Todd H. Gardner in Request Metrics

Dec 15, 2020

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Web Performance Profiling: Nike.com

Google has long used website performance as a ranking criteria for search results. Despite the…

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Todd H. Gardner in Request Metrics

Oct 13, 2020

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Measuring Largest Contentful Paint

Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) is a measurement of how long the largest element on the page takes…

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Todd H. Gardner in Request Metrics

Oct 7, 2020

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How is Google so fast?

How is Google so fast? It’s so fast we take it for granted. It feels instant from the time you search to when results…

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Todd H. Gardner in Request Metrics

Dec 1, 2020

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The Limitations of Lighthouse

Google Lighthouse helps you identify page performance issues. It generates an overall performance “score”…

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Todd H. Gardner in Request Metrics

Oct 8, 2020

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Measuring Cumulative Layout Shift

Cumulative Layout Shift, sometimes known as jank, is a measurement of how much elements move due to…

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Todd H. Gardner in Request Metrics

Oct 26, 2020

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Measuring First Input Delay

First Input Delay (FID) measures how long the browser took to respond to the first user input event. It’s one…

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Todd H. Gardner in Request Metrics

Oct 20, 2020

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Privacy and Ethical Web Analytics

Web analytics is often based on invasively collecting and aggregating user data. But web analytics…

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Todd H. Gardner in Request Metrics

Nov 12, 2020

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Web Performance Profiling: Instacart

Grocery shopping is tedious and time consuming. In search of a more streamlined experience, I…

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Todd H. Gardner in Request Metrics

Oct 1, 2020

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Vital Web Performance

I hate slow websites. They are annoying to use and frustrating to work on. But what does it mean to be “slow”? It used…

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Todd H. Gardner in Request Metrics

Oct 19, 2020

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Fastest News: Best Performing News Website

News teams often compete to break the story first. We think they should also compete…

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