11.30.07

Best Practices for Speeding Up Your Web Site

Posted in Information Systems/Technology at 10:04 am by Paul Ambrose

Here’s some useful tips from Steve Souders on improving frontend performance of website:

  • Make Fewer HTTP Requests
  • Use a Content Delivery Network
  • Add an Expires Header
  • Gzip Components
  • Put Stylesheets at the Top
  • Put Scripts at the Bottom
  • Avoid CSS Expressions
  • Make JavaScript and CSS External
  • Reduce DNS Lookups
  • Minify JavaScript
  • Avoid Redirects
  • Remove Duplicate Scripts
  • Configure ETags
  • Make Ajax Cacheable

Addition details available on Yahoo! Developer Network