Understanding The Importance of a Fast Performing Website

During the recent Web Unleashed Conference, which is still taking place online not only because of the coronavirus pandemic but also because this is the kind of event that needs to be virtual, the subject of web performance as it relates to metrics was discussed at length. All conference presenters and attendees agreed that faster websites are beneficial to people around the world; particularly those who live in developing nations where broadband internet service is not as fast as desired.

Making websites perform faster in an age when development frameworks result in multiple server calls and bloated pages is not as easy as it should be. fore diving into the hows and the whys of making a site faster, we must first understand what it means to make a site fast. In short, fast websites are expected to be highly performant.

Performance is the overall experience a user has when interacting with a website. This means that when a user visits a website they should have a satisfying experience, regardless of the device, the browser, the connection and the country that they’re visiting from. For example, think of performance as a fast website as one that’s more satisfying to use because it loads faster and runs smoothly.

It’s easy to see the need for speed and good performance; most of us live on fast connections, and if it weren’t for the fact that most websites take a painfully long time to load, then we wouldn’t be reading this post now. The key thing to understand about websites that are performant is that users don’t have to wait for them to load. And the longer they take to load the more disappointed users will become.

With the growth of mobile, there are more people visiting websites that they used to before. A growing population visiting on the go means that a more performant website is something that makes for a better experience. Another factor that can affect performance is that of user expectations. Many people expect their smartphones to provide a speedy, optimized experience, so when they discover that their smartphone’s connection is slow and its web browser is sluggish, they are disappointed. For more information click here https://bitsofco.de/web-performance-metrics-cheatsheet/.