Web performance optimization: Busting common myths
In the pursuit of improving website performance, it's easy to fall prey to common misconceptions. Let's dive into some of these myths and uncover the truth behind optimizing your website's speed.
Pagespeed findings
When NOT to use Google Lighthouse
There are numerous tools available for measuring the speed of your website, making it difficult to choose. This article explains why you should not always rely on the most popular tool, Google Lighthouse.
Why using a single pagespeed score is a money-leaking approach
Pagespeed is more nuanced than a single number. Google's Core Web Vitals containing 3 metrics is perfectly illustrating this. In this blogpost, I will try to describe why it is important to look beyond a single score.
How our UX pagespeed score of your real users is calculated
Everyone prefers to have a single score so they can easily understand where they stand. In our niche, Lighthouse is the best example. So we copied that idea, but then based on pagespeed numbers of your real users.
Why you should not lazyload your pagespeed monitoring script
It's often especially JavaScript that will be impacting your Lighthouse score. So, delaying any JavaScript feels like a good idea. And maybe you want lazyload RUMvision as well. Because despite being a monitoring solutions and giving you insights into real UX, it's still yet another JavaScript file. Let's discuss if it's safe to lazyload RUMvision.
The difference between Pagespeed Insights and Lighthouse
What's the difference between a Google PageSpeed Insights test and a Lighthouse Audit in Chrome?
What is Google Lighthouse and how to use it?
Lighthouse is a popular tool for determining a website's load time and other relevant web metrics. It's possible that this is due to the fact that Google is the most popular search engine in the world. But what exactly is Lighthouse? What's the secret to making it work for you? Here, we'll explain how it works and what you can do with the information it provides you.