011: Why pagespeed matters to DoSomething.org




Using the Whole Whale Podcast show

Summary: Pagespeed is an important metric to DoSomething.org because it impacts usability, SEO and the overall health of the code. We talk with Matt Holford, the CTO of DoSomething.org about how they are working to reduce page load time. Learn which tricks they have for launching a new Drupal site and optimizing for speed. Resources Find Matt on twitter and ask him questions. New Relic - best pagespeed monitoring Test your load time with Pingdom - see how you compare with DoSomething.org Pagespeed suggestions and ranking direct from Google pagespeed insights Google Analytics pagespeed insights Content Delivery Networks: Akamai, Fastly, cloudflare Tools to help you optimize your website Musical Thanks to The Freak Fandango Orchestra Hilarious and just plain fun gypsy alt rock band.