10 Ways to Improve Your Site Speed

Site speed has been associated with every business metric you care about: page views, bounce rate, conversions, customer satisfaction, return visits and revenue. These effects are felt at companies of all sizes, from online giants like Amazon.com to small e-commerce shops.

A full 85 percent of performance happens at the front end — i.e., the browser level — yet despite browser vendors' focus on performance, browser innovation can't keep up with the increasing demands of today's large, complex web pages.