Comments on: Average New Zealand home page size is 304.9K http://blog.projectxtech.com/2008/05/14/average-new-zealand-home-page-size-is-3049k/ Start-ups, Maps and Local Search in New Zealand Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:26:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: ProjectX Blog » Blog Archive » NZ Govt Homepage web performance summary http://blog.projectxtech.com/2008/05/14/average-new-zealand-home-page-size-is-3049k/#comment-1244 ProjectX Blog » Blog Archive » NZ Govt Homepage web performance summary Tue, 20 May 2008 09:58:41 +0000 http://blog.projectxtech.com/?p=548#comment-1244 [...] Average NZ homepage size is 304.9K [...] [...] Average NZ homepage size is 304.9K [...]

]]> By: john http://blog.projectxtech.com/2008/05/14/average-new-zealand-home-page-size-is-3049k/#comment-1228 john Fri, 16 May 2008 08:03:55 +0000 http://blog.projectxtech.com/?p=548#comment-1228 Berend, The trade off is negligible . CPU load is not a problem. and IE cache bugs where for one version of IE6 and that can be managed with intelligent webserver configuration. NZ's biggest website Trade Me has been running web compression since 2003. It make a huge difference to the performance of the page. Berend, The trade off is negligible . CPU load is not a problem. and IE cache bugs where for one version of IE6 and that can be managed with intelligent webserver configuration.

NZ’s biggest website Trade Me has been running web compression since 2003. It make a huge difference to the performance of the page.

]]> By: Berend de Boer http://blog.projectxtech.com/2008/05/14/average-new-zealand-home-page-size-is-3049k/#comment-1227 Berend de Boer Fri, 16 May 2008 05:26:34 +0000 http://blog.projectxtech.com/?p=548#comment-1227 Harvey, because of the additional load put on server/client. And the IE cache bugs. I'm unsure about the trade off. Harvey, because of the additional load put on server/client. And the IE cache bugs. I’m unsure about the trade off.

]]> By: Harvey http://blog.projectxtech.com/2008/05/14/average-new-zealand-home-page-size-is-3049k/#comment-1225 Harvey Fri, 16 May 2008 03:18:56 +0000 http://blog.projectxtech.com/?p=548#comment-1225 GZipping isn't rocket science. I'm not sure why most websites haven't embraced it with open arms, especially when bandwidth usage is significant as with many of these sites. GZipping isn’t rocket science. I’m not sure why most websites haven’t embraced it with open arms, especially when bandwidth usage is significant as with many of these sites.

]]> By: Jon http://blog.projectxtech.com/2008/05/14/average-new-zealand-home-page-size-is-3049k/#comment-1220 Jon Thu, 15 May 2008 12:00:46 +0000 http://blog.projectxtech.com/?p=548#comment-1220 NZCity's 16 seconds is pretty good then, quicker than the number 1 page, zoomin.co.nz - and more than twice as fast as Yahoo NZ's 40 secs - & has room to improve :) NZCity’s 16 seconds is pretty good then, quicker than the number 1 page, zoomin.co.nz - and more than twice as fast as Yahoo NZ’s 40 secs - & has room to improve :)

]]> By: john http://blog.projectxtech.com/2008/05/14/average-new-zealand-home-page-size-is-3049k/#comment-1214 john Wed, 14 May 2008 22:42:06 +0000 http://blog.projectxtech.com/?p=548#comment-1214 The nzcity page was middle of the pack in terms of the ratings. YSlow rating of 50 No Gzip compression Homepage size of 97.3 Javascript files 8 CSS Files 4 Estimated 16.22 secs download time on Modem They could improve their rating with use of HTTP compression and reducing the number of scripts that they use The nzcity page was middle of the pack in terms of the ratings.

YSlow rating of 50
No Gzip compression
Homepage size of 97.3
Javascript files 8
CSS Files 4
Estimated 16.22 secs download time on Modem

They could improve their rating with use of HTTP compression and reducing the number of scripts that they use

]]> By: Jon http://blog.projectxtech.com/2008/05/14/average-new-zealand-home-page-size-is-3049k/#comment-1213 Jon Wed, 14 May 2008 22:26:54 +0000 http://blog.projectxtech.com/?p=548#comment-1213 Hi guys, just reading an article on Computerworld 'ProjectX blog names 'NZ homepage hall of shame'" Was NZCity (http://home.nzcity.co.nz) measured? How did it fare? - I reckon it's a pretty fast home page Hi guys, just reading an article on Computerworld ‘ProjectX blog names ‘NZ homepage hall of shame’”

Was NZCity (http://home.nzcity.co.nz) measured? How did it fare? - I reckon it’s a pretty fast home page

]]> By: ProjectX Blog » Blog Archive » NZ Average homepage size under global average http://blog.projectxtech.com/2008/05/14/average-new-zealand-home-page-size-is-3049k/#comment-1197 ProjectX Blog » Blog Archive » NZ Average homepage size under global average Wed, 14 May 2008 02:30:40 +0000 http://blog.projectxtech.com/?p=548#comment-1197 [...] I’ve just found this article about global pages sizes, its confirms some of the figures that I posted about the average size of homepages in New Zealand. [...] [...] I’ve just found this article about global pages sizes, its confirms some of the figures that I posted about the average size of homepages in New Zealand. [...]

]]> By: David Jones http://blog.projectxtech.com/2008/05/14/average-new-zealand-home-page-size-is-3049k/#comment-1189 David Jones Tue, 13 May 2008 23:18:39 +0000 http://blog.projectxtech.com/?p=548#comment-1189 That is disgraceful! Stuff.co.nz will be up there... their home page is huge. That is disgraceful! Stuff.co.nz will be up there… their home page is huge.

]]> By: Ed Corkery http://blog.projectxtech.com/2008/05/14/average-new-zealand-home-page-size-is-3049k/#comment-1188 Ed Corkery Tue, 13 May 2008 23:05:43 +0000 http://blog.projectxtech.com/?p=548#comment-1188 Lucky font-size doesn't impact page loading times. Maybe Rankr could include a few details, such as front-page size? Lucky font-size doesn’t impact page loading times.

Maybe Rankr could include a few details, such as front-page size?

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