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are you on a shared host
Mendalla
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I think he answered your question already.
(Don't worry, happens to the best of us)I will try my site later, also a shared host.
SteelHouseFestivalForums
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lol need better glasses
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thats nice how many users do you habe on the forum
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how do you get it to load fast on a Mobile
SteelHouseFestivalForums
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Essentially do nothing...modern. It can be technically difficult or at least expensive otherwise. (not saying what you are doing IS modern, but the less js and such you do the better assuming all other variables constant such as a decent server)
TPerry
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none..but that is also not what that test measures for....
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the server load must get bigger as more people are on the forumnone..but that is also not what that test measures for....
TPerry
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You may want to research Siege... I've used it to load test this one when it was originally set up and other VPS's that I've configured - those that I configured on my own bare metal server and those that I hosted elsewhere.
There is a LOT involved in how these tests are done... you can have a site with very few users test poorly, and a site with numerous active users test great. Below are two examples
It's ALL in how you have your server configured (if running VPS or bare metal) and what resources are allocated, how many scripts you have running (usually for ads), how many web based fonts you link to (think Google fonts that aren't hosted on your domain)....
This site had almost 2800 active users online when I tested it...
And this one gets this
If you REALLY want to understand them, you have to do MORE than simply look at the numbers... you have to examine the waterfall and structure results and then on many things you can modify your setup to enhance those results.
Pay SPECIAL attention to that TBT... it has to do with scripts you run on your site.. frequently those are ad related.
Your TTFB is high, which IS related to your hosting environment and can indicated either an overloaded server or a poorly configured one.
And as a classic case of what I was referring to, your site is calling to Google Fonts, which is taking almost 3/4 of a second just to pull that font in (which is one of the things that testing grades you on). There is a way you can load those fonts locally from your website... but depending on other factors, it may still be faster to load them from Google.
Those tests are all OK, but they tend to make people obsess with the numbers. The main question you have to answer is how is the user interaction? If your site is crawling then it's time to get busy. If it's still responsive, don't worry about it.
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FTL
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For giggles, I tested Google with it and big surprise, it's really fast...
My site is a grade B and isn't too bad. Especially so considering the tiddly server it's running on.
My site is a grade B and isn't too bad. Especially so considering the tiddly server it's running on.
FTL
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@Tracy Perry I noticed that too. It does load pretty fast though.
It would be interesting to find a competing service and to have them measure each other. Do you know of one?
It would be interesting to find a competing service and to have them measure each other. Do you know of one?
duderuud
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Website Speed Test - Check Full Page Performance | KeyCDN Tools
This website speed test includes a waterfall breakdown and the website preview. You can run the site speed test from various test locations and easily share the website speed results with others.
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