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Speed is Feature #1
Sergey Chernyshev
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NY Web Performance & CSS/UX Meetup
January 15, 2015
Speed is feature #1
Speed is feature #1
Sloooowly
Even Slower
Slowness Damages Business
100ms delay -> -1% of sales.
(Amazon, 2006)
400ms delay -> -5 - 9% full-page traffic.
(Yahoo autos, 2008)
500ms delay -> -25% searches.
(Google, 2007)
Long-term Brand Effects
Slowness damages
the brand.

(Google, Microsoft,
2009)
Google uses speed
in search result
ranking (SEO) and
quality score
(AdWords)
Speed Means Business
+3% ad revenue, +17% page views per session.
(Edmunds, 2010)!
+7-12% conversions! 50% reduction in operation costs
(Shopzilla, 2009)!
+15% (+60M) downloads, each 1sec increased 2.7%
downloads (Firefox, 2010)
Fred Wilson
Managing Partner, Union Square Ventures @ NYC
http://www.aVC.com/
“1. Speed is
the most
important
feature.”
10 Golden Principles of Successful Web Apps http://vimeo.com/10510576
Fight for
Features
Anti-Ads
Fast Ads
Get rid of document.write!
Load ads later, when ready
Anti-Content
CMSs like WordPress,
Drupal, Magento, etc.
Search result, auto-
complete, etc.
Fast Content
Static content
Caches (APC, memcache, Varnish, CDN, browser)
Flush HTTP stream early / multiple times

http://calendar.perfplanet.com/2014/async-fragments-rediscovering-progressive-html-
rendering-with-marko/
Optimize
Anti-Progress
Fast Progress
Mobile Design Details: Avoid The Spinner: http://www.lukew.com/ff/entry.asp?1797
Fast Progress
Mobile Design Details: Avoid The Spinner: http://www.lukew.com/ff/entry.asp?1797
Anti-Carousel
Fast Carousel
just image
Fast Carousel
loaded
Anti-Responsive Design
Load just enough code
Use modern tech where
aplicable
Don’t copy desktop features
1-to-1
Fast and Responsive
Tim
Kadlec
Anti-Images
Responsive Images
0.000
1.000
2.000
3.000
4.000
Small Medium Large Source
3.818
1.454
1.233
0.407
http://responsiveimages.org/
Establish Speed Culture
Thank You!
Sergey Chernyshev
sergey.chernyshev@gmail.com
http://sergeyche.com/
@SergeyChe

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