Test tools for Websites - post them here!

[Marc J]

I'll start the benchmark with my result:

Is that a gauntlet I see?



Paul - I don't know how much use your tawk.to feature gets, but it's causing issues on both tests and it might be worth ditching it if it isn't used. I looked all over the page and couldn't actually find it (I'm assuming it's some sort of live chat).

Another good test is https://gtmetrix.com, but you need to create a free account if you want to test from different locations (i.e. London), as the default is Vancouver.

[Imagine]

Go on then - I'll rise to the challenge



My biggest negative on all of these sites is that I apparently need to leverage browser caching. Interesting because I went and purchased the pro version of WPCache

[Spirits High]

Paul - I don't know how much use your tawk.to feature gets, but it's causing issues on both tests and it might be worth ditching it if it isn't used. I looked all over the page and couldn't actually find it (I'm assuming it's some sort of live chat).

It's not on all the time and is mainly switched on the day after a Wedding fayre especially the big fayres. Ideally it'll be on all the time but I can't always guarantee I'll be sat at my pc. I'm in the back end now so will go shut it down!

[Spirits High]

Following on from my Media agencies thread which has now been well & truly hi-jacked as a test bed and web ego trip thread I've moved them all over here.

If you have a web speed / page insight type tool you use post it here along with your result and we'll see who rules supreme!

[Marc J]

My biggest negative on all of these sites is that I apparently need to leverage browser caching. Interesting because I went and purchased the pro version of WPCache

Nothing you do will fix that, looking at the Google PageSpeed Insights results for your site, the "Leverage Browser Caching" relates to the following URLs: -

http://www.djep2.com/clients/include...et_updates.css (expiration not specified)
https://static.doubleclick.net/instream/ad_status.js (15 minutes)
https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents.js (20 minutes)
https://connect.facebook.net/signals...52069?v=2.7.10 (20 minutes)
https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api...ftfA&ver=4.7.5 (30 minutes)
http://i.ytimg.com/vi/0UOoLlparmc/hqdefault.jpg (2 hours)
http://i.ytimg.com/vi/JBGZpzQHVV8/maxresdefault.jpg (2 hours)
http://i.ytimg.com/vi/S1ZdcT0hBuI/maxresdefault.jpg (2 hours)
http://i.ytimg.com/vi/XJa0ZiF9_Nw/maxresdefault.jpg (2 hours)
http://i.ytimg.com/vi/X_1KPsHCEzU/maxresdefault.jpg (2 hours)
http://i.ytimg.com/vi/gyXmXGK0Juc/maxresdefault.jpg (2 hours)
https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js (2 hours)

None of which are on your server, so they are all outwith your control.

[Marc J]

It's not on all the time and is mainly switched on the day after a Wedding fayre especially the big fayres. Ideally it'll be on all the time but I can't always guarantee I'll be sat at my pc. I'm in the back end now so will go shut it down!

Much better



IMHO you should keep it off, and only switch it on when you're there to deal with it if it gets used.

[Spirits High]

Much better

IMHO you should keep it off, and only switch it on when you're there to deal with it if it gets used.

Then that's what I shall do!

"Spoken Web Yoda has"

[Marc J]

For those who want to "cheat" page speed results because the only results in "Leverage Browser Caching" are Google's own Google Analytics javascript files, you can wrap the GA javascript in an "if this isn't a pagespeed test" check, so for example: -

(function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){
(i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),
m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)
})(window,document,'script','//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');

ga('create', 'UA-XXXXXXXX-1', 'auto');
ga('send', 'pageview');

becomes: -

if(navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Speed Insights") == -1) {
(function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){
(i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),
m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)
})(window,document,'script','//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');

ga('create', 'UA-XXXXXXXX-1', 'auto');
ga('send', 'pageview');
}

NOTE: Don't copy & paste, you need your GA ID in there instead of UA-XXXXXXXX-1 for a start!

Pointless as real visitors still get the GA javascript served without browser caching, so the page speed results are technically correct, you haven't fixed anything!

[yourdj]

I am not doing so good on that one. i would be happy with a high C tbh.
I have a lot of plugins and probably a messy code so its never going to be in the A category.

is this thing accurate as my DJ alliance one now shows 64, but on Google its still 10!!
I am more inclined to trust Google as after all its the one and only company I am trying to get rankings on.

Plus their server is not 2,500 km away from mine.



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[rth_discos]

Performance grade is a rather arbitrary figure.

The useful number here is Load Time.

You want this under 5 seconds.

Anything less than 2 seconds is very good.

Test it a few times - you'll soon notice your server doesn't respond at the same speed every time - so look at the average result over a number of tests.

Beyond 5 seconds and your visitors start to get impatient - which really affects things when it comes to clicking on more pages through the website.

Obviously Google.co.uk will load the quickest as it only has a small bit of text and a search box. As you load up more images and "plugins" to a site, so it slows it down. There's a balance to be made though. Don't turn off a plugin if it speeds the site up, only to reduce your conversion rate if it plays a key part in selling your service. So check everything on your site - do you need it? How important is it? If it's not important, consider removing it and helping your site to speed up.