same as HTML->DOM. 6. Performance Testing Three step. A/B Testing for the Mathematically Disinclined - ClickZ. InShare1 Online, testing is king.
A/B testing is a simple, scientific way to test variables in the real world. Many marketers test and measure variations of their marketing efforts. They spend countless hours focusing on campaign improvements but considerably less thought on improving the Web site. It's as if Web sites weren't as fluid and malleable as AdWords or Overture campaigns or you could only change a site during a redesign. Almost everyone buys into the theoretical value of testing. Hopkins couldn't market on the Internet, but you certainly can -- and should. One of the absolute best ways to continuously improve the performance of your Web site is to use split testing, also called A/B split testing. A/B testing is like my recent eye exam. The problem with the eye test analogy is a doctor has population studies that establish the test's controls. One of my favorite test examples is one Amazon.com conducted well over a year ago.
The original site always used version A.