Website speed testing

[treeman]

Can anyone recommend an online speed test for website download times?

Also any idea of what download times I should be aiming for?

Ive found a few but they all seem to come up with different results, and some I just can't understand at all :shrug:

Thanks

 

[neil_g]

Can anyone recommend an online speed test for website download times?

Also any idea of what download times I should be aiming for?

Ive found a few but they all seem to come up with different results, and some I just can't understand at all :shrug:

Thanks

Speedtest.net will give you your Internet speed

Download speeds will depend on this plus available bandwidth to the download source

 

[srichards]

I think google analytics has some website load metricy thingummy in it. I'm assuming that would show load times for all visitors.

Your site seems pretty quick to load. Tried it just now!

 

[treeman]

Speedtest.net will give you your Internet speed

Download speeds will depend on this plus available bandwidth to the download source

Sorry I meant the speed my site takes to load on different browsers. As in potential customers not being put off due to waiting too long for site to load.

 

[treeman]

I think google analytics has some website load metricy thingummy in it. I'm assuming that would show load times for all visitors.

Your site seems pretty quick to load. Tried it just now!

Thanks Suz, ill take a look

 

[neil_g]

ah right beg your pardon

what did you write the page in? some apps (like dreamweaver for example) have a little readout in a corner with loading times.

 

[treeman]

ah right beg your pardon

what did you write the page in? some apps (like dreamweaver for example) have a little readout in a corner with loading times.

Its just a Wordpress site, with a template.

 

[Dale_tem]

GT Metrix will help

http://gtmetrix.com/reports/www.markbeaumont.co.uk/lyge33Y5

Turn on gzip, specify image size are 2 places that will help, you can click on each line and it will tell you how you can improve the speed.

 

[srichards]

The GT metrix thing must be running on a 286. It takes 10x times as long to load my page as google analytics says! The load times I experience are the same as google says but nowhere near what GT metrix says.

Page load time of 23 seconds for a site that loads on my clunky old laptop in 2? Think they've messed something up!

 

[treeman]

Hmm similar issue here, maybe because it does the test in Canada? I made the changes it suggested and it has improved the score in their site. Though on another speed test site (Pingdom Tolls) its made it slower that it was previously:shrug:

 

[srichards]

This one seems more accurate and has page load times for different networks eg broadband or mobile.

http://www.linkvendor.com/seo-tools/speedtester.html

Most of the speed testers are selling something so I'd always be wary of anything they come out with really.

 

[Dale_tem]

It is not the speed that you need to look at in terms or seconds, I think that is how long it took to analyse, it is the rating it gives you and the information on improving your site.