Need help with boosting Google PageSpeed Insights

[cmeinck]

My current score on PageInsights is a woeful 69 on mobile and 83 on the desktop. I wanted to ask advice of those here at XF as to any changes I can make to improve these numbers.

I should note that my mobile template is a child of the desktop template. I used a child, so that I can avoid full size banners rendering incorrectly on mobile.

Here's my config:

config['db']['host'] = 'localhost';
$config['db']['port'] = '3306';
$config['db']['username'] = 'mydb';
$config['db']['password'] = '**********';
$config['db']['dbname'] = 'mydb_xf';
$config['debug'] = false;
$config['cache']['backend'] = 'Apc';


$config['javaScriptUrl'] = 'http://static.mysite.org/js';
$config['externalDataUrl'] = 'http://static.mysite.org/data';

http://goo.gl/yT9LDP

 

[Floren]

I get 70/100 and 88/100, those are very high numbers for a dynamically generated page.
Take a look at this Google page, I case of doubt.

 

[rdn]

I got 69/100 for mobile and 80/100 for Desktop
Not bad for a site with advertisements.

 

[Andy.N]

The biggest and only red alarm I have on running this is "Eliminate render-blocking Javascript and CSS in the above-the fold content"

Is there anything we can do about it? @digitalpoint

 

[digitalpoint]

The biggest and only red alarm I have on running this is "Eliminate render-blocking Javascript and CSS in the above-the fold content"

Is there anything we can do about it? @digitalpoint

Truthfully, I think people worry a little too much about having a higher score. Personally, I don't bother moving the JS or CSS to the end.

 

[audiokid]

I'm at 76 and 97 and just working on
Eliminate render-blocking JavaScript and CSS in above-the-fold